Planned by Theodore Judah, the Central Pacific Railroad was authorized by Congress in 1862.

Sketch of the Sacramento Valley Railroad ( 1852-1877 ) | Sacramento Valley RR as provided by its engineer, Theodore Judah.

Theodore Dehone Judah ( March 4, 1826 – November 2, 1863 ) was an American railroad engineer who dreamed of the first Transcontinental Railroad.

Theodore Judah was born in 1826 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of an Episcopal clergyman.

Theodore Judah monument in Old Sacramento State Historic Park | Old Sacramento

* In Memoriam: Theodore D. Judah, CPRR Chief Engineer.

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Theodore Judah, architect of the Transcontinental Railroad and first chief engineer of the Central Pacific.

The next big champion of the central route was Theodore Judah.

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The original townsite was surveyed and laid out in 1859 by Theodore Judah along the proposed line of the California Central Railroad.

They hired Theodore Dehone Judah as the chief engineer.

Proposed calculations of the date of creation using the Masoretic from the 10th century to the 18th century include: Marianus Scotus ( 4192 BC ), Maimonides ( 4058 BC ), Henri Spondanus ( 4051 BC ), Benedict Pereira ( 4021 BC ), Louis Cappel ( 4005 BC ), James Ussher ( 4004 BC ), Augustin Calmet ( 4002 BC ), Isaac Newton ( 4000 BC ), Johannes Kepler ( April 27, 3977 BC ) on his book Mysterium, Petavius ( 3984 BC ), Theodore Bibliander ( 3980 BC ), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ( 3966 BC ), Melanchthon ( 3964 BC ), Martin Luther ( 3961 BC ), John Lightfoot ( 3960 BC ), Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide ( 3951 BC ) Joseph Justus Scaliger ( 3949 BC ), Christoph Helvig ( 3947 BC ), Gerardus Mercator ( 3928 BC ), Matthieu Brouard ( 3927 BC ), Benito Arias Montano ( 3849 BC ), Andreas Helwig ( 3836 BC ), David Gans ( 3761 BC ), Gershom ben Judah ( 3754 BC )

Theodore Judah, the chief engineer of the Central Pacific surveyed the route from San Francisco east.

Pacific Railroad Bond, City and County of San Francisco, 1865In 1861, after hearing an intriguing presentation by Theodore Judah, he was one of the four principal investors, along with Mark Hopkins, Collis Huntington and Leland Stanford ( also known as the big four ), who formed the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.

Later Whitney's dream was realized through the efforts of Theodore Judah.

Theodore Judah plaque in Old Sacramento

The district contains many memorials to the founders of the city and of the California and transcontinental railroad and other transport systems, including the Theodore Judah monument and the Pony Express Statue.

The N Judah is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, so called as it runs along Judah Street for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah.

* 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author ( d. 1945 )

* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )

In 1934, Caltech was elected to the Association of American Universities, and the antecedents of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech continues to manage and operate, were established between 1936 and 1943 under Theodore von Kármán.

* 1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay ; neither is ever seen again.

* 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt announced his " Corollary " to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

* 1973 – Jon Theodore, American musician

* 1906 – U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

* 1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, American writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay

* The American Impressionists, including Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Childe Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Lilla Cabot Perry, Theodore Robinson, Edmund Charles Tarbell, John Henry Twachtman, and J. Alden Weir.

* 1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal

* 1906 – The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.

* 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish – American War.

Hay is also known for his comment, written in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, describing the Spanish – American War as a " splendid little war ".

* 1928 – Theodore Sorensen, American presidential advisor, lawyer, and writer ( d. 2010 )

* 1915 – Theodore H. White, American writer ( d. 1986 )

* 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor ( Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit )

* 1924 – Theodore Mann, American producer and director ( d. 2012 )

* 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.

* 1803 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist ( d. 1895 )

* 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 33rd Governor of New York, 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1919 )

* Theodore Puck ( 1916 – 2005 ), American geneticist

* 1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American sister of Theodore Roosevelt ( d. 1933 )