When President James K. Polk receives news that his emissary has signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, it’s doubtful he imagines…
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Laura de Force Gordon gives the first speech on suffrage in California at San Francisco’s Platt Hall on February 19, 1868. Her topic is “The…
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In 1936, California opens what’s then the longest bridge in the world. Enough Bay Area residents want to experience the new Bay Bridge firsthand that…
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In 1890, the Pasadena Valley Hunt Club draws 2,000 locals for an event it sponsors to promote the city’s unique charms and climate modeled after…
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Using a Chinese-made Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, 24-year-old Patrick Edward Purdy kills five children and wounds 29 other students and a teacher when he opens…
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At a McDonald’s franchise in Goleta, a breakfast sandwich – egg, cheese, Canadian bacon on a toasted English muffin – is served for the first…
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President Teddy Roosevelt issues the proclamation creating 295-acre Muir Woods National Monument, 12 miles north of San Francisco in Marin County. Muir Woods is the…
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The fabled 2,448-mile highway from Chicago to Santa Monica is established in 1926. It doesn’t receive signs until 1927 and isn’t completely paved until 1938.…
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Nearly 50 years after the 30-second “O.K. Corral” gunfight on October 26, 1881, Tombstone Arizona’s most famous lawman cashes in. He’s 80. One year after…
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Growing up in Long Beach, Billie Jean King saves $8.29 in a Mason jar to buy her first tennis racquet, using nail polish to hold…
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