As the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, one of many dialects of the Yokuts tribal group of the San Joaquin Valley, Marie Wilcox decides to…
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On December 6, 1887, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues a patent for Dam and Reservoir Construction to Harriet Russell Strong, Whittier walnut farmer…
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“For the first time in the history of this nation a political party has chosen a Negro woman for the second highest office in the…
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On October 24, 1884, Marietta Stow declares her candidacy for vice president of the United States on the Equal Rights Party ticket, during a speech…
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In 1961, José Sarria runs for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and becomes the first openly gay candidate to run for…
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Baldassare Forestiere, born July 8, 1879, leaves his home in Sicily as a young man and immigrates to the United States where he works as…
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The oldest son of Chinese immigrants, vaudeville performer Lee Tung Foo is born on April 23, 1875 in Watsonville where his family owns a laundry…
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Miriam Matthews, often referred to as the “Dean of Los Angeles Black History,” is the first African American librarian in California. She’s hired as a…
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The fortune cookie, that ubiquitous ending to a meal at Chinese restaurant, has traveled a long way from its origins — in Japan. Long thought…
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Annie Montague Alexander is the privileged daughter of Samuel Thomas Alexander founder of what becomes the California & Hawaiian Sugar Company. (Better known as C&H…
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