On December 13, 1900, the Automobile Club of Southern California is founded in Los Angeles. It’s one of the country’s first motor clubs. although the…
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Built to resemble a mission, the first – and only — Milestone Mo-tel in San Luis Obispo is a new kind of lodging designed for California’s…
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On December 9, 1968, engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart demonstrates to 1,000 computer professionals at Brooks Hall in San Francisco the core elements of personal…
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On November 8, 1966, future President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, wins his first bid for elected office, defeating incumbent Gov. Pat Brown. Reagan is the…
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In November 1903, Gov. George Pardee and his family move into the Governor’s Mansion at 16th and H Streets in Sacramento. Pardee, his wife Helen and their four…
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On November 5, 1913, an estimated 30,000 Angelinos watch water from the Owens Valley cascade into the San Fernando Valley through the Los Angeles Aqueduct.…
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A group of 70 men, women and children in 15 wagons sets out on May 15, 1841 from near Independence, Missouri for points west. In…
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John Steinbeck’s “realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception” earns the Salinas native the 1962 Nobel Prize for…
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One the ugliest and most violent attacks on any group of people in California takes place on October 24, 1871. The “Los Angeles Massacre” or…
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Newlyweds Harry and Esther Snyder open the first In-N-Out burger stand on October 22, 1948. It’s California’s first drive-thru restaurant. The Baldwin Park site at…
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