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On June 6, 1980, the 4448th issue of the magazine “Science” is published, which includes an article by four Californians that will redefine how we…
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Stories about the lives and landscapes of California
At 11 a.m. on Washington’s Birthday, February 22, 1856, the Sacramento Valley Railroad inaugurates service to Folsom, as the locomotive “Sacramento” with a string of…
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It’s 5:54 p.m. on Friday, March 10, 1933. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake sweeps throughout Southern California, concentrating much of its damage in Long Beach. Although…
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On the evening of February 24, 1942, an anti-aircraft barrage of more than 1,440 rounds is launched at what is initially thought to be a…
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Lt. Gov. Romualdo Pacheco becomes the first – and so far only – Latino or Hispanic to hold the state’s highest office since statehood in…
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On February 25, 1854, Gov. John Bigler ends California’s five-year game of musical capitals by signing legislation making Sacramento California’s permanent seat of government. Over the…
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Brothers Walter Elias Disney and Roy Oliver Disney found Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio on October 16, 1923. The studio is in the rear of a…
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On February 10, 1863, state lawmakers choose Assemblyman John Conness, a strong opponent of slavery, as California’s U.S. Senator, succeeding his slain political mentor and…
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On February 17, 1925 Florence Prag Kahn wins a special election to fill the San Francisco congressional seat previously held by her late husband, Julius.…
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Near Copperopolis in Calaveras County, Wells Fargo’s poetry-writing nemesis “Black Bart” – English-born Charles Boles– steps out from behind a rock with a shotgun to…
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