Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon move to San Francisco from Seattle in 1953. Hoping to meet other lesbians, the two women visit “gay girls hangouts”…
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It is nearly dusk on December 14, 1933 when a Chinese teen named Jeung Gwai Ying flees from a hairdresser’s shop to a “safe house”…
Comments closedIn 1940, the Treasury Department holds a contest to choose an artist to paint a series of murals for the lobby of the Rincon Annex…
Comments closedWorld War II effectively ends in 1945 when the United States detonates an atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, and another over Nagasaki on…
Comments closedJoltin’ Joe DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California on November 25, 1914 to a fisherman father who sails the family cross the bay when Joe…
Comments closedIn the view of many sportswriters and historians of the game, the University of San Francisco’s 1951 team is the greatest college football team ever. …
Comments closedAlexander and Abby Clifton Fisher come to San Francisco in 1877. In 1879, Abby Fisher is presented the highest award at the State Fair in…
Comments closedIn the spring of 1899, news of a potential “plague ship” making its way from Japan to San Francisco spurs action by federal officials. Joseph…
Comments closedTriggering a national and international outcry, the San Francisco school board issues an order on October 11, 1906, requiring all Japanese and Korean children to…
Comments closedDefying state and federal law, then San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in office just over one month, orders the city clerk to begin issuing marriage…
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