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1927: Philo Farnsworth transmits world's first electronic
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1937: Golden Gate Bridge completed after four years; world's
longest single-span suspension bridge; week-long fiesta celebrates |
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1939: Warren K. Billings released from Folsom Prison 23 years
after Preparedness Day bombing; not pardoned, sentence only reduced. |
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1941: The Maltese Falcon, classic detective movie based on Dashiell Hammett's book,
directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, filmed in
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1947: Elmer
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1955: Allen Ginsberg reads poem Howl at Six Gallery; arrested for obscenity |
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1960: 60's begin when House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC) holds hearings in San Francisco; police turn fire hoses on
demonstrators in City Hall |
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1962: Giants defeat Dodgers for National League Pennant; lose
World Series to New York Yankees in 7th game |
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1966: 60's continue; anti-Vietnam War demonstrations; Hunters'
Point riots |
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1968:
Serial killer "The Zodiac" begins about thirty-seven murders,
including cab driver in Presidio Heights; sends taunting letters to police
and newspapers; never found |
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1974:
Charles Schwab & Co., country's first discount brokerage, founded; will
pioneer personal computer use and no-fee mutual fund transacations |
1979: Dan White convicted only of second-degree murder,
sentenced to seven years; "White Night" riots destroy city
property, cars |
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1985: After serving less than six years, Dan White commits
suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning |
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Supervisors vote to ban smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and ballparks |
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1948: San
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1955: George Christopher elected Mayor |
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1928:
N Streetcar begins service to Sunset District via Sunset tunnel |
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1962:
Voters approve bonds for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), first new urban
transit since Philadelphia, 1907; Bay Bridge converted to all-motor vehicle
traffic |
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1966: High-rise buildings start "Manhattanization" of
downtown San Francisco |
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1986: Propostion M passes; makes protection of historic
buildings city policy |
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1994:
After 218 years as a military base under several governments, the Presidio of
San Francisco becomes part of the Golden Gate National Recreational Area |
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1939: Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure
Island; reopens in 1940 |
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1979: Dianne Feinstein elected Mayor, first woman in city
history |
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1949: President
Truman signs bill giving forty-two acres of Fort Funston to San Francisco |
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1956:
San Franciscan Johnny Mathis signs contract with Columbia Records |
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1971: San Francisco becomes mecca for gays and lesbians;
population will be estimated at 150,000 by end of the decade |
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1975:
George Moscone elected Mayor |
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1930: James Rolph elected Governor; Angelo Rossi becomes Mayor |
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1942: Executive Order 9066 of President Roosevelt relocates
thousands of Americans of Japanese descent to concentration camps |
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1987: NAMES Project creates Memorial Quilt in remembrance of
over 41,000 who died of AIDS |
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1967: American Con-servatory Theatre opens; actors will include
Michael Learned, Annette Bening, Marsha Mason, Cicely Tyson |
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1969: Exploratorium, America's first interactive science museum,
opens in the gallery of the rebuilt Palace of Fine Arts |
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