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Oliver Pollock - a New Orleans Businessman - creates the "$".
San Francisco County Government established.
Navy takes over Treasure Island.
TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction.
Congress establishes Coin denominations of United States.
Watson Watt granted a patent for RADAR.
Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher.
Pony Express begins service - from St. Joseph - Missouri.
Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800.
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.
Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses.
Battle of Shiloh.
Brigham Young marries number 27 - his final wife.
first animated cartoon is copyrighted.
4 planes take off on 1st successful around-the-world flight.
New York City ends trolley car service.
Seals Stadium opens.
Prohibition ends.
World Health Organization is established.
Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
17th Amendment - requiring direct election of senators - ratified
Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run - beats Babe Ruth's record.
Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
TV Guide publishes their first issue.
United Nations Charter hearing.
1st hotel in Hawaii opens.
Safety pin patented.
William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park officially accepted.
California Street Cable Car Railroad Company starts service.
Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
House of Wax - first 3-D movie - released in New York.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized.
Anaheim completes it's new electric light system.
Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball.
Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated.
(Monday) Went into the farm at 11:43 AM for 24 days.
Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporated.
Fort Sumter - S. C. - shelled by Confederacy - starts Civil War.
Army transfers Yerba Buena Island to Navy.
Moffatt Field is commissioned.
Yuri A. Gagarin becomes 1st man to orbit Earth.
San Mateo County withdraws from BART district.
1st launch of the space shuttle - Columbia.
2 dollar bill re-introduced as United States currency.
1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph - Missouri.
Abraham Lincoln assasinated in Ford's Theater.
Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley established.
regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles started - by Maddux Air Lines.
Fort Point dedicated as 1st National Park in Bay Area.
City of San Francisco incorporated.
Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM.
the famed Poodle Dog Restaurant closes.
insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf is founded.
Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
Nitroglycerine at the Wells Fargo & Co. office explodes.
New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
US Marine Hospital at the Presidio established.
Treaty of Shimonoseki signed - ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
Bay of Pigs - invasion.
The British are Coming! - Paul Revere rides.
San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed.
1st International Cricket Match - held in SF - won by Californian
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Fairmont Hotel opens.
1st "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened - in Fort Worth - Texas
Clipper starts providing regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu.
San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished.
at Lexington Common - the shot 'heard round the world'.
California Historical Society founded.
Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire.
Charles Duryea takes the 1st American-made auto out for a spin.
Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights (only 148 years late)
Bar Association of San Francisco organized.
Buses replace Key System trains at 3AM.
Congress establishes US Mint in Denver - Colorado.
1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park.
Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up.
Courtesy Mail Boxes for motorists started in San Francisco.
Library of Congress founded.
Fire Alarm & Police Telegraph system put into operation.
the passing of Andrew Halliday - Cable Car Pioneer.
President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco.
New York becomes 1st state requiring license plates for cars
United Nations Conference starts.
Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry - Va.
1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio begins.
San Francisco Lightship replaced by automatic buoy.
1st Spanish settlement in Phillipines - Cebu City - founded.
Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) is dedicated.
US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
founding of the Second Republic - in Austria.
Mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurs.
1st successful parachute jump is made.
Last Americans evacuated from Saigon.
Headquarters for the US Army - Division of the Pacific - permanently established at the Presidio.
the all-purpose zipper is patented.
George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of the US
Department of the Navy established.
US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
founding of what would be San Jose State University.
the Hawaiian YMCA organized.
NBC makes 1st US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.
