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1997 Death - King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64 1993 Event - Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1993 Event - Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament 1990 Event - Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1984 Event - 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6 1982 Event - Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm 1981 Event - Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again 1980 Event - UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1980 Event - "Heaven's Gate" premieres 1976 Event - Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur 1975 Death - Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77 1974 Death - Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at 85 1972 Event - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created 1971 Event - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure 1971 Event - Golden Gate Bridge paid for 1970 Event - Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark 1970 Event - Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark 1970 Event - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1968 Event - Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars 1962 Event - Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission 1958 Event - Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London 1955 Birthday - Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate 1951 Event - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1943 Death - Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20 1940 Birthday - Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate 1940 Event - Golden Gate International Expo reopens 1939 Event - Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) 1939 Event - Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island 1937 Event - Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic 1937 Event - Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, dedicated 1937 Event - San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens 1936 Event - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined 1933 Event - Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1933 Event - Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1932 Birthday - Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip 1932 Birthday - King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn' 1925 Event - Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens 1924 Birthday - Machiko Kyo, born in Osaka, Japan, actor, Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu 1924 Event - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1923 Event - Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public 1921 Event - Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier) 1921 Event - DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens 1911 Event - Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1911 Birthday - Ben Alexander, NV, actor, Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr. Doodles Kicks Off 1908 Birthday - David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse 1908 Birthday - Eddie Acuff, actor, Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate 1899 Birthday - Marcel Dalio, Israel Blauschild, Paris, France, actor, China Gate 1894 Event - J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate 1894 Event - Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park 1891 Event - 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park 1887 Birthday - Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1871 Event - William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted 1870 Event - Golden Gate Park forms by City Order number 800 1870 Event - California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1870 Birthday - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge 1862 Event - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico |
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