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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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