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