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
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 #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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