1998 98th U.S. Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF
1994 SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass
1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81
1992 SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown
1991 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1990 SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Atlanta (45-35)
1990 T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St. Zen Center SF), dies
1990 Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF
1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco
1987 87th U.S. Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1982 KHJ (LA) and KFRC (SF) become 2nd and 3rd stereo AM stations
1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
1978 George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White
1978 Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White
1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated
1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
1977 Pier 39 opens in San Francisco
1976 The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20)
1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF
1975 Adonal Foyle, NBA center, SF Warriors
1974 SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens
1974 Todd Fuller, NBA center, SF Warriors
1974 Erick Dampier, NBA center, SF Warriors
1974 Tony Delk, NBA guard, SF Warriors
1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises
1972 Dickey Simpkins, NBA forward, SF Warriors, Chicago Bulls
1972 Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), ashes buried
1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike
1969 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1968 KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 Mark James Crear, SF, 110m hurdler, 1996 Olympics silver
1968 KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Felton Spencer, NBA center, SF Warriors
1967 Lisa Bonet, SF, actress, Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart
1967 SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award
1967 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF
1967 Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor, Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World
1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1966 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF
1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
1965 1st concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
1965 All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)
1965 Duane Ferrell, NBA forward, SF Warriors, Indiana Pacers
1965 Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard, SF Warriors
1964 San Francisco Fire Department Museum is dedicated
1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
1964 Courtney Love, SF, vocalist, Hole, /actress, People vs Larry Flynt
1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
1962 Mike "Puffy" Bordin, SF, rock drummer, Faith No More
1962 SF beats LA, 8-7 in 4h18m 9 inning playoff game
1962 SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1962 John F. Kennedy visits SF
1962 Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF
1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
1960 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player, Denver-1985
1959 Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, New Mexico, NFL defensive back, SF 49er
1958 Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF)
1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
1955 55th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
1955 Gary Grimes, SF, actor, Summer of '42, Class of '44
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
1954 KQED TV channel 9 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage, Tanya
1952 Broadway Tunnel opens in SF
1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens
1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)
1951 SF City Hall dome fire
1949 Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist, Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms
1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
1947 O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson, SF, NFL running back, Buf Bills, /actor
1947 Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF
1945 U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
1945 45 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in SF
1944 Scott McKenzie, rock vocalist, If You Come to SF
1944 Angela Dorian, Victoria Vetri, SF, playmate, Sep 1967, Year-1968
1942 Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker, Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band
1942 Fred Hetzel, NBA star, SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks
1941 SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM
1941 USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in SF
1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF
1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
1937 Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback, Oak, Dallas SF
1936 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF
1935 Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist, Chances Are, 12th of Never
1934 Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (SF) dedicated
1933 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF
1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters
1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress, So This is Love, Them
1932 SF's coldest day (27 degrees F) - it snows
1929 Bayshore Highway opens (SF)
1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
1928 Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback, SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit
1927 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1927 Gregg Palmer, SF, actor, Scream, To Hell and Back
1926 Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL QB, Baltimore, SF, New York Giants, MVP 1963
1926 Tony Bennett, born in Queens, New York, singer, Left a body part in SF
1924 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
1920 US Air Mail service begins (New York City to SF)
1920 1st transcontinental airmail flight from New York to SF
1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF
1917 SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
1916 Herb Caen, born in Sacramento, California, columnist, SF Chronicle
1915 SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph
1915 Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF
1915 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to SF)
1915 Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF
1914 Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer, It's a Blue World, To Each
1914 Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF
1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
1913 Karl Malden, born in Chicago, actor, Mike-Streets of SF, American Express
1912 SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI)
1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
1911 SF Symphony formed
1911 Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, SF Symphony Orch 1970
1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
1911 SF has it's 1st air meet
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF
1907 Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora California, lawyer, SF's "King of Torts"
1906 San Francisco begins school for "Asians"
1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF
1903 George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF
1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message
1900 Lloyd Corrigan, SF, actor, Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank
1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)
1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)
1894 Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor, Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies
1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF
1889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in U.S. (SF)
1888 "Casey at the Bat" published, SF Examiner
1880 SF Public Library starts lending books
1877 Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer
1873 Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
1873 University of California gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
1872 SF Bar Association organized
1871 Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky
1869 1st westbound train arrives in SF
1869 1st carload of freight (boots and shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston
1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian
1868 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th and Folsom
1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF
1865 SF Dramatic Chronicle started
1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops
1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I
1862 North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF
1862 Bernard Maybeck, U.S. architect, Palace of Fine Arts, SF
1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, SF
1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY
1851 SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded
1850 Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use
1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF
1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF
1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st U.S. mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1819 Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA
1811 Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF
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