At 11:58 p.m. on March 12, 1928, the worst dam failure in state history unleashes a wall of water between 80 and 140 feet high…
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To better coordinate state public works efforts, Gov. James Gillett signs legislation on March 11, 1907 creating the Department of Engineering, whose Division of Highways…
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The Eighth Annual Academy Awards is held at Los Angeles’ Biltmore Hotel on March 5, 1936. The Master of Ceremonies is director Frank Capra who…
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So says Universalist and Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King on his San Francisco deathbed, March 4, 1864. According to Charles Wendte’s 1921 biography of Starr…
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In what they themselves describe as a “dingy room at 417 Clay Street,” two teenagers – Charles de Young, 19, and his 17-year-old brother Michael…
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To better accommodate Pasadena-bound traffic for the Rose Bowl two days later, the state dedicates California’s first “freeway,” the Arroyo Seco Parkway on December 30,…
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On December 16, 1896, Griffith J. Griffith and his wife Christina give Los Angeles 3,015 acres to use as a public park. Since then, another…
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On December 13, 1900, the Automobile Club of Southern California is founded in Los Angeles. It’s one of the country’s first motor clubs. although the…
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Built to resemble a mission, the first – and only — Milestone Mo-tel in San Luis Obispo is a new kind of lodging designed for California’s…
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On December 9, 1968, engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart demonstrates to 1,000 computer professionals at Brooks Hall in San Francisco the core elements of personal…
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