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June 9 Speaker Series Event – “The Color of America Has Changed”
Join us on Thursday, June 9, 2016, 5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m., as Mark Brilliant discusses his work on education and diversity. About the speaker: An associate professor of history and American studies at the University of […]
March 18, 1854: “Feathers” County Founded
Gov. John Bigler signs legislation forming Plumas County from the eastern part of Butte, one of California’s original 27 counties. The new county is named after the Feather River whose […]
March 17, 1966: The “Perigrinacion” Begins
With a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe at their head, 70 striking farmworkers led by Cesar Chavez leave Delano in Kern County on a “perigrinacion” to Sacramento, nearly 340 […]
March 16, 1917: Gov. Johnson Goes to Washington
Fifty-year-old Hiram Johnson, California’s 23rd governor from January 3, 1911 until March 15, 1917, is sworn in as a U.S. Senator. It’s a job he keeps until his death more […]
February 27, 1875: California’s 12th Governor Takes Oath of Office
Lt. Gov. Romualdo Pacheco becomes the first – and so far only – Latino or Hispanic to hold the office since statehood in 1850. He is elevated to the governship […]
February 26, 1933: Ground “Officially” Broken for the Golden Gate Bridge
Although construction begins on January 5, the groundbreaking ceremony comes seven weeks later at the Presidio’s Crissy Field. More than 100,000 people attend the festivities, which begin at 2 pm. […]
February 25, 1854: A Permanent State Capital – Just Barely
As soon as lawmakers deliver him the approved bill, Gov. John Bigler ends California’s five-year game of musical capitals by signing legislation making Sacramento California’s permanent seat of government. The current capital is […]
February 24, 1942: The Battle of Los Angeles
An anti-aircraft barrage of more than 1,440 rounds is launched at what is initially thought to be a Japanese aerial attack on the City of Angels. Five civilians die – […]
February 22, 1856: Maiden Run of California’s First Railroad
At 11 am on Washington’s Birthday, the Sacramento Valley Railroad inaugurates service to Folsom, as the locomotive “Sacramento” with a string of passenger and flat cars in tow leaves “Old” […]
February 21, 1958: Bakersfield Boy Goes to the Big House, Comes Out a Man
Nineteen-year-old Merle Ronald Haggard is given a maximum 15-year sentence in San Quentin for attempted robbery and a jail break. Prisoner #A-45200 finds himself in California’s oldest penal institution after […]
