Oakland, California Timeline of Events

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

Timeline of Events

1868

3.23.1868

The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.

1967

10.13.1967

The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.

10.14.1967

The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California.

1990

5.24.1990

A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.

1996

12.18.1996

The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.