Sacramento, California Timeline of Events

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census, it is the sixth-largest city in California...

Timeline of Events

1848

1.24.1848

California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

1860

4.3.1860

The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.

4.14.1860

The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.

1975

9.5.1975

Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.

1998

5.4.1998

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.