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San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

Timeline of Events

1776

10.9.1776

Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.

1847

1.30.1847

Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

1848

2.2.1848

California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.

1852

7.3.1852

Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.

1873

2.20.1873

The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.

1876

6.4.1876

An express train called the ''Transcontinental Express'' arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.

1892

5.28.1892

In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

1906

10.11.1906

San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.

1907

5.27.1907

Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.

1916

7.22.1916

In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.

1917

1.28.1917

Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.

1921

7.20.1921

Air mail service begins between New York City and San Francisco.

1951

9.4.1951

The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

1977

9.4.1977

The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.

1978

11.27.1978

In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

12.4.1978

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).

1981

6.18.1981

A disease cluster, which will later be known as AIDS, is recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.