Not Your Century
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On hiatus as of March 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis. Get unlimited access to the Chronicle. | A daily celebration of the news — and the news media — of years gone by. King Kaufman takes you on a quick tour of the Bay Area and the world as it used to be, which often colors the world of your century.
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1959: The Dalai Lama Escapes
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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1922: Fatty Arbuckle's Third Trial
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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1918: The Flu Pandemic
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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1964: The Palace Hotel Protest Leader
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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1981: Walter Cronkite Signs Off
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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1946: Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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1991: The Rodney King Beating
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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1991: Murder in Porn's First Family
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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1965: Malcolm X Suspect Arrested
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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1972: Nixon Arrives in China
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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1963: A Great City Forced to Drink Swill
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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1937: Golden Gate Bridge Disaster
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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1929: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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1999: Impeachment Acquittal
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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1967: The Pill and the Puritan Ethic
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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1986: Steve Jobs Buys Pixar
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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1956: Integration Fail at Alabama
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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1997: Vallejo Courthouse Bombing
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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1865: 13th Amendment Passes House
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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1977: "Roots" Is a Sensation
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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1971: Charles Manson Convicted
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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1972: Japan Holdout Soldier Found
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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1901: Queen Victoria Dies
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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1954: The Moskovitz Kidnapping
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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1865: The First Chronicle
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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1919: Boston Molasses Flood
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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1929: Death of Wyatt Earp
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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1901: The Spindletop Oil Gusher
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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1978: Harvey Milk Sworn In
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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1994: Nancy Kerrigan Attacked
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Best of NYC: Climate Change and Coit Tower
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Best of NYC: Dark and Bright Times
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Best of NYC: The Future Is Here
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: NFL and an Escape
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: S.F. History Trivia, Part 2
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: S.F. History Trivia, Part 1
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: Patty and Squeaky
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: Martians and the Mona Lisa
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: Free Speech Battles
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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1941: San Francisco Blackouts
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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1989: Queen of Mean Sentenced
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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1978: The Lufthansa Heist
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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1963: Frankie Safe!
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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1968: The Mother of All Demos
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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1969: The '60s End at Altamont
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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1993: Polly Klaas Found
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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1967: First Human Heart Transplant
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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1997: Warriors Star Chokes Coach
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: First!
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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1992: Revenge of the Nerds
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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1983: Hillside Strangler Guilty
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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1963: JFK Assassinated
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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1985: A Spy For Israel Arrested
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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1945: Nuremberg Trials Begin
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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1973: Sweeping Powers for Nixon
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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1978: The Jonestown Massacre
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Bay Area 2020, Part 2
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Bay Area 2020, Part 1
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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1953: Robin Hood Is a Commie!
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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1936: Bay Bridge Opens
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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1918 World War I Ends
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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1923: The Beer Hall Putsch
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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1917: The Bolshevik Revolution
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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1968: Strike at San Francisco State
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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1967: Ronald Reagan's "Gay Ring"
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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1979: Iranians Storm U.S. Embassy
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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1950: Assassins Target Truman
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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1926: Death Shackles Houdini
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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1938: The Martians Are Coming!
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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1929: Black Tuesday
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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1995: Mayor Jordan Takes a Shower
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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1929: Secretary Fall Is Convicted
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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1906: San Francisco City Hall Scandal
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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1995: Selena's Killer Convicted
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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1975: "I Am a Homosexual"
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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1989: A Miracle in the Rubble
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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1989: Loma Prieta Earthquake, Part 2
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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1989: Loma Prieta Earthquake, Part 1
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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1995: The Million Man March
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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1966: Black Panthers Founded
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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1919: Marcus Garvey Shot
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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1906: San Francisco Segregates Japanese Kids
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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1913: Panama Canal Opens
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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1967: Che Guevara Killed
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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1933: Coit Tower Dedicated
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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1960: JFK, Nixon Go Toe-to-Toe
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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1957: "Howl" Is Not Obscene
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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1995: O.J. Simpson Acquitted
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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1950: "Peanuts" Debuts
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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1964: Free Speech Movement Born
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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1982: Extra Deadly Tylenol
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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1983: Drug and Alcohol Crowd at the White House!
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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1923: General Theory of Relativity Confirmed
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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1995: Talking With the Unabomber
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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1905: "I Am Poisoned!"
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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1967: Ballet Superstars Busted
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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1989: The FBI's Gay Spying Program
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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1952: Charlie Chaplin Exiled
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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1975: Patty Hearst Arrested
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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1920: The NFL Is Born
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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1963: Birmingham Church Bombing
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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1993: Oslo Accords Signed
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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1940: Lascaux Cave Paintings Discovered
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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1998: The Starr Report
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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1963: Integration War in Alabama
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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1986: The First National Oprah Show!
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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1978: The Top Female Cop in the World
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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1975: Squeaky Fromme, Would-be Assassin
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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1977: The Golden Dragon Massacre
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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1976: Crisis on the Viking 2
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: Labor
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Live! San Francisco History Trivia, Part 2
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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The “Vertigo” Mansion — Live!
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Reliving the Dotcom ’90s — Live!
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Live! San Francisco History Trivia, Part 1
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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1920: The 19th Amendment
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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1879: San Francisco's Political Gunfight
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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1991: Gorbachev Survives Coup Flu
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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1911: Mona Lisa Stolen
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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1968: Prague Spring Crushed
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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1957: The Giants Are Coming
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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1965: A Tense Peace in Watts
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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1969: Woodstock, Day 1
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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1962: Crusading Against Animal Nudity
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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1961: The Berlin Wall
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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1964: Great Train Robber Escapes
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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1934: Alcatraz Opens for Business
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Corrected—1974: Richard Nixon Resigns
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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1974: Richard Nixon Resigns
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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1945: Hiroshima
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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1981: Reagan Fires 11,000
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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1873: The First Cable Car
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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1955: L.A.'s First Smog Alert
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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1996: Clinton Triangulates
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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1975: Jimmy Hoffa Disappears
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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1945: Empire State Building Plane Crash
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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1984: The Original Psycho Checks Out
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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1997: Critical Mass Goes Critical
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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1959: The Kitchen Debate
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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1976: Chowchilla Suspect Surrenders
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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1916: Preparedness Day Bombing
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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1993: Don't Ask Don't Tell
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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1938: Wrong Way Corrigan Lands in Ireland
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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1944: Port Chicago Explosion
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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1969: Apollo 11 Launches
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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1997: Gianni Versace Murdered
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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1972: Ho-Hum, 2 More Hijackings
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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1967: Ballet Superstars Busted
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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1925: The Scopes Monkey Trial
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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1893: A Medical Moses
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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1987: Oliver North Testifies
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: You'll Get No Theme and You'll Like It!
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Best of NYC: True Crime!
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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1995: Talking With the Unabomber
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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1937: Amelia Earhart Disappears
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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1946: The A-Bomb at Bikini Atoll
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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1997: Climate Change and Humor
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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1945: United Nations Charter Signed
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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1876: The Battle of Little Big Horn
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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1977: The President Insists on Paying Taxes
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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1967: Muhammad Ali Appeals
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Republish: 1906: San Francisco Rebuilds
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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1906: San Francisco Rebuilds
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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1992: A Win for Prop 13
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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1976: Selling off the Oakland A's
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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1996: Herb Caen Day in San Francisco
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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1983: Drug and Alcohol Crowd at the White House!
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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1923: Why Not a Businessman President?
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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1971: Alcatraz Captured
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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1946: Death of a Champion
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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1992: Say Goodbye to the Giants
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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1944: D-Day by the Bay
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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1972: Angela Davis Acquitted
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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1986: Crisis at the Mexican Border
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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1913: The Last Horsecar in San Francisco
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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1964: The Rolling Stones Invade America
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May 31, 2019 |
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1911: The First Indy 500
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May 30, 2019 |
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1987: The GMO Food War Begins
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May 29, 2019 |
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1975: Evel Knievel Is Through!
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May 28, 2019 |
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1943: Inside a U.S. Prison Camp for Japanese Americans
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May 24, 2019 |
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1967: Sex is Everywhere
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May 23, 2019 |
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1956: The Destruction of the Fillmore
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May 22, 2019 |
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1910: The King Is Dead
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May 21, 2019 |
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1999: Dan Quayle in San Franciscoe
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May 20, 2019 |
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1954: Brown vs. Board of Education
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May 17, 2019 |
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1967: Undercover With the Hippies
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May 16, 2019 |
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1960: San Francisco Protests HUAC
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May 15, 2019 |
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1932: Who Killed the Lindbergh Baby?
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May 14, 2019 |
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1982: Randy Shilts and the Dawn of AIDS
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May 13, 2019 |
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Bonus: Randy Shilts Biographer Andrew E. Stoner
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May 13, 2019 |
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1869: The Golden Spike
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May 10, 2019 |
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1959: Great White Shark Attack
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May 09, 2019 |
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1965: A Surrender to the Fleshpots of North Beach
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May 08, 2019 |
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1942: Japan Routs the U.S. at Corregidor
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May 07, 2019 |
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1970: The Kent State Shooting
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May 06, 2019 |
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1945: Adolf Hitler's Suicide
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May 03, 2019 |
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1973: Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice at the White House
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May 02, 2019 |
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1913: The SFPD Bunko Scandal
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May 01, 2019 |
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1986: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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1958: U.S. Space Program Failing
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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1963: Fidel Castro Visits Nikita Khrushchev
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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1894: The First March on Washington
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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1957: Failed the Bus Driver Test? Try Cable Cars
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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1935: Pan Am Clipper Crosses the Pacific
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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1993: Hacker Busted, Joe Montana's Farewell
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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1962: The Prehistoric Google Bus
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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1912: Scant News from the Titanic
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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1990: Chinatown Is Closed
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Bonus: Mike Sager on Janet Cooke
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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1981: Space Shuttle Soars, Janet Cooke Crashes
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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1891: A Lot of Ruckus Over Oranges
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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1923: General Theory of Relativity Confirmed
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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1906: Mount Vesuvius Erupts
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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1952: Nationwide Labor Strife
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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1975: Operation Babylift
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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1924: Ambushed in Albania—2 San Franciscans Killed
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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1961: Raising Muni Fares and Honoring Hydrant 12
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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1910: Teddy Roosevelt vs. the Pope
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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1954: Last Stand at Dien Bien Phu
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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1997: Cult Left an Arsenal Behind
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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1981: "I Am in Control Here, at the White House"
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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1981: "Honey, I Forgot to Duck"
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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1928: Hundreds Dead, Mulholland Takes the Blame
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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1977: The First Female Chief Justice
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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1935: Fatso Rats Out Baby Face Nelson's Pals
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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1949: Anti-Semites in the New York Schools?
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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1875: The Best Game of Base Ball Ever
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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1946: Axis Sally Captured, Frank Sinatra Conquers
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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1913: Who Killed King George?
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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1974: The Children of the Divorce Wave
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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1907: Weigh a Soul? Nikola Tesla Says No
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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1984: Larry Flynt and Dianne Feinstein
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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1948: A Democratic Party Civil War
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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1976: Gov. Moonbeam Throws His Hat in the Ring
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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1924: The President's Plan to Slash Taxes
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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1916: The U.S. Invades Mexico
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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1964: Civil Rights at the Palace Hotel
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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1956: Gum Machines: Devil's Spawn
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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1913: A Monkey Cage for the Veep
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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1896: Do You Poop Out at Parties?
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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1922: The Whiskey Heist Heroine
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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1905: "I Am Poisoned!"
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Bonus Episode: Marshall Kilduff
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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1980: A Murder in Berkeley
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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1919/1969: The More Things Change
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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1933: "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Empties the Jails
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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1942: The Battle of Los Angeles
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Coming Soon: Not Your Century
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Jan 28, 2019 |