Los Angeles, California, USA
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1781 - A group of 11 families comprising 44 Mexicans settles by the river. Felipe de Neve, Governor of Spanish California, names the settlement El Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula. The name is shortened rather quickly.
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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"Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.
Approved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from a number of railroads (the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific) into one terminal station. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980..."
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Union Station
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Los Angeles, Cal.
Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
"Hotel Westmoore at Seventh and Francisco Streets...Built around 1880, the 80-room four-story frame structure was considered the finest family hotel in the Southland. It was among the first to have a ballroom and banquet room. Its gardens stretched south to Eighth Street. By 1920, the Westmoore's reputation had started to decline."
Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood
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Hotel Westmoore
Los Angeles, Cal.
Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
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1850 - April 4 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
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1877 - June 11 - The temperature at Los Angeles, CA, reached 112 degrees during a heatwave. It would have been the all-time record for Los Angeles but official records did not begin until twenty days later.The Weather Channel
June 11, 1877
1881 - December 4 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
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1892 - PROVED A DEADLY SALUTE. SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED BY THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22. - The "Discovery Day" celebration here ended last night with a display...Read MORE...
1900 - ELEVEN LABORERS ENTOMBED. Tunnel at Los Angeles Caves in - Eight Men Rescued - Inspector Dies of Injuries.The west end of what is known as the Third-street tunnel, which is under construction between Hill...Read MORE...
1901 - Los Angeles - The City of the Angels by Florence E. Winslow
"Very near the terrestrial paradise," said the old Spanish explorer of the sunlit country, where...Read MORE...
"Very near the terrestrial paradise," said the old Spanish explorer of the sunlit country, where...Read MORE...
1902 - April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.historyorb.com
April 2, 1902
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Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co., Cal., is on a river of the same name, about 14 ...Read MORE...
Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co., Cal., is on a river of the same name, about 14 ...Read MORE...
1920 - BIG AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGELES BURNED DOWN.Los Angeles, Jan. 12. - Shrine auditorium, the largest hall here, was completely destroyed by fire...Read MORE...
1923 - July 13 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.historyorb.com
July 13, 1923
1928 - May 15 - The animated short Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.www.wikipedia.org
May 15, 1928
January 15, 1932 - Up to two inches of snow whitened the Los Angeles basin of California.
The Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of Santa Monica were...Read MORE...
The Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of Santa Monica were...Read MORE...
1933 - December 31 - A 24 hour rainfall of 7.36 inches set the stage for the worst flood in Los Angeles history. Flooding claimed 44 lives.
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January 1, 1934 - Heavy rain which began on December 30th led to flooding in the Los Angeles Basin area of California.Flooding claimed the lives of at least 45 persons. Walls of water and debris up to ten feet high...Read MORE...
1935 - EXPRESS PLANE CRASHES, KILLS CREW OF THREE. WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FALLS, BURNS ONLY MILE FROM LOS ANGELES AIRPORT.Los Angeles, Sept. 2. (U.P.) - A Western Air express plane crashed and burst into flames shortly...Read MORE...
1937 - January 19 – Howard Hughes establishes a record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.www.wikipedia.org
January 19, 1937
1938 - March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)historyorb.com
March 2, 1938
1939 - September 25 - A west coast hurricane moved onshore south of Los Angeles bringing unprecedented rains along the southern coast of California.Nearly five and a half inches of rain drenched Los Angeles during a 24 hour period. The hurricane...Read MORE...
1943 - June 3 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.historyorb.com
June 3, 1943
1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated on June 6 in Los Angeles
Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984
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At the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Joan Benoit (today known as Joan Benoit Samuelson)...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Leonard Paul BOWLER
(20 March 1928, Los Angeles, California, USA - 4 July 1999, Costa Mesa, Orange, California, USA)
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Alice L DITTMAN
(07 December 1913, Los Angeles, California, USA - 20 December 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Don Edward DITTMAN
(20 September 1911, Los Angeles, California, USA - 9 October 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Frederick William LYON
(Jan 11, 1911, Los Angeles, California, USA - Jan 19, 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Steven Joseph MASON
(12 August 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA - 17 April 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Norma Jean MORTENSON BAKER
(1 June 1926 , Los Angeles, California, USA - 5 August 1962 , Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Nancy MOULTON
(8 October 1919, Los Angeles, California, USA - 27 August 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Patricia TELLES
(July 15, 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA - December 7, 2015, Santa Clarita, California, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
We currently have information about 40 ancestors who died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Clarence Sumner TUFTS (26 January 1859 - 25 January 1914) &
Annie Elam FITZWATER ( - )
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Arthur Bernard DITTMAN (13 November 1883 - 10 April 1953) &
Amelia I NEESLEY (1883 - bef. 1920?)
married 06 November 1910 |
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John Ellis DION (15 October 1897 - 17 July 1990) &
Lois Maurine HINSHAW (19 September 1903 - 12 November 2000)
married 1 September 1928 |
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Cemeteries in Los Angeles, California, USA
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