History of Los Angeles, California, USA

Journey back in time to Los Angeles, California, USA

• 1781 - Los Angeles founded
  
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• 1850 - April 4 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
  
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• 1854 - Los Angeles
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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.
  
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• 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 of fireworks. Henry Wilson, who was in charge of th...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Los Angeles
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• 1895 - March 19 - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
  
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•  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 and Hope streets, a distance of three blocks, at Lo...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Broadway near Sixth St. looking north, Los Angeles, Cal.
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  Union Station
  
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• 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 stood in a later century the pueblo of Los Angeles. V...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
  
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  Broadway looking North from 5th st., 1905
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  Residence of E. L. Doheney, Chester Place, 1907
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  Fraternal Brotherhood, Figueroa st., 1909
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  Exceeding the Speed Limit
  California Alligator Farm, 1910
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  Chinatown, 1910
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  Hotel Lankershim
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  The Lighthouse, San Pedro Harbor
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  Singleton Court, Los Angeles, California
  "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"
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  Steamship "President" entering Los Angeles Harbor, 1910
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  Hotel Westmoore
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  Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
  
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  State Normal School
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  Broadway looking north from Seventh
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  View showing Hall of Records, Times Bldg., and City Hall
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  Main St., looking South from 1st St., 1915
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• 1916
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  Los Angeles Athletic Club
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  Los Angeles Ostrich Farm
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  Palmetto Avenue
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•  1920 - BIG AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGELES BURNED DOWN.
  Los Angeles, Jan. 12. - Shrine auditorium, the largest hall here, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday.
  
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  Biltmore Hotel
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  Coliseum. Exposition Park. Los Angeles, Calif.
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  Museum, Exposition Park
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•  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.
  
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•  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.
  
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  The Planetarium, Griffith Park
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•  1932 - July 30 - 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
  
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• 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 whitened with snow, in what proved to be a record sno...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Air View Olympic Village, 1932
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• 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 were noted in some canyon areas. Rainfall totals rang...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 before midnight, burning its crew of two men and a wo...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1936 - October 9 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
  
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•  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.
  
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•  1938 - March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
  
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  Seventh Street West from Broadway, 1938
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•  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 caused two million dollars damage, mostly to structu...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Alexandria Hotel
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  Times Building
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  Heavy Traffic and Bustling Crowds, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
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•  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.
  
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• 1949 - January 11 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
  
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  Westlake Park, Elks Club, 1949
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  Pershing Square Showing the Los Angeles Biltmore, 1953
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• 1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated on June 6 in Los Angeles
  
  
  
• Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984
  At the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Joan Benoit (today known as Joan Benoit Samuelson) finished the first-ever women’s marathon in 2:24.52.
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