The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Referred to by Wilson as a ‘pocket symphony’, the modular process used for ‘Good Vibrations’ involved the recording and re-recording of individual sections of the song using the Wall of Sound formula that had been developed by record producer Phil Spector.
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
Eight Irish rail-layers of the Central Pacific Railroad were supported by hundreds of Chinese laborers to lay a record 10 miles 56 feet of track.
Polk’s speech was intended to warn Congress about the risks of inflation, labor shortages, and the potential for disorder on the West Coast, but only served to fuel the Gold Rush.
In the wake of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and the killing of unarmed black teen Matthew Johnson by police the following year, the two men established the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
Ishi, believed to be the last surviving member of the indigenous Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California.
The Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, began in California’s Salinas Valley.
The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los Angeles.
The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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