Today in Los Angeles History
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Historical Events
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1781-09-04 - Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)
1850-04-04 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
1860-12-17 - Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County
1880-10-04 - University of California founded in Los Angeles
1881-12-04 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1895-03-19 - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
1902-04-02 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1904-07-15 - 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles
1906-04-18 - The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1910-03-23 - 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
1922-03-31 - KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1922-05-04 - KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1923-07-13 - 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.
1931-01-30 - Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater
1932-07-30 - 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1932-08-14 - 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes
1935-05-06 - KTM-AM in Los Angeles Calif changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
1937-02-12 - Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
1937-09-10 - Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
1938-12-13 - Los Angeles freezes at 28°F
1940-11-10 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
1942-02-08 - Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles
1942-02-24 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day.
1943-06-03 - 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.
1946-08-23 - 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
1946-09-29 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
1947-01-15 - The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California.
1947-01-22 - KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1948-02-06 - KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1948-09-17 - KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins
1948-10-06 - KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1949-01-01 - KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
1949-01-11 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1949-01-16 - KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949-06-03 - Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
1949-09-16 - KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952-08-15 - 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
1953-04-29 - The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1954-02-18 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1954-05-08 - 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
1956-01-22 - 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
1957-10-08 - Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
1958-02-07 - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1962-09-30 - KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1963-03-25 - KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1965-08-11 - 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1966-03-15 - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
1966-06-29 - KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
1967-01-15 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California.
1967-04-21 - Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1970-08-25 - Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1970-11-04 - Genie, a 13 year old feral child was found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
1972-09-18 - 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
1973-05-29 - Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif
1973-10-21 - Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
1977-08-01 - Former Lockheed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers crashes the news helicopter he was flying in Los Angeles
1979-02-07 - Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1981-05-04 - Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
1984-07-28 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1984-08-12 - 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, Calif
1986-02-01 - KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
1987-12-07 - Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43
1989-02-08 - 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
1989-12-02 - KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1991-07-25 - Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles)
1992-07-01 - 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
1992-08-03 - Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)
1994-01-17 - 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
1994-04-17 - "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1994-06-19 - "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort NYC after 72 perfs
1998-02-15 - Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
2000-06-19 - Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4-2 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
2002-06-12 - Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4-0 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
2005-01-10 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
2005-01-26 - Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.
2007-05-01 - The Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.
Famous Birthdays
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1867-04-11 - Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
1895-11-29 - Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles CA, choreographer
1903-08-27 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
1923-11-01 - Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
1927-04-30 - Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
1930-05-01 - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles
1936-02-27 - Roger M Mahoney, Hollywood Ca, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- )
1943-12-07 - Bernard C. Parks, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
1947-07-14 - Nick Benedict, Los Angeles CA, actor (Pistol-Birth of a Legend)
1947-08-01 - Dennis Zine, Los Angeles City Councilman
1948-02-11 - Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)
1948-04-29 - Reb Brown, Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break)
1950-10-04 - Meg Bennett, Los Angeles CA, actress (Young & Restless)
1953-01-23 - Antonio Villaraigosa, Hispanic-American 52nd Mayor of Los Angeles
1954-01-13 - Vicki McCarty, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Sep, 1979)
1955-02-05 - Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977)
1956-12-03 - Hart Bochner, Los Angeles CA, actor/director (Rich & Famous)
1959-01-23 - Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag)
1960-08-30 - Vic Wilk, Los Angeles CA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Knoxville Open)
1966-11-04 - Petra Verkaik, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Dec, 1989)
1969-10-16 - Wendy Wilson, Los Angeles Ca, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
1970-12-19 - Robert Lang, Teplice CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, Los Angeles)
1972-06-30 - Garret Anderson, Los angeles CA, outfielder (California Angels)
1972-10-12 - Neriah Davis, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Mar, 1994)
Famous Deaths
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1928-06-16 - Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867)
1956-11-05 - Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1971-03-11 - Roy Glenn, dies in Los Angeles at 56
1979-07-16 - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
1979-08-09 - Raymond Washington, founder of Los Angeles, California gang, the Crips
1979-10-03 - Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles
1998-06-05 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
1998-09-29 - Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
2005-01-15 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
2007-08-07 - Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (b. 1931)
