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- Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
- Britain recognizes Communist government of China
- Eight men and four women of an American jury decide that Harry Bridges is a Communist
- 4000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Wash DC
- Gas costs $0.20, milk $0.84, and bread $0.14
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July 30, 1950 - The Wedding
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- World War II hero General Douglas MacArthur get's hero's welcome in SF
- 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians exposed as British and US agents
- Fire set by workman eats shell of SF city hall dome
- 1st jet passenger trip made
- UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY
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- 23,000 fill Cow Palace to hear Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in a campaign speech rip into President Truman
- Emporium opens at Stonestown
- Dragnet with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
- Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
- Broadway Tunnel opens in The City
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Julie and Debbie
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- Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea
- Samuel Beckett's En Attendant Godot premieres in Paris
- President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
- Korean ferryboat Chang Tyong-Ho sank off Pusan killing 249
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- Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport color television broadcasts
- 553,000 visit airshow at San Francisco International Airport
- Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
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Joe DiMaggio knocked out the niftiest home run of his career with a long line drive into the matrimonial bleachers with Marilyn Monroe on Jan. 15, 1954. They divorce in October of the same year.
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Wendy is born.
April 11, 1954 |
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- Roma Baking and Waxman Bakeries, two of San Francisco's oldest, go out of business
- Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met
- Salk polio test results showed that the vaccine was 100 percent effective in Alameda County field trials
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Cousins! (Wendy, Jeff, Linda)
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- Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
- The last work horse is retired from The City's streets
- Last cable car runs on Washington-Jackson line in Pacific Heights
- Not a lot happened in 1956, evidently, except that Midge got pregnant for the third time!
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- International Geophysical Year begins; ends June 30, 1958 (18-mo year)
- Daily amphibious airplane flights between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe are inaugurated May 15 by Air Dorado - fare: $22.50
- National League owners permit the NY Giants to move to San Francisco
- Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
- Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
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The year started with two, but on January 15, 1957, along came Greg.... |
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- BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
- European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
- The Bay Bridge takes its place as one of the "Seven Civil Engineering Wonders of the World."
- Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland
- Edmund G. "Pat" Brown is elected Governor in a sweep
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The ferry boat San Leandro -- last of the Bay's "lovely ladies," which once was the largest ferry fleet in the world.
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2215 Allegheny Way.
A new home in the San Mateo Eichler Highlands.
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Camping at the U.C. Lair of the Bear...
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- Alaska admitted as 49th US state
- Robert F. Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz," is transferred to a Federal Medical Center, ending 42 years of solitary confinement on Alcatraz
- Bozo the Clown live children's show premieres on TV
- Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
- US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt
- Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as president of France's 5th Republic
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