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Alcatraz Island
got
a military prison
in
1868
in
California
The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison
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748428
California
was established
in
1899
...
364732
California
closed
in
1899
...
364733
California
was established
in
1900
...
364661
California
closed
in
1902
...
364370
California
was established
in
1910
...
363262
California
closed
in
1910
...
363263
1913
California
passed
the Alien Land Act
in
1913
in
California
which excluded Asian immigrants from owning land
...
2147498421
California
was established
in
1923
...
361885
California
closed
in
1925
...
361773
McDonalds
opened
on
5/15/1940
in
California
in San Bernardino
...
752644
Maurice McDonald
founded
McDonalds
on
5/15/1940
in
California
...
977856
Richard McDonald
founded
McDonalds
on
5/15/1940
in
California
...
977858
Sergei Rachmaninoff
moved to
Beverly Hills, California
in
1942
in
California
...
753099
1960
California
adopted
the California Master Plan for Higher Education
in
1960
in
California
...
2147498426
Daniel Dale Johnston
was born
on
1/22/1961
in
California
American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist.
...
749327
Wendy Tasker
was born
on
6/1965
in
California
...
1250530
Gwen Stefani
was born
on
10/3/1969
in
California
...
747505
Alcatraz Island
was occupied
by aboriginals
on
11/1969
in
California
The island was occupied for more than 19 months by a group of aboriginal people from San Francisco who were part of a wave of Native activism across the nation with public protests
...
748429
Richard McDonald
founded
McDonalds
on
5/15/1970
in
California
...
977857
Winona Ryder
was born
on
10/29/1971
in
California
...
1250417
1976
California
Executed
13 people
on
13/1976
in
California
...
2147498427
California
passed
Proposition 13
on
13/1978
in
California
limiting state property taxes after a tax revolt
...
2147498428
Christina Ricci
was born
on
2/12/1980
in
California
...
1250418
Macaulay Culkin
was born
on
8/26/1980
in
California
...
1250416
Los Angeles
Hosted
Summer Olympics
in
1984
in
California
...
2147498429
Kira Spencer Hesser
was born
on
7/19/1984
in
California
...
1250480
Alcatraz Island
received
National Historic Landmark
in
1986
in
California
...
748431
California
passed
Proposition 63
in
1986
in
California
enshrining English as the state's official language
...
2147498430
Miko Hughes
was born
on
2/23/1986
in
California
...
1250428
Mary-Kate Ashley Olsen
was born
on
6/13/1986
in
California
...
1250427
Kiami Davael
was born
on
8/21/1986
in
California
...
1250477
Jacqueline Steiger
was born
on
12/26/1986
in
California
...
1250479
1987
Mara Elizabeth Wilson
was born to
Michael Wilson and Suzie Shapiro
on
7/24/1987
in
California
...
1250419
Hilary Duff
was born
on
9/28/1987
in
California
...
1250438
Stephanie Mitsuko Matsuba
did something
was born
on
10/7/1987
in
California
...
1250414
Jessica Wilson
was born on
on
10/28/1987
in
California
...
1250413
Wendy Tasker
married
Paul Babb
on
12/20/1987
in
California
...
1250531
Alex Cassidy
was born
in
1988
in
California
...
1250461
Ashley Chan
was born
in
1988
in
California
...
1250462
Justin Cooper
was born
on
11/17/1988
in
California
...
1250420
Ashley Monique Clark
was born
on
12/1/1988
in
California
...
1250496
1989
Oliver Kindred
was born
on
1/26/1989
in
California
...
1250503
Ashley Rumph
was born
on
2/25/1989
in
California
...
1250484
David Kikuta
was born
on
3/9/1989
in
California
...
1250500
Sara Michelle Magdalin
was born on
on
12/20/1989
in
California
...
1250421
Matthew Michael Goodall
was born on
on
2/18/1990
in
California
...
1250459
Samantha Heyman
was born
to Sean Heyman
on
10/28/1991
in
California
...
1250460
Dylan Cole Sprouse
was born
on
8/4/1992
in
California
...
1250429
Caitlin Amanda Fein
was born to
Sheila Fein
on
9/4/1992
in
California
...
1250491
1994
Rose Bowl
Hosted
FIFA World Cup
in
1994
in
California
...
2147498431
Dakota Fanning
was born
on
2/23/1994
in
California
...
1250426
Lilli Babb
was born to
Wendy Tasker
on
6/1994
in
California
...
1250529
Hannah Robinson
was born
on
1/8/1995
in
California
...
1250439
Katelyn Zoey Rosen
was born
on
6/7/1995
in
California
...
1250515
California
authorized
California High-Speed Rail Authority
in
1996
in
California
...
2147498432
Madeline Carroll
was born on
on
3/18/1996
in
California
...
1250422
Phoebe Garcia-Pearl
starred in the
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250465
Sara Michelle Magdalin
performed in
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250466
Christel Khalil
performed in
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250476
Kiami Davael
performed in
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250478
Mara Elizabeth Wilson
performed in
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250482
Katelyn Zoey Rosen
performed in
movie Matilda
on
7/28/1996
in
California
...
1250517
Tessa Allen
was born
on
8/7/1996
in
California
...
1250463
1997
Edward Amuwa
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250469
Mercedes villamil
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250473
Matthew Michael Goodall
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250475
Ashley Rumph
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250486
Ashley Monique Clark
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250499
David Kikuta
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250502
Derrick Friedman
performed in
movie Liar Liar
on
3/21/1997
in
California
...
1250506
Claire Bryett Andrew
was born
on
7/24/1997
in
California
...
1250435
Ava Locklear
was born
Heather Locklear
on
10/4/1997
in
California
...
1250425
1998
Claire Bryett Andrew
performed in
movie Casper Meets Wendy
in
1998
in
California
...
1250452
Claire Bryett Andrew
performed in
movie Casper Meets Wendy
on
9/1998
in
California
...
1250494
Claire Bryett Andrew
performed in
movie Casper Meets Wendy
on
9/1998
in
California
...
1250495
Morgan Lily
was born on
on
4/11/2000
in
California
...
1250423
Lily Bleu Andrew
was born on
on
7/11/2000
in
California
...
1250437
Cali Noelle Sheldon
was born
on
6/17/2002
in
California
...
1250470
Gray Davis
was recalled as
Governor
on
10/2003
in
California
...
2147491821
Gray Davis
lost the job as
Governor
on
10/7/2003
in
California
...
2147491820
2004
California
passed
Proposition 71
in
2004
in
California
to fund stem cell research
...
2147498433
Hannah Robinson
starred in movie A Cinderella Story as 10-year-old
on
7/16/2004
in
California
...
1250440
Portillos Restaurants
opened
New Restaurant
in
2005
in
California
Portillos expands outside of Illinois for the first time with a restaurant in Buena Park, California.
...
746288
California
Executed
in
2006
in
California
...
2147498434
Voters
passed
Proposition 8
in
2008
in
California
banning marriage for gay couples for the second time
...
2147498436
Voters
passed
Proposition 20
on
20/2008
in
California
which empowered an independent citizen commission to redraw districts for local politicians and Congress
...
2147498437
Abby Ryder Fortson
was born
on
3/14/2008
in
California
...
1250442
Mia Talerico
was born
on
9/17/2008
in
California
...
1250424
Voters
approved
California Proposition 1A
on
11/2008
in
California
...
2147498435
2010
Voters
passed
Proposition 14
in
2010
in
California
...
2147498438
Emma Volk
was born
on
3/17/2016
in
California
...
1250444
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