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1533: Two ships landed at Baja in La Paz Harbor, local residents killed 20 and ships retreated
1535: Hernando Cortes led expedition to La Paz, established small colony
1540: Sea expedition led by Hernando de Alarcon up Gulf of California to mouth of Colorado River, became first Europeans on California soil
1542: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first European to explore California, landed at San Diego, discovered Catalina Islands, sites of San Pedro and Santa Monica and Santa Barbara Channel Islands
1579: Sir Francis Drake landed north of San Francisco Bay, claimed the territory for England
1669: Gaspar de Portolb, governor of the Californias, led an expedition up the Pacific coast, established California's first mission on San Diego Bay
1769: Sargent Jose Ortega discovered entrance to San Francisco Bay
1776: Presidio of San Francisco and Mission Dolores founded
1812: Russian fur traders established Fort Ross
1812: Mexico won independence from Spain, became California's new ruler
1826: Native Americans attacked Mission San Francisco Solano
1848: Gold discovered at Sutter's sawmill in Coloma
1849: California Gold Rush began; California became U. S. property with Treaty of Guadalupe
1849: Fire devastated San Francisco
1850: California became 31st state
1869: First westbound train arrived in San Francisco
1882: Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, barring all Chinese immigration
1900: Oil discovered along Kern River
1906: San Francisco earthquake killed more than 3,000, left 225,000 homeless
1910: Angel Island opened, entry point to U. S. for immigrants
1911: Women won right to vote
1928: California Hockey League created
1928: Great Highway and Ocean Beach Esplanade in San Francisco completed
1933: Long Beach earthquake caused widespread damage throughout southern California; Alcatraz made a prison
1934: Bloody Thursday riots took place in San Francisco
1936: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened
1936: Golden Gate Bridge completed
1936: Parker Dam completed
1942: Japanese Americans relocated to U.S. concentration camps; Japanese submarine shelled an oil field near Goleta.
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1945: United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco
1952: Bakersfield hit by earthquake, caused over $50 million in property damage
1969: Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island
1969: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk shot and killed
1989: 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Bay Area
1992: California became first state to elect two women to U.S. Senate - Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein
2000: Electricity crisis caused blackouts and large rate increases
2003: Governor Davis recalled; Arnold Schwarzenegger elected
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