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Engineering failures Verified The Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse When the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck on 17 October 1989, a 0.7-mile section of Oakland's double-deck Cypress Street Viaduct collapsed. The upper … 17 October 1989 Cypress Street Viaduct collapse zone and memorial park United States

Historic crimes & investigations Verified The Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk Former San Francisco supervisor Dan White entered City Hall on 27 November 1978 and shot Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in their … 27 November 1978 San Francisco City Hall United States

Social movements Verified The Indigenous Occupation of Alcatraz On 20 November 1969, Native students and activists landed on vacant Alcatraz Island and claimed it as Indian Land. Calling themselves Indians of All … 20 November 1969–11 June 1971 Alcatraz Island United States

Military events Verified The Port Chicago Explosion, Refusal, and Exoneration Two explosions destroyed the ammunition-loading pier at Port Chicago Naval Magazine on 17 July 1944, killing 320 sailors and civilians. Of the dead, 202 … 17 July 1944 Port Chicago Naval Magazine explosion pier and national memorial United States

Social movements Verified Bloody Thursday and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike During the 1934 West Coast maritime strike, employers and city officials tried to reopen San Francisco's port with strikebreakers and police escorts. On 5 … 5 July 1934 Former maritime union headquarters at Mission and Steuart Streets United States

Historic crimes & investigations Verified The Preparedness Day Bombing and the Mooney Case At 2:06 p.m. on 22 July 1916, a suitcase bomb exploded beside San Francisco's enormous Preparedness Day parade, killing ten people and wounding about … 22 July 1916 West side of Steuart Street just south of Market Street United States

Epidemics & public health Verified The First San Francisco Plague Epidemic and Chinatown Quarantine The first documented locally acquired human plague infection in the continental United States was identified in San Francisco's Chinatown in March 1900. Public-health workers … 6 March 1900–11 December 1902 San Francisco Chinatown, represented at Portsmouth Square United States

Internet culture & public spectacle Verified The Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference Attorneys and supporters of President Donald Trump held a post-election press conference in the back lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping in northeast Philadelphia. … 7 November 2020 Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 7347 State Road United States