San Francisco History

1906: On April 18, 1906, the Great San Francisco Earthquake struck Northern California at 5:12 AM, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.8. The quake and subsequent fires devastated San Francisco,…

1978: Assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, and George Moscone, the Mayor of San Francisco,…