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The history of San Diego began in the present state of California, when Europeans first began inhabiting the San Diego Bay region. As the first area of California in which Europeans settled, San Diego has been described as "the birthplace of California". [1] Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover San Diego Bay in ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune. The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was ...
Scotland portal. v. t. e. The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. [2] In early times, and possibly even today, Scottish clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the clan, after whom the clan is named. The clan chief (ceannard cinnidh) is the representative of this founder, and represents the clan.
William McIntosh (c. 1775 – April 30, 1825), [1] also commonly known as Tustunnuggee Hutke (White Warrior), was one of the most prominent chiefs of the Creek Nation between the turn of the 19th-century and his execution in 1825. He was a chief of Coweta town and commander of a mounted police force. He became a large-scale planter, built and ...
1855 – Point Loma Lighthouse built. [5] 1858 – October: Hurricane. 1859 – San Diego County votes to secede from California to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 207–24 in favor of secession [8] 1862 – 6.0 magnitude Earthquake. 1866 – Louis Rose lays out town of Roseville, later incorporated into San Diego.
President, Naval Historical Foundation. Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet ...
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of San Diego, California. It was established on May 16, 1889. [5][6] The department employs 1,731 officers and 601 civilian staff. It covers 343 square miles of service area with a population of over 1.4 million people. It is the second-largest municipal police ...
The government of San Diego County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of San Diego. [1] Much of the government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments such as the Government of San Diego County. The County government provides countywide ...