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Stephen Abas – Olympic freestyle wrestler. Paula Abdul – dancer (American Idol) Abby Abinanti – California’s first Native American female lawyer. Gracie Abrams – singer. Rosalie Abrams – playwright, actress, and activist. Beth Accomando – film critic, arts reporter, and podcast host. Ansel Adams – photographer.
Recorded March 8, 2014. Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
URL. www.famousbirthdays.com. Launched. 1996 ; 28 years ago (original) Current status. Active. Written in. HTML, JavaScript. Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [ 1 ] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [ 2 ][ 3 ]
t. e. The history of California can be divided into the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769), the Spanish colonial period (1769–1821), the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present). California was one of the most culturally and ...
This is a list of notable people from San Francisco, California. It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in San Francisco, or for whom San Francisco is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Francisco.
2019 (Sunday) 2018 (Saturday) 2017 (Friday) 2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Tuesday) July 14 is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 170 days remain until the end of the year.
John Gately Downey, the seventh governor of California was sworn into office on January 14, 1860, thereby becoming the first governor from Southern California. Governor Downey was born and raised in Castlesampson, County Roscommon, Ireland, and came to Los Angeles in 1850. He was responsible for keeping California in the Union during the Civil War.
The first European explorers, flying the flags of Spain and of England, sailed along the coast of California from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century, but no European settlements were established. The most important colonial power, Spain, focused attention on its imperial centers in Mexico and Peru.