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In 1955, the San Diego City Council approved a plan for a month-long celebration to take place in the summer of 1956. [1] A private organization run by Wayne Dailard, who had served as manager of the 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition, put on a 33-day-long event in 1956, with some financial support from the city and county. [2]
"Problems in Paradise: Citizen Activism and Rapid Growth in San Diego, 1970–1990". Southern California Quarterly. 83 (2): 181– 220. doi:10.2307/41172070. JSTOR 41172070. Albert S. Broussard (2006). "Percy H. Steele, Jr., and the Urban League: Race Relations and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Post-World War II San Diego". California History.
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The first Spanish settlement in present-day California was the Presidio of San Diego and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, both established in 1769 next to the village of Cosoy. [6] The Presidio and Mission were located at the western end of Mission Valley, which is now present-day Old Town , where the valley opens out into the flood plain of the ...
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 Rodríguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover San Diego Bay in ...
A few years later, when rioting erupted in Los Angeles, Oakland, Las Vegas and other cities in the wake of the acquittal of LAPD officers in the 1991 beating of Rodney King, San Diego remained ...
In early 1958, May Centers proposed rezoning 90 acres (360,000 m 2) in the then sparsely-populated Mission Valley area of San Diego to build a shopping mall. [4] In June 1958, the San Diego City Council unanimously voted in favor of rezoning the 90 acres (360,000 m 2) for the May plan. Center Courtyard at Mission Valley Center, 1961. 1960s
The echoes of the gunshots from 90 years ago will be heard again the weekend of May 24 when the town of Gibsland hosts the Bonnie and Clyde Festival, marking the anniversary milestone of the ...