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The attack was the first naval bombardment of the United States by a foreign power since the War of 1812 ( Battle of Baltimore of 1814 by British Royal Navy ), excluding the incidental shelling of coastland Orleans, Massachusetts in 1918. [6] Additionally, at about 5,100 miles east of Japan, the bombardment of Ellwood was the furthest direct ...
Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire: Belo Horizonte: Brazil 2001 7: 197 pyrotechnics Myojo 56 building fire: Kabukicho, Shinjuku: Japan 2001 44: 3 suspected arson Fifth-deadliest fire in post-war Japanese history Club La Guajira fire: Caracas: Venezuela 2002 47: 28 Christmas decoration Bouncer delayed exit asking patrons not to leave without paying
The Whisky a Go Go (informally nicknamed The Whisky) is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boulevard, northwest corner. The club played a central role in the Los Angeles music scene from the 1960s ...
24–25 February 1942. Location. Los Angeles, California, U.S. Casualties and losses. 5 civilians died. 3 died in car accident. 2 died of heart attack. The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the ...
August 22, 1986. Designated NHLD. June 12, 1995 [ 3] Little Tokyo ( Japanese: リトル・トーキョー ), also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. [ 4] It is the largest and most populous of ...
Crenshaw. / 34.01810°N 118.34064°W / 34.01810; -118.34064. Crenshaw, or the Crenshaw District, is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. [ 2][ 3] In the post– World War II era, a Japanese American community was established in Crenshaw. African Americans started migrating to the district in the mid 1960s, and by the early ...
California Club. / 34.05028°N 118.256417°W / 34.05028; -118.256417. The California Club is an invitation-only private club established in 1888, based in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles Times, "The people who run Los Angeles belong to the Jonathan Club; the people who own Los Angeles belong to the California Club ...
The Hall of Records was estimated to cost $13.7 million in 1961. Counter proposals were made by the Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Officer to preserve the old Hall of Records and move it to the Temple Street location, however, it was estimated that the cost of moving the building would be prohibitively high--$1.5 million to move, and much more to renovate.