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The population of Los Angeles reached more than 100,000 with the 1900 census, [118] more than a million in 1930, more than two million in 1960, and more than 3 million in 1990. Los Angeles surpassed Chicago to become the nation's second largest city between 1980 and 1982, with a population estimated to be 3.022 million in 1982. [119]
The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [ 4 ][ 5 ] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted ...
Robbery. The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, [ 2 ] was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997. Both robbers were killed, twelve police ...
September 8 – SoFi Stadium opens in Inglewood, which occupies the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack. October 11 – The Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Finals, their first championship since 2010. October 27 – The Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, their first championship since 1988. 2021.
t. e. The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as " the '90s " or " nineties ") was a decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the " post-Cold War decade ", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [ 1 ]
1652689, 2410213. Website. comptoncity.org. Compton is a city located in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, [9] situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county, and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporate.
The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990. Today the system includes over 160 miles (260 km ...
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Logo since 2022, first revealed as the stadium's 100th anniversary (2023). Expo Park/USC Expo/Vermont. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.