Events by Decade Archives - Page 42 of 101 -

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JUNE 9, 1931: The name of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially changed to San Francisco Airport, today known as San Francisco International Airport.

In 1927, with the introduction of commercial air travel, San Francisco leased 150 acres of cow pasture from D.O. Mills in San Mateo County as…

JUNE 8, 1910: Thomas Cahill was born in Chicago. He would become San Francisco’s longest serving Police Chief.

Thomas Cahill, a tall, strong, red headed Irishman, was the San Francisco Chief of Police from 1958-1970. He was born in Chicago but moved with…