Events by Decade Archives - Page 99 of 101 -

As posts are published, they will be loaded into the appropriate decade.

AUGUST 14, 2014: Paul McCartney held the last event to take place at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park.

“Why is Candlestick Park so windy? Because of the Giant[s] fans.” This was the first joke I ever learned. When I was growing up, no one…

AUGUST 12, 1869: Self-proclaimed Emperor Norton declared the abolition of the Democratic and Republican parties. He was San Francisco’s first person to be famous for being famous.

Joshua Abraham Norton was born in England in 1818. When he was two, he and his family moved to South Africa. He was 27 years…