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JULY 27, 1831: Ludwig Immanuel Nobel was born in Stockholm. It is six degrees of separation that ultimately link Nobel to San Francisco’s Great Powder Company, the first company in the United States to manufacture dynamite.

Ludwig Nobel lived his life in Sweden. When he died on April 12, 1988 in France, newspapers around the globe mistakenly identified him as Alfred…

SEPTEMBER 16, 1966: A replica of the Mexican Liberty Bell was presented to San Francisco by Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and installed in Mission Dolores Park.

Mission Dolores Park (“Dolores Park”) is located on the western edge of the Mission District (“The Mission”) on one of Twin Peaks’ lower slopes between…