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JANUARY 29, 1998: Joseph Alioto died in San Francisco, but this would not be the end of the Alioto dynasty.

JANUARY 29, 1998: Joseph Alioto died in San Francisco, but this would not be the end of the Alioto dynasty.

When one thinks of families that impacted San Francisco’s political and cultural landscape, names like Sutro[1], Spreckels[2] and de Young[3] immediately come to mind. With the arrival…

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JANUARY 27, 1894: The California Midwinter International Exposition opened in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

JANUARY 27, 1894: The California Midwinter International Exposition opened in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

In 1892 President Benjamin Harrison appointed Michael H. de Young, one of the founders of the San Francisco Chronicle[1], as national commissioner of the 1893 World’s Columbian…

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