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MAY 11, 1908: Alma de Bretteville married business mogul Adolph Spreckels in San Francisco and coined the term “sugar daddy”.

MAY 11, 1908: Alma de Bretteville married business mogul Adolph Spreckels in San Francisco and coined the term “sugar daddy”.

UPDATED May 11, 2022 Alma Charlotte Corday le Normand de Bretteville was born on March 24, 1881 on a farm in San Francisco’s Sunset District[1]….

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MARCH 5, 1906: Cal Ewing purchased the San Francisco Seals, a minor league baseball team that, despite serious stadium issues, won 14 Pacific League baseball pennants during their 54 years in the City. 

MARCH 5, 1906: Cal Ewing purchased the San Francisco Seals, a minor league baseball team that, despite serious stadium issues, won 14 Pacific League baseball pennants during their 54 years in the City. 

The Pacific Coast League (PCL), comprised of six minor baseball teams from Seattle to Los Angeles, was founded in 1903 by Cal Ewing. The San…

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