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APRIL 19, 1909: After being destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake and Fires, a second Orpheum Theatre opened in San Francisco.

The first Orpheum Theatre opened as a vaudeville house in 1887 at 119 O’Farrell in San Francisco. Later, other Orpheum Theatres opened in major cities…

NOVEMBER 13, 1854: Five nuns from Sisters of the Presentation arrived in San Francisco from Ireland and opened many schools throughout the City including St. Anne School, part of St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church.

In 1854 five nuns from Sisters of the Presentation in Ireland made the arduous journey to San Francisco via New York and through Panama. Their…