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JUNE 7, 1925: Leo Riegler was born in Vienna, Austria. He would become managing partner of San Francisco’s Vesuvio, a bar in North Beach.

JUNE 7, 1925: Leo Riegler was born in Vienna, Austria. He would become managing partner of San Francisco’s Vesuvio, a bar in North Beach.

Leo Riegler was born on June 7, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. In April 1939 he and his mother fled the country to England. A year…

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MAY 28, 2014: Famed author and poet Maya Angelou died in North Carolina. She spent her teenage years in San Francisco where she was an entertainer and the first black female streetcar conductor.

MAY 28, 2014: Famed author and poet Maya Angelou died in North Carolina. She spent her teenage years in San Francisco where she was an entertainer and the first black female streetcar conductor.

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in Saint Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. Her older brother nick-named her “Maya”. She spent her early childhood…

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