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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JUNE 5, 1959: Four San Francisco Bay Area teachers were subpoenaed by the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The City Hall Riot that occurred during the second day of hearings all but put an end to the government’s hunt for Communists. 

JUNE 5, 1959: Four San Francisco Bay Area teachers were subpoenaed by the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The City Hall Riot that occurred during the second day of hearings all but put an end to the government’s hunt for Communists. 

The House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was formed by the US House of Representatives in 1938. It had close ties to Joseph McCarthy’s Senate…

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