DECEMBER 9, 1941: Two days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that 34 Japanese warships were just off the California coast and headed towards the City.

DECEMBER 9, 1941: Two days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that 34 Japanese warships were just off the California coast and headed towards the City.

At the start of World War II[1], the San Francisco Bay Area was the most valuable military asset on the West Coast. After Japan’s attack…

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DECEMBER 2, 1981: San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center opened. There are many public sculptures that decorate the grounds.

DECEMBER 2, 1981: San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center opened. There are many public sculptures that decorate the grounds.

Opened in 1981, the Moscone Convention Center was named after Mayor George Moscone who, along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, was assassinated in 1978[1]. The Moscone…

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