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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo is buried on Catalina Island
Sir Francis Drake claims 'New Albion' for the English Crown
A Filipino-led galleon lands in Morro Bay
Fr. Eusebio Kino proves California is not an island
Gaspar de Portola explores and formally claims California for the Spanish Empire
San Francisco founded
Los Angeles founded
Missionaries foil Toypurina's uprising
Monterey is sacked by Argentine corsairs
Mexico loses control of California to two rival governments
Gold is first discovered in California
The United States invasion of California succeeds
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo cedes California to the United States
California becomes a US State
The state's first railroad opens in Sacramento
San Francisco destroyed by earthquake and fire
First film made in Los Angeles
Ishi, the last uncontacted Native American in California, comes out of hiding
President Warren Harding dies in San Francisco
The Arroyo Seco Parkway opens as California's first freeway
Japanese submarines attack Santa Barbara
The only US President born in California takes office
President Gerald Ford is nearly assassinated twice while visiting the state
A major earthquake disrupts an all-California World Series
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