San Francisco History Calendar for SEPTEMBER 2010

San Francisco History web links

Alcatraz History
Barbary Coast Vigilance Committee
Black Bart
First Atomic Bomb (Hiroshima) in San Francisco
California As I Saw It (1849-1900)
California Historical Society
San Francisco Cemeteries
The Cliff House Project
EMPEROR NORTON
Golden Gate Railroad Museum
Gold Rush Chronicles
Fillmore Museum Gold
History of Golden Gate Park
San Francisco History
San Francisco / History / Time / Place
Lola Montez
Mark Twain in San Francisco
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
Pier 70 San Francisco
SF Museum Online
The Mexican Museum
Museum of City of San Francisco
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of San Francisco
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Information
The Story of Dogpatch
Notable Jailbirds of San Francisco
Sex, Vigilantism, and San Francisco in 1856
Women's History in San Francisco
Playland at the Beach
History of Russian Hill
Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) architect
Julia Morgan architect
The Simple Home Charles Keeler1906 architect
Seventy-five Years in San Francisco
San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project
San Francisco and thereabout (1902) by Charles Keeler
San Francisco Historical Society
Telegraph Hill History
Pier 70 History
Timeline of San Francisco History
Wagon Master Bill Roddy
Western Neighborhoods Project
San Francisco - The Early Years CD 1897 - 1916 (2-CD Set)
San Francisco Call
J.B.Monaco's Photograhic collection
Kenneth Rexroth San Francisco 1975

Legends of San Francisco
1914 Poem
by George W. Caldwell, M.D

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This monthly San Francisco Calendar is where I get to share my interest in our city's fascinating history. Do you enjoy revisiting the art and music from the dance hall concerts of the late 60's and early 70's? I sure do! Posters and concerts displayed here are for the pleasure of those like me who were lucky to have been here and for those who wish they had been.
~ nicole, sfheart.com

photo is Twilight sky with bridge in background (maringheadlands to left and Presidio to right as seen from my window. ~ nicole, sfheart

red sky at morning
sailors warning
red sky at night
sailors delight

September 1, 1852
Gold dust to the amount of $29,195,965 has been shipped East so far this year.

September 1, 1987
During a nonviolent protest at Concord Naval Weapons Station, a Navy munitions train runs over blockader S. Brian Willson. Willson loses both legs but remains an active & articulate leader in the anti-military movement.

Protesting American arms shipments to the contras by blocking a military train, San Francisco activist S. Brian Willson loses both legs below the knees when the train fails to stop.

He is later sued by civilian members of the train crew for the "humiliation, embarrassment & emotional distress" the incident caused them.

September 1, 1967
The Steve Miller Blues Band
@ Avalon Ballroom
Poster artist: Stanley Mouse

 

 

September 2, 1965
Beatles concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City. Pandemonium broke out as fans rushed the stage.

September 2, 1966
Jefferson Airplane,
PH Phactor Jug Band,
Andrew Staples
@ Fillmore West
Poster Artist: Wes Wilson

September 2, 1968
San Francisco Mime Troupe w/ Crome Syrcus
The Sons of Champlin, Country Weather, Randy Boone, Black Pearl, Grateful Dead,and more performed at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Sept. 3, 1962
e.e. cummings, poet, dies in New Hampshire, aged sixty seven.

September 4, 1951
The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

Sept 5, 1957
Jack Kerouac's On the Road, is published. Jack wrote in fits of inspiration that lasted for days, fueled by amphetamine binges & lack of sleep. The entire process took 20 days & ended with a single spaced, 120-foot long scroll.

September 5, 1968
Chuck Berry and
Steve Miller Band
@Fillmore West
Poster Artist: Lee Conklin

September 6, 1968 James Cotton Blues Band, The Sir Douglas Quintet @ Avalon Ballroom Poster Artist: Roger Weil	September 7, 1967 The Byrds, The Loading Zone, The LDM Spiritual Band @ Fillmore Auditorium Artist: Jim Blashfield

September 7, 2002
Some 10,000 peace activists gathered for the 4th annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival at Golden Gate Park. The event began in 1999 as a means of drumming up support for Mumia Abu Jamal, the former Philadelphia journalist convicted of killing a police officer.

September 8, 1951
In San Francisco, California, 48 nations signed a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War September 8, 2002
Pop Zhao, a SF artist, organized volunteers to drape 3 miles of US flags along the SF coastline in an artistic display of patriotism, remembrance and strength.

September 9, 1966 Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Great Society @ Avalon Ballroom Poster Artists : Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley	September 9, 1966 Mothers of Invention and Oxford Circle @ Fillmore Auditorium Poster Artist: John H. Myers

September 9, 1850
California admitted to the Union as the 31st state.

September 9,1966 -- San Francisco Oracle begins publication.

September 10, 1676
Gerrard Winstanley, leader of the Original Diggers died
"Let reason rule the man and he dares not trespass against his fellow creatures, but will do as he would be done unto, For Reason tells him is thy neighbour hungry and naked today, do thou feed and clothe him, it may be thy case tomorrow and then he will be ready to help thee".

September 10, 1848
Gold dust price set at $16 per ounce; San Francisco citizens demanded that the United States open a branch mint in San Francisco.

September 10,1973 -- Grass in the Splendor?: Todd Rundgren keeps his promise & records a thousand voices in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for the left track of his song, "Sons of 1984." He had put 5,000 fans in NY on tape for the right track.
However, the open-air recording session ends in a rumble as police move in to arrest a suspect for allegedly peddling cannabis. A melee erupts & 11 people are arrested.

September 11, 1966 Benefit for BOTH/AND jazz club @ The Fillmore with Big Mama Thornton, Jefferson Airplane, Elvin Jones, Jon Hendricks Trio and the Joe Henderson Quartet.

September 12, 1968
Big Brother and the Holding Company,
Santana
Chicago
@ Fillmore West.
Poster Artist: Rick Griffin

September 12, 1970
Timothy Leary escapes from prison in San Luis Obispo, Calif. with the help of his wife Rosemary, and Weatherman, a radical offshoot organization of the Students For Democratic Society (SDS). Targeted by the Richard Nixon administration as a dangerous subversive, the former Harvard professor had been imprisoned in February of that year for possessing a single marijuana joint (he was convicted of possession under the Marijuana Tax Act and sentenced to a preposterous 30 years in jail).
Leary made his way to Algeria where he met up with exiled American Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and was given asylum in the Black Panther 'embassy'.
He then sought asylum in Switzerland, but was recaptured by US DEA agents in Afghanistan in 1973, extradited back to America, and sent back to prison.
Rosemary Leary stayed underground, until she was able to sneak back into the United States in 1980. She lived under the name Sarah Woodruff. and in 1993, she had her record cleared of fugitive charges.Timothy Leary died in 1996.

September 13, 1968
John Mayall, Big Mama Mae Thornton, & Black Pearl appearing at the Avalon Ballroom
Poster artist: The West Will Sun Graffix Kurt Strausse

September 14, 1847
American troops captured Mexico City.

September 14 - 16, 1967
Electric Flag,
Mother Earth
The LDM Spiritual Band
@ Fillmore Auditorium
Poster Artist: Jim Blashfield
Listen to Mother Earth perform @ this Winterland concert  Courtesy of Wolfgang's Vault




September 14, 1988
Hundreds in San Francisco residents gathered for a peaceful and lawful protest of the policies/platform of then-candidate for president George H.W. Bush. who was appearing here with his vice president.
In the ensuing police riot in front of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 58-year-old legendary labor organizer Doloras Huerta was severely beaten and nearly killed by San Francisco Police officers.
The baton-beating caused significant internal injuries to her torso, resulting in several broken ribs and required the removal of her spleen in emergency surgery. The beating including the clear ramming of the butt end of a baton into Huerta's torso by one of the helmeted officers was caught on videotape and broadcast widely on local television news,.
Later, Huerta won a large judgment against the SFPD and the City of San Francisco, the proceeds of which were used in benefit of farm workers. video of Bonnie Raitt and Delores Huerta

September 14, 2002
Some 1,000 marched down Market St. to denounce the Bush administration’s call for war against Iraq.

September 15, 1967
The Youngbloods,
The Other Half
Mad River
@ Avalon Ballroom
Poster Artists: Victor Moscoso
Paul Kagan

September 15, 2001
Four days after 9-11, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) casts the only Congressional vote opposing the granting of unlimited military power to Pres. Bush.

September 16, 1966 Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle @ The Avalon Ballroom Poster Artists: Stanley Mouse, and Alton Kelley

September 17, 1776
The Presidio of San Francisco was founded

September 17, 1850
Fourth Great Fire destroyed 150 buildings in the area bounded by Dupont, Montgomery, Washington and Pacific streets. Loss set at $500,000. The fire broke out in the Philadelphia House on the north side of Jackson between Grant and Kearny. The San Francisco, Empire and Protection fire companies fought the blaze but had no water.

September 17, 1859
Joshua A. Norton, who lost his money in an attempt to corner the rice market, today declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. San Francisco.

At the pre-emptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself the Emperor of These United States. Joshua A. Norton

 

September 17, 1935:
Birth of psychedelician author Ken Kesey.

September 18, - Sep 21, 1969
Taj Mahal
Buddy Guy
Spooky Tooth
Brotherhood Of Light
@ Fillmore West, San Francisco
Poster Artist:Randy Tuten
Listen to Taj Mahal @ this Fillmore West Concert Courtesy of Wolfgang's Vault

September 18, 1970
Rock legend Jimi Hendrix dies of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.

September 19, 1968 Albert King, Creedence Clearwater Revival,and Black Pearl @ Fillmore West Poster Artist: Rick Griffin	Sep 21, 1967 Blue Cheer, Vanilla Fudge and The Sunshine Company @ Fillmore Auditorium Poster Artist: Bonnie MacLean

September 22, 1967 The Charlatans, Buddy Guy and North American Ibis Alchemical Co. @ The Avalon Ballroom Poster Artist: Bob Fried	September 22, 1967 Donovan @ the Cow Palace Artist: Bonnie MacLean

September 22,1975
Sara Jane Moore tried to assassinate USA President Gerald Ford. Ford survived the second assassination attempt by a woman in one month when Sara Moore made an attempt on his life in San Francisco.September 22, 2000
Nine protestors at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention were arrested. They contended government monopolization of the airwaves. 3 lawyers were also arrested when they tried to shove their way into the Hall of Justice.

September 23, 1966 Tour/Show: The Sound w/ Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band @ Winterland Artist: Wes Wilson

September 24 1855
The preserved heads of Joaquin Murieta and Three-Fingered Jack" were sold at auction today for $36 to satisfy a judgement

September 25, 1965
“Eve of Destruction”, sang by Barry McGuire top of the charts

September 25, 1967
Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Fillmore.

September 25, 1968
"Peace & Freedom Cabaret" Benefit w/ Steve Miller Blues Band, Santana, The Flamin' Groovies, It's a Beautiful Day, Frumious Bandersnatch, Country Weather, The Cleveland Wrecking Company, Womb, Garden of Delights with other strange delights to thrill you. @ Fillmore West.
Admission fee:  $2.50

September 25, 1968
Five-day Radical Theatre Festival at San Francisco State College featured Bread and Puppet Theatre, Teatro Campesino, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

September 26, 1968
A Beautiful Day
and Loading Zone
@ Fillmore West.
Poster Artist: Lee Conklin

September 27, 1966
The Four Tops with Johnny Talbot and De Thanks opened at Fillmore Auditorium

September 27, 1968 Flatt and Scruggs, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and The Sons of Champlin @ Avalon Ballroom Artist: The West Will Sun Graffix  Jim Smircich	September 28, 1967 Jefferson Airplane, Mother Earth and The Flamin' Groovies @ Fillmore Auditorium Poster Artist: Greg Irons

 

September 29, 1967 Vanilla Fudge, Charles Lloyd Quartet and North American Ibis Alchemical Co. perform @ The Avalon Ballroom Poster Artists: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley	September 29, 1967 Grateful Dead, The Sons of Champlin and Reginald @ The Straight Theatre Artist: C. Braga

September 29, 2001
Some 7,000 people marched for peace in Washington DC while an estimated 7-10 thousand marched in San Francisco. They marched to mourn terrorist victims, and to urge the nation to heal poverty and injustice that fuels global violence instead of focusing on military revenge.

September 30, 1851
The barge "Mount Washington" arrived in port with cargo which included macaroni and other foods, candles, soap, fishing nets, books and mail. Mail was delivered to the post master by Capt. Ebenezer G. Libby.

September 30, 1966
Three-day Acid Test opened at San Francisco State College Commons. The test was to peak on the evening of Oct. 1. The Grateful Dead performed.

September 30, 1966
13th Floor Elevators
and Quicksilver Messenger Service
@ The Avalon Ballroom
Poster Artist: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley

September 30, 1966
Listen to The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Concert
@ Winterland in San Francisco
courtesy of Wolfgang's Vault

September 30, 1999
The SF Giants played their last game at Candlestick/3Com Park before a crowd of 61,389 fans. The Los Angeles Dodgers won, 9-to-4.

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