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The 2015 season Super Bowl 50 was played at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California on February 7th, 2016 between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. The Broncos won, defeating the Panthers 24–10, and Denver linebacker Von Miller was named Super Bowl MVP. As the 50th Super Bowl, the league named it Super Bowl 50 instead of Super Bowl L, Read more...
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From May 26th to June 2nd, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono booked connected rooms 1742, 1738, 1740, and 1744 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal to stage their Bed-in for Peace protest against the Vietnam War. During their stay, Lennon wrote and recorded a version of Give Peace a Chance. Suite 1742, now the John Lennon & Yoko Read more...
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Former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 at 5 New York Place in Manchester and lived there with his parents for a few months after his birth. The house has since been demolished but the house at 34 Wadeson Road in Ardwick stands on the approximate site and a wall plaque notes the location’s Read more...
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On September 22nd, 1975 Sarah Jane Moore fired a gun twice at President Gerald Ford as he left San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel via the Post Street entrance. Both shots missed and the president was quickly escorted away in his limousine. Moore was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination attempt but was released on parole on December 31st, Read more...
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Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe on January 14th, 1954 at San Francisco City Hall in the chambers of Municipal Judge Charles H. Perry. After the civil ceremony they posed for photographs on the steps outside Saints Peter and Paul Church across from Washington Square in North Beach. The marriage lasted 274 days before Marilyn filed for divorce. Read more...
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The first Starbucks Coffee in San Francisco opened in March 1992 at the corner of Union and Laguna Streets in the Cow Hollow neighborhood. Read more...
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The stairs at Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park are on the east side of the lake where a popular 220-step climb starts at the bottom of the hill on Marine Avenue and emerges at the old streetcar loop area near Go Ape on Streetcar Drive. As you head down Marine Avenue from the Dorsett Road intersection, at the bottom of Read more...
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Public access to the top of Coit Tower is only by elevator which carries visitors 14 stories to the observation deck for 360 degree views over San Francisco. Elevator tickets are sold at the gift shop, or skip ticket lines by booking in advance online or by phone for a specific time and date. Read more...
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San Francisco International Airport (or SFO) is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco. Read more...
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At a moderate pace, hiking to the Mission Peak summit should take around 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on the starting point. The challenging hike has an elevation gain of 2,100 feet, following either the 3.4 mile Peak Trail from Ohlone College, or the steeper 3.1 mile Hidden Valley Trail or Peak Meadow Trail which start at Stanford Avenue in Read more...
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Christmas Tree Point in San Francisco is where a large illuminated Christmas tree was erected annually from 1927 for a few years by a local group that included the San Francisco Examiner newspaper and other community organizations. The name endured and the promontory on the northeast edge of Twin Peaks is a popular vantage point with views over the city. Read more...
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Twitter’s first offices were at 164 South Park Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The social networking technology company, founded in 2006 by Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey and Noah Glass, was based here until 2008. An early-stage Instagram was a tenant here later. Read more...
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Twitter’s headquarters are located at 1355 Market Street in San Francisco’s SoMa/Tenderloin neighborhood. The social networking technology company moved into the complex, known as Market Square, in 2012. Read more...
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The 1984 season Super Bowl XIX was played at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California on January 20th, 1985 between the Miami Dolphins and the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers won, defeating the Dolphins 38-16, and 49ers quarterback Joe Montana was named Super Bowl MVP. Read more...
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The Dorn Pyramid in San Luis Cemetery is a tomb erected by local lawyer Fred Adolphus Dorn for his wife and newborn son who died within days of each other shortly after childbirth. A stone on the 25-foot granite pyramid records those lying within as: Cora Russell Dorn (7.5.1868-5.26.1905) and Fred Adolphus Dorn, Jr. (5.23.1905) and an inscription at the Read more...
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Stripe’s headquarters are located at 510 Townsend Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The payment processing technology company moved into the newly built 300,000 square foot building in 2018. Read more...
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San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid limits access to tenants and their approved guests only. An observation room on the 27th floor was permanently closed for security reasons many years ago and replaced by a street-level virtual observation deck on Clay Street which provides a view from the top via live video feed. Read more...
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Heath Ledger died in his rented apartment on the fourth floor of 421 Broome Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood on January 22nd, 2008, aged 28. The Australian actor reportedly overdosed accidentally on prescription medication. Read more...
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The building under the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge is Fort Point, built by the US Army at the height of the Gold Rush between 1853 and 1861 as part of a defense system to protect the harbor from foreign attack. When it was no longer needed as a defense position, it served as barracks and military Read more...
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You can take an elevator up the Campanile (also known as the Sather Tower) followed by 38 steps to its 200-foot-high observation deck. It offers 360-degree views of the UC Berkeley Campus and, on clear days, as far as Oakland and San Francisco. The tower is open from 10 am daily and admission charges apply except for UC Berkeley students, Read more...