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May 5, 2015 · Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. 1. Capone was in a street gang as a child. Born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, Alphonse Capone was the fourth of nine children. His parents, Gabriele, a ...
Nov 27, 2018 · November 20, 1969: A group of San Francisco Bay-area Native Americans, ... called the "Longest Walk," sets off from Alcatraz Island, California. By the time marchers reach Washington, D.C. they ...
Jul 11, 2019 · The 1.7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, an icon of the San Francisco Bay region, connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California.At its completion in 1937, the suspension bridge was ...
Aug 3, 2021 · Around dusk on the evening on August 29, 1970, a group of 23 Native American activists climbs to the top of Mount Rushmore. Renaming the landmark Crazy Horse Mountain, in honor of the Lakota Sioux ...
Oct 31, 2022 · The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a grassroots movement for Indigenous rights, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group has organized many high-profile protests and occupations ...
Feb 9, 2010 · From November 1969 to June 1971, AIM members occupied Alcatraz Island off San Francisco, saying they had the right to it under a treaty provision granting them unused federal land. In November ...
Nov 16, 2009 · A mere 83 hours after leaving New York City, the Transcontinental Express train arrives in San Francisco. That any human being could travel across the entire nation in less than four days was ...
