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1974
Death of Earl Warren, three-term governor of California and fourteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in Washington, DC. He chaired the commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Earl Warren Elementary School in Garden Grove is named in his honor. [Sources: Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 by Kevin Starr, California Department of Education, and Wikipedia.]
2017
The first Model 3 Tesla rolled off the assembly line in Fremont, California. It was purchased by company founder Elon Tesla. [Source: Bloomberg.com]