History of Los Angeles

American physicist (1852–1931)

Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people around Los Angeles in 1969.

Orenthal James Simpson, also known by his nickname "the Juice", was an American professional football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Simpson is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, but his success was overshadowed by his criminal trial and contentious acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

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1992 riots following the beating of Rodney King

movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

criminal trial decided October 3, 1995 in United States

American serial killer, rapist, burglar and former police officer

American murderer (1953–2005)

hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

restaurant chain founded by Bob Wian in California, United States

form of post-modern architecture style, a subdivision of futurist architecture

The Tongva ( ) are an indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . In the precolonial era, the people lived in as many as 100 villages and primarily identified by their village rather than by a pan-tribal name. During colonization, the Spanish referred to these people as Gabrieleño and Fernandeño, names derived from the Spanish missions built on their land: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission San Fernando Rey de España. Tongva is the most widely circulated endonym among the people, used by Narcisa Higuera in

earthquake

city flag of Los Angeles, California, USA

main railway station in Los Angeles, California, United States

Canadian-American evangelist and media celebrity (1890-1944)

defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States

American lawyer and true crime writer (1934–2015)

American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist (1881–1961)

American gang member (1953–1979)

series of kidnappings and murders in Los Angeles and Riverside County, California

American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946–2022)

US international fitness center chain

canal in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Irish-American politician and California Governor

movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States

towers in Los Angeles

funicular

stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California, United States

American actress (1883–1977)

Governor of Alta California (1801-1894)

Governor of the Californias

engineer and builder of the Los Angeles Aqueduct (1855-1935)

neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States

(1875-1958) American cloud seeder

Californian transit company

Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District building

neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States

former dam in Los Angeles County, California, US

earthquake 1933

Welsh-born American businessman and philanthropist

1847 agreement that ended the Conquest of California

official head and chief executive officer of Los Angeles, California, United States

American mayor in California

outdoor acrobatics and gymnastics platform

thoroughfare in Los Angeles, United States

abandoned mines located in the Inyo Mountains, California

former home of Sharon Tate

American lawyer (1855–1930)

former baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California

German international fitness center chain

Roman Catholic mission and a historic landmark in San Gabriel, California

president and general manager of the Times-Mirror Company, publisher of the Los Angeles Times (1837-1917)

S.O. unit of the LAPD; aimed at neutralizing gang activity

bay near Los Angeles in California, United States

former Catholic church, now exhibit hall, in Los Angeles, California

American businessman, California land developer (1847-1931)

former system of streetcars that operated in central Los Angeles, California