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San Francisco : Top 10 Scandals and Disasters

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1. Native Americans’ Near-Extinction

In the late 1800s Native Americans were hunted down by settlers, with a bounty paid for each scalp.
2. Gold Rush Lawlessness

Gold Rush frontier life was so criminal that vigilante justice was proclaimed in the 1850s, leading to secret trials.
3. 1906

The earthquake and consequent fire devastated much of the city, and 250,000 people were left homeless.
4. “Bloody Thursday”

On July 5, 1934, police fired shots at striking longshoremen, leaving two dead.
5. Howl

On October 13, 1955, Allen Ginsberg read his revolutionary poem in San Francisco, which was later banned as obscene.
6. Freedom & Anti-War

Pro-Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War riots occurred from 1964 to 1970
7. Rock Icons Die

Part of hippie legend, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died of heroin overdoses in 1970.
8. White’s Revenge

In 1978 ex-Supervisor Dan White shot dead Mayor George Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk (see Harvey Milk).
9. AIDS

The AIDS epidemic reached overwhelming proportions in the city in the 1980s.
10. Loma Prieta Earthquake

In October 1989, the quake destroyed the Victorian center of Santa Cruz and part of the Bay Bridge.