California's Centennial Cities in 2014

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California cities that celebrate 100 years in 2014!

CENTENNIAL 2014
Beverly Hills Jan. 28, 1914 - Rose Parade float, documentary of 100 years, sing-along, commemorative merchandise, Arts of Palm installation, Beverly Hills stamp, time capsule. beverlyhills.org
Corcoran Aug. 11, 1914 Cotton Festival, Harvest & Parade
Fillmore July 10, 1914
Firebaugh Sep. 17, 1914
San Bruno Dec. 23, 1914
Walnut Creek Oct. 21, 1914

Rolling back to 1914:

• California had approx. 2.8 million residents in 1914
• January - The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
• February - Charlie Chaplin makes his film début in the comedy short Making a Living.
• On April 23, two days after the bombardment of Vera Cruz, the Los Angeles Battalion of the 7th California Infantry, under the command of Col. W. G. Schreiber, was directed to the border town of Calexico, California, to protect lives and property.
• April - Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
• May- Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.
• On May 30, 1914, Lassen Peak awoke from a 27,000-year-long slumber when it was shaken by a steam explosion.
• California Bell Company established.- creators of El Camino Real bell.
• John Muir died on Christmas Eve, 1914.
• Model Eugenical Sterilization Law of the "socially inadequate" -- people supported in institutions or "maintained wholly or in part by public expense, feebleminded, insane, criminalistic, epileptic, inebriate, diseased, blind, deaf; deformed; and dependent" grew in popularity. The vast majority of sterilizations (2,500) took place in California.

California 1914 ballot propositions (the most ever with 48)

• Alcohol Banned liquor Defeated
• Suspend Prohibition Approved
• Labor Set a 40-hour workweek Defeated
• $1.8 million in bonds to finance construction of UC-Berkeley Approved
• Counties and municipalities allowed to condemn some properties Defeated
• Prohibit prize-fighting Approved
• Cities with more than 3,500 residents allowed to adopt charters Approved
• Direct election of U.S. Senators Approved
• Public utilities in municipalities Defeated
• Taxation of public property Approved
• Non-profit educational institutions exempt from property taxes Approved
• Minimum wage Minimum wage for women and minors Approved
• Except in an emergency, no one to work more than 6 days/48 hours Defeated

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