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1 John Sowden House 2008-06-06 13,567 593,26 Jaws house in Los Feliz, designed by Lloyd Wright
2 Venice Canal Historic District 2008-06-04 18,522 431,654
3 Harold Lloyd Estate 2008-08-26 25,428 398,206 House of Harold Lloyd, built in 1920s, known as "Greenacres"
4 El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument 2008-08-01 16,559 239,237
5 Hollywood Masonic Temple 2008-05-24 11,692 228,779
6 Old Warner Brothers Studio 2008-08-20 17,728 222,859 Movie studio building on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, built in 1919
7 Sunset Tower 2008-08-25 17,045 197,848 Art Deco tower on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, opened in 1931
8 Hollywood Tower 2008-06-14 8,638 197,209
9 Millard House 2008-08-21 11,092 190,295 Textile block house in Pasadena, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built 1923
10 El Cortez 2008-05-10 23,690 188,217 Built in 1927 as tallest building in San Diego

Southern California

Historic sites

Los Angeles

Title Creation Size Views Description
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles 2008-11-08 20:07 53,763 List 102,903 Historic sites in downtown Los Angeles
St. Vincent de Paul Church 2008-10-11 05:52 3,748 Start 53,900 Catholic church on Adams Blvd, paid for by Edward L. Doheny, designed by Albert C. Martin
Forthmann House 2008-10-11 05:42 2,347 Stub 5,986 Victorian house owned by USC
Widney Alumni House 2008-10-11 05:30 2,862 Start 8,082 Oldest university building in Southern California, on USC campus
Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II 2008-10-11 05:16 2,326 Stub 2,532 West Adams house, site of Stevenson's 1900 birth
Hyde Park Congregational Church 2008-10-11 04:55 1,732 Stub 2,247 Historic church demolished in 1964
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles 2008-10-08 14:59 72,924 List 27,864 Historic sites in southern Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument 2008-09-23 06:26 8,518 161,521 Historic designation used by City of Los Angeles
Harold Lloyd Estate 2008-08-26 05:09 25,428 375,810 House of Harold Lloyd, built in 1920s, known as "Greenacres"
Ramsay-Durfee Estate 2008-08-06 04:09 7,935 Start 7,535 Tudor Revival mansion on Western Avenue, Los Angeles, built 1908
Southern California Gas Company Complex 2008-08-05 01:55 2,468 Stub 6,953 Renaissance Revival structures in downtown Los Angeles, built 1925, designed by Parkinsons
The Town House (Los Angeles) 2008-08-05 01:05 7,081 Start 28,484 Apartment building in Westlake district, built 1929
North University Park Historic District 2008-08-05 00:54 9,008 14,818 Neighborhood of late 19th century Victorian homes
Frederick Hastings Rindge House 2008-08-05 00:40 3,614 Stub 19,128 Romanesque Revival house in West Adams distrcit, built 1904
Mount Pleasant House 2008-08-05 00:32 2,746 Stub 6,000 Italianate mansion, moved in 1975 to Heritage Square
Engine Company No. 28 2008-08-05 00:26 2,555 Stub 17,416 Fire station built 1912, downtown Los Angeles
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch 2008-08-05 00:18 3,871 Stub 52,630 Moderne building built 1929, designed by Parkinsons
Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building 2008-08-05 00:10 2,789 Stub 10,548 Art Deco highrise on Pershing Square, built 1930
Roosevelt Building 2008-08-05 00:02 3,525 Stub 8,504 Italian Renaissance highrise in downtown Los Angeles, built 1926
James Oviatt Building 2008-08-04 23:55 6,382 Start 77,364 Art Deco highrise in downtown Los Angeles, built 1927-1928
Spring Street Courthouse 2008-08-04 23:25 13,777 Start 14,960 Moderne style courthouse built in 1940 in downtown Los Angeles
Wilton Historic District 2008-08-04 23:17 5,398 Stub 21,685
St. James Park Historic District
2008-08-04 23:10 2,045 Stub 5,947
Petitfils-Boos House 2008-08-04 23:03 2,355 Stub 4,582
Los Altos Apartments 2008-08-04 22:55 7,530 Stub 32,812
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building (1928) 2008-08-04 22:48 4,213 Stub 5,112
Hotel Chancellor 2008-08-04 22:38 2,309 Stub 7,920
General Petroleum Building 2008-08-04 22:33 5,838 Stub
Superior Oil Company Building 2008-08-04 22:25 13,369 Stub 34,693
Ziegler Estate 2008-08-04 22:19 2,846 Stub 5,189
Holmes-Shannon House 2008-08-04 18:05 3,378 Stub
Menlo Avenue–West Twenty-ninth Street Historic District 2008-08-04 17:53 12,089
Machell-Seaman House 2008-08-04 17:45 2,931 Stub 3,191
Edward Alexander Kelley Hackett House 2008-08-04 17:36 2,089 Stub
South Bonnie Brae Tract Historic District 2008-08-04 17:28 2,769 Stub 11,848
Van Buren Place Historic District 2008-08-04 05:38 2,489 Stub
U.S. Post Office-Los Angeles Terminal Annex 2008-08-04 02:55 10,507 Start
Plaza Substation 2008-08-03 23:42 7,426 Start 5,126
Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building 2008-08-03 06:47 5,975 C 6,755
El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument 2008-08-01 23:16 16,559 228,761
Twentieth Street Historic District 2008-07-31 21:01 3,568 Stub
Exposition Park Rose Garden 2008-07-31 17:59 8,794 35,697
South Serrano Avenue Historic District 2008-07-30 23:08 3,161 Stub
Highland Park Police Station 2008-07-29 15:06 6,967 Start 47,649
Neutra Office Building 2008-07-28 22:08 8,349 24,349
Highland Park Masonic Temple 2008-07-27 23:48 10,220
Smith Estate (Los Angeles) 2008-07-25 23:31 16,020 33,953
Miller and Herriott House 2008-07-25 05:24 5,816 Start
Frederick Mitchell Mooers House 2008-07-24 15:04 9,511
Bryson Apartment Hotel 2008-07-21 23:30 16,094 30,058
El Molino Viejo 2008-07-20 23:07 18,269 20,293
Friday Morning Club 2008-07-19 23:46 9,461
Santa Fe Freight Depot 2008-07-18 20:54 9,684 10,096
Pisgah Home Historic District 2008-07-17 23:49 21,348 27,837
Fire Station No. 23 (Los Angeles, California) 2008-07-16 05:56 17,803 101,844
Engine House No. 18 (Los Angeles, California) 2008-07-14 21:18 5,467 Start 8,816
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home 2008-07-12 15:37 15,130 30,864
SS Catalina 2008-07-10 23:32 21,434 45,966
Casa de Rosas 2008-07-10 04:18 4,153 49,492
Watts Station 2008-07-09 02:09 17,879 23,257
Hale House 2008-07-08 01:52 12,806 17,591
Eugene W. Britt House 2008-07-07 00:26 9,186 10,816
Lummis House 2008-07-06 18:16 6,874 Stub 73,267
South Park Lofts 2008-07-05 20:07 6,420 Start
Broadway Theater District 2008-07-04 17:54 27,347 101,976
El Cabrillo 2008-07-03 00:33 12,135 39,061
Los Angeles Board of Trade Building 2008-07-02 03:34 4,524 Start
Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn 2008-07-02 02:22 4,724 Start
Garbutt House 2008-07-01 04:42 9,144 67,315
San Fernando Building 2008-06-29 22:05 14,335
American Trona Corporation Building 2008-06-28 16:24 3,897 Stub
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project 2008-06-28 06:00 6,975
Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building 2008-06-27 04:15 12,410 85,488
Ralph J. Bunche House 2008-06-26 03:47 6,801 Start
Granada Shoppes and Studios 2008-06-26 03:12 8,011
Textile Center Building 2008-06-25 02:32 6,724 Start
The Andalusia 2008-06-23 23:03 5,327 Stub 21,283
Los Angeles Nurses' Club 2008-06-23 22:03 5,646 Start
Gerry Building 2008-06-15 19:10 2,715 Stub
Alvarado Terrace Historic District 2008-06-13 18:15 14,760 Start 37,976
Ebell of Los Angeles 2008-06-12 03:31 18,960 77,895
El Greco Apartments 2008-06-11 17:06 10,471
John Sowden House 2008-06-06 23:13 13,567 Start 573,259
Dunbar Hotel 2008-06-03 02:54 26,998 95,509
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial 2008-06-01 23:00 11,225 Start 18,318
Judson Studios 2008-05-29 02:41 21,728 27,469
Sovereign Hotel (California) 2008-05-17 06:38 3,709 Stub
Charmont Apartments 2008-05-17 06:29 3,498 Stub
Horatio West Court 2008-05-17 06:07 3,816 Start
Henry Weaver House 2008-05-17 05:27 3,287 Stub
Bolton Hall 2008-05-16 05:19 12,124 Start 18,488
Golden Gate Theater 2008-05-09 03:02 12,033 36,090
Stimson House 2008-05-05 04:50 25,983 52,847
La Puente Valley Woman's Club 2008-05-04 06:07 2,303 Stub
McCarty Memorial Christian Church 2008-05-01 22:59 8,665 Start 10,564
St. John's Cathedral (Los Angeles) 2008-04-30 02:42 19,519 Start 28,265
Breed Street Shul 2008-04-27 20:53 11,993 Start 36,292
Wilshire Boulevard Temple 2008-04-24 04:25 29,048 156,575

Harbor area

Title Creation Size Views Description
Harbor View House 2008-10-06 18:17 4,294 Start 12,078 Spanish Colonial Revival building in San Pedro
Memory Chapel 2008-10-06 03:23 2,899 Start 2,701 Carpenter Gothic Victorian church in Wilmington
James H. Dodson Residence 2008-10-06 03:09 2,586 Stub 3,780 Victorian Stick-Eastlake style house in San Pedro built 1881
Old St. Peter's Episcopal Church 2008-10-03 03:16 5,534 Start 3,851 Carpenter Gothic Victorian church in San Pedro, built 1883
Powder Magazine (Camp Drum) 2008-10-02 06:27 4,051 Start 4,475 Brick and stone structure built in 19842 to store gunpowder during Civil War
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Wilmington, California) 2008-10-02 06:18 1,882 Stub 2,560 Historic church in Wilmington, built 1883
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area 2008-09-30 18:12 25,683 List 16,406 Historic sites in LA harbor area
Banning House 2008-08-23 18:46 12,799 43,617 Greek Revival Victorian home built 1863 in Wilmington
Municipal Warehouse No. 1 2008-08-03 19:25 14,055
San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building 2008-05-11 01:27 7,050 Stub
United States Post Office (San Pedro, Los Angeles) 2008-05-11 01:11 3,207

Hollywood/West Hollywood

Title Creation Size Views Description
Walter L. Dodge House 2008-12-31 02:39 17,744 C 17,250 Early Modern home in West Hollywood demolished in 1970
Hacienda Arms Apartments 2008-11-22 07:27 13,673 C 49,921 Mediterranean Revival apartment building on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood
Sunset Tower 2008-08-25 03:15 17,045 B 187,358 Art Deco tower on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, opened in 1931
Old Warner Brothers Studio 2008-08-20 22:13 17,728 212,345 Movie studio building on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, built in 1919
C.E. Toberman Estate 2008-08-06 05:41 9,009 Start 26,715 Mission Revival mansion in Hollywood, built 1926
Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village 2008-08-05 00:47 2,731 Stub 12,240 Craftsman style bungalows in Hollywood
St. Andrews Bungalow Court 2008-08-04 21:40 3,007 Stub
Villa Bonita 2008-08-04 17:19 6,736 Stub 10,040
Hollywood Melrose Hotel 2008-08-04 22:00 3,014 Stub 16,086
Security Trust and Savings 2008-08-04 23:48 1,739 Stub 5,289 Hollywood highrise designed by Parkinsons, built 1921
Halifax Apartments 2008-07-31 20:33 3,346 Start 5,021
Guaranty Building (Hollywood, California) 2008-07-23 23:54 2,889 Stub
Whitley Court 2008-06-28 04:21 3,734 Start 6,745
Hollywood Tower 2008-06-14 23:50 8,638 Start 190,439
Samuel Freeman House 2008-06-05 22:09 8,453 Stub 98,175
Storer House 2008-06-05 06:37 12,924 164,850
Montecito Apartments 2008-05-31 07:21 6,501 Start 17,561
Hollywood Studio Club 2008-05-26 23:57 27,227 Start 43,522
Hollywood Masonic Temple 2008-05-24 01:01 11,692 217,430
Jardinette Apartments 2008-05-23 05:56 9,542 Start 25,880
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood 2008-04-23 20:36 38,518

Library branches

Title Creation Size Views Description
Wilmington Branch 2008-06-07 23:22 2,726 Start
Memorial Branch 2008-06-07 23:18 3,629 Start
North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library 2008-06-07 23:03 8,934 Stub
John Muir Branch Library, Los Angeles 2008-06-07 22:16 3,475 Stub
John C. Fremont Branch Library, Los Angeles 2008-06-07 22:02 4,293 Start
Angeles Mesa Branch Library 2008-06-07 21:52 3,168 Start
Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles 2008-06-07 21:37 2,904 Stub
Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library 2008-06-07 21:26 4,822 Stub
Van Nuys Branch 2008-06-07 21:15 5,529 Stub
Wilshire Branch Library 2008-06-07 20:52 3,951 Stub
Cahuenga Branch Library 2008-06-07 19:48 13,660 Start
Vermont Square Branch Library 2008-06-07 18:58 12,209 Start
Lincoln Heights Branch Library 2008-06-07 17:37 8,979 Start
Helen Hunt Jackson Branch 2008-06-07 15:38 4,354 Start
Richard Henry Dana Branch 2008-06-07 04:50 4,029 Start
Felipe de Neve Branch Library 2008-06-07 04:27 4,860 Start
Venice Branch 2008-06-07 03:59 3,399 Start
Washington Irving Branch 2008-06-07 03:07 10,447 Start
Moneta Branch 2008-06-07 02:15 4,109 Start
Malabar Branch Library 2008-06-07 01:02 4,656 Start

Pasadena

Title Creation Size Views Description
Millard House 2008-08-21 01:20 11,092 182,056 Textile block house in Pasadena, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built 1923
Pasadena Civic Center District 2008-05-12 03:54 4,936 Start 14,137 Stub
St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Pasadena, California) 2008-04-13 22:11 19,306 C

Pomona area

Title Creation Size Views Description
La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose 2008-09-02 02:12 6,957 C 10,675 Adobe structure built 1837 in Pomona
La Casa Alvarado 2008-09-01 23:59 6,224 7,243 Adobe structure built 1840 in Pomona
Rancho San José (Palomares) 2008-09-01 18:38 14,349 Start 30,790 Mexican land grant included Pomona, LaVerne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Azusa, Covina, Glendora, Claremont
Azusa Civic Center 2008-09-01 06:27 5,432 Start 4,834 Mission/Spanish Revival buildings completed 1928 in Azusa
Pomona City Stables 2008-08-31 22:05 4,728 Start 4,547 Brick structure in Pomona, built 1909
Phillips Mansion 2008-08-30 15:45 14,876 43,516 Second Empire house build in 1875 for Louis Phillips
San Dimas Hotel 2008-08-29 07:28 13,949 16,055 Built in 1887 in San Dimas
Ygnacio Palomares Adobe 2008-08-28 19:10 13,775 20,945 Adobe strcture builg 1850-1855 in Pomona

San Diego

Title Creation Size Views Description
Balboa Theatre 2008-05-10 04:41 8,381 Stub 39,106
Horton Grand Hotel 2008-05-10 04:05 3,287 Stub 38,705
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building (San Diego) 2008-05-10 03:48 1,643 Stub
El Cortez (San Diego) 2008-05-10 03:21 23,690 Start 180,995

San Fernando Valley

Title Creation Size Views Description
Encino Oak Tree 2008-09-30 05:41 9,869 Start 41,262 1,000-year-old California live oak felled in El Niño storm, 1998
Lassen Street Olive Trees (Chatsworth, California) 2008-09-30 05:01 2,827 Start 6,846 Olive trees in Chatsworth, planted in 1890
Saint Saviour's Chapel 2008-09-28 21:23 3,068 Start 5,120 Chapel on campus of Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City
Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center 2008-09-28 01:04 8,434 Start 35,667 Former estate of oil pioneer William Warren Orcutt in West Hills
Chatsworth Community Church 2008-09-28 00:48 4,516 Start 5,166 Church in Chatsworth, built in 1903
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley 2008-09-23 23:54 49,822 List 40,608 Historic sites in San Fernando Valley
Shadow Ranch 2008-09-22 01:13 4,713 23,440 Historic ranch house, built 1869-1872, in West Hills
Minnie Hill Palmer House 2008-08-19 23:55 8,856 C 10,608 Cottage in Chatsworth, built 1911
Convento Building (Mission San Fernando) 2008-08-05 01:38 9,294 C 21,227 Structure dating to 1808-1822 with arched colonnade at Mission San Fernando
Faith Bible Church, Northridge, California 2008-05-28 00:59 3,834 Start
Rómulo Pico Adobe 2008-04-28 03:40 11,839 Start 27,189
Leonis Adobe 2008-04-28 02:05 24,204 Start 122,889
Lopez Adobe 2008-04-28 01:40 17,981 Start 15,129
Burbank City Hall 2008-04-26 07:30 5,528 Start 10,333

Ventura County

Title Creation Size Views Description
Burro Flats site 2008-09-15 23:57 13,304 Start 78,911 Chumash pictographs near Simi Valley in Ventura County
St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel (Ojai, California) 2008-09-13 23:18 5,199 Stub 7,995 Former Catholic chapel built in Spanish Colonial Revival style 1918, now a museum
Bardsdale United Methodist Church 2008-09-13 23:14 5,122 Start 4,404 Carpenter Gothic church built 1898, 3 miles from Fillmore
Camarillo Ranch House 2008-09-11 04:44 21,956 36,779 Adolfo Camarillo's house in Camarillo, built 1892
San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct 2008-09-10 03:45 6,429 9,443 Remains of aqueduct that provided water to Mission San Buenaventura
Carnegie Art Museum 2008-09-08 01:48 13,283 Start 15,678 Carnegie librarry in Oxnard, built 1907, now as an art museum

West LA County

Title Creation Size Views Description
Kappe Residence 2008-12-31 00:06 5,360 Start 15,398 Modern house on hillside in Pacific Palisades
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the Westside 2008-11-10 02:03 41,389 List 24,313 Historic sites in western Los Angeles
Fox Bruin Theater 2008-09-27 06:09 9,051 Stub 92,519 Streamline Moderne move theater in Westwood, built 1937
Adamson House 2008-09-02 15:56 19,380 131,078 House in Malibu, "Taj Mahal of Tile"
Warren Wilson Beach House 2008-08-04 23:37 1,630 Stub 5,286 Craftsman style house built in 1911 in Venice
Venice of America House 2008-08-04 21:17 1,798 Stub
Ralphs Grocery Store 2008-07-31 00:53 8,836 42,346
Chateau Colline 2008-07-12 04:28 3,713 Start 6,843
Venice Canal Historic District 2008-06-04 04:36 18,522 Stub 416,177
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles 2008-05-30 23:25 3,686 Start
Wadsworth Chapel 2008-05-30 05:35 8,079 10,563

Whittier

Title Creation Size Views Description
Jonathan Bailey House (Whittier, California) 2008-05-04 07:10 3,782 Stub
National Bank of Whittier Building 2008-05-04 07:02 2,500 Stub
Standard Oil Building (Whittier, California) 2008-05-04 06:54 2,321 Stub
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Whittier
2008-05-04 06:49 3,690 Start
Orin Jordan House 2008-05-04 06:29 2,460 Stub
Hoover Hotel 2008-05-04 06:19 5,968 Stub

Catholic churches

Title Creation Size Views Description
St. Monica (Santa Monica) 2008-04-16 11,000 101,733
St. Charles Borromeo 2008-04-07 22,270 C 60,218
Blessed Sacrament (Hollywood) 2008-04-23 38,518 49,837
St. Brendan (Los Angeles) 2008-04-18 10,620 Start 35,513
St Andrew's (Pasadena) 2008-04-13 19,306 C 35,328
Mary Star of the Sea 2008-04-22 18,655 22,324
Holy Family (Glendale) 2008-04-10 8,511 16,333
St. Robert Bellarmine (Burbank) 2008-04-10 15,728 16,075
St. Finbar (Burbank) 2008-04-11 7,242 15,866
Padre Serra Parish 2008-04-21 13,654 12,908
Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary 2008-04-07 8,622 12,199
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church and School 2008-03-30 17,731 10,154
St. Augustine (Culver City) 2008-04-17 9,976
Incarnation Catholic Church 2008-04-11 18,564 8,249
St. Mel 2008-04-01 6,757
St. Elisabeth of Hungary Church and School 2008-04-01 12,110
St. Catherine of Siena Church and School 2008-04-01 9,377
Our Lady of the Valley 2008-03-31 3,077
Our Lady of Grace (Encino) 2008-03-29 9,174

Other

Title Creation Size Views Description
Santa Monica State Beach 2008-03-26 10,078 169,596
Hillcrest Country Club 2008-03-28 20,152 145,919
Tea Fire 2008-11-14 17,027 119,389
McCabe's Guitar Shop 2008-03-27 15,66 106,033
Procopio 2008-12-21 24,199 99,896
Spring Street (Los Angeles) 2008-07-22 40,646 67,807
Van Nuys Boulevard 2008-03-16 16,705 63,225
Burbank Town Center 2008-03-10 11,634 46,181
Albert C. Martin Sr. 2008-09-06 11,628 39,070
John C. Austin 2008-09-09 14,580 37,644
Valley Presbyterian Hospital 2008-03-10 4,668 37,066
Sayre Fire 2008-11-15 19,856 34,071
Reseda Boulevard 2008-03-06 13,304 33,056
Alfred Rosenheim 2008-09-17 10,107 30,023
Fallbrook Center 2008-03-11 5,010 29,207
Elmer Grey 2008-09-14 30,810 25,368
Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center 2008-03-10 2,627 23,575
Joseph Thomas McGucken 2008-04-20 11,503 15,826
Louis Phillips (rancher) 2008-08-31 4,285 12,436
Angelus (magazine) 2008-04-14 3,574 12,009
Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park 2008-03-12 3,415 9,764
Arthur and Nina Zwebell 2008-09-20 2,164 6,519
Florence Casler 2008-06-25 5,352 5,190

Expansions

Title Creation Size Views Description
Carroll Avenue 100,953
Sportsmen's Lodge 46,212
Los Cerritos Ranch House 33,048
Pico Canyon Oilfield 27,126
Ventura County Courthouse 19,027
Pico Boulevard 92,993 East-west street in Los Angeles
Mentryville, California 43,018
Bobbi Fiedler 27,085
Sunburst (community) 25,281
Bill Paparian 18,475

Michigan Wolverines athletics

Football

Title Creation Size Views Description
Scott Shafer 2008-01-19 24,562 122,325
Willis Ward 2008-01-24 36,665 89,158
1980 Michigan Wolverines football team 2008-12-14 77,978 55,312
George Jewett 2008-01-22 15,432 46,088
Mike Mallory 2008-01-19 8,385 43,517
1981 Rose Bowl 2008-12-16 13,014 40,364
List of Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans 2008-01-07 36,186 List 33,115
1964 Michigan Wolverines football team 2008-01-06 38,070 27,629 07:52 10,623 29,500
1950 Michigan Wolverines football team 2008-01-06 23,363 C 17,319
Bill Daley 2008-01-01 16,838 17,676
Dick Kempthorn 2008-12-142 18,751 11,895
Rich Strenger 2008-01-20 8,985 11,436
Dave Gallagher 2008-01-10 4,594 11,245
Brad Cochran 2008-01-10 9,293 10,596
Doug Roby 2008-02-07 14,623 10,529
Chuck Ortmann 2008-02-09 11,454 10,502
Robert J. Brown 2008-01-28 5,027 8,677
Mike Taylor 2008-01-10 4,628 7,543
Ed Frutig 2008-01-04 18,285 6,856
Wally Weber 2008-02-08 14,120 6,837
Maynard Morrison 2008-01-02 4,115
Stanfield Wells 2008-01-11 14,953 3,348
Bruce Hilkene 2008-12-13 15,295 3,647

Other

Title Creation Size Views Description
Biff, the Michigan Wolverine 2008-03-27 4,638 108,510
Cliff Keen 2008-01-25 16,916 49,481
University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor 2008-01-23 42,604 28,607
William Revelli 2008-01-29 26,675 28,522
Micki King 2008-01-31 21,203 C 28,370
Jenny Allard 2008-01-30 10,130 Start 26,727
Dick Kimball 2008-02-01 15,204 Start 17,131
Thomas Trueblood 2008-01-26 24,692 14,469
Bob Webster 2008-02-02 9,952 Start 14,099
John Townsend 2008-01-24 10,382 Start 13,985
Bill Orwig 2008-02-11 22,869 10,983
Al Renfrew 2008-02-12 19,852 8,585
Francie Kraker Goodridge 2008-02-16 9,699 8,045
Johnny Fischer 2008-01-24 6,787 7,912
William Watson (decathlete) 2008-12-28 13,848 5,011
Henry Hatch 2008-12-12 11,693 1,984
Moby Benedict 2008-02-23 4,883 6,284
Vicki Morrow 2008-02-22 6,650 4,031
Ruth Pickett Thompson 2008-02-21 4,410 1,475
Ann Colloton 2008-02-20 4,415 5,276
Gus Stager 2008-02-18 10,530 5,338
Penny Neer 2008-02-14 5,281 6,291
Ernie McCoy 2008-02-13 19,533 6,582
Marie Hartwig 2008-02-10 10,275 2,522
Harry Holiday 2008-02-04 11,530 5,896
Charlie Fonville 2008-02-03 22,306 6,468
Ralph W. Aigler 2008-01-27 23,334 3,256
Newt Loken 2008-01-27 12,623 5,584

Miscellaneous

Created

Title Creation Size Views Description
Gogebic Range 2008-01-12 14,961 45,218
Bruno Fonseca 2008-06-24 6,525 30,096
ʻIolani Luahine 2008-12-30 13,349 23,449
Lorenzo Tucker 2008-04-25 6,701 21,939
Bless You Boys 2008-12-20 5,882 20,811
Glenn Dumke 2008-11-25 8,860 9,195
1925 College Football All-America Team 2008-01-13 22,144 6,971
1910 College Football All-America Team 2008-01-11 25,081 6,201
1931 College Football All-America Team 2008-01-03 14,531 5,743
Dick Larkins 2008-07-14 7,968 5,702
Anton Zamloch 2008-01-05 27,968 4,575
Royce Howes 2008-12-20 10,393 3,536

Expansions

The following shows articles significantly expanded in 2008 with the most page views.

Title Creation Size Views Description
Dick Liddil 11/11/08 274,490 Member of James-Younger gang
Timeline of Australian inventions 236,943
Rob Epstein 112,551
John Barbato 86,670
Sue K. Hicks 43,537
Hugo Bettauer 37,485
Ninjas vs. Zombies 21,676
Rachel Hirschfeld 21,481
Zoia Horn 14,504
World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights 10,801

DYKs

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Chrysler
workers out of work?
225. Procopio (12/26/08) 2,645 ... that 19th-century California bandit Procopio, also known as Red-Handed Dick, was said to "love the feel and the color of warm blood," and his name was used by mothers to frighten their children?
224. Dick Kempthorn (12/21/08) ... that 1949
MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross
?
223. 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/21/08) 1,100 ... that the 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team did not give up a touchdown in the final 22 quarters of the season?
222. Bruce Hilkene (12/21/08) 300 ... that Bruce Hilkene was captain of the 1947 Wolverines who were selected as the greatest Michigan football team of all time?
221. John P. McCormick (12/19/08) 353 ... that the
Afghanistan, and the sale of naming rights for Soldier Field
?
220. The Swimming Hole (12/19/08) 8,600 ... that artist
American art
?
219. Henry Hatch (12/19/08) 2,008 ... that University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inductee Henry Hatch lived with his wife and daughter on the grounds of Michigan Stadium for more than a decade?
218.
Garden Gnome Liberationists
(12/17/08)
14,200 ... that the leader of the French
Garden Gnome Liberation Front
was given a suspended sentence after the group "liberated" over 150 garden gnomes in 1997?
217. Timeline of Australian inventions (12/17/08) 3,800 ... that
bionic ear
(pictured)?
216. Bill Paparian (12/15/08) 1,312 ... that
U.S. Marine Corps
?
215. John Barbato (12/13/08) 1,746 ... that "Johnny Sausage" Barbato, charged with being a "capo" or "captain" in the Genovese crime family, was released from prison in July 2008 at age 74?
214. Sue K. Hicks (12/11/08) 5,914 ... that
Scopes Monkey Trial who later became a judge in Tennessee, may have been the inspiration for the song, "A Boy Named Sue," popularized by singer Johnny Cash
in 1969?
213. Lincoln Broyhill (12/10/08) 10,108 ... that
"Babe" Broyhill set a record by destroying two Messerschmitt ME-262 jet fighters in a mission over Berlin
in March 1945?
212. Zoia Horn (12/9/08) 2,286 ... that the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award is named for a librarian who was jailed for refusing to testify in the 1972 trial of the Harrisburg Seven anti-war activists?
211. Rachel Hirschfeld (12/9/08) 1,950 ... that attorney
Rachel Hirschfeld
works in the field of pet rights, including the creation of pet trusts allowing pets to inherit property?
210. Sunburst (community) (12/1/08) 2,648 ... that the
organic products in the U.S.
?
209. Florizel von Reuter (12/1/08) 5,815 ... that
Rimsky-Korsakov
?
208. Hacienda Arms Apartments (11/24/08) 6,108 ... that Hacienda Arms on the Sunset Strip was the "most famous brothel in California" in the 1930s and now houses a celebrity-owned restaurant described by Newsweek as "so hip it hurts"?
207. Tea Fire (11/20/08) 2,899 ... that the
Montecito Tea Fire, which destroyed more than 200 homes in California, was caused by smoldering embers
from a bonfire party at an abandoned tea house?
206. Sayre Fire (11/19/08) 2,200 ... that the
1961 Bel Air fire
?
205. Hugo Bettauer (11/18/08) 1,400 ... that
Vienna
after expulsion of its Jews, was shot and killed in 1925 after Nazis branded him a "Red poet" and "corruptor of youth"?
204. Rob Epstein (11/17/08) 755 ... that
homosexuals in Nazi Germany
?
203. Dick Liddil (11/16/08) 1,578 ... that
James-Younger Gang member "Dick" Liddil surrendered to authorities after killing Jesse James
' cousin, reportedly out of fear of that James would seek revenge?
202. Stuart Macrae (inventor) (11/13/08) 2,514 ... that the sticky bomb was designed by Stuart Macrae at a laboratory known as "Winston Churchill's Toyshop"?
201. Michigan Tech Huskies (11/10/08) 335 ... that the
Upper Peninsula, have won three NCAA Division I championships in ice hockey, with players such as Tony Esposito
?
200. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles (10/16/08) 2,315 ... that the
Oscar
ceremonies?
198-199. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area, Powder Magazine (Camp Drum) (10/7/08) 1,794 + 1,206 ... that the
World War I coastal artillery battery, and the bridge of a World War II heavy cruiser
?
197. Encino Oak Tree (10/6/08) 11,416 ... that
El Niño
storm in 1998?
196. Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center (10/4/08) 2,509 ... that the main house on the grounds of the city-owned
Los Angeles incorporates swastikas
in its architecture?
194-195. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (9/30/08) 13,797 + 770 ... that a tower of 2,000 wooden Schlitz beer pallets described as "a rotting vestige of one man's egotism" that festers "like a sore on the community's body" is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument?
193. Menlo Avenue–West Twenty-ninth Street Historic District (9/28/08) 732 ... that the
Los Angeles reflects the transition to American Craftsman
style architecture?
192. North University Park Historic District (9/27/08) 1,044 ... that
U.S. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson
?
191. Alfred Rosenheim (9/25/08) 731 ... that architect Alfred Rosenheim doubted whether modern architecture could strictly be regarded as architecture?
190.
Burro Flats Painted Cave
(9/23/08)
3,806 ... that some believe the
Burro Flats Painted Cave were drawn by Native American maidens who slept in the cave as part of a puberty
ritual?
189. Elmer Grey (9/21/08) 1,196 ... that architect
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
?
188. Bardsdale United Methodist Church (9/20/08) 365 ... that the 1898
Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church in California
underwent extensive renovations after a portion of the ceiling fell on a parishioner during a 1982 service?
187. Frederick Roehrig (9/19/08) 1,113 ... that Frederick Roehrig's Castle Green (pictured) in Pasadena, California, was called "a fantastic folly created from the imagination of a Victorian architect with a penchant for Arabesque opulence"?
186. Camarillo Ranch House (9/17/08) 4,014 ... that
Rose Parade
?
185. San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct (9/16/08) 6,512 ... that the seven-mile-long Ventura Mission Aqueduct, built between 1780 and 1815, has been called "an engineering marvel"?
184. National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California (9/15/08) 2,109 ... that there are nearly (pictured)
183. John C. Austin (9/15/08) 379 ... that English-born architect John C. Austin designed several landmark buildings in Southern California, including the Griffith Observatory?
182.
Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard)
(9/13/08)
260 ... that the
Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, California originally opened in 1907 as a Carnegie library
?|
181. Albert C. Martin Sr. (9/12/08) 2,756 ... that architect
Albert C. Martin successfully defended his design of the 28-story Los Angeles City Hall
(pictured) against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
180. Adamson House (9/7/08) 5,225 ... that Adamson House, called the "Taj Mahal of Tile", has an elaborately tiled dog bath (pictured)?
179. Azusa Civic Center (9/7/08) 612 ... that a parade honoring Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
178. Pomona City Stables (9/6/08) 1,103 ... that the Pomona City Stables, which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in California?
176-177. Phillips Mansion, Louis Phillips (9/5/08) 6,256 (PM) ... that the Phillips Mansion, described as having been built in the "Classic Haunted Mansion" style, was the home of the richest man in Los Angeles County from 1875 to 1900?
175. San Dimas Hotel (9/4/08) 9,667 ... that the 33-room
land boom
that never occurred?
171-174. Adobes of
Rancho San Jose
(9/4/08)
478 + 312 + 334 + 722 ... that the
Los Angeles County
?
170. Sunset Tower (9/1/08) 3,511 ... that the Sunset Tower (pictured) in West Hollywood, California was home to gangster Bugsy Siegel, who was asked to leave after being charged with running a bookmaking operation there?
169. Harold Lloyd Estate (9/1/08) 4,210 ... that Harold Lloyd's Estate, called "the most impressive movie star's estate ever created," included a golf course and a 900-foot canoe stream?
168. Drum Barracks (8/31/08) 4,054 ... that Drum Barracks were built in 1862 and 1863 at a cost of US$1 million to quell pro-Confederacy sentiments in Los Angeles?
167. Banning House (8/30/08) 1,131 ... that the 1864 Banning House (pictured) reportedly hosted "the first yachting party on the West Coast" and has been called "one of the best examples of Greek Revival architecture in the west"?
166. Old Warner Brothers Studio (8/28/08) 2,601 ... that the
talkie" was filmed in 1927, has recently been the location for Judge Judy and Hannah Montana
?
165. Millard House (8/28/08) 21,499 ... that
Rome
"?
164. Minnie Hill Palmer House (8/27/08) 2,411 ... that the namesake of the Minnie Hill Palmer House was born there in 1886 and remained in the 1970s, still tending her garden, then located adjacent to a golf course, with an antique hand plow?
163. C.E. Toberman Estate (8/14/08 1,572 ... that the C.E. Toberman Estate was used as the "trophy" house of Vincent Chase on the first two seasons of HBO's Entourage?
162. Convento Building (Mission San Fernando) (8/13/08) 3,103 ... that the Convento Building is the largest adobe building in California and the largest original building at any of the Spanish missions in California?
161. Ramsay-Durfee Estate (8/12/08) 7,905 ... that the widow-owner of the Durfee Mansion died in 1976 at age 99, leaving an untouched wine cellar stocked with vintage wines and whisky dating to the 1890s?
160. U.S. Post Office-Los Angeles Terminal Annex (8/12/08) 3,100 ... that the
LA
's central mail processing facility for 50 years and became a filming location when it closed?
159. Municipal Warehouse No. 1 (8/10/08) 1,104 ... that for many years, Municipal Warehouse No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles stored the railcar that carried Winston Churchill's body to burial?
158. Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building (8/9/08) 692 ... that the
Los Angeles
city hall?
157. El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument (8/8/08) 2,206 ... that the
Plaza Historic District was the historic center of Los Angeles
in the days of Spanish and Mexican rule?
156. Exposition Park Rose Garden (8/8/08) 843 ... that
LA's Exposition Park Rose Garden has more than 20,000 rose bushes
and 200 varieties of roses?
155. Ralphs Grocery Store (Westwood) (8/8/08) 9,000 ... that Ralphs Grocery Store (location pictured), part of a plan to build the "model college town" in 1929, was photographed by Ansel Adams?
154. Pico Canyon Oilfield (8/5/08) 3,841 ... that Well No. 4 in the Pico Canyon Oilfield was the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States and the longest producing oil well in the world at 114 years?
153. Highland Park Police Station (8/4/08) 2,309 ... that the Highland Park Police Station, where the radical Symbionese Liberation Army (emblem pictured) once planted a bomb that proved to be a dud, is now the Los Angeles Police Museum?
152. Neutra Office Building (8/4/08) 2,526 ... that the Neutra Office Building, once the office of Modernist architect Richard Neutra, is said to be the only commercial structure that is still intact with Neutra's original design?
151. Smith Estate (Los Angeles) (8/1/08) 2,600 ... that the
shooting location for the cult film Spider Baby
?
150. Highland Park Masonic Temple (8/1/08) 5,900 ... that the old Lodge Room at the Highland Park Masonic Temple (pictured) has been preserved with original anaglyphs and cherry wood paneling?
149. Miller and Herriott House (7/31/08) 2,870 ... that original
wooden leg on Sarah Bernhardt
?
148. Frederick Mitchell Mooers House (7/30/08) 5,170 ... that
West Coast Victorian architecture, is named for its owner who struck gold after years of prospecting in the Mojave Desert
?
147. Spring Street (Los Angeles) (7/28/08) ... that the
Los Angeles's first skyscraper
(pictured) and more than twenty historic financial buildings?
146. Bryson Apartment Hotel (7/28/08) 2,077 ... that past?
145. El Molino Viejo (7/28/08) 1,886 ... that
grist mill built in 1816 by native Indian converts from the San Gabriel Mission, is the oldest commercial building in Southern California
?|
144. Santa Fe Freight Depot (7/23/08) 3,885 ... that
Los Angeles campus from the 1907 Santa Fe Freight Depot (pictured), a concrete structure with 120 bays stretching as long as the Empire State Building
is tall?
143. Pisgah Home Historic District (7/23/08) 2,745 ... that the
faith healer
to care for the poor and downtrodden?
142. Dick Larkins (7/21/08) ... that petitions called for the firing of Ohio State athletic director Dick Larkins when he hired little-known football coach Woody Hayes in 1951 instead of Paul Brown?
141. Fire Station No. 23 (7/21/08) ... that
LA's Fire Station No. 23 (pictured) has been a location in over 50 film productions, including Ghostbusters headquarters and scenes from The Mask and National Security
?
140. Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home (7/18/08) 3,165 ... that the Clark Memorial Home, built in 1913 as a home for single working women, has been a shooting location for Rocketeer, Twins, and Mr. Saturday Night?
139. Watts Station (7/15/08) 4,525 ... that
Watts Riots
?
138. SS Catalina (7/14/08) 12,887 ... that
Ensenada, Mexico
for more than ten years?
137. Eugene W. Britt House (7/13/08) ... that the largest sports research library in mansion built in 1910?
136. Hale House (7/12/08) 5,007 ... that the 1880s
Los Angeles
?
135. South Park Lofts (7/11/08) 3,718 ... that
parking garage, was converted
to lofts, whereupon residents complained about a lack of parking?
134. Garbutt House (7/7/08) 5,624 ... that the 20-room
Los Angeles, California was built with concrete walls and ceilings, steel-reinforced doors and no fireplaces
due to the owner's intense fear of fire?
133.
Broadway Theater and Commercial District
(7/7/08)
4,638 ... that the
Broadway Theater District, with 12 movie palaces (example pictured) in six blocks, is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
?
132. El Cabrillo (7/7/08) 2,256 ... that
Divine
, are said to be "steeped in old Hollywood lore"?
131. Los Angeles Board of Trade Building (7/5/08) 1,405 ... that
LA's Board of Trade Building (pictured), site of the California Stock Exchange, was the first office building on the Pacific coast with automated elevators
?
130. San Fernando Building (7/4/08) 1,706 ... that the
illegal gambling
operations between 1910 and 1930?
129. Avenel Cooperative Housing Project (7/3/08) 2,724 ... that units in
LA's Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, reportedly built as "a cooperative living experiment for a group of communists
", were selling for US$300,000 in 2002?
128. Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building (7/1/08) ... that boxer
Boyle Heights
neighborhood where he grew up?
127. Ralph J. Bunche House (7/1/08) 654 ... that the Ralph J. Bunche House in South Los Angeles was the boyhood home of Ralph Bunche, the first person of color to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
126. Florence Casler (6/30/08) 2,814 ... that after moving to
real estate developer
, constructing more than 60 buildings?
125. Bruno Fonseca (6/29/08) 1,425 ... that
Guernica
"?
124. Alvarado Terrace Historic District (6/20/08) 657 ... that the
LA home of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple before the group's 1977 mass suicide in Jonestown
?
123. Ebell of Los Angeles (6/19/08) 4,900 ... that young Judy Garland was discovered, and Amelia Earhart made her last public appearance, at Ebell of Los Angeles (pictured)?
122. El Greco Apartments (6/18/08) 6,900 ... that the El Greco Apartments (pictured), once home to Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, were saved from demolition with fund-raising help from Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy?
119-121. LA Carnegie libraries (6/15/08) 282 + 216 + 217 ... that the
Los Angeles
?
118. John Sowden House (6/08) 5,700 ... that the Lloyd Wright-designed John Sowden House (pictured) is known as the "Jaws House" because its facade resembles the open mouth of a shark?
117. Storer House (6/12/08) 7,353 ... that Frank Lloyd Wright's textile block work, Storer House, was restored in the 1980s by Joel Silver, producer of the films Die Hard and The Matrix?
116. Dunbar Hotel (6/10/08) 1,530 ... that the
LA's jazz scene with visits by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong
?
115. Centinela Adobe (6/9/08) 3,219 ... that the builder of
Los Angeles
?
114. Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial (6/8/08) 1,815 ... that
studios
?
113. Wadsworth Chapel (6/6/08) 1,713 ... that the 1900
Protestant
chapels under one roof?
112. Montecito Apartments (6/6/08) 3,207 ... that the
senior citizens
' housing project?
111. Judson Studios (6/5/08) 1,117 ... that
Tropicana Casino
?
110. Hollywood Studio Club (6/1/08) 4,500 ... that Marilyn Monroe posed naked in 1948 to raise US$50 to pay the rent for her room at the Hollywood Studio Club (pictured)?
109. Hollywood Masonic Temple (5/29/08) 5,016 ... that the
Masonic Lodge, opera house, and nightclub, and is now the home of the Jimmy Kimmel Live!
television show?
108. Jardinette Apartments (5/28/08) 3,932 ... that
Hollywood is considered one of the first Modernist
buildings in America?
107. Bolton Hall (5/21/08) 1,913 ... that
Los Angeles
, was later used as a jail?
106. National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles (5/21/08) 2,728 ... that the City of
186 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places
?
105. El Cortez (San Diego) (5/15/08) 2,439 ... that
moving sidewalk, became a school for evangelists
in the 1970s?
104. Golden Gate Theater (5/14/08) 5,511 ... that the historic Golden Gate Theater was saved by a stop-work order after demolition crews had begun to dismantle the walls?
103. Stimson House (5/10/08) 4,630 ... that after surviving a
Catholic nuns
?
102. McCarty Memorial Christian Church (5/8/08) 4,300 ... that
Los Angeles
gained attention for its pastor's decision to racially integrate his white Protestant church in the mid-1950s?
101. Leonis Adobe (5/4/08) 1,609 ... that the spirits of a wealthy rancher and his Indian wife have been seen and heard since the 1920s at Leonis Adobe, according to TV show Most Haunted?
100. Breed Street Shul (5/4/08) 1,835 ... that
Los Angeles, was the largest Orthodox synagogue in the western United States
from 1915 to 1951?
98-99. Lopez Adobe, Rómulo Pico Adobe (5/4/08) 324, 411 ... that
San Fernando Mission, are the oldest residences in San Fernando Valley
?
97. Burbank City Hall (5/2/08) 2,008 ... that the
murals by Hugo Ballin, uses more than twenty types of marble
in its main lobby?
96. Lorenzo Tucker (4/30/08) 4,222 ... that a scandal arose when
prostitute
?
95. Wilshire Boulevard Temple (4/29/08) 4,513 ...that ?
94. Blessed Sacrament (Hollywood) 1,729 ... that
Hollywood's Blessed Sacrament Church was the site of Bing Crosby's wedding and funerals for John Ford and Mack Sennett
?
93. Mary Star of the Sea (San Pedro) 3,807 ...that the bronze of Mary (pictured) atop Mary Star of the Sea, known as the "Fishermen's Church," is lit at night so she can be seen from the Port of Los Angeles harbor?
92. Padre Serra Parish (4/27/08) 366 ...that
Junipero Serra despite controversy over his treatment of California Indians
?
91. St. Brendan (Los Angeles) (4/24/08) 5,270 ..that
Martian attack in 1953's War of the Worlds and the wedding at the end of Armageddon
?
90. St. Augustine (Culver City) (4/22/08) 3,906 ...that a
Father Serra to a nearby mosque
in October 2001?
89. St. Monica (Santa Monica) (4/22/08) 2,104 ...that
St. Monica
's (pictured), and the irascible old Irish priest character was based on its pastor?
88. St. Cyril (Encino) (4/20/08) 3,440 ...that St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church (pictured) was the site of the baptism of Clark Gable's son and the funeral of Mercury Seven astronaut "Gordo" Cooper?
87. Incarnation Church (Glendale) (4/21/08) 2,064 ...that police patrolled
Armenian-Americans
?
86. St. Finbar (Burbank) (4/20/08) ...that
demographics, was one of the first U.S. parishes to offer Spanish language Mass
?
85. St. Andrew's (Pasadena) (4/19/08) 1,506 ...that when
Byzantine
queen"?
84. St. Robert Bellarmine (Burbank) (4/17/08) 464 ...that the
Independence Hall
?
83. St. Charles Borromeo (North Hollywood) (4/13/08) 1,513 ...that
North Hollywood, has also conducted choirs for dozens of feature films, including The Devil's Advocate
?
82. Sportsmen's Lodge (4/8/08) 1,614 ...that
assassination
?
81. Hillcrest Country Club (4/2/08) 5,400 ...that Groucho Marx joined Hillcrest Country Club even though it was willing to have him as a member?
80. Biff, the Michigan Wolverine (4/2/08) 7,908 ...that the Michigan Wolverines' practice of parading their live mascot Biff before matches was stopped as the animal grew larger and more ferocious?
79. McCabe's Guitar Shop (4/2/08) 7,100 ...that more than a dozen artists have recorded live albums in the back room of McCabe's Guitar Shop, including Townes Van Zandt, Ralph Stanley, and R.E.M.?
78. Santa Monica State Beach (4/2/08) 1,211 ...that the
U.S. military person who has died in the Iraq War
?
77. Pico Boulevard (3/31/08) 1,859 ...that the
LA's Pico Boulevard (pictured) was frequently on Dr. Demento
's radio show?
76. Van Nuys Boulevard (3/21/08) 3,416 ...that , was a center of teenage cruising from the 1950s through the 1970s?
75. Reseda Boulevard (3/12/08) 1,049 ...that 16 people died when the top two floors of the Northridge Meadows Apartments on
Northridge Earthquake
?
74. Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles) (3/11/08) 3,519 ...that
I Love LA
: "Victory Boulevard (We Love It!)"?
73. Vicki Morrow (2/27/08) 2,203 ...that softball pitcher Vicki Morrow was named Big Ten Player of the Year in 1987 after winning 26 games, including 18 shutouts, and striking out 446 batters?
72. Ruth Pickett Thompson (2/26/08) ...that
Broderick Awards
?
71. Ann Colloton (2/25/08) 1,501 ...that swimmer Ann Colloton, the University of Michigan's Female Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s, was inducted into the school's Hall of Honor in February 2008?
70. Gus Stager (2/23/08) 234 ...that before his 40th birthday
NCAA
championship team and coached three high school championship teams, four NCAA championship teams, and the 1960 U.S. Olympic team?
69. Francie Kraker Goodridge (2/21/08) 1,709 ...that Francie Kraker Goodridge, who set a world indoor record in the 600-yard run, did not receive a varsity letter or sports scholarship and had to work as a waitress to put herself through college?
68. Mike Leach (tennis) (2/20/08) 535 ...that the American tennis player Michael Leach gained national rankings in doubles playing with his father?
67. Penny Neer (2/18/08) 751 ...that Penny Neer, 1982 AIAW discus champion and one of the top U.S. discus throwers, also blocked 64 shots for the University of Michigan women's basketball team?
66. Al Renfrew (2/17/08) 214 ...that
NCAA championship college hockey
team and later coach a national champion?
65. Bill Orwig (2/17/08) 241 ...that Bill Orwig hired Bob Knight as basketball coach at Indiana and has been inducted into the athletic halls of fame at three universities — Indiana, Michigan and Toledo?
64. Marie Hartwig (2/17/08) 512 ...that Marie Hartwig, faculty member at the University of Michigan from 1930–1976, was a lifelong advocate for women's sports and one of the first women inducted into the school's Hall of Honor?
63. Chuck Ortmann (2/15/08) 1,505 ...that halfback Chuck Ortmann punted 24 times in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl, having decided the best strategy was to keep the slick ball on the other side of the field in the opponents' hands?
62. Wally Weber (2/13/08) 2,904 ...that Wally Weber, football player, coach and broadcaster at Michigan for 45 years, was renowned for his "polysyllabic fluency" and sounding like an "an educated foghorn"?
61. Doug Roby (2/13/08) 700 ...that
USOC president Doug Roby initially took no action against Tommie Smith and John Carlos after their Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, but expelled them after an IOC threat to expel the entire U.S. track
team?
60. Harry Holiday (2/10/08) 506 ...that
NCAA championships, and set 7 world and 18 American records in the mid-1940s but never competed in the Olympics due to World War II
?
59. Charlie Fonville (2/8/08) 2,523 ...that
African-American
?
58. Bob Webster (2/7/08) 1,809 ...that two-time Olympic diving gold medalist Bob Webster won his first collegiate diving title for a junior college with no pool, training off a board in his coach's back-yard sand pit?
57. Jenny Allard (2/4/08) 774 ...that University of Michigan All-American softball player Jenny Allard has led Harvard University to its first four Ivy League softball championships since taking over as coach in 1995?
56. Dick Kimball (2/4/08) 903 ...that Dick Kimball, University of Michigan diving coach 1958–2002, won national championships both as a springboard diver and trampoliner?
55. William Revelli (2/2/08) 518 ...that William Revelli, director of the University of Michigan Marching Band for 36 years, was the first to synchronize music and movement, in place of traditional rigid military-style formations?
54 Ralph W. Aigler (1/31/08) ...that law professor
Rose Bowl
in 1946 and 1953?
53. Newt Loken (1/30/08) 533 ...that before coaching gymnastics at the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1983, Newt Loken was the NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942?|views=533}}
52. Thomas Trueblood (1/29/08) 6,700 ...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"?
51. Cliff Keen (1/29/08) 886 ...that
NCAA
history as of 1991?
50. Willis Ward (1/30/08) 2,668 ...that
African-American player Willis Ward was kept out of a 1932 game in response to Georgia Tech's refusal to play an integrated
team?
49. George Jewett (1/27/08) 718 ...that
African-American to earn a varsity letter in football at both the University of Michigan and at Northwestern University
?
48. Rich Strenger (1/26/08) 1,233 ...that
NFL with the Detroit Lions
?
47. Scott Shafer (1/24/08) ...that Scott Shafer, hired in January 2008 as the Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator, started in football as a high school and college quarterback in Ohio?
46. Harry Newman (1/19/08) 572 ...that
1933 NFL Championship Game against the Chicago Bears
?
44-45. Ralph Heikkinen (1/17/08) ...that
Finnish-American communities of the Gogebic Range
?
43. Stanfield Wells (1/16/08) 605 ...that Stanfield Wells was the first of more than ten All-American football players from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio?
42. Anton Zamloch (1/11/08) 2,901 ...that 19th century magician and vaudeville star Anton Zamloch was accused, and then exonerated, of having "bewitched" a woman's wedding ring from her gloved hand?
41. Ed Frutig (1/11/08) 399 ...that
end Ed Frutig was the main pass receiver for Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon
from 1938-1940?
40. Maynard Morrison 506 ...that coach
center
?
39. Bill Daley (1/7/08) 1,312 ...that
Little Brown Jug games playing for both Minnesota and Michigan
?
38. Paul G. Goebel (1/6/08) ...that All-American footballer Paul G. Goebel (pictured) recommended Gerald Ford to the coach of the Michigan football team and later urged Ford to run for Congress
37. Bob Chappuis (1/3/08) ...that, after eluding capture for three months when his
Rose Bowl
60 years ago?
36. Bump Elliott (1/1/08) ...that
Rose Bowl
60 years ago today?