Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/81
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1934
- Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is opened (Mugshot of Robert Stroud pictured, right)
- A waterfront strike along the West Coast begins in San Francisco (billy club used at the strike in Seattle pictured, right)
- The San Jose Light Opera Association is established
- Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opens a small bar/restaurant across from his parents' grocery store at San Pablo Avenue and 65th Street in Oakland, calling it "Hinky Dink's" (Trader Vic's menu pictured, left)
- The Wine Institute in San Francisco is cofounded by wine historian Leon Adams