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turbinetree

(26,170 posts) Tue May 27, 2025, 03:44 PM May 27

Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published 12:00 AM EDT, May 27, 2025

Today in history:
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day).

Also on this date:
In 1896, 255 people were killed when a devastating F4 tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois.

In 1930, New York’s Chrysler Building, at the time the world’s tallest building, opened to the public.

https://apnews.com/today-in-history/may-27

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Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens (Original Post) turbinetree May 27 OP

My Dad told me he walked across the bridge when he was a teenager kimbutgar May 27 #1

kimbutgar

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1. My Dad told me he walked across the bridge when he was a teenager

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2025, 03:46 PM

May 27

Every time we drove across that bridge he’d remind us!

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