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Seven Protestant ministers accuse San Francisco police of "deliberate harassment" in breaking up a Friday night fund-raising ball for the benefit of homosexuals. — Jan. 3
The Southern Pacific Railroad's historic Owl night train to Los Angeles clickety-clacked out of Oakland last night on its final run. It made its first run in 1898. — April 12
One-Theme Teach-In at U.C.: Cal's teach-in a-go-go hit full stride with a full roster of a-go-go-out-of-Vietnam advocates. Some 5,000 picnic-attired guests listened raptly and cheered lustily such speakers as Socialist Norman Thomas, Assemblyman John Burton, comedian Dick Gregory, novelist Norman Mailer and dozens of others. — May 23
President Lyndon B. Johnson is in town to address United Nations 20th anniversary session at Opera House: Two thousand demonstrators opposed to President Johnson's Vietnam policy bring cowbell and bullhorn pandemonium to staid Nob Hill. — June 26
S.F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission established: Legislation clamping state control on Bay fill projects signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown. — July 13
Six days of riots in Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles leave 34 dead, 864 injured. Could it happen in San Francisco? Rev. Hamilton T. Boswell: "The same powder keg is here in Hunters Point and the Western Addition." Supervisor Terry Francois: "No one can say." Assemblyman Willie Brown: "The chances of such a thing happening in San Francisco (are) slight — I hope, nonexistent." — Aug. 15
Chronicle-Examiner joint operating agreement begins. Examiner moves to afternoon publication, absorbing Hearst-owned News Call Bulletin. — Sept. 13
San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle commences publication. — Sept. 19
Torn between his father and an anti-war rally crowd, a 19-year-old San Jose State College student was talked out of burning his draft card by a beautiful red-headed coed in a dramatic confrontation. — Oct. 23
Britain's Princess Margaret Rose, a diminutive whirlwind of gracious energy, sweeps through San Francisco with ease and charm. — Nov. 5
Nine battalions of determinedly good humored demonstrators marched into West Oakland without a single serious incident. They numbered about 7,100, far fewer than expected. The protest was organized by the Vietnam Day Committee and directed against United States policy in Vietnam and the obdurate refusal of Oakland authorities to permit such a parade. — Nov. 21