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Bell System breaks up after 103 years of telephone service, but "the customer will not notice any difference," a Pacific Bell spokesman says. "We expect a smooth transition." — Jan. 1
A knife fight on a 14-Mission Muni bus left a 15-year-old dead and three teens wounded. — Feb. 11
Game shortage: It would be easier for a Cabbage Patch doll to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to obtain a copy of Trivial Pursuit in a retail store. — Feb. 14
Haight youngster disappears, feared kidnapped: His schoolmates at St. Agnes School are praying for 10-year old fourth-grader Kevin Collins. On Ashbury Street, outside the school playground, nervous parents are picking up their youngsters, re-emphasizing the old rules about not talking to strangers. — Feb. 15 (Collins has never been found.)
More than 160 arrested protesting U.S. policy in Central America: The demonstration, staged by 1,000 people to protest a speech by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Hilton Hotel, turned ugly with rock-throwing and billy-clubbing after police tried to disperse the chanting crowd. — April 17
American researchers announced they have independently isolated a virus that French scientists have identified as the primary cause of AIDS, and have found a way to mass produce it for further study. — April 23
A "large" earthquake rolled through thousands of square miles of Northern California at 1:15 p.m. today, shaking buildings for upwards of 20 seconds and frightening millions of people. Preliminary reading: 6.2. — April 24
Piers 30 and 32 are consumed in a spectacle of flame and heat that draws crowds to the waterfront to watch, buckles the paint on fire engines and sends smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the night air. — May 10
Cable cars parade back into service after 21 months of seclusion and $75...million worth of renovation. — June 21
Emporium-Capwell locked out 1,300 union workers at its downtown San Francisco and Stonestown shopping center stores, uniting with Macy's, whose Union Square location was struck here last Saturday. — July 10
All-Star Game at Candlestick Park: The National League won the game, 3-1, notable especially for 21 strikeouts, including six in a row hurled by the National League's Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden. — July 11
Democratic National Convention meets at Moscone Center, nominating Walter Mondale for president. He picks Geraldine Ferraro as running mate, first female candidate on a major-party national ticket. Mario Cuomo delivers "shining city" speech, and thousands demonstrate for gay rights, labor, peace and other causes. — July 16-20
Public Health director Mervyn Silverman announced his long-anticipated closing of commercial bathhouses and private sex clubs that "promote and profit from the spread of AIDS." — Oct. 9