Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara, led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase, persuaded the State Legislature, Governor Earl Warren, and the Regents of the University of California to move the State College over to the more research-oriented University of California system in 1944.

He was the first chief to require that police officers attain college degrees, and persuaded the University of California to teach criminal justice.

The Samoan Islands — today divided into Samoa and American Samoa — were west of the date line until 1892, when King Malietoa Laupepa was persuaded by American traders to adopt the American date, being three hours behind California, to replace the former Asian date, being four hours ahead of Japan.

However, through the efforts of George Davidson, president of the California Academy of Sciences, Lick was persuaded to leave the greatest portion of his fortune to the establishment of a mountain top observatory, with the largest, most powerful telescope yet built by man.

He eventually persuaded California to return to the mainland and give the band another shot.

In 1974 Polly Matzinger had dropped in and out of college for years and worked at various jobs before ending up waitressing at a bar frequented by faculty from the University of California, at Davis and here she met Professor Robert Schwab, the head of the University's wildlife program who noticed her talent and persuaded her to take to science.

Millikan was persuaded by George Ellery Hale to move to the California Institute of Technology in 1921 and Bowen moved with him.

" In the summer of 1939 he persuaded the Denver and Rio Grande and the Western Pacific to join the Burlington in establishing a daily through train to the Pacific Coast ; a decade later it was replaced by the fabled California Zephyr.

In 1880, John Edward, Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland.

Uncapher persuaded both the US government and USC Engineering Dean, Zohrab Kaprielian, to form a university-based research agency and ISI opened the offices it still occupies in Marina del Rey, California.

Although he quit singing in 1951 to work in the California oil industry, he was persuaded to come back to opera to perform in the premiere of Billy Budd a short time later at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who was persuaded by the then President of the University of California, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, in 1904 to bequeath funds for its construction.

He persuaded Coates to do it by telling her that the film would not be shown in California.

Stearns was tried separately in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, after Bugliosi persuaded the court that publicity about the murders in Hawaii prevented the empaneling of an impartial jury there.

These boosters shamelessly proclaimed Fair Oaks to be the “ crown of the valley ,” in the “ heart of California .” Together, in 1901, these two groups convinced the County of Sacramento ’ s Chamber of Commerce, which McClatchy ’ s business partners from Orangevale created and chaired, to build a bridge across the American River at Fair Oaks and persuaded the Southern Pacific Rail Road Company to build a railroad spur to the bridge.

Leaf then persuaded Dr. Richard Mazess of the University of Wisconsin Madison and Dr. Sylvia Forman of the University of California Berkeley to help determine the correct ages of Vilcabamba's elderly population.

Stella ( Angela Bassett ) is a very successful, 40-year-old stock broker raising her son and living in Marin County, California, who is persuaded by her New York friend Delilah ( Whoopi Goldberg ) to take a well-deserved, first-class vacation to Montego Bay, Jamaica.

While in Lima, he met Hugh McCulloch, a Scottish merchant, who persuaded him to become partners in a rawhide and tallow trade in California.

Hartnell was personable and successfully persuaded Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá to permit the British subjects to do business and live in Alta California.

The shy teen was persuaded to enter a local beauty contest and won, receiving two round-trip train tickets to Hollywood, California.

In the beginning of 1222, the discontent serviens ( nobles ) came to Andrew's court in large numbers, and they persuaded the king to issue the Golden Bull which confirmed their privileges, including the right to disobey the King if he acted not in line with the provisions of the Golden Bull ( ius resistendi ).

Winning the necessary support from the authorities in Tokyo he persuaded the Japanese tobacco industry Mitsui of Mitsui zaibatsu to produce special cigarettes bearing the popular to the Far East trademark " Golden Bat ".

Greenberg immediately became the favorite to become the new team's first owner and persuaded Veeck to join him as his partner.

Television was one of the early bands to play at CBGB, and persuaded owner Hilly Kristal to book rock bands there on a regular basis.

He is ' persuaded ' to return to town and admit his guilt and that of the mill owner.

That these spectacles had attracted 15, 000 paying customers ( and crowds of up to 40, 000 ) persuaded principal owner Carl G. Fisher to spend US $ 155, 000 on repaving the track with 3. 2 million bricks ; he also added a concrete wall around the track's circumference.

His greatest coaching success came after he was persuaded by Barron Hilton, then the Chargers ' majority owner, to become the head coach of the American Football League franchise he planned to operate in Los Angeles.

In 1897, a group of Cambridge students persuaded the owner of Orchard House to serve them tea in its apple orchard, and this became a regular practice.

Baseball executives were so impressed by his approach that he was persuaded to become the owner of the franchise rather than simply its broadcast partner.

The owner of the private islet was persuaded to give their permission for the refuge.

2003 saw the revival of the old May Festival, started in 1910 when mine owner Sir Arthur Markham was persuaded to give the miners a day off with pay for the Festival.

Pedro Zorilla, the team's owner, persuaded his family to let him attend a New York Giants tryout.

After hearing a morning disc-jockey, he went to the nearby radio station and persuaded the owner to hire him.

The journalist Charles-Joseph Panckoucke ( 1736 – 1798 ), owner of the Mercure de France and publisher of the famous Encyclopédie ( 1785 ), persuaded him to merge this in a larger paper, the Moniteur Universel, which gained a wide repute for correctness and impartiality.

" Frank Case, upon discovering that Algonquian tribes had been the first residents of the area, persuaded the owner to christen it " The Algonquin " instead.

He fell in love with it, and persuaded the owner to sell.

Garforth Town owner and manager, Simon Clifford, persuaded Careca to play the majority of a friendly game against Guiseley in the summer of 2005.

Day was persuaded to turn professional in 1924 by Charlie Querrie, owner of the Toronto St. Pats.

After another bid by Chicago insurance executive and future A's owner Charlie Finley failed, Autry was persuaded to make a bid himself.

After Dolphins head coach Cam Cameron and general manager Randy Mueller flew to Porter's home in owner Wayne Huizenga's jet, Porter was persuaded to sign with the Dolphins.

Local politicians talked to the station owner, who was persuaded to rescind the offer.

Minority owner George Gund III persuaded owner Melvin Swig to move the team to his hometown of Cleveland for the 1976 – 77 season.