When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 season and appointed Bill " Tiger " Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned and served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.

When Stanford was Governor of California, the Legislature passed on April 22, 1863, " An Act to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take and subscribe One Million Dollars to the Capital Stock of the Western Pacific Rail Road Company and the Central Pacific Rail Road Company of California and to provide for the payment of the same and other matters relating thereto " ( which was later amended by Section Five of the " Compromise Act " of April 4, 1864 ).

When the AFL-NFL Merger was completed for the 1970 season, the very first opponent for the Colts in their new environment of the American Football Conference was the San Diego Chargers at San Diego.

When the Treaty of San Francisco came into force all ethnic Koreans lost their Japanese citizenship and with it the right to welfare grants, to hold a government job of any kind or to attend Japanese schools.

When, however, the Treaty of San Stefano threatened a Russian hegemony in the Near East, Andrássy concurred with the German and British courts that the final adjustment of matters must be submitted to a European congress.

When he was 10 years old, his family moved to San Anselmo, California.

When this proved too small he took over Winterland and then the Fillmore West ( in San Francisco ) and the Fillmore East ( in New York City ), where the major rock artists, from both the US and the UK, came to play.

When the attempt of papal forces to take over the ancient independent Republic of San Marino failed, Clement XII disavowed the arbitrary action of his legate, Cardinal Alberoni, in seizing San Marino, and restored its independence.

When French emperor Napoleon I completed his conquest of Northern Italy and began to push his armies towards the edges of the northern territories of the Papal State, San Marino found itself forced to choose between maintaining the alliance with the Papal State or creating a new one with France.

When visiting Venice in 1978, Gould noted that the spandrels of the San Marco cathedral, while quite beautiful, were not spaces planned by the architect.

When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons.

When William Randolph Hearst III took over the San Francisco Examiner in 1985, he offered Griffith an opportunity to do Zippy as a daily strip.

When the San Francisco Chronicle canceled Zippy briefly in 2002, the newspaper received thousands of letters of protest, including one from Robert Crumb, who called Zippy " by far the very best daily comic strip that exists in America.

When it came to naming the park, five titles were considered: San Diego Animal Land, San Diego Safari Land, San Diego Wild Animal Safari, San Diego Wildlife Park and San Diego Wild Animal Park.

When the Republicans in 1964 gave Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Taft's successor as the conservative leader, their presidential nomination, Dewey declined to even attend the GOP Convention in San Francisco ; it was the first Republican Convention he had missed since 1936.

When they returned to San Francisco, Red Dog participants Luria Castell, Ellen Harman and Alton Kelley created a collective called " The Family Dog.

When he was 14, in January of 1766, he became organist of the parish San Lorenzo in Dámaso.

When he returned to San Marcos in 1965, after having signed the Higher Education Act of 1965, Johnson looked back:

When the party reached San Diego on July 1, Father Serra stayed behind to start the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first of the 21 California missions ( including the nearby Visita de la Presentación, also founded under Serra's leadership ).

When Juan Diego opened the cloak before Bishop Zumárraga on December 12th, the flowers fell to the floor, and in their place was the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, miraculously imprinted on the fabric.

When Juan Diego unfolded his tilma before the Bishop roses cascaded from his tilma, and an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe was miraculously impressed on the cloth, bringing the bishop to his knees.

When he graduated, he enrolled briefly at San Diego State Teacher's College, ( now known as San Diego State University ), joined the track team, took his first theatre and public-speaking courses, and joined the Epsilon Eta fraternity.

When TELEVISA went bankrupt in 1960, Diego Cisneros purchased the remaining assets of the company.

When she ends up stranded in New Mexico, she meets a sailor on his way back to San Diego from leave.

When he was five, his family moved to San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego High School at age 16.

When Philbin had a late-night weekend talk show in San Diego, Blassie would routinely show up to yell at the audience, throw furniture, and threaten Philbin.

When Huntington's Southern Pacific Railroad needed Irvine's land for its route between Orange County and San Diego, Irvine refused.

When Orin attempted to resurrect Sub Diego, a part of his soul attached itself to the dead body of Arthur Joseph Curry, while Orin mutated into the Dweller.

When this bar was demolished, it took with it a mural done by Diego Rivera.

When U. S. troops occupied Los Angeles and San Diego in 1846 during the Mexican – American War, Pico fled to Baja California, Mexico, to argue before the Mexican Congress for sending troops to defend Alta California.

When conflict with Padres ' ownership developed, he was traded to the Cardinals for shortstop Garry Templeton in 1982.

" When Joan Kroc, wife of Padres owner Ray Kroc, publicly offered Smith a job as an assistant gardener on her estate, Smith and Gottlieb's relationship with the organization deteriorated further.

When Winfield joined the Toronto Blue Jays, he learned teammate David Wells was one of the " Winfield kids " who attended Padres games.

When the move failed to materialize, Topps had to replace these with cards showing the players still as Padres.

When his playing career ended after stints with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres, Podres served as the pitching coach for the Padres, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies for 13 seasons between and.

When Perez was finally hit, by a pitch thrown by the Padres ' Craig Lefferts, the first of many bench-clearing brawls began.

When, after the 1935 season, the Angels doubled the Stars ’ rent, Lane announced the Stars would move to San Diego for the 1936 season, to become the San Diego Padres.

When, after the 1935 season, the Angels doubled the Stars ' rent, Lane moved the Stars to San Diego for the 1936 season, to become the San Diego Padres.

When Hoffman passed on the Indians in free agency to stay with the Padres, he still sent an autographed jersey as a baby gift to then-Indians manager Eric Wedge.

When Bavasi left to become president of the expansion San Diego Padres in June, Thompson became the Dodgers ' executive vice president and general manager ; however, weeks after his promotion, Thompson was diagnosed with cancer, and he died in November in Fullerton, California, at the age of 66.

When the edifice opened in time for the start of the 2009 MLB season, the Mets ' bullpen was in front of the visiting bullpen, leading to an obstructed view of the field from the visiting bullpen, which the San Diego Padres complained about during the Mets ' first regular-season home series.