1924:  First annual Fiesta celebration.

1940:  Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier marry at the San Ysidro Ranch.

February 23, 1942: Japanese navy submarine shells the oil refinery at Ellwood Beach. First Japanese attack on the US mainland.  (Years later Timbers Restaurant build with wood from damaged pier.)

1953:  John and Jackie Kennedy honeymoon at the San Ysidro Ranch. 

1967: Green Bay Packers trained for the first Super Bowl at UCSB.  They won.

January 29, 1969: Oil spill by Union Oil Company.  200,000 gallons of crude oil spread out into an 800 square mile slick. Earth Day was born nationwide the following spring.

1974:  First annual Solstice celebration.

1981 - 1989: Ronald Reagan’s ranch at Refugio Canyon known as Western White House.

March 1983:  Queen Elizabeth II visits Santa Barbara and President Reagan at his ranch.

1984 - 1993: Succesful TV soap opera Santa Barbara brings many tourists to see our city.

1985:  First annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

1985: Members of the Harlem Globetrotters were detained on downtown State Street, at gunpoint, in the grossly mistaken notion that they were jewelry store robbers.

August 24,1993: Police raid Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch after accusations of child abuse.

November 18, 2003: Police raid Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch after accusations of child abuse.

2003: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez did not marry in Santa Barbara.

January 2004:  Oprah celebrates 50th birthday and events conflict with 19th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

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