On this date in 1850, California became the  thirty-first state to enter the union of the United States. Alas, it goes largely ignored. It used to be a state holiday, so schools, city, county and state offices were closed in observance. Today, that is no longer the case. In the  late 1970s or possibly 1980 there was a holiday switcheroo. Labor organizations lobbied and instead of having a paid holiday on Admission Day, they traded that date for the day after Thanksgiving. So a piece of trivia history, that depending on one’s age knew this, but if you are the younger set, now you know.

Tim