This Year in History

1926

 

1958

photo courtesy of C.C. Young/California State Library

This Year in History - 1926

  • Republican Lt. Governor C.C. Young is elected governor in a landslide with more than 71 percent of the vote. He becomes the first gubernatorial candidate in California history to win every county.
  • La Opinión, the largest Spanish language daily newspaper in the U.S., begins publication in Los Angeles. It is founded by Mexican immigrant Ignacio Lozano.
  • Scripps College, a liberal arts college for women, is founded in Claremont with an endowment from journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps.
  • La Quinta Hotel (now La Quinta Resort and Club) opens on 1,400 acres of undeveloped land in the Coachella Valley. It features the area’s first nine-hole golf course.