@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged OnThisDay This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 488 posts and this is page 22 of 41. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.
Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge started #onthisday in 1935. Did you know that the Golden Gate Bridge is not named for its color but for the strait it crosses, the Golden Gate strait? Have you visited this San Francisco icon?
This tweet was posted on January 05, 2019.
RT @ArhoolieFdn: #OnThisDay in 1947, #MemphisMinnie recorded "Million Dollar Blues." Give a listen: https://t.co/AqEDDx751O
This tweet was posted on December 27, 2018.
Howard Hughes, Hollywood mogul, financial tycoon, and visionary aviator, was born #onthisday in 1905. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 24, 2018.
In 1940, President Franklin D. #Roosevelt honored the #Wright brothers' historic 1903 flight by proclaiming Dec. 17th as Pan American Aviation Day to stimulate continued interest in aviation in the Americas. What's your favorite #aviation memory? #onthisday #kittyhawk
This tweet was posted on December 17, 2018.
RT @ArhoolieFdn: The one and only #BigMamaThornton was born #OnThisDay in 1926. Long live the queen!
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1965, the #Douglas DC-9 was introduced into service by #Delta Air Lines. The DC-9 was the second commercial jetliner from Douglas. What are your favorite #DC9 memories? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2018.
Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. What are your favorite memories of Pan Am?
This tweet was posted on December 04, 2018.
When the inaugural transpacific #PanAmerican Airways #clipper transpacific airmail service from California to Manila flight landed #onthisday in 1935, the welcoming ceremony was attended by estimated 250,000 people. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1935, the first airfield expansion was completed at SFO, extending Runway “C” from 1,900 to 3,000 feet, enabling the runway to take better advantage of the prevailing west-northwest winds. #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on November 25, 2018.
#HappyBirthday to #IsamuNoguchi. Born #onthisday in 1904 in Los Angeles to an American-born mother and a Japanese father, #Noguchi became a bicultural ambassador between the East and the West. #NoguchiSFO
This tweet was posted on November 17, 2018.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.
The Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned #onthisday in 1940. Have you ever seen the Coast Guard building at SFO? #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2018.