Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/44
Appearance
1971
![Lupines at Annadel State Park](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg/90px-Lupines_AnnadelStateParkCA.jpg)
![Tao House, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg/90px-Eugeneoneilltaowinterfront.jpg)
![Chez Panisse](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/ChezPanisse.jpg/90px-ChezPanisse.jpg)
- Two Standard Oil tankers collide in the San Francisco Bay, spilling 800,000 gallons of oil
- Annadel State Park (pictured) is established in the Sonoma Valley
- Erhard Seminars Training is founded in San Francisco
- Eugene O'Neill's Tao House (pictured), in unincorporated Contra Costa County, is declared a National Historic Landmark
- Chez Panisse restaurant (pictured) is established in Berkeley
- Filmmaker George Lucas founds Lucasfilm in San Rafael, the same year he releases THX 1138, filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Japanese American city councilman Norman Mineta is elected Mayor of San Jose
- The Palo Alto Community Cultural Center is founded in Palo Alto