1850 - California was admitted into the Union as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. 1851 - On June 9, 1851, at Sydney cove, John Jenkins walked deliberately into a merchants store, picked up the small safe, carried it to a boat at a nearby wharf and coolly rowed out into the bay. More @Wikipedia
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