Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/72
Appearance
1943
![Travis Air Force Base](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg/90px-Aerial_view_of_Travis_Air_Force_Base_near_Fairfield%2C_California.jpg)
![Edwin Hawkins Singers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg/100px-Grand_Gala_du_Disque_in_RAI_Amsterdam._Repetities._Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_tijdens%2C_Bestanddeelnr_923-2979.jpg)
• The Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base (pictured, right), near Fairfield, in Solano County, is officially activated
• Golden Gate Park superintendent John McLaren dies
• Edwin Hawkins is born in Oakland (Edwin Hawkins Singers pictured, left)