RNC in San Diego
Monday, August 23, 2004, 7:58 —by route66
Next Monday (Aug 30) the Republican National Convention begins in New York. Thirty-two years ago in 1972, the RNC was supposed to take place San Diego. Souvenir matchbooks depicted San Diego as the site of the convention that never happened here. More…
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Joe Crawford said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 11:53
I had *no* idea about this. Very cool post route66!
Kevin said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 12:15
I didn’t know SD used to be in the 714.
Joe Crawford said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 12:54
Yeah - as I remember it the change happened in the 80s sometime. 714 used to be Orange County and all the way south. Just a function of population I suppose.
Oh wow. This is what the web is for. In 1947 the whole state south of the Tehachapi Mountains was in the “213″ area code — [source] [map]
I can’t tell when SD was 714 and when it was not though. Sadly. But that LincMad site has a wealth of history. Also there’s a site called areacode-info.com that seems to have data up the yin yang. Super-amounts of data.
What a peculiar thing to be obsessed with.
oso said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 16:22
Yeah, great post route66. I plan on doing a lot of blogging about the convention this year - hopefully my co-blogger will be taking some pictures as well.
Ray Schley said on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 19:40
I have a coin struck in l972 when San Diego was supposed to host the RNC . Does this coin have any value? At that time San Diego was kn own as City in Motion and this is embossed on the coin. Any information regarding this coin would be greatly appreciated