Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/46

1969
 * The Altamont Free Concert is held at the Altamont Speedway between Tracy and Livermore
 * Advanced Micro Devices is founded in Sunnyvale
 * American Zoetrope (headquarters at the Sentinal Building pictured) is founded in San Francisco by Francis Ford Coppola
 * The Exploratorium (interior pictured) is founded in San Francisco
 * Clothing retailer The Gap (early logo pictured) is founded in San Francisco
 * The Oakland Museum of California is established
 * The San Jose Museum of Art (pictured) is established
 * A "People's Park" (pictured) is created by community activists on University of California, Berkeley property, off Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley
 * The Bank of America Center building in San Francisco is completed
 * The Occupation of Alcatraz by Native American activists begins
 * Earth Day is first proposed by John McConnell at a UNESCO conference in San Francisco