1849 - Sam Brannan brings Mormons to a tent city in SOMA
1850 - "Ready Built Cottages" in SOMA construct ed by William Howard
1855 - South Park proposed by George Gordon
1869 - "The Infamous Second Street Cut"
1906 - Earthquake and Fire destroys almost all of SOMA
1921 - SOMA officially designated as a "light industrial area"
1930 ff - The "Slave Market" on Howard Street
1934 - Bloody Thursday, or "The Battle of Rincon Hill"
1953 - Supervisor Board recommends "removing residential uses" from SOMA
1954 - Swig Plan
1965 - Rebirth of Anchor Steam Beer
1976 - Moscone Commission
1981 - Moscone Center opens
1992 - Macromedia forms in SOMA from three pre-existing companies
1992 - SFSU Multimedia Studies Program, founded by Robert Bell, begins
1993 - Yerba Buena Complex opens
1995 - SFMOMA opens
1997 (Winter) - Sony Entertainment Center to open
1998-1999 - Mexican Museum to open
1998-1999 - Jewish Museum to open