1848 California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1860 The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1860 The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.
1975 Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1998 A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.