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===20th century=== [[File:SFtent1906.JPG|thumb|left|Displaced victims of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], in front of a temporary tent shelter]] On the morning of April 18, 1906, a [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|major earthquake]] struck just off the coast of Daly City near [[Mussel Rock]].<ref name="Quake epicenter">{{cite news | first=Ryan | last=Kim | title=DALY CITY / Officials unmoved by quake notoriety / Plan to note change of 1906 epicenter lacking support | date=April 11, 2004 | publisher=[[Hearst Communications Inc.]] | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/11/BAGB163KV81.DTL | work =The San Francisco Chronicle | pages =B1 | access-date = July 6, 2009 }}</ref> After the quake and subsequent fire destroyed many San Franciscans' homes, they left for temporary housing on the ranches of the area to the south, including the large one owned by [[John Donald Daly|John Daly]].<ref name="Chandler 27">{{Harv|Chandler|1973|p=27}}</ref> Daly had come to the Bay Area in 1853, where he had worked on a dairy farm, and after several years, married his bosses' daughter and acquired {{convert|250|acres|km2}} at the Top of the Hill area. Over the years, Daly's business grew, as did his political clout.<ref name="Gillespie p8">{{Harv|Gillespie|2003|p=8}}</ref> When a flood of refugees from the quake came, Daly and other local farmers donated milk and other food items.<ref name="Chandler 27-28">{{Harv|Chandler|1973|pp=27β28}}</ref> Daly later subdivided his property, from which several housing tracts emerged.<ref name="Gillespie p8" /> [[File:John Donald Daly.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[John Donald Daly]], founder and namesake of Daly City]] As some of the refugees established homes in the area, the need for city services grew. This, combined with the fear of annexation by San Francisco and being ignored by San Mateo County, whose seat far to the south left residents feeling ignored, created a demand for incorporation. The first such attempt was proposed in 1908 for incorporation as the city of Vista Grande. Vista Grande would have spanned from the Pacific to the Bay, with San Francisco as its northern border and South San Francisco and the old Rancho Buri Buri as its southern border. The proposal was rejected over the scope of the planned city, which was too broad for many residents.<ref name="Chandler 79">{{Harv|Chandler|1973|p=79}}</ref> The initial proposal also revealed rifts in the community among the various regions, including the area around the cemeteries, which were excluded from further plans of incorporation.<ref name="Chandler 79" /> On January 16, 1911, an incorporation committee filed a petition with San Mateo County supervisors to incorporate the City of Daly City, which would run from San Francisco along the San Bruno Hills until Price and School Streets with San Francisco and west to the summit of the San Bruno Hills. The city would have an estimated population of 2,900.<ref name="Chandler 83">{{Harv|Chandler|1973|p=83}}</ref> On March 18, 1911, a special election was held, with incorporation narrowly succeeding by a vote of 132 to 130.<ref name="Chandler 84">{{Harv|Chandler|1973|p=84}}</ref> It remained a relatively small community until the late 1940s, when developer [[Henry Doelger]] established [[Westlake, Daly City, California|Westlake]], a major district of homes and businesses, including the Westlake Shopping Center. Beginning in the 1950s, Filipino Americans began to purchase homes east of Junipero Serra Boulevard, as they were barred from the Westlake development due to [[Covenant (law)|racial covenants]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stupi |first=Amanda |date=August 5, 2021 |title=In Daly City, the Bayanihan Spirit Is Alive and Well |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11883382/in-daly-city-the-bayanihan-spirit-is-alive-and-well |work=KQED |location=San Francisco |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref> On March 22, 1957, Daly City was again the epicenter of [[1957 San Francisco earthquake|an earthquake]], this one a 5.3-[[Seismic scale|magnitude]] quake on the San Andreas Fault, which caused some structural damage in Westlake and closed [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] along the Westlake Palisades.<ref name="USGS 1957 quake">{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1957_03_22.php |title=Historic Earthquakes β 1957 March 22 19:44:21 UTC Magnitude 5.3 |access-date=July 6, 2009 |date=January 30, 2009 |work=Earthquake Hazards Program |publisher=[[US Geological Survey]] }}</ref> In 1963, Daly City annexed the city of [[Bayshore City, California|Bayshore]].<ref name="dalycity.org">{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.dalycity.org/392/History|url-status=live|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=City of Daly City Police|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125210010/https://www.dalycity.org/392/History |archive-date=January 25, 2021 }}</ref> The [[Cow Palace]], located in Bayshore and now within the city limits of Daly City, was the site of [[1964 Republican National Convention|the following year's Republican National Convention]]; it had also hosted the [[1956 Republican National Convention|1956 RNC]]. The [[Daly City station|Daly City BART station]] opened on September 11, 1972, providing northern San Mateo County with rail service to downtown San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area. The line was extended south to Colma in 1996 and then to Millbrae and the [[San Francisco International Airport]] in 2003. In October 1984, [[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese American]] writer [[Henry Liu]] was assassinated in his garage in Daly City, allegedly by [[Kuomintang]] agents.<ref name="Bishop">{{cite news|title=California Jury Is Told Defendant Admitted Slaying Journalist|work=The New York Times|last=Bishop|first=Katherine|date=March 9, 1988|access-date=November 13, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/09/us/california-jury-is-told-defendant-admitted-slaying-journalist.html}}</ref> The [[Daly City History Museum]], opened in March 2009, is located in the building that housed the John Daly Library, Daly City's first library. The museum houses exhibits related to Daly City's history, and maintains an archive of photos and documents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=October 15, 2021 |title=San Mateo County's mini museums preserve and educate about local history |url=https://climaterwc.com/2021/10/15/san-mateo-countys-mini-museums-preserve-and-educate-about-local-history/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=Climate Online |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Kayla Figard {{!}} Pacifica |date=August 23, 2011 |title=Daly City preserves its rich history through historical museum |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/08/23/daly-city-preserves-its-rich-history-through-historical-museum/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ABC7 |title=Centennial celebration: Museum a treasure trove of Daly City's 100 years {{!}} ABC7 San Francisco {{!}} abc7news.com |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/8028464/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Jean Bartlett {{!}} Pacifica |date=September 13, 2011 |title=A walk on the Daly City side with historian Bunny Gillespie |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/13/a-walk-on-the-daly-city-side-with-historian-bunny-gillespie/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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