Date Admitted to the Union:
September 9, 1850 - California was the 31st state.
California State Capital:
Sacramento
State Nickname:
The Golden State.
State Motto:
Eureka.
Translation: I have found it.
Translation: I have found it.
California State Bird:
California Valley Quail
California State Flower:
California Poppy
California State Tree:
Redwood
20 Largest Cities in California:
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Jose
- San Francisco
- Long Beach
- Fresno
- Sacramento
- Oakland
- Santa Ana
- Anaheim
- Bakersfield
- Riverside
- Stockton
- Chula Vista
- Fremont
- Modesto
- Irvine
- Glendale
- San Bernardino
- Huntington Beach
Ten Famous People From California :
- Shirley Temple Black, Actress and Diplomat
- Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Player
- Walt Disney, Animator and Theme Park Creator
- John Fremont, Explorer
- William Randolph Hearst, Publisher Connected to the Spanish American War
- Richard Nixon, 37th President
- George S. Patton, General
- Sally Ride, First Female Astronaut
- Adlai Stevenson, Politician
- Eldrick “Tiger” Woods, Golfer
