1917
The robbery of the Alamo Jewelry Company, 515 Alamo Plaza, which occurred yesterday afternoon, was quickly solved when Detectives Green and Harris raided a house on the south side of the city this afternoon. One man was arrested and a quantity of the gold coins recovered. A second man who was in the house ran away and although shot at several times, he escaped. The gold coins stolen were estimated to be worth $1,000 by I. Arbetter, proprietor of the store. The list of coins stolen, as furnished to detectives, include $195 worth of mutilated American and foreign coins, forty-two old gold Spanish coins, worth $20 each, some of the sixteenth century and others dated from 1728 to 1840; eleven $3 gold pieces, a $10 gold Pikes Peak gold coin; four 2.50 gold pieces; a gold Carolina dollar and two dozen 25 and 50 cent pieces.
1948
Radio station KONO changes frequency from 1400 MHZ to 860 MHz. It’s still there and simulcast on 101.1 FM.
1968
The San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos play an AFL preseason exhibition game in Alamo Stadium. The Chargers won, 6-3.