, USA and the second most populous in the United States
, after New York City
. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km²), and is located in Southern California
.
1781 Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1910 Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1915 D.W. Griffith's controversial film ''The Birth of a Nation'' premieres in Los Angeles.
1929 The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1936 Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
1937 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1949 First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.