When did baseball's New York Giants become the San Francisco Giants?

The New York Giants moved to San Francisco for the start of the 1958 season.

The final game of the New York Giants at New York’s Polo Grounds was played against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

What was the worst earthquake east of the Mississippi River? The worst earthquake east of the Mississippi River occurred in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 1886, and registered what would have been 6.6 on the Richter scale. Sixty people were killed.
How many gallons of oil did the Exxon Valdez spill into Prince William Sound in Alaska? After hitting an undersea reef, the oil tanker the Exxon Valdez spilled over 10 million gallons into the Alaskan waters on March 24, 1989, in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
How large is Deadwood, South Dakota? The famous mining town Deadwood, South Dakota from the gold rush days that now stands as the final resting place for Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, has 1,830 inhabitants. Every August it…
Where is the Pro Football Hall of Fame? The Pro Football Hall of Fame is at the National Football Museum in Canton, Ohio.
What was New York’s Ladies’ Mile? In the late 1800s, New York's Ladies' Mile was Manhattan's high-class shopping district. This equivalent of Fifth Avenue or Fifty-seventh Street ran from Eighth Street to Twenty-third Street, bound on the east by…
How did the Brooklyn Dodgers get their name? Dodgers was an abbreviation for trolley dodgers. The term developed during the early to mid-twentieth century, when trolley cars were common sights in urban areas such as Brooklyn. To be a trolley dodger…