Category: Historical Events
The life of Roy A. Sealey and his contributions to the Cockatoo Inn
Andy Lococo and his prized hotel and restaurant are a big part of 20th century American history. However, this month we celebrate a somewhat forgotten figure whose important midcentury work still impact us today....
From Hollywood Park to Super Bowl site
Usually Super Bowls are played at neutral sites, but this year’s Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California will be a home game for the NFC Champion Los Angeles Rams. When they take on the...
Inglewood High planned its epic reunion at the Cockatoo Inn
Love it or hate it, Facebook has made it easy to locate old classmates, no matter what town you’re from or what town you currently live. Many of those old friends are just a...
The Cockatoo Bowling Club
As we slowly start to open up physical spaces, people are itching to visit places like restaurants, movie theaters and bowling alleys. That got us to remembering something we came across years ago –...
Muhammad Ali at the Cockatoo Inn
FEB 15, 1988 – 33 years ago today, the late Los Angeles County Supervisor, Kenneth Hahn, held a campaign brunch to run for an unprecedented 10th term. Rumors of a famous and staunch supporter...
When Cockatoo Inn owner Andy ran for office
Coronavirus has sometimes made us forget that 2020 is an election year. While 2020 has been called one of the most turbulent years in recent memory, 1968 definitely gives it a run for its...
Two Men Standing in Rubble
As we’ve documented before, the Cockatoo Inn went through some tough times over the decades. One of its toughest challenges came in 1958, when a fire ripped through the successful establishment and destroyed it...
Mother’s Day at the Cockatoo Inn
Mother’s Day is just around the corner! We dug up this 30 year-old ad for Mother’s Day at the Cockatoo Inn that ran in Los Angeles newspapers in 1990: You can tell which ads...
Valentine’s Day Ad for the Cockatoo Inn
Today is Valentine’s Day 2020, and thought we’d share this amazing Valentine’s Day Ad for the Cockatoo Inn that ran in Los Angeles newspapers back in 1981: For its time, this was a great...
What a Spy tried to do at the Cockatoo
The year was 1984. Cold War tensions were still high. Hawthorne, California had a large defense presence. On December 10, 1984, an aerospace engineer from Northrop Aviation decided to risk it all. Here’s what...
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