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2016. 49 people were murdered when they were out dancing at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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This is the Memory Palace.
I'm Nate DeMaeo.
The White Horse Inn on Telegraph in Oakland opened in 1933, where thereabouts.
No one's been able to nail down the date.
Historians have tried, as have some of its various owners, it seems, over the years.
But if you're not an academic,
or if you don't have a personal financial stake in solidifying its claim as the oldest gay bar in the United States.