Today is LA's 225th Birthday!*

*Updates listed at the top.

L.A. Celebrates 225th Birthday With Historic Nod (CBS2)

LA Celebrates 225th Birthday With Traditional 9-Mile Walk (NBC4)

Officials Take 9-Mile Walk To L.A. To Celebrate City's Birthday (KABC)

Happy Birthday LA! (Fox 11)

Happy 225th, L.A.! (LA City Beat)

In the beginning: The founding of Los Angeles (Tidings Online)

The Settlement of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Almanac)

Original Settlers of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles (Los Angeles Almanac)

224 Ways to Celebrate (LACityNerd) and How it all began... (LAist)

1981: Birthday Quake as L.A. Turns 200 (LA Times)

Celebration events in San Gabriel, L.A. (Tidings)

There is a 9-mile walk today, but the website advertising it is a bit sad.

Also, on today's date:

In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera, and registered his trademark: Kodak. (Bradenton Herald)

Photo by Matt Dente via Flickr