Timeline of Durham, North Carolina
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.
19th century
- 1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."[1]
- 1867 - Durham incorporated.[2]
- 1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.[3]
- 1880 - Population: 2,041.[4]
- 1881
- Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.[2][5]
- W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.[6]
- 1887
- 1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
- 1889
- 1890 - Population: 5,485.[4]
- 1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
- 1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
- 1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.[11]
20th century
- 1901
- "Durham City limits quadruple in size."[12]
- Lincoln Hospital established.[13]
- 1906
- Durham Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.[14]
- 1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
- 1909
- 1910 - Population: 18,241.[4]
- 1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.[12]
- 1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.[9][16]
- 1923
- 1924
- Trinity College renamed "Duke University".[1]
- Trinity United Methodist Church built
- 1925
- North Carolina College for Negroes active.
- Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.[17]
- Asbury Temple Methodist Church built
- Watts Street Baptist Church built
- Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church built
- 1926
- Duke University's Divinity School established.[18]
- Asbury United Methodist Church built
- 1927
- First Baptist Church built
- 1930
- Ephphatha Church built.
- Duke University's School of Medicine opens.[18]
- Population: 52,037.[4]
- 1933
- Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
- Calvert Method School founded.[19]
- 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.[20]
- 1936 - Three Arts founded.[10]
- 1939
- North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
- Center Theatre opens.[15]
- 1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.[9]
- 1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.[15]
- 1950 - Population: 73,368.[4]
- 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.[21]
- 1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.[11]
- 1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.[11]
- 1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission[22] and Research Triangle Institute[19] founded.
- 1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
- 1960 - Population: 84,642.[4]
- 1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
- 1962 - Carolina Friends School[19] and Bennett Place state historic site[23]
- 1964 - Anti-poverty Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
- 1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.[24]
- 1968 - City Human Relations Commission[24] and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes[17][24] established.
- 1969
- March 11: Student demonstration.[11][18]
- North Carolina Central University active.
- Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.[18]
- 1970
- Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
- Population: 100,768 city;[4] 446,074 metro.
- 1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.[10]
- 1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.[23]
- 1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.[14]
- 1980 - Population: 100,831 city;[4] 560,774 metro.
- 1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.[14]
- 1990 - Population: 154,580 city;[4] 735,480 metro.
- 1991
- Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.[9]
- Carmike Cinema 7 in business.[15]
- 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.[4]
- 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.[10]
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[25][chronology citation needed]
- Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.[4]
- 1998
- 2000 - Population: 187,035 city;[26] 1,187,941 metro.
21st century
- 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.[4]
- 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.[14]
- 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.[27]
- 2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.[18]
- 2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.[18]
- 2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.
- 2010 - Population: 228,330 city;[28] 1,749,525 metro.
