Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
19th century
- 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.[1]
- 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1899 - Schoolhouse established.[1]
20th century
- 1901 - Stranahan house built.[1]
- 1910 - Population: 336.
- 1911
- Fort Lauderdale incorporated.[3]
- Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Office of city marshall created.[5]
- 1912
- 1913 - Fire station built.
- 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.[1]
- 1917
- Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built.[6]
- Las Olas Boulevard built.
- 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.[1]
- 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.[7]
- 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
- 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
- 1928
- County Courthouse built.[2]
- Port Everglades opens.
- 1930 - Population: 8,668.
- 1935 - Hurricane occurs.[2]
- 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.[8]
- 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.[9]
- 1948
- Broward County International Airport opens.[1]
- City Hall rebuilt.[5]
- 1950
- War Memorial Auditorium opens.[2]
- Population: 36,328.
- 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.[10]
- 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.[8]
- 1958
- Museum of Art opens.[2]
- WFTL radio begins broadcasting.[10]
- 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
- 1960
- New River Tunnel opens.[7]
- Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.[4]
- Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.[7]
- Population: 83,648.
- 1962
- Fort Lauderdale Stadium opens.
- Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Fort Lauderdale Yankees baseball team formed.
- 1963 - Fort Lauderdale High School built.
- 1964
- Nova Southeastern University founded.[2]
- Marshall Memorial Bridge built.[7]
- 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.[11]
- 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
- 1970 - Population: 139,122.
- 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.[1]
- 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.[1]
- 1974 - Broward County Library System established.[1]
- 1977
- 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.[5]
- 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
- 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.[5]
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[13][14]
- 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.[15]
- 2000
21st century
- 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.
- 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 165,521.[16][17]
- 2014
- Higher-speed rail Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline) construction begins.
- Mormon temple built.
- 2017
- January 6: Fort Lauderdale airport shooting occurs.
- Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district.[18]
