Timeline of Hialeah, Florida
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20th century
- 1921 - Hialeah founded with the first plan drawn up and the town named.[1]
- 1924
- Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line[2] and Miami River Canal Swing Bridge[3] built.
- Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
- 1925
- Hialeah incorporated.[4]
- Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.[5]
- Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.[6]
- 1926
- Hurricane.[7]
- Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
- 1927 - Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge opens.[3]
- 1944 - Home News begins publication.[8]
- 1948 - Town of Hialeah Gardens incorporated near Hialeah.
- 1958 - City of Hialeah Public Library building opens.
- 1961 - M.A. Milam Elementary School established.
- 1969 - El Sol de Hialeah newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
- 1973
- KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.[9]
- TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema[10] in business.
- 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
- 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.[11]
- 1980
- Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
- Apollo North cinema in business.[10]
- 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
- 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1985
- Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
- El Condado News begins publication.[8]
- 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.[8]
- Christian Gomez is born.
- 1989
- Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
- Carmike cinema in business.[10]
- 1990
- April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.[12][13]
- Population: 188,004.[14]
- 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court decides animal sacrifice-related Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah in favor of freedom of religion (over city public health regulation).[15]
- Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for 27th congressional district.[16]
- 1999
- 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.[5]
21st century
- 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy[11] open.
- 2010 - Population: 224,669.[19][20]
- 2011
- May: Carlos Hernández becomes acting mayor.
- November: Hialeah mayoral election, 2011 held.
- 2013
- January: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen becomes U.S. representative for Florida's newly created 27th congressional district.[21]
- July: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
- 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.[22]
- 2015
- 2021: Shooting.
See also
- Hialeah history
- List of mayors of Hialeah, Florida
- Timelines of other cities in the South Florida area of Florida: Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach
