Timeline of Hialeah, Florida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hialeah, Florida, USA.
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20th century
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| Historical Periods | |
| Pre-history | until 1497 |
| Spanish Rule | 1513–1763 |
| British Rule | 1763–1783 |
| Spanish Rule | 1783–1821 |
| U.S. Territorial Period | 1822–1845 |
| Statehood | 1845–present |
| Major Events | |
| American Revolutionary War | 1775–1783 |
| War of 1812 | 1811–1814 |
| First Seminole War | 1817–1818 |
| Capitol moved to Tallahassee | 1824 |
| Second Seminole War | 1835–1842 |
| Constitutional convention | 1838 |
| Third Seminole War | 1855–1858 |
| Ordinance of Secession | 1861 |
| Civil War | 1861–1865 |
| 3rd Constitution | 1865 |
| Reconstruction | 1865–1868 |
| 4th Constitution | 1868 |
| 5th Constitution | 1885 |
| Great Migration | 1910–1930 |
| Land Boom | 1925–1929 |
| 6th Constitution | 1968 |
| Gore v. Harris 2000 Presidential Election | 2000 |
| Timeline | |
- 1921 - Hialeah founded.[1]
- 1924
- Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line built.[2]
- Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
- 1925
- Hialeah incorporated as a city.[3]
- Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.[3]
- Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.[4]
- 1926
- Hurricane.[5]
- Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
- 1944 - Home News begins publication.[6]
- 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.[6]
- 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
- 1973
- KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.[7]
- TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema[8] in business.
- 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
- 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.[9]
- 1980
- Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
- Apollo North cinema in business.[8]
- 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
- 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1985
- Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
- El Condado News begins publication.[6]
- 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1989
- Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
- Carmike cinema in business.[8]
- 1990
- April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.[10][11]
- Population: 188,004.[12]
- 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).
- Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for 27th congressional district.[13]
- 1999 - Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.
21st century
- 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.[3]
- 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy[9] open.
- 2010 - Population: 224,669.[14]
- 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.[15]
- July 26–27: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
- 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.[16]
- 2015 - Miami Watersports Complex opens.[17]
See also
- Other cities in Florida
- Timeline of Gainesville, Florida
- Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida
- Timeline of Miami
- Timeline of Orlando, Florida
- Timeline of Tampa, Florida
- Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida
References
- ↑ Federal Writers’ Project 1941, p. 180.
- ↑ Bramson 2008.
- 1 2 3 "History Of Hialeah". City of Hialeah. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Hialeah Public Libraries. "Hialeah History Collection". City of Hialeah. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Hellmann 2006.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ James Stuart Olson, ed. (1999). Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. USA: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Hialeah, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- 1 2 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Hialeah, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Mayor and a Councilman Are Indicted in Hialeah", New York Times, April 4, 1990
- ↑ "Hialeah Mayor Guilty Of Selling His Influence", New York Times, March 27, 1991
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1993–1994 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Hialeah city, Florida". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ "ALDI opening second Hialeah store on July 10", Miami Herald, July 2, 2014
- ↑ "New watersports complex opens in Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah", Miami Herald, March 28, 2015
Bibliography
- Federal Writers’ Project (1941). "Chronology". Planning Your Vacation in Florida Miami and Dade County. American Guide Series. Northport, NY: Bacon, Percy & Daggett.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Hialeah". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Seth H. Bramson (2008). The Curtiss-Bright Cities: Hialeah, Miami Springs & Opa Locka. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-386-1.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hialeah, Florida. |
- "Cuban Heritage Collection, Digital Collections". University of Miami.
- "(Hialeah)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
- Items related to Hialeah, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
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