The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US.
History as a town
History as a city
- 1891
- New Albuquerque incorporated as a city.
- El Defensor del Pueblo newspaper begins publication.
- 1894 â Harwood Industrial School established.
- 1895 â La Bandera Americana newspaper begins publication.
- 1897 â El Nuevo Mundo newspaper begins publication.
- 1899 â Southwestern Brewery and Ice Company building constructed.
- 1901 â Albuquerque Public Library opens.
- 1902 â Alvarado Hotel in business.
- 1903
- Albuquerque Business College established.
- American Lumber Company mill opens.
- 1904 â Electric streetcar begins operating.
- 1906 â Southwest Presbyterian Sanatorium founded.
- 1910 â Population: 11,020.
- 1912
- City becomes part of the new State of New Mexico.
- New Mexico State Fair begins.
- Albuquerque Independent Society formed.
- "First meeting of the New Mexico League of Municipalities was held in Albuquerque"
- 1914
- Albuquerque High School building constructed.
- Home Circle Club chartered.
- 1917 â City Charter adopted.
- 1919 â New Mexico Workers Chronicle begins publication.
- 1920 â People's Sanatorium opens.
- 1922 â First National Bank Building (Albuquerque) constructed.
- 1924 â Sunshine Theatre opens.
- 1925 â Santa Fe Railway Shops (Albuquerque) built.
- 1926 â Courthouse relocated to New Town from Old Town.
- 1927
- Rio Grande Zoo opens.
- KiMo Theater built.
- 1928
- Oxnard Field, Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed.
- KGGM radio begins broadcasting.
- 1929
- First commercial airline service by Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport
- West Mesa Airport constructed.
- 1930 â Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express merge to become TWA.
- 1932 â Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico established.
- 1933 â KKOB (AM) radio headquartered in city.
- 1934 â Continental Airlines begins service.
- 1936 â Albuquerque Little Theater dedicated.
- 1938 â Lobo Theater and New Mexico State Fair grounds open.
- 1939
- Albuquerque Municipal Airport constructed.
- Hilton Hotel built.
- 1942 â Kirtland Air Force Base established.
- 1942-1944 â Royal Air Force cadets, flying from the British base at Terrell, Texas, fly to Albuquerque frequently on training flights, using it as a stand-in for Warsaw, Poland.
- 1943 â POW Camp Albuquerque established.
- 1946 â U.S. military Sandia Base (nuclear weapons installation) active.
- 1947 â Old Town Historical Society established.
- 1948 â Ernie Pyle House/Library branch established.
- 1949 â Old Town annexed to city.
- 1954 â Simms Building constructed.
- 1956 â Albuquerque Petroleum Club founded.
- 1957 â Tingley Coliseum dedicated.
- 1959 â Uncle Cliff's Kiddieland opens.
- 1960 â New Mexico Genealogical Society headquartered in city.
- 1961
- Winrock Shopping Center in business.
- Bank of New Mexico Building constructed.
- TWA begins the first commercial jet service with the Boeing 707 and the Convair 880.
- 1963
- Circle Autoscope Drive-In cinema opens.
- First National Bank Building East constructed.
- Albuquerque Municipal Airport renamed to Albuquerque Sunport
- 1965
- New terminal opens at the Albuquerque Sunport.
- Coronado Center shopping mall in business.
- Albuquerque Press Club founded.
- 1967 â Albuquerque Museum of Art and History established.
- 1970 â Anti-war protest.
- 1972
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins.
- Glenwood Hills Association established.
- 1974
- City adopts mayor-council form of government.
- TWA begins the first jumbo jet aircraft service with the Lockheed 1011.
- 1976 â Indian Pueblo Cultural Center opens.
- 1979
- National Solar Thermal Test Facility established.
- TWA begins the first nonstop flights to New York.
- American Airlines begins service.
- 1980
- Southwest Airlines begins service.
- Population: 331,767.
- 1982 United Airlines begins service.
- 1983 Delta Air Lines begins service.
- 1986
- Albuquerque Petroleum Building constructed.
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science founded.
- 1987-1989 Albuquerque International Sunport undergoes a major expansion.
- 1990
- Albuquerque Plaza built.
- American International Rattlesnake Museum opens.
- Population: 384,736.
- 1991 â National Museum of Nuclear Science & History chartered.
- 1993 â áExplora! Science Center and Children's Museum opens.
- 1994 - Albuquerque Poetry Slam begins.
- 1996
- April: City website online.
- Rio Grande Botanic Garden and Albuquerque Aquarium open.
- Cottonwood Mall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in business.
- 1997 â Jim Baca elected mayor.
- 2000 â National Hispanic Cultural Center opens.
- 2002 â Alvarado Transportation Center opens.
- 2003 â Metropolitan Courthouse built.
- 2004 â Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara established.
- 2005
- Duke City Derby (roller derby) league formed.
- Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum opens.
- áGlobalquerque! music fest begins.
- 2007 â Alamosa Skatepark built.
- 2009 â Richard J. Berry becomes mayor.
- 2010 â Population: 545,852.
- 2011 â I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange planned.
- 2012 â Population: 555,417.
- 2013 â I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange construction started.
- 2015 â Panhandler jobs program begins.
- 2017 â Tim Keller is elected Mayor
See also
References
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
- Hudspeth Directory Company. Hudspeth's Albuquerque City Directory. El Paso: 1901, 1904, 1907âÂÂ1956.
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- (fulltext via Open Library)
Published in the 21st century
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