Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The following is a of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

19th century

• 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.
• 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.
• 1899 - Schoolhouse established.

20th century

• 1901 - Stranahan house built.
• 1910 - Population: 336.
• 1911
• Fort Lauderdale incorporated.
• Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
• Office of city marshall created.
• 1912
• North New River built.
• W.H. Marshall becomes mayor.
• 1913 - Fire station built.
• 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.
• 1917
• Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built.
• Las Olas Boulevard built.
• 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.
• 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.

• 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
• 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
• 1928
• County Courthouse built.
• Port Everglades opens.
• 1930 - Population: 8,668.
• 1935 - Hurricane occurs.
• 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.
• 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.
• 1948
• Broward County International Airport opens.
• City Hall rebuilt.
• 1950
• War Memorial Auditorium opens.
• Population: 36,328.
• 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.
• 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.
• 1958
• Museum of Art opens.
• WFTL radio begins broadcasting.
• 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
• 1960
• New River Tunnel opens.
• Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.
• Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.
• 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.
• Marshall Memorial Bridge built.
• 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.
• 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
• 1970 - Population: 139,122.
• 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.
• 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.
• 1974 - Broward County Library System established.
• 1977
• Snowfall occurs.
• Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered.
• 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.
• 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
• 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
• 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.
• 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
• 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.
• 2000
• Nutrition Center opens.
• Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum active.https://web.archive.org/web/20100221082927/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-02-18/news/fl-arthur-stone-obituary-20100218_1_mr-stone-arthur-stone-packard

21st century

• 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.http://www.fortlauderdalefiremuseum.com/#Fort_Lauderdale_Fire_museum
• 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 165,521.
• 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.

See also

• History of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Broward County, Florida
• of other cities in the South Florida area of Florida: Boca Raton, Hialeah, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach

References

Bibliography

• 1918 ed.
• Philip J. Weidling and August Burghard. Checkered Sunshine: The Story of Fort Lauderdale, 1793-1955 (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1966)

External links

• Items related to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)