Timeline of Hialeah, Florida

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

20th century

• 1921 - Hialeah founded with the first plan drawn up and the town named.
• 1924
• Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line and Miami River Canal Swing Bridge built.
• Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
• 1925
• Hialeah incorporated.
• Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.
• Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1926
• Hurricane.
• Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
• 1927 - Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge opens.
• 1944 - Home News begins publication.
• 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.
• 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.
• 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
• 1973
• KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.
• TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema in business.
• 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
• 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.
• 1980
• Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
• Apollo North cinema in business.
• 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
• 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.
• 1985
• Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
• El Condado News begins publication.
• 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.
• Christian Gomez is born.
• 1989
• Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
• Carmike cinema in business.
• 1990
• April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.
• Population: 188,004.
• 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.
• 1999
• Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.
• City website online (approximate date).
• 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.

21st century

• 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy open.
• 2010 - Population: 224,669.
• 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.
• July: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
• 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.
• 2015
• Miami Watersports Complex opens.
• Population: 237,082 (estimate).
• 2021: Shooting.

See also

• Hialeah history
• List of mayors of Hialeah, Florida
• of other cities in the South Florida area of Florida: Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach

References

Bibliography

External links

• Items related to Hialeah, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)