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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 DÃÂa
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 - SanterÃÂa
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. MartÃÂnez
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 MartÃÂnez 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
)