The following is a of the history of the city of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
19th century
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902 â Carpenters Local 993 labor union established.
- 1903
- John Sewell becomes mayor.
- Ransom Everglades School is established in Coconut Grove.
- The Miami Herald newspaper begins publication.
- 1906
- Streetcars begin operating.
- Automobile parade.
- 1909
- City Hall built.
- Lummus Park opens.
- 1910 â Population: 5,471; county 11,933.
- 1912 â Airport established near Miami.
- 1913
- Bridge to Miami Beach constructed.
- Lyric Theater opens.
- 1914 â Construction of Vizcaya begins.
- 1915
- Miami Chamber of Commerce established.
- Town of Miami Beach incorporated near Miami.
- 1916 â David Fairchild establishes The Kampong, his winter home in Coconut Grove.
- 1917 â Elser Pier opens.
- 1918 â Airdrome Theatre and Strand Theatre open.
- 1919
- Coconut Grove is incorporated.
- Great Miami Employers' Association established.
- Seybold Canal Bridge built (approximate date).
- 1920
- Universal Negro Improvement Association chapter established.
- Population: 29,549; county 42,753.
- 1921
- Commission-manager form of government adopted.
- WQAM radio begins broadcasting.
- Tamiami Canal Bridge built.
- 1923 â Miami Times newspaper begins publication.
- 1924
- Buena Vista becomes part of Miami.
- Miami River Canal Swing Bridge built.
- Fotosho Theatre opens.
- 1925
- Allapattah, Coconut Grove, Lemon City, Silver Bluff, and West Little River become part of Miami.
- Bayfront Park opens.
- Towns of Coral Gables and Hialeah incorporated near Miami.
- University of Miami established in Coral Gables.
- 1926
- January 10: Prinz Valdemar ship sinks offshore.
- September: Hurricane.
- WIOD radio begins broadcasting.
- Player's State Theater built.
- Booker T. Washington High School, Olympia Theater, and Tower Theater open.
- Town of Miami Shores incorporated near Miami.
- Wometco â first movie theater, the Capital, opens.
- 1927
- Flagler Theater opens.
- E. G. Sewell becomes mayor.
- Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
- Jewish Floridian newspaper begins publication.
- 1928
- Pan American Field (airfield) begins operating.
- Dade County Agricultural High school built.
- Al Capone buys a home in Miami Beach.
- 1929 - Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store opens.
- 1930
- Miami Civic Center opens.
- Population: 110,637.
- 1933
- February 15: Chicago mayor Anton Cermak killed by anarchist in Bayfront Park.
- E. G. Sewell becomes mayor again.
- Ryder, the truck leasing company, founded in Miami.
- 1935
- January 1: Orange Bowl football contest begins.
- November: Hurricane.
- 1936 â Parrot Jungle established.
- 1937 â Burdine Stadium, and Liberty Square (housing complex) open.
- 1938 â Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden opens to the public.
- 1939 â E. G. Sewell becomes mayor yet again.
- 1940
- Historical Association of Southern Florida established.
- Population: 172,172; county 267,739.
- 1941 â Dorsey Memorial Library opens.
- 1942
- May: Portero del Llano ship sinks offshore during World War II.
- Submarine Chaser Training Center established.
- 1943 â Urban League of Greater Miami established.
- 1946 â National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established in Liberty City.
- 1948 â Coconut Grove Citizens Committee for Slum Clearance and Civil Rights Congress chapter organized.
- 1949 â WTVJ (television) begins broadcasting.
1950s-1970s
1980s-1990s
- 1980
- May: race riots in Overtown and Liberty City after the death of Arthur McDuffie.
- AprilâÂÂOctober: Cubans arrive in city via Mariel boatlift.
- Miami MetroZoo opens near city.
- Population: 346,865;
- 1981
- Palace apartment building constructed.
- Cuban American National Foundation headquartered in city.
- 1982
- Knight International Center (convention center) opens.
- Facts About Cuban Exiles organization established.
- 1982 Overtown riot occurs.
- 1983
- The movie Scarface, which is set in Miami, is released.
- Christo unveils Surrounded Islands.
- 1984
- Metrorail begins operating.
- Center for Fine Arts
- Miami International Film Festival begins.
- Southeast Financial Center built on Biscayne Boulevard.
- Miami Vice, a crime drama television series, debuts on NBC. It will run from 1984 to 1989.
- First edition of the Miami International Book Fair.
- 1985
- Miami SunPost newspaper begins publication.
- Xavier Suarez becomes city mayor.
- Stephen P. Clark Government Center built.
- The Golden Girls, a television sitcom set in Miami, begins its seven-year run.
- Miami City Ballet debuts.
- 1986 â Lincoln Center built.
- 1987
- November: Pope John Paul II visits city.
- Miami New Times newspaper in publication.
- Miami Tower built.
- 1989
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 18th congressional district.
- 1990
- Nelson Mandela visits city.
- Knight Foundation headquartered in city.
- Population: 358,548; county 1,937,094.
- 1992 â August: Hurricane Andrew.
- 1993
- Stephen P. Clark becomes city mayor.
- Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district.
- 1994
- Eleventh Street (Metromover station) opens.
- 1st Summit of the Americas held in city.
- 1996
- Willy Gort becomes mayor of city, succeeded by Joe Carollo; Alex Penelas becomes mayor of Dade County.
- City website online (approximate date).
- Pottinger v. City of Miami homeless-related lawsuit decided.
- Liberty City Charter School established.
- 1997
- May 12: Tornado.
- November: Mayoral election held.
- Dade County renamed Miami-Dade County.
- 1998
- January: Xavier Suarez becomes mayor again.
- March: Mayoral election results of 1997 judged invalid; Carollo becomes mayor again.
- 1999
- American Airlines Arena opens.
- Ultra Festival begins.
2000s
21st century
2000s
2010s
See also
References
Bibliography
Published in the 20th century
1900s-1940s
- Miami City Directory (Miami, Florida, 1904)
- 1918 ed.
- 1920 ed.
- map
- Isador Cohen, Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami (Miami, 1925)
- T. H. Weigall, Boom in Paradise (New York, 1932)
- 1941-
1950s-1970s
- Helen Muir, Miami, U. S. A. (New York, 1953)
- Ruby Leach Carson, "Miami: 1896 to 1900", Tequesta, XVI (1956)
- Paul S. George, "Colored Town: Miami's Black Community, 1896âÂÂ1930", Florida Historical Quarterly (April 1978)
1980s-1990s
- Paul George, "Passage to a New Eden", Florida Historical Quarterly, 59 (1981)
- Arva Moore Parks. Miami: The Magic City. Miami: Centennial Press, 1991.
- (Abstract)
- (fulltext)
- Marvin Dunn, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (Gainesville, Florida, 1997)
Published in the 21st century
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