Timeline of Tel Aviv

The following is a of the history of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.

<div class="toc"> 19th century <br/> 20th century: 1900s1910s1920s 1930s1940s1950s1960s 1970s1980s 1990s<br/> 21st century: 2000s2010s 2020s<br/> </div>

19th century

• 1886 – Neve-Tzedek was founded.
• 1890 – Neve Shalom was founded.
• 1896 – Yafa Nof was founded.
• 1899 – Achva was founded.

20th century

1900s

• 1904 – Ohel Moshe was founded.
• 1905 - Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, the first Hebrew Highschool was founded.
• 1906 – Kerem HaTeimanim was founded.
• 1909 – Tel Aviv founded as neighborhood in Jaffa.

1910s

• 1917 – April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.

1920s

• 1921 – Meir Dizengoff becomes mayor.
• 1925 – David Bloch-Blumenfeld becomes mayor.
• 1926 - The Histadrut art school, the first modern art academy in Israel, is founded by Yitzhak Frenkel.

1930s

• 1930s – White City built.
• 1932
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art established.
• Maccabiah Stadium opens.
• 1936 – Israel Rokach becomes mayor.
• 1938 – Jaffa Zoo opens.
• 1939 – Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper begins publication.

1940s

• 1941 – Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens.
• 1948 – Population: 244,614.

1950s

• 1950
• Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.
• Chen Cinema opens.
• 1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens in Tel Aviv metropolitan.
• 1953
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded.
• Chaim Levanon becomes mayor.
• 1959 - 1961 - Historic building of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium destroyed sparking conservation movement in Israel.

1960s

• 1960
• Mordechai Namir becomes mayor.
• Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city.
• 1962 – Bloomfield Stadium opens.
• 1963 – Yad Eliyahu Arena opens.
• 1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held.
• 1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built.
• 1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics.
• 1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz becomes mayor.

1970s

• 1970
• Luna Park (amusement park) built.
• ' Russian-language newspaper in publication.
• 1972 – London Ministores Mall built.
• 1973 – Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv Cinematheque open.
• 1974 – Shlomo Lahat becomes mayor.

1980s

• 1983 – Dizengoff Center (shopping mall) in business.
• 1987 – Marganit Tower built.
• 1989 – Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater established.

1990s

• 1990 – Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (bus station) built.
• 1993
• Roni Milo becomes mayor.
• Opera Tower built.
• 1994 – 19 October: Dizengoff Street bus bombing.
• 1995 – 4 November: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
• 1996 – 4 March: Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.
• 1997 – Isrotel Tower built.
• 1998
• Ron Huldai becomes mayor.
• Center for Contemporary Art founded.
• 1999 – Azrieli Center, Tzameret Towers, and Beit Rubinstein hi-rise built.

2000s

• 2000
• Tel Aviv University Railway Station opens.
• Levinstein Tower and Tel Aviv Towers built.

21st century

• 2003 – Matcal Tower and Tel Aviv Convention Center pavilion built.
• 2005 – Kirya Tower built.
• 2006
• Bank Discount Tower built.
• Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival begins.
• 2007 – Neve Tzedek Tower built.
• 2009
• Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial.
• First International Bank Tower and Vision Tower built.
• Tel Aviv gay centre shooting

2010s

• 2011
• Elco Tower built.
• Tel Aviv Light Rail construction begins.
• 2013 – Population: 414,600.

2020s

See also

• History of Tel Aviv
• Timeline of Jaffa
• Timeline of Jerusalem
• Timeline of Haifa
• Timeline of Israeli history
• List of cities in Israel

References

This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

• Map of Tel Aviv, 1958
• Europeana. Items related to Tel Aviv, various dates.