Timeline of Los Angeles
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1781 - El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula founded in colonial New Spain.[1]
- 1818 - Avila Adobe built.[2]
- 1830 - Population: 730.[1]
- 1835 - Los Angeles becomes capital of Mexican California.[1]
- 1846 - September: Siege of Los Angeles by U.S. forces.
- 1847 - January 10: Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.[1][3]
- 1848 - February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of U.S. territory per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- 1850
- April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.[1]
- September 9: Los Angeles becomes part of the new U.S. state of California.[1]
- Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.[1]
- Los Angeles County established.
- 1851 - Los Angeles Star newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1854 - Round House constructed.
- 1855 - Public school built.[1]
- 1860 - Los Angeles Soap Company in business.[5]
- 1865 - St. Vincent's College opens.[6]
- 1866 - Town Square established.[7]
- 1868 - Street lighting installed.[7]
- 1869 - Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad begins operating.[8]
- 1871
- October 24: Anti-Chinese unrest.[1]
- Evening Express newspaper begins publication.[9]
- San Pedro Harbor development begins.[10]
- 1872 - First African Methodist Episcopal Church established.[7]
- 1873 - Los Angeles Daily Herald newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1875 - Los Angeles and Independence Railroad begins operating.[1]
- 1876
- Southern Pacific railway (San Francisco-Los Angeles) begins operating.[1]
- Cathedral of Saint Vibiana built.[7]
- 1880
- University of Southern California opens.
- Population: 11,183 city;[1] 33,381 county.
- 1881 - Los Angeles Daily Times begins publication.[9]
- 1882 - Los Angeles State Normal School opens.[1]
- 1883 - City Railroad Company established.[11]
- 1884 - Child's Grand Opera House opens.[12]
- 1886
- Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating.
- City Fire Department[13] and Elysian Park established.
- Pasadena and Santa Monica incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1887
- Los Angeles Athletic Club incorporated.
- Pomona incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1888
- Arcade Depot opens.
- Chamber of Commerce founded.
- California Club incorporated.
- Long Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1889
- City Parks Department[14] and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded.
- Orange County established.[15]
- 1890 - Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county.
- 1891 - Courthouse built.[1]
- 1892 - Redondo Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1893 - Bradbury Building constructed.
- 1894 - Fiesta de Los Angeles begins.[1]
- 1895 - Highland Park becomes part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]
- 1896 - Griffith Park established.[5]
- 1897 - Los Angeles Country Club founded.
- 1899 - Garvanza and University district become part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
See also: Los Angeles in the 1920s
- 1900 - Population: 102,479 city;[1] 170,298 county.
- 1901
- Los Angeles Railway and Angels Flight funicular begin operating.
- Children's Hospital founded.
- 1902 - Tally's Electric Theater opens.[12]
- 1903
- Los Angeles Examiner newspaper begins publication.[1]
- Braly Building constructed.
- Alhambra incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1905
- Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad begins operating.[1]
- Design of the seal of the City of Los Angeles adopted.
- Vernon incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1906
- Alexandria Hotel in business.[5]
- Shoestring area becomes part of City of Los Angeles.[16]
- Glendale, Huntington Park, and Watts incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1907
- Port of Los Angeles[8] and City Club of Los Angeles[17] established.
- Silver Lake Reservoir built.[5]
- Los Angeles Ostrich Farm[5] and Los Angeles Alligator Farm open.
- 1908 - Mount Wilson Observatory begins operating in Los Angeles County.
- 1909
- Selig Polyscope Company relocates to Los Angeles.[18]
- City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.[19]
- San Pedro and Wilmington become part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]
- 1910
- October 1: Los Angeles Times bombing.[1]
- East Hollywood and Hollywood become part of City of Los Angeles.[16]
- Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county.
- 1911
- Nestor Studios begin operating.[18]
- Pacific Electric Railway Co.[1] and Los Angeles College established.
- Burbank incorporated in Los Angeles County.
- 1912 - County of Los Angeles Public Library established.[1]
- 1913
- Los Angeles Aqueduct built.[18]
- La Brea Tar Pits excavation begins.[20]
- 1914
- Central Station and Southwest Museum[1] open.
- "First ship via Panama Canal arrives."[1][8]
- Beverly Hills incorporated in Los Angeles County.[7]
- 1915
- Universal Studios begins operating.[7]
- San Fernando Valley becomes part of City of Los Angeles.[16]
- Breed Street Synagogue active.
- Japan-Los Angeles steamship begins operating.[7]
- Area of city: 288 square miles.[21]
- 1916
- Westgate becomes part of City of Los Angeles.[16]
- Lincoln Motion Picture Company in business.[22]
- 1917 - Culver City incorporated in Los Angeles County.[7]
- 1918
- Warner Bros. Studios begin operating.[7]
- Los Angeles Philharmonic[12] and Otis College of Art and Design founded.
- 1920
- Population: 576,673 city;[23] 936,455 county.
- Douglas Aircraft Company in business in nearby Santa Monica.[1]
- 1921
- Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.[1]
- Hollywood Masonic Temple and Hollyhock House (residence) built.
- Watts Towers sculpture construction begins.
- Chouinard Art Institute founded.
- Ambassador Hotel in business.
- 1922
- KFI, KHJ and KNX radio stations begin broadcasting.[7]
- Hollywood Bowl (amphitheater) and Grauman's Egyptian Theatre open.
- 1923
- Hollywoodland sign erected.[24]
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens.
- Biltmore Hotel in business.
- Angelus Temple built.[6]
- Illustrated Daily News begins publication.[1]
- 1924 - Harding High School established.
- 1925
- Grand Olympic Auditorium opens.
- Junior League and Yogananda Self-Realization Fellowship[25] established.
- 1926
- Orpheum Theatre, El Capitan Theatre,[26] and 28th Street YMCA[27] open.
- Public library built.
- Shrine Auditorium rebuilt.
- Venice and Watts become part of City of Los Angeles.
- La Opinión Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1927
- Grauman's Chinese Theatre opens.
- 5 May, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel opens for business.
- Barnsdall Art Park established.
- 1928
- Los Angeles City Hall built.
- March 13: Collapse of St. Francis Dam in nearby San Francisquito Canyon.[1]
- Huntington Library opens in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1929
- August: Graf Zeppelin (aircraft) arrives from Tokyo.[6]
- Academy Awards begin.[28]
- Los Angeles Board of Trade Building and Bullocks Wilshire department store built.
- Nuart Theatre opens.
- 1930
- Olvera Street restored.[29]
- Hollywood Reporter begins publication.
- Greek Theatre[7] and Pantages Theatre[26] open.
- Highland Park synagogue built.
- Population: 1,238,048 city; 2,208,492 county.
- Burbank airport begins operating.
- 1931
- Chateau Marmont Hotel in business.
- Figueroa Street Tunnels open.
- 1932 - 1932 Summer Olympics held.
- 1933
- March 10: 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
- October 12: Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933 begins.
- Frank L. Shaw becomes mayor.
- Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper[7] and Daily Variety begin publication.
- 1934 - Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.[4]
- 1935 - Griffith Park Planetarium dedicated.[1]
- 1936
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles established.
- Crossroads of the World shopping mall built.
- 1938
- Los Angeles flood of 1938.[1]
- China City developed.[19]
- CBS Columbia Square built.
- Mayor Shaw ousted; Fletcher Bowron becomes mayor.[1]
- 1939
- Union Station opens.[1]
- Chandler's fictional detective novel The Big Sleep published.[7]
- 1940
- Arroyo Seco Parkway opens.[7]
- United States Court House built.
- 1941
- Los Angeles Airport in operation.
- Pueblo Del Rio housing complex built.
- Turnabout Theatre of puppets established.[29]
- 1942
- US-Mexico Bracero program begins.
- Parking meters installed.[7]
- 1943 - Ethnic Zoot Suit Riots occur.[6]
- 1944 - Imperial Courts and Jordan Downs housing projects built.[30]
- 1946
- 1947 - KTLA television begins broadcasting.[4]
- 1948 - In-N-Out Burger is founded
1950s-1990s
- 1950
- Fictional Sunset Boulevard film released.[7]
- Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county.
- 1951 - Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created.[11]
- 1953 - Four Level Interchange highway begins operating.[33]
- 1954 - Church of Scientology[6] and Getty Museum[7] open.
- 1955
- Nickerson Gardens housing complex built.[30]
- Disneyland amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.[7]
- 1956 - Capitol Records Tower built.[7]
- 1957 - Ferus Gallery of art opens.[34]
- 1958 - Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team active.[35]
- 1959
- Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opens.
- Grammy Award begins.[36]
- KPFK radio begins broadcasting.[37]
- Sister city relationships established with Eilat, Israel; and Nagoya, Japan.[38]
- 1960
- July: 1960 Democratic National Convention held.
- Hollywood Walk of Fame established.[7]
- Los Angeles Lakers basketball team active.[7]
- 1961 - Theme Building constructed at Los Angeles Airport.
- 1962
- Los Angeles Herald-Examiner newspaper in publication.
- City Cultural Heritage Board created.
- Dodger Stadium opens.[7]
- Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.[38]
- 1963
- Vincent Thomas Bridge opens.
- Century City development begins.
- 1964
- Whisky a Go Go nightclub[7] and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (concert hall) opens.[7]
- UCLA Labor Center and Los Angeles Master Chorale founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Bordeaux, France.[38]
- 1965
- August 11-17: Watts Riots.[39]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens on Wilshire Boulevard.[34]
- Marina del Rey harbor opens in Los Angeles County.[7]
- 1966
- Los Angeles Zoo opens.[7]
- Gemini G.E.L. art studio founded.[34]
- 1967
- Super Bowl I is held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
- City's Community Analysis Bureau established.[40]
- Two California Plaza built.
- Los Angeles Advocate newsletter begins publication.[4]
- Mark Taper Forum (theatre)[41] and Brockman Gallery of art[34] open.
- Forum (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.[7]
- Los Angeles Kings hockey team active.
- Sister city relationship established with Berlin, Germany.[38]
- 1968
- June 5: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
- Sister city relationship established with Lusaka, Zambia.[38]
- 1969 - Sister city relationship established with Mexico City, Mexico.[38]
- 1970 - Chinatown Service Center established.[19]
- 1971
- February 9: 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
- Six Flags Magic Mountain (originally named Magic Mountain) opens in Valencia.
- Los Angeles Convention Center opens.
- California Institute of the Arts opens in nearby Valencia.[34]
- Sister city relationships established with Auckland, New Zealand; and Busan, South Korea.[38]
- 1972
- Womanhouse art event occurs.[34]
- Self Help Graphics & Art active.
- Sister city relationships established with Mumbai, India; and Tehran, Iran.[38]
- 1973
- Tom Bradley becomes mayor.[42]
- Aon Center built.
- 1974 - Security Pacific Plaza built.
- 1975 - Chinese Historical Society of Southern California founded.
- 1976 - Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.
- 1977 - X (musical group) formed.
- 1978
- LA Weekly begins publication.
- Los Angeles Conservancy founded.
- 1979 - Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.[38]
- 1980 - Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county.
- 1981 - Sister city relationship established with Guangzhou, China.[38]
- 1983
- Crocker Tower built.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (musical group) formed.
- 1984
- 1984 Summer Olympics held.
- Forever 21 clothier in business.
- West Hollywood incorporated in Los Angeles County.
- Sister city relationships established with Athens, Greece; and Saint Petersburg, USSR.[38]
- 1985 - Latino Theater Company founded.
- 1986
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles established.
- Los Angeles Opera active.
- Sister city relationship established with Vancouver, Canada.[38]
- 1988 - Museum of Jurassic Technology founded.
- 1989
- U.S. Bank Tower built.
- Sister city relationship established with Giza, Egypt.[38]
- 1990
- Hollywood Bowl Orchestra founded.
- Sanwa Bank Plaza built.
- Population: 3,485,398.[23]
- Sony Pictures Entertainment headquartered in nearby Culver City.
- Sister city relationship established with Jakarta, Indonesia.[38]
- 1991
- Gas Company Tower and 777 Tower built.
- Maxine Waters becomes U.S. representative for California's 29th congressional district.[43]
- Sister city relationship established with Kaunas, Lithuania.[38]
- 1992
- April 29: Rodney King riots begin.[39]
- Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Makati, Philippines.[38]
- 1993
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority created.
- Metro Red Line opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Split, Croatia.[38]
- 1994 - January 17: 1994 Northridge earthquake.
- 1995
- City website launched.[44][45][46]
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and LA as Subject project[47] begin.
- 1996
- Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles founded.[48]
- Council on American–Islamic Relations Los Angeles chapter founded.
- Museum of Television & Radio opens in Beverly Hills.
- 1997
- Homies Unidos (community group) active.
- American Apparel clothier headquartered in Los Angeles.
- The Getty Center opens in Brentwood.
- 1998 - Los Angeles Almanac begins publication.[49]
- California Science Center opens to the public.
- 1999 - Staples Center (sports arena) opens.
21st century
- 2000
- August: 2000 Democratic National Convention held.[50]
- Los Angeles Police Rampart scandal report issued.
- 2001
- Kodak Theatre opens.
- Disney California Adventure opens adjacent to Disneyland.
- 2002 - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels built.
- 2003
- Walt Disney Concert Hall[51] and Chinese American Museum[19] open.
- Los Angeles Derby Dolls (rollerderby) team formed.
- 2004 - National Day Laborer Organizing Network headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).
- 2005
- Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority homeless census begins.[52]
- Antonio Villaraigosa becomes mayor.[6]
- Sister city relationship established with San Salvador, El Salvador.[38]
- 2006
- LA Weekly Detour Music Festival begins.
- City Office of Historic Resources created.
- Sister city relationships established with Beirut, Lebanon; and Ischia, Italy.[38]
- 2007
- May 1: 2007 MacArthur Park rallies.
- Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Yerevan, Armenia.[38]
- 2008 - Los Angeles Heritage Alliance formed.
- 2009 - Los Angeles Times' Mapping L.A. project and Maron's WTF podcast begin.
- 2010
- 2011
- October 1: Occupy Los Angeles begins.[55]
- QuakeBot in use.[56]
- 2012
- Los Angeles Review of Books begins publication.
- September 19 - 21: Endeavour makes final landing at LAX.
- 2013
- Eric Garcetti becomes mayor.
- Population: 3,884,307.[57]
- 2014 - DataLA (city data website) begins publication.[40]
- 2015
- June 19: US president visits podcaster Maron's garage.
- August: Shade balls put into Los Angeles Reservoir during 2015 California drought.[58]
See also
- History of Los Angeles
- List of mayors of Los Angeles
- List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
- Timeline of California[59]
- Other cities in California
- Timeline of Anaheim, California
- Timeline of Bakersfield, California
- Timeline of Fresno, California
- Timeline of Long Beach, California
- Timeline of Mountain View, California
- Timeline of Oakland, California
- Timeline of Riverside, California
- Timeline of Sacramento, California
- Timeline of San Bernardino, California
- Timeline of San Diego
- Timeline of San Francisco
- Timeline of San Jose, California
- Timeline of Santa Ana, California
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 405: "Chronology"
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Vintage 2013 Population Estimates
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Main article: Bibliography of Los Angeles
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