Timeline of Oklahoma City

The following is a timeline of the history of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 1889
  • April 22: Settlement established on Unassigned Lands of the United States.^[1]
  • Oklahoma Times, Weekly Oklahoman, and Oklahoma Gazette newspapers begin publication.^[2]
• 1890
  • Town charted in Oklahoma Territory.^[1]
  • W.J. Gault becomes mayor.
  • Population: 4,151.^[3]
• 1896 - January: Statehood convention held.^[4]

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1900 - Population: 101,037.^[3]
• 1901
  • Epworth University founded.^[3]
  • Douglass High School active (approximate date).
• 1902 - Oklahoma Historical Society headquartered in Oklahoma City.^[5]
• 1905 - Brock Dry Goods in business.^[6]
• 1906 - Oklahoma College for Young Women founded.
• 1907
  • Town becomes part of the new U.S. state of Oklahoma.
  • Population: 32,452.^[3]
• 1908 - Temple B’nai Israel synagogue built.^[7]
• 1909 - Colcord Building constructed.
• 1910
  • Oklahoma state capital relocated to Oklahoma City from Guthrie.
  • Cattlemen's Cafe in business.
  • Population: 64,205.^[8]
• 1911
  • Oklahoma City University established.^[9]
  • Skirvin Hotel in business.
• 1913 - Board of Health established.
• 1916
  • Black Dispatch newspaper begins publication.^[1]
  • Blackwood David Business College established.^[9]
• 1917 - Emanuel Synagogue active.^[7]
• 1918 - Cain's Coffee Building constructed.
• 1919
  • Lake Overholser reservoir^[10] and Oklahoma State Capitol built.
  • Aldridge Theater opens (approximate date).^[11]
• 1920 - Population: 98,317.^[1]
• 1921 - Calvary Baptist Church built.
• 1922 - Ritz Theater opens.^[11]
• 1925 - Oklahoma City Blue Devils jazz band active.^[12]
• 1927 - New Quayle Methodist Episcopal Church built.^[12]
• 1928 - Oil discovered.^[13]
• 1931
  • Union Station opens.
  • First National Bank Building constructed.
• 1934
  • Taft Stadium built.
  • Santa Fe Depot opens.
• 1937 - Daily Law Journal Record newspaper headquartered in city.^[2]
• 1940 - Population: 204,424.^[1]
• 1941 - U.S. military Tinker Air Force Base established.
• 1946 - Urban League established.
• 1948 - Milk Bottle Grocery in business.

1950s-1990s

• 1950 - Circle Drive-In cinema opens.^[11]
• 1951 - John Jarman becomes U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.^[14]
• 1954 - Griffin Television Tower erected.
• 1955 - Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum established.
• 1958 - Sit-ins for racial desegregation begin.^[15][16]
• 1960 - Penn Square Mall in business.
• 1962 - Oklahoma City 89ers baseball team formed.
• 1964
  • July: Oklahoma City sonic boom tests begin.
  • Founders Tower built.
• 1965
  • Central Business District redevelopment plan adopted.^[10]
  • Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City established.^[17]
• 1966
  • Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority established.
  • Citizens Bank Tower built.
• 1968 - Harn Homestead and 1889ers Museum founded.^[18]
• 1969
  • August 19: Sanitation labor strike begins.^[19]
  • Oklahoma City Community Foundation established.^[17]
• 1970
  • Oklahoma Theater Center built.
  • Population: 368,164.^[10]
• 1971
  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center active.
  • Patience Latting becomes mayor.
  • Chase Tower built.
• 1972
  • Premiere of Western film J. W. Coop.^[20]
  • Myriad Convention Center opens.
  • Henry Overholser historic site established.^[18]
• 1974 - Underground pedestrian concourse built.
• 1976 - 45th Infantry Division Museum established.^[18]
• 1977 - Murrah Federal Building constructed.
• 1979 - Black Chronicle newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1980
  • Oklahoma City Food Bank organized.
  • Population: 403,484.
• 1983 - Andy Coats becomes mayor.
• 1984 - Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation established.
• 1987 - Ron Norick becomes mayor.
• 1988
  • Oklahoma City Pride begins.
  • Myriad Botanical Gardens Tropical Conservatory opens.
• 1990 - Population: 444,719.^[8]
• 1994 - Grateful Bean Cafe opens.^[21]
• 1995
  • April 19: Oklahoma City bombing.^[22]
  • City website online.^[23]
• 1999 - Kirk Humphreys becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2000 - Population: 506,132.^[24]
• 2001 - Oklahoma City National Memorial opens.
• 2002
  • Ford Center stadium opens.
  • Oklahoma City Lightning women's football team formed.
• 2003 - Guy Liebmann becomes mayor.
• 2004 - Mick Cornett becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Will Rogers World Airport's new terminal opens.
• 2006 - Douglass Mid-High School built.
• 2008 - Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team active.
• 2010
  • Oklahoma City Barons ice hockey team active.
  • Population: 579,999.^[25]
• 2011 - James Lankford becomes U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.^[26]
• 2012 - Devon Tower built.
• 2014 - Municipal Archives established.^[27]

See also

• History of Oklahoma City
• List of mayors of Oklahoma City
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
• Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Timeline of Oklahoma^[28]

References

1. Federal Writers' Project 1941.
2. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. "Chronological History of Oklahoma". Oklahoma Red Book. Oklahoma City. 1912.
5. "Oklahoma". Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions: America. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908.
6. Joseph Bradfield Thoburn (1916). A Standard History of Oklahoma 3. Chicago: American Historical Society.
7. "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
8. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
9. Patterson's American Educational Directory 29. Chicago. 1932.
10. Nergal 1980.
11. "Movie Theaters in Oklahoma City, OK". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
12. Daniels 2007.
13. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1373, OL 6112221M
14. "Oklahoma". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
15. "Oklahoma City". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Cases: United States. Pennsylvania: Swarthmore College. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
16. "This Day in Black History", Bet.com, retrieved September 2015
17. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
18. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Oklahoma: Oklahoma City". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 667+. ISBN 0759100020.
19. "Sanitation Workers Win Strike", The Crisis, December 1969
20. John Wooley (2012). Shot in Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-8407-4.
21. "Oklahoma City". Wiser.org. WiserEarth. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
22. "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 2014
23. "Oklahoma City Town Square". Archived from the original on December 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
24. "Oklahoma City (city), Oklahoma". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009.
25. "Oklahoma City (city), Oklahoma". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
26. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
27. "Oklahoma City receives funding for archives program". City of Oklahoma City. 2014.
28. Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Chronology", Oklahoma: a Guide to the Sooner State, American Guide Series, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press – via Open Library

Bibliography

• "Oklahoma City". Polk's Oklahoma Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: R.L. Polk & Co. 1902.
• "Oklahoma City", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• W. F. Kerr (1922), The Story of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Chicago: S.J. Clarke + v.2-3
• Angelo C. Scott, The Story of Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, Okla.: Times-Journal Publishing Co., 1939).
• Negro City Directory, Oklahoma City Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1941
• Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Oklahoma City", Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State, American Guide Series, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
• Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of the Negro Population of Oklahoma City, New York: National Urban League, 1945
• Roy P. Stewart, Born Grown: An Oklahoma City History (Oklahoma City, Okla.: Fidelity Bank, 1974).
• Pendleton Woods, "Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area," in Cities of Oklahoma, ed. John W. Morris (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1979).
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Oklahoma City, OK", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 247+, OL 4120668M
• Odie B. Faulk, Laura E. Faulk, and Bob L. Blackburn, Oklahoma City: A Centennial Portrait (Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1988).
• Susan Wallace and Tamara J. Hermen, Oklahoma City: A Better Living, A Better Life (Montgomery, Ala.: Community Communications, 1997).
• "Great Plains: Oklahoma: Oklahoma City", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
• "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma", National Geographic Magazine (Washington DC) 203, 2003
• David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
• Douglas Henry Daniels (2007). One O'Clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-7137-3.
• Linda D. Wilson (2007). "Oklahoma City". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center.

External links

• Items related to Oklahoma City, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Materials related to Oklahoma City, various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)

Coordinates: 35°28′56″N 97°32′06″W / 35.482222°N 97.535°W