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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Video Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19th century
- 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.
- 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.
- 1899 - Schoolhouse established.
Maps Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
20th century
- 1901 - Stranahan house built.
- 1910 - Population: 336.
- 1911
- Fort Lauderdale incorporated.
- Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
- Office of city marshall created.
- 1912
- North New River Canal built.
- W.H. Marshall becomes mayor.
- 1913 - Fire station built.
- 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.
- 1917 - Las Olas Boulevard built.
- 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.
- 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.
- 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
- 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
- 1928
- County Courthouse built.
- Port Everglades opens.
- 1930 - Population: 8,668.
- 1935 - Hurricane occurs.
- 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.
- 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.
- 1948
- Broward County International Airport opens.
- City Hall rebuilt.
- 1950
- War Memorial Auditorium opens.
- Population: 36,328.
- 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.
- 1958
- Museum of Art opens.
- WFTL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
- 1960
- New River Tunnel opens.
- Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.
- Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.
- Population: 83,648.
- 1962
- Fort Lauderdale Stadium opens.
- Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Fort Lauderdale Yankees baseball team formed.
- 1963 - Fort Lauderdale High School built.
- 1964
- Nova Southeastern University founded.
- Marshall Memorial Bridge built.
- 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.
- 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
- 1970 - Population: 139,122.
- 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.
- 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.
- 1974 - Broward County Library System established.
- 1977
- Snowfall occurs.
- Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered.
- 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.
- 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
- 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
- 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.
- 2000
- Nutrition Center opens.
- Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum active.[1]
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21st century
- 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.[2]
- 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 165,521.
- 2014
- Higher-speed rail Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline) construction begins.
- Mormon church built.
- 2017
- January 6: 2017 Fort Lauderdale airport shooting occurs.
- Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district.
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See also
- History of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Broward County, Florida
- Timelines of other cities in the South Florida area of Florida: Boca Raton, Hialeah, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach
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References
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Bibliography
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External links
- "Fort Lauderdale". Viva Florida: History Happened Here. Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities.
- "(Fort Lauderdale)". Digital Archives of Broward County Library. Broward County Government.
- "(Fort Lauderdale)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
- Items related to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
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