Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida Flower

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

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19th century

• 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.
• 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.
• 1899 - Schoolhouse established.

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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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