The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.
1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."
1867 - Durham incorporated.
1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.
1880 - Population: 2,041.
1881
Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.
W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.
1887
Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).
Main Street Methodist Church built.
1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
1889
Durham Daily Sun newspaper in publication.
First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church founded.
1890 - Population: 5,485.
1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.
1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.
1901
"Durham City limits quadruple in size."
Lincoln Hospital established.
1906
Durham Chamber of Commerce established.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.[1]
1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
1909
Arcade Theatre built.
Ebenezer Baptist Church established.
1910 - Population: 18,241.
1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.
1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.
1923 - National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.
1924 - Trinity College renamed "Duke University".
1925
North Carolina College for Negroes active.
Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.
1926 - Duke University's Divinity School established.
1930
Ephphatha Church built.
Duke University's School of Medicine opens.
Population: 52,037.
1933
Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
Calvert Method School founded.
1936 - Three Arts founded.
1939
North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
Center Theatre opens.
1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.
1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.
1950 - Population: 73,368.
1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission and Research Triangle Institute founded.
1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
1960 - Population: 84,642.
1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
1962 - Carolina Friends School and Bennett Place state historic site
1964 - Anti-poverty Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.
1968 - City Human Relations Commission and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes established.
1969
March 11: Student demonstration.
North Carolina Central University active.
Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.
1970
Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
Population: 100,768 city; 446,074 metro.
1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.
1980 - Population: 100,831 city; 560,774 metro.
1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
1990 - Population: 154,580 city; 735,480 metro.
1991
Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.
Carmike Cinema 7 in business.
1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.
1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
1997
City website online (approximate date).
Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.
1998
Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
2000 - Population: 187,035 city; 1,187,941 metro.
2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.
2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.
2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.
2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.
2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.[2]
2010 - Population: 228,330 city; 1,749,525 metro.
Timeline of Durham, North Carolina Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA