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Timeline of Durham, North Carolina

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Contents

19th century

  • 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.

    • 20th century

  • 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.

    • 21st century

  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Durham, North Carolina Wikipedia
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