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Timeline of Hialeah, Florida

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Pre-history
  
until 1497

British Rule
  
1763–1783

U.S. Territorial Period
  
1822–1845

Spanish Rule
  
1513–1763

Spanish Rule
  
1783–1821

Statehood
  
1845–present

Timeline of Hialeah, Florida

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

Contents

20th century

  • 1921 - Hialeah founded.
  • 1924
  • Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line built.
  • Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
  • 1925
  • Hialeah incorporated as a city.
  • Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.
  • Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1926
  • Hurricane.
  • Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
  • 1944 - Home News begins publication.
  • 1948 - Town of Hialeah Gardens incorporated near Hialeah.
  • 1958 - City of Hialeah Public Library building opens.
  • 1961 - M.A. Milam Elementary School established.
  • 1969 - El Sol de Hialeah newspaper begins publication.
  • 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.
  • 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
  • 1973
  • KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.
  • TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema in business.
  • 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
  • 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.
  • 1980
  • Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
  • Apollo North cinema in business.
  • 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
  • 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.
  • 1985
  • Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
  • El Condado News begins publication.
  • 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.
  • 1989
  • Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
  • Carmike cinema in business.
  • 1990
  • April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.
  • Population: 188,004.
  • 1993
  • U.S. Supreme Court decides animal sacrifice-related Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah in favor of freedom of religion (over city public health regulation).
  • Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for 27th congressional district.
  • 1999 - Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.
  • 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
  • 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy open.
  • 2010 - Population: 224,669.
  • 2011
  • May: Carlos Hernández becomes acting mayor.
  • November: Hialeah mayoral election, 2011 held.
  • 2013
  • January: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen becomes U.S. representative for Florida's newly created 27th congressional district.
  • July 26–27: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
  • 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.
  • 2015 - Miami Watersports Complex opens.

    • References

    Timeline of Hialeah, Florida Wikipedia
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