Timeline of Hialeah, Florida

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

20th century

History of Florida
The seal of Florida reflects the state's Native American ancestry
Historical Periods
Pre-history	until 1497
Spanish Rule	1513–1763
British Rule	1763–1783
Spanish Rule	1783–1821
U.S. Territorial Period	1822–1845
Statehood	1845–present
Major Events
American Revolutionary War	1775–1783
War of 1812	1811–1814
First Seminole War	1817–1818
Capitol moved to Tallahassee	1824
Second Seminole War	1835–1842
Constitutional convention	1838
Third Seminole War	1855–1858
Ordinance of Secession	1861
Civil War	1861–1865
3rd Constitution	1865
Reconstruction	1865–1868
4th Constitution	1868
5th Constitution	1885
Great Migration	1910–1930
Land Boom	1925–1929
6th Constitution	1968
Gore v. Harris 2000 Presidential Election	2000
Timeline

• 1921 - Hialeah founded.^[1]
• 1924
  • Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line built.^[2]
  • Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
• 1925
  • Hialeah incorporated as a city.^[3]
  • Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.^[3]
  • Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.^[4]
• 1926
  • Hurricane.^[5]
  • Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
• 1944 - Home News begins publication.^[6]
• 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.^[6]
• 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
• 1973
  • KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.^[7]
  • TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema^[8] in business.
• 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
• 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.^[9]
• 1980
  • Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
  • Apollo North cinema in business.^[8]
• 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
• 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1985
  • Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
  • El Condado News begins publication.^[6]
• 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1989
  • Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
  • Carmike cinema in business.^[8]
• 1990
  • April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.^[10][11]
  • Population: 188,004.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• 1999 - Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.

21st century

• 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.^[3]
• 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy^[9] open.
• 2010 - Population: 224,669.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
  • July 26–27: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
• 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.^[16]
• 2015 - Miami Watersports Complex opens.^[17]

See also

• Hialeah history

Other cities in Florida

• Timeline of Gainesville, Florida
• Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida
• Timeline of Miami
• Timeline of Orlando, Florida
• Timeline of Tampa, Florida
• Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida

References

1. Federal Writers’ Project 1941, p. 180.
2. Bramson 2008.
3. "History Of Hialeah". City of Hialeah. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
4. Hialeah Public Libraries. "Hialeah History Collection". City of Hialeah. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
5. Hellmann 2006.
6. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
7. James Stuart Olson, ed. (1999). Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. USA: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6.
8. "Movie Theaters in Hialeah, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
9. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Hialeah, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
10. "Mayor and a Councilman Are Indicted in Hialeah", New York Times, April 4, 1990
11. "Hialeah Mayor Guilty Of Selling His Influence", New York Times, March 27, 1991
12. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
13. "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1993–1994 – via HathiTrust.
14. "Hialeah city, Florida". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
15. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
16. "ALDI opening second Hialeah store on July 10", Miami Herald, July 2, 2014
17. "New watersports complex opens in Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah", Miami Herald, March 28, 2015

Bibliography

• Federal Writers’ Project (1941). "Chronology". Planning Your Vacation in Florida Miami and Dade County. American Guide Series. Northport, NY: Bacon, Percy & Daggett.
• Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Hialeah". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
• Seth H. Bramson (2008). The Curtiss-Bright Cities: Hialeah, Miami Springs & Opa Locka. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-386-1.

External links

• "Cuban Heritage Collection, Digital Collections". University of Miami.
• "(Hialeah)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
• Items related to Hialeah, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)