Timeline of Durham, North Carolina facts for kids

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

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.
• 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.
• 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.
• 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.
• 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.

21st century

• 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.