Timeline of Mountain View, California facts for kids

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mountain View, California, USA.

Prior to 20th century

• 1854
  • Settlement named "Mountain View."
  • Public school opens.
• 1867 - Rengstorff House (residence) built.
• 1888 - Mountain View Register newspaper begins publication.

20th century

• 1900 - Bank of Mountain View in business.
• 1902
  • November 7: Mountain View incorporated.
  • Mountain View Union High School opens.
  • "Electric streetlights, telephone service and a municipal water system" begin operating (approximate date).
• 1904 - Seventh-day Adventist Pacific Press Publishing Association moves to town.
• 1905
  • Mountain View Public Library established.
  • Farmers and Merchants Bank built.
• 1906 - April 18: 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
• 1909 - Town Hall built.
• 1930 - Mountain View Theater opens.
• 1933 - US Naval Air Station Moffet Field established.
• 1934
  • Historic Adobe Building constructed.
  • Mountain View Buddhist Temple active.[1]
• 1950
  • Monte Vista Drive-In cinema in business.
  • Population: 6,563.
• 1954 - Mountain View Historical Association formed.[2]
• 1955 - February 24: Birth of Steve Jobs.
• 1956 - Beckman Instruments' Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory active.
• 1960 - Population: 30,889.
• 1968 - Intel Corporation and Monolithic Memories in business.
• 1970 - Regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
• 1975 - Old Mill Mall (shopping centre) in business.
• 1979 - Kannon Do Zen Center active.[3]
• 1982 - Grid Compass laptop computer introduced.
• 1985 - Actel Corporation and Century cinema in business.
• 1987 - Downtown Mountain View Station opens.
• 1993
  • Voice of Mountain View newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • Anna Eshoo becomes U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district.
• 1994 - Santa Clara County government computer network begins operating.
• 1997 - City website online (approximate date).
• 1999 - Google Inc. in business.

21st century

• 2002 - Computer History Museum opens.
• 2010 - Population: 74,066.
• 2014 - John McAlister becomes mayor.
• 2016
  • Patricia Showalter becomes mayor.
  • Rent control approved.