Timeline of Oakland, California facts for kids
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.
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19th century
- 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.
- 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
- 1855 – Lyceum founded.
- 1860 – Population: 1,543.
- 1863 – Heald's Business College established.
- 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.
- 1866 – Police Court established.
- 1868
- Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.
- University of California and Oakland Library Association established.
- Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
- 1869
- Railway begins operating.
- Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary and Oakland Fire Department established.
- Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.
- 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
- 1872
- Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland.
- Theosophical Society Library founded.
- 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
- 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.
- 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.
- 1880 – Population: 34,456.
- 1884 – Horton School established.
- 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.
- 1900 – Population: 66,960.
20th century
- 1904 – Pacific Technical College established.
- 1906 – April 18: San Francisco earthquake; refugees flee to Oakland.
- 1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded.
- 1909
- Samuel Merritt College founded.
- Moore & Scott Iron Works in business.
- 1910
- Oakland Public Museum and YMCA open.
- Population: 150,174.
- 1912 – Oakland School Women's Club and Children's Hospital founded.
- 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established.
- 1914
- Oakland Technical High School established.
- Oakland City Hall and Civic Auditorium built.
- 1917 – Joaquin Miller Park established.
- 1920 – Population: 216,261.
- 1922 – Snow Museum of Natural History opens.
- 1923 – Tribune Tower completed.
- 1924 – Granada Theater opens.
- 1927
- Oakland Airport begins operating.
- Port of Oakland opens.
- 1928
- Clorox Chemical Company in business.
- Posey Tube (traffic tunnel) built.
- 1931 – Paramount Theatre built.
- 1933 – Oakland Symphony active.
- 1936
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
- Alameda County Courthouse built.
- Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society established.
- 1937 – Caldecott Tunnel opens.
- 1940 – Population: 302,163.
- 1944 – Oakland Army Base active.
- 1946 – 1946 Oakland General Strike begins on December 3 and ends on December 5.
- 1954 – Oakland Junior College established.
- 1961 – Coliseum Drive-In opens.
- 1966
- October: Black Panther Party established.
- Oakland Coliseum opens.
- 1968 – Athletics baseball team relocates to Oakland.
- 1969 – Oakland Museum opens.
- 1970 – Regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
- 1971 – Your Black Muslim Bakery in business.
- 1972 – 12th Street Oakland City Center (BART station), 19th Street Oakland (BART station), and MacArthur (BART station) open.
- 1973 – Rockridge (BART station) opens.
- 1974 – West Oakland (BART station) opens.
- 1977 – Lionel Wilson becomes mayor.
- 1985 – Alameda County Community Food Bank established.
- 1988 – Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
- 1989 – October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- 1990 – Population: 372,242.
- 1991 – October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).
- 1999 – Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
- 2000 – Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.
21st century
- 2002 – Taoist Center opens.
- 2003
- April 7: Anti-war protest.
- Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.
- Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).
- 2004 – Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
- 2007
- East Bay Meditation Center opens.
- Ron Dellums becomes mayor.
- 2008 – Cathedral of Christ the Light dedicated.
- 2009
- January 1: BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant.
- March 21: 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers.
- Oakland Local begins publication.
- 2010
- Ace Monster Toys founded.
- Population: city 390,724; metro 4,335,391.
- 2011
- October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
- Jean Quan becomes mayor.
- Sudoroom established.
- 2012
- April 2: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
- Oakland Wiki begins publication.
- 2014 – Oakland Police Beat begins publication.
- 2016
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