Timeline of Kansas City, Missouri
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The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
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19th century
- 1838 - Settlement named "Town of Kansas".[1]
- 1846 - Population: 700.[2]
- 1840 - City Market active.[1]
- 1850 - "City of Kansas" incorporated.[1]
- 1854 - Bleeding Kansas
- 1857 - Chamber of Commerce established.[2]
- 1860 - Population: 4,418.[3]
- 1864 - October 23: Battle of Westport.
- 1869 - Missouri River railroad bridge opens.[1]
- 1870 - Population: 32,260.[4]
- 1871 - Kansas City Bar Library Assoc. formed.[5]
- 1872 - Elmwood Cemetery established.
- 1875 - Fetterman Circulating Library in business.[5]
- 1880 - Population: 55,785.[3]
- 1882
- Kansas City Club founded.
- First electric lights used in KC; implemented by KCP&L
- 1889
- "Kansas City" formed by merger of Westport and City of Kansas.[1]
- Kansas City Public Library building opens.[6]
- 1890 - Population: 132,716.[3]
- 1892 - Court House built.[3]
- 1893
- City Hall built.[3]
- Kansas City Athletic Club active.
- 1895 - Kansas City School of Law founded.
20th century
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1900s-1940s
- 1900
- July: 1900 Democratic National Convention held.
- Federal Building constructed.[3]
- Population: 163,752.[3]
- 1903 - Automobile Club of Kansas City active.
- 1904 - Children's Mercy Hospital active.[7]
- 1908 - City Hospital built.[3]
- 1909 Kansas City Zoo opens in Swope Park
- 1910
- Hall Brothers in business.
- Population: 248,381.[3]
- 1913 - Cook Paint and Varnish Company in business.
- 1914
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Paseo YMCA[8] open.
- Union Station rebuilt.[9]
- 1915 - Kansas City Polytechnic Institute established.[10]
- 1917 - Rockhurst College opens.[1]
- 1919 - Truman and Jacobson's haberdashery in business.[11]
- 1920 - Population: 324,410.[1]
- 1922 - WPE radio begins broadcasting.
- 1923 Fairyland Amusement Park opens at 7501 Prospect
- 1926
- Ararat Shrine Temple and Bagdad Theatre[12] open.
- Liberty Memorial dedicated to World War I veterans, opens
- 1927 Downtown Airport opens, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh
- 1928
- June: 1928 Republican National Convention.
- F. W. Woolworth Building constructed.
- 1931 - Kansas City Power and Light Building constructed.
- 1933 - June 17: Kansas City massacre.
- 1936 - Holy Land Christian Mission founded.[7]
- 1945 - K.C. native Harry S Truman sworn in as President of the United States after President Franklin Roosevelt's sudden death
- 1937 - Kansas City City Hall rebuilt.
- 1946
- Linda Hall Library established.
- William E. Kemp becomes mayor.
- 1948 - Harry S Truman wins Presidential election
- 1949
- Crest Drive-In cinema active (approximate date).[12]
- Richard Walker Bolling becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district.[13]
- 1945 K.C native Harry S Truman sworn in as President of the United States.
1950s-1990s
- 1951 - July: Great Flood of 1951.[14]
- 1954 - U.S. Weather Bureau Severe Local Storms Unit relocated to Kansas City.
- 1954 - Paseo Bridge opens
- 1955 - H. Roe Bartle becomes mayor.
- 1956 - First runway opens at Kansas City Industrial Airport, now KCI
- 1957
- Kansas City Ballet founded.
- Ruskin Heights Tornado (F-5)
- 1959 - 5 KC firefighters killed in gas tank explosion on Southwest Blvd.
- 1963
- University of Missouri–Kansas City established.
- Ilus W. Davis becomes mayor.
- 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seville, Spain.[15]
- 1968 - April: 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot.
- 1969
- Kansas City Royals baseball team formed.,[16]
- Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl
- 1970 - Population: 507,330.[1]
- 1971
- Crown Center opens.
- Charles Wheeler becomes mayor.
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- Kemper Arena opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Freetown, Sierra Leone.[15]
- 1976 - World Science Fiction Convention held.
- 1977 - Fairyland Amusement Park closes after extensive damage by windstorm
- 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Tainan, Taiwan.[15]
- 1979 - Richard L. Berkley becomes mayor.
- 1980 - Hyatt Regency hotel opens.
- 1981 - July 17: Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
- 1982
- Kansas City Symphony active.
- Oceans of Fun opens
- 1985 - Kansas City Royals and Manager Dick Howser win I-70 World Series
- 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built.
- 1988
- ACT UP chapter founded.[14]
- One Kansas City Place built.
- Serial killer Bob Berdella apprehended, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, given life in prison sentence
- 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Xi'an, China.[15]
- 1990 - Population: 435,146.[4]
- 1991
- Kansas City Stockyards close.
- Emanuel Cleaver becomes mayor.
- Firefighters' Memorial Fountain dedicated, at 31st & Broadway
- Sister city relationship established with Guadalajara, Mexico.[15]
- 1993
- Sister city relationships established with Hannover, Germany and Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[15]
- Great Flood of 1993
- 1994 - Bartle Hall Convention Center opens.
- 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Arusha, Tanzania.[15]
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[17][chronology citation needed]
- Sister city relationship established with San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.[15]
- 1998 - Sister city relationship established with Ramla, Israel.[15]
- 1999 - Kay Barnes becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2000 - Population: 441,545.[18]
- 2004 - Sister city relationship established with Metz, France.[15]
- 2005
- 2007
- Sprint Center (arena) opens.
- Irish Museum and Cultural Center active.
- Mark Funkhouser becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Population: 459,787.[20]
- Paseo Bridge closed, demolished
- Christopher S. Bond Bridge opens, replacing Paseo Bridge
- 2011
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- Sly James becomes mayor.
- Population: 463,202; metro 2,052,676.[21]
- 2012
- Google Fiber service begins.[22][23]
- Kansas City Startup Village established.[24]
- CityCampKC and IgniteKC begin.
- 2014 - Liberty Memorial designated National World War I Monument
See also
- List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
- History of the Kansas City metropolitan area
- Timeline of St. Louis
- Timeline of Missouri[25]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Nergal 1980.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Britannica 1910.
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Business directory, 1866
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