Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
19th century
- 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.
- 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.
- 1899 - Schoolhouse established.
20th century
- 1901 - Stranahan house built.
- 1910 - Population: 336.
- 1911
- * Fort Lauderdale incorporated.
- * Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
- * Office of city marshall created.
- 1912
- * North New River Canal built.
- * W.H. Marshall becomes mayor.
- 1913 - Fire station built.
- 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.
- 1917
- * Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built.
- * Las Olas Boulevard built.
- 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.
- 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.
- 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
- 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
- 1928
- * County Courthouse built.
- * Port Everglades opens.
- 1930 - Population: 8,668.
- 1935 - Hurricane occurs.
- 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.
- 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.
- 1948
- * Broward County International Airport opens.
- * City Hall rebuilt.
- 1950
- * War Memorial Auditorium opens.
- * Population: 36,328.
- 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.
- 1958
- * Museum of Art opens.
- * WFTL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
- 1960
- * New River Tunnel opens.
- * Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.
- * Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.
- * Population: 83,648.
- 1962
- * Fort Lauderdale Stadium opens.
- * Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Fort Lauderdale Yankees baseball team formed.
- 1963 - Fort Lauderdale High School built.
- 1964
- * Nova Southeastern University founded.
- * Marshall Memorial Bridge built.
- 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.
- 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
- 1970 - Population: 139,122.
- 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.
- 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.
- 1974 - Broward County Library System established.
- 1977
- * Snowfall occurs.
- * Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered.
- 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.
- 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
- 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.
- 1998 - City website online.
- 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.
- 2000
- * Nutrition Center opens.
- * Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum active.
21st century
- 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.
- 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 165,521.
- 2014
- * Higher-speed rail Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline) construction begins.
- * Mormon temple built.
- 2017
- * January 6: Fort Lauderdale airport shooting occurs.
- * Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district.