Timeline of Hialeah, Florida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hialeah, Florida, USA.
20th century
- 1921 - Hialeah founded with the first plan drawn up and the town named.
- 1924
- * Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line and Miami River Canal Swing Bridge built.
- * Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
- 1925
- * Hialeah incorporated.
- * Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.
- * Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1926
- * Hurricane.
- * Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
- 1927 - Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge opens.
- 1944 - Home News begins publication.
- 1948 - Town of Hialeah Gardens incorporated near Hialeah.
- 1958 - City of Hialeah Public Library building opens.
- 1961 - M.A. Milam Elementary School established.
- 1969 - El Sol de Hialeah newspaper begins publication.
- 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.
- 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
- 1973
- * KC and the Sunshine Band formed.
- * TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema in business.
- 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
- 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.
- 1980
- * Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
- * Apollo North cinema in business.
- 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
- 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.
- 1985
- * Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
- * El Condado News begins publication.
- 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.
- * Christian Gomez is born.
- 1989
- * Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
- * Carmike cinema in business.
- 1990
- * April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.
- * Population: 188,004.
- 1993
- * U.S. Supreme Court decides animal sacrifice-related Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah in favor of freedom of religion.
- * Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for 27th congressional district.
- 1999
- * Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.
- * City website online.
- 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.
21st century
- 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy open.
- 2010 - Population: 224,669.
- 2011
- * May: Carlos Hernández becomes acting mayor.
- * November: Hialeah mayoral election, 2011 held.
- 2013
- * January: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen becomes U.S. representative for Florida's newly created 27th congressional district.
- * July: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
- 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.
- 2015
- * Miami Watersports Complex opens.
- * Population: 237,082.
- 2021: Shooting.