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* 1855 - Public school built.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
* 1855 - Public school built.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1865 - St. Vincent's College opens.<ref name="Starr2007"/>
* 1865 - [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)|St. Vincent's College]] opens.<ref name="Starr2007"/>


* 1866 - Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
* 1866 - Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
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** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** ''Evening Express'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Los+Angeles&state=California&rows=50&page=2&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
** ''Evening Express'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Los+Angeles&state=California&rows=50&page=2&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
** [[San Pedro Harbor]] development begins.<ref name=newman1903>{{cite book |title=Newmans's Directory and Guide of Los Angeles |year=1903 |chapterurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn3nkq?urlappend=%3Bseq=40 |chapter=History of Los Angeles City }}</ref>


* 1872 - [[First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles|First African Methodist Episcopal Church]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1872 - [[First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles|First African Methodist Episcopal Church]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
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* 1886
* 1886
** Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating.
** Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating.
** [[Elysian Park, Los Angeles|Elysian Park]] established.
** City Fire Department<ref name=directory1915>{{citation |url=https://archive.org/stream/losangelescalifo1915losa#page/n3/mode/2up |title=Los Angeles City Directory |year=1915 }}</ref> and [[Elysian Park, Los Angeles|Elysian Park]] established.
** [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] incoporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] incoporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


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** [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1905
* 1905 - Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted.
** [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted.
** [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1906
* 1906 - Shoestring becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />
** Shoestring area becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />
** [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[Huntington Park, California|Huntington Park]], and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1908 - [[Mount Wilson Observatory]] begins operating in Los Angeles County.
* 1908 - [[Mount Wilson Observatory]] begins operating in Los Angeles County.
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** [[Selig Polyscope Company]] relocates to Los Angeles.<ref name=pbs1996 />
** [[Selig Polyscope Company]] relocates to Los Angeles.<ref name=pbs1996 />
** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
** [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]] and [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] become part of the City of Los Angeles.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1910
* 1910
** October 1: [[Los Angeles Times bombing]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />
** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />
** Population: 319,200.
** Population: 319,200.


* 1911
* 1911 - [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=New Perspectives on the West |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title= Events (timeline) |year=1996 }}</ref>
** [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=New Perspectives on the West |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title= Events (timeline) |year=1996 }}</ref>
** [[Pacific Electric|Pacific Electric Railway Co.]] established.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.


* 1912 - [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] established.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
* 1912 - [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] established.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
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* 1914
* 1914
** [[Central Station, Los Angeles|Central Station]] opens.
** [[Central Station, Los Angeles|Central Station]] and [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]]<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> open.
** "First ship via [[Panama Canal]] arrives."<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1915
* 1915
** [[Universal Studios Hollywood|Universal Studios]] begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Universal Studios Hollywood|Universal Studios]] begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[San Fernando Valley|San Fernando]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917>{{cite book|title=Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California |year=1917 |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=a9MWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA179 |chapter=Annexation and Area of City }}</ref>
** [[San Fernando Valley]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917>{{cite book|title=Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California |year=1917 |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=a9MWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA179 |chapter=Annexation and Area of City }}</ref>
** Japan-Los Angeles steamship begis operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** Japan-Los Angeles steamship begis operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** Area of city: 288 square miles.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How the Area of Los Angeles City was Enlarged |author=J.M. Guinn |year=1915 |work= Publications |publisher= Historical Society of Southern California |volume=9 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=twgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173 }}</ref>
** Area of city: 288 square miles.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How the Area of Los Angeles City was Enlarged |author=J.M. Guinn |year=1915 |work= Publications |publisher= Historical Society of Southern California |volume=9 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=twgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173 }}</ref>
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* 1916 - [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />
* 1916 - [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 />


* 1917 - [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1918 - [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]<ref name="Smith2007">{{cite book|author= Catherine Parsons Smith |title=Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular |year=2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-93383-5 |chapter=Music Chronology for Los Angeles, 1781-1941 |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=vyfe1BwwzzgC&pg=PA251}}</ref> and [[Otis College of Art and Design]] founded.


* 1918
* 1920 - Population: 576,700.
** [[Warner Bros. Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]<ref name="Smith2007">{{cite book|author= Catherine Parsons Smith |title=Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular |year=2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-93383-5 |chapter=Music Chronology for Los Angeles, 1781-1941 |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=vyfe1BwwzzgC&pg=PA251}}</ref> and [[Otis College of Art and Design]] founded.

* 1920
** Population: 576,673.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] in business in nearby Santa Monica.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1921
* 1921
** Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built.
** [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built.
** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins.
** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins.
** [[Chouinard Art Institute]] founded.


* 1922
* 1922 - [[Hollywood Bowl]] (amphitheater) opens.
** [[KFI]], [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ]] and [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] radio stations begin broadcasting.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Hollywood Bowl]] (amphitheater) opens.


* 1923
* 1923
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** [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Biltmore Hotel]] in business.
** [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Biltmore Hotel]] in business.
** [[Angelus Temple]] built.<ref name="Starr2007">{{cite book|author=[[Kevin Starr]] |title=California: A History|year= 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-43075-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=-IXp7of_QxIC&pg=PR15 }}</ref>
** [[Angelus Temple]] built.<ref name="Starr2007">{{cite book|author=[[Kevin Starr]] |title=California: A History|year= 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-43075-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=-IXp7of_QxIC&pg=PR15 }}</ref>
** ''[[Illustrated Daily News]]'' begins publication.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1924 - [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|Harding High School]] established.
* 1925 - [[Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship established in [[Mount Washington, Los Angeles|Mount Washington]].<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref>

* 1925
** [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] opens.
** [[Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship established in [[Mount Washington, Los Angeles|Mount Washington]].<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref>


* 1926
* 1926
** [[Central Library Goodhue building|Public library]] built.
** [[Central Library Goodhue building|Public library]] built.
** [[Shrine Auditorium]] rebuilt.
** [[Shrine Auditorium]] rebuilt.
** [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.
** [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]] and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] become part of City of Los Angeles.


* 1927
* 1927
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** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established.
** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established.


* 1928 - [[Los Angeles City Hall]] built.
* 1928
** [[Los Angeles City Hall]] built.
** March 13: Collapse of [[St. Francis Dam]] in nearby [[San Francisquito Canyon]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[Huntington Library]] opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1929
* 1929
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** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built.
** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built.


* 1930
* 1930 - Population: 1,238,048.
** [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** Population: 1,238,048.
** [[Bob Hope Airport|Burbank airport]] begins operating.


* 1931 - [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open.
* 1931 - [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open.
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* 1932 - [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held.
* 1932 - [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held.


* 1933
* 1933 - October 12: [[Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933]] begins.
** March 10: [[1933 Long Beach earthquake]].
** October 12: [[Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933]] begins.
** [[Frank L. Shaw]] becomes mayor.
** ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1934 - Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.<ref name="McNamara2010" />
* 1934 - Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.<ref name="McNamara2010" />


* 1935 - [[Griffith Park]] Planetarium dedicated.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
* 1936 - [[Crossroads of the World]] shopping mall built.

* 1936
** [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]] established.
** [[Crossroads of the World]] shopping mall built.


* 1938
* 1938
** [[Los Angeles flood of 1938]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** [[History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles|China City]] developed.<ref name=chssc />
** [[History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles|China City]] developed.<ref name=chssc />
** [[CBS Columbia Square]] built.
** [[CBS Columbia Square]] built.
** Mayor [[Frank L. Shaw|Shaw]] ousted; [[Fletcher Bowron]] becomes mayor.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />


* 1939
* 1939 - [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens.
** [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology />
** Chandler's fictional detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' published.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1940
* 1940 - [[United States Court House (Los Angeles, 1940)|United States Court House]] built.
** [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[United States Court House (Los Angeles, 1940)|United States Court House]] built.


* 1941
* 1941 - [[Pueblo Del Rio]] housing complex built.
** [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]] in operation.
** [[Pueblo Del Rio]] housing complex built.

* 1942 - [[Parking meters]] installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1943 - Ethnic [[Zoot Suit Riots]] occur.<ref name="Starr2007"/>
* 1943 - Ethnic [[Zoot Suit Riots]] occur.<ref name="Starr2007"/>


* 1944 - [[Imperial Courts]] and [[Jordan Downs]] housing projects built.<ref name=crips2008>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=Crips and Bloods: Made in America |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title=Timeline: South Central Los Angeles |year=2008 |series=Independent Lens }}</ref>
* 1944 - [[Imperial Courts]] and [[Jordan Downs]] housing projects built.<ref name=crips2008>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=Crips and Bloods: Made in America |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title=Timeline: South Central Los Angeles |year=2008 |series=Independent Lens }}</ref>

* 1946 - Los Angeles Rams football team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1947 - [[KTLA]] television begins broadcasting.<ref name="McNamara2010" />
* 1947 - [[KTLA]] television begins broadcasting.<ref name="McNamara2010" />


* 1950
* 1950 - Population: 1,970,358.
** Fictional ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' film released.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** Population: 1,970,358.


* 1951 - [[Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority]] created.<ref name=gridlock2008>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/america-in-gridlock/overview-america-in-gridlock/18/ |work=America in Gridlock |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title=Timeline: Driven to Despair: Los Angeles |year=2008 |series=Blueprint America }}</ref>
* 1951 - [[Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority]] created.<ref name=gridlock2008>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/america-in-gridlock/overview-america-in-gridlock/18/ |work=America in Gridlock |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title=Timeline: Driven to Despair: Los Angeles |year=2008 |series=Blueprint America }}</ref>


* 1954 - [[Church of Scientology]] opens.<ref name="Starr2007"/>
* 1953 - [[Four Level Interchange]] highway begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1954 - [[Church of Scientology]]<ref name="Starr2007"/> and [[J. Paul Getty Museum|Getty Museum]]<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> open.
* 1955 - [[Nickerson Gardens]] housing complex built.<ref name=crips2008 />

* 1955
** [[Nickerson Gardens]] housing complex built.<ref name=crips2008 />
** [[Disneyland]] amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />

* 1956 - [[Capitol Records Building|Capitol Records Tower]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1958 - [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |title=Dodgers Timeline |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
* 1958 - [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |title=Dodgers Timeline |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref>
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===1960s-1990s===
===1960s-1990s===
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{{Expand section|date=December 2014 }}
* 1960
* 1960 - [[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team active.
** July: [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] held.
** [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1962
* 1962
** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication.
** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication.
** City [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument|Cultural Heritage Board]] created.
** City [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument|Cultural Heritage Board]] created.
** [[Dodger Stadium]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />

* 1964 - [[Whisky a Go Go]] nightclub<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] (concert hall) opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1965
* 1965
** August 11-17: [[Watts Riots]].<ref name=NYT-OnThisDay />
** August 11-17: [[Watts Riots]].<ref name=NYT-OnThisDay />
** [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] opens on Wilshire Boulevard.
** [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] opens on Wilshire Boulevard.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]] harbor opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />

* 1966 - Los Angeles Zoo opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1967
* 1967
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** ''[[The Advocate|Los Angeles Advocate]]'' newsletter begins publication.<ref name="McNamara2010" />
** ''[[The Advocate|Los Angeles Advocate]]'' newsletter begins publication.<ref name="McNamara2010" />
** [[Mark Taper Forum]] (theatre) opens.<ref name="Fisher2011">{{cite book|author=James Fisher|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 |year= 2011|publisher= [[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-7950-8 |chapter= Chronology |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=m6O5-spILIUC&pg=PR17 }}</ref>
** [[Mark Taper Forum]] (theatre) opens.<ref name="Fisher2011">{{cite book|author=James Fisher|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 |year= 2011|publisher= [[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-7950-8 |chapter= Chronology |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=m6O5-spILIUC&pg=PR17 }}</ref>
** [[The Forum (Inglewood)|Forum]] (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />


* 1970 - Chinatown Service Center established.<ref name=chssc />
* 1970 - Chinatown Service Center established.<ref name=chssc />


* 1971
* 1971 - [[Los Angeles Convention Center]] opens.
** February 9: [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]].
** [[Los Angeles Convention Center]] opens.
** [[California Institute of the Arts]] opens in nearby Valencia.


* 1973
* 1973
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Los Angeles City Directory. [https://archive.org/stream/losangelesstreet00wolc#page/n0/mode/2up 1893], [https://archive.org/stream/thurstonsdirecto00thur#page/n1/mode/2up 1920]
* {{Citation |publisher = [[Oceana Publications]] |publication-place = Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |series=American Cities Chronology Series |editor=Robert Mayer |title = Los Angeles: a Chronological & Documentary History, 1542-1976 |publication-date = 1978 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = [[Oceana Publications]] |publication-place = Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |series=American Cities Chronology Series |editor=Robert Mayer |title = Los Angeles: a Chronological & Documentary History, 1542-1976 |publication-date = 1978 }}


Revision as of 17:20, 4 December 2014

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  • 1830 - Population: 730.[1]
  • 1847 - January 10: Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.[1][2]
  • 1851 - Los Angeles Star newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1855 - Public school built.[1]
  • 1866 - Town Square established.[5]
  • 1868 - Street lighting installed.[5]
  • 1873 - Los Angeles Daily Herald newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1883 - City Railroad Company established.[8]
  • 1884 - Child's Grand Opera House opens.[9]
  • 1890 - Population: 50,400.
  • 1891 - Courthouse built.[1]
  • 1894 - Fiesta de Los Angeles begins.[1]
  • 1899 - Garvanza and University district become part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]

20th century

1900s-1950s

See also: Los Angeles in the 1920s
  • 1900 - Population: 102,479.[1]
  • 1934 - Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.[3]
  • 1946 - Los Angeles Rams football team active.[5]
  • 1947 - KTLA television begins broadcasting.[3]

1960s-1990s

  • 1966 - Los Angeles Zoo opens.[5]
  • 1970 - Chinatown Service Center established.[15]
  • 1980 - Population: 2,966,850.

21st century

  • 2006 - City Office of Historic Resources created.[1]
  • 2010
    • Population: 3,792,621.[23]
    • Area of city: 503 square miles.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Chronology", Los Angeles: a Guide to the City and its Environs, American Guide Series, NY: Hastings House – via Hathi Trust {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Orra Eugene Monnette (1915). California Chronology: A Period of Three Hundred and Fifty Years, 1510-1860. Los Angeles.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Kevin R. McNamara, ed. (2010). "Chronology". Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51470-5. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f Kevin Starr (2007). "Chronology". California: A History. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-43075-5. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Historical Timeline of Los Angeles". LA Tourism & Convention Board. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "History of Los Angeles City". Newmans's Directory and Guide of Los Angeles. 1903. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b "Timeline: Driven to Despair: Los Angeles". America in Gridlock. Blueprint America. USA: Public Broadcasting System. 2008.
  9. ^ a b c Catherine Parsons Smith (2007). "Music Chronology for Los Angeles, 1781-1941". Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93383-5. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Los Angeles City Directory, 1915
  11. ^ "100 Years of Recreation and Parks" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. 1988. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ "How Orange County Seceded from Los Angeles". KCET. August 16, 2013. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. ^ a b c d "Annexation and Area of City". Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California. 1917. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ a b c "Events (timeline)". New Perspectives on the West. USA: Public Broadcasting System. 1996.
  15. ^ a b c d "Chinese in America: Timeline". Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ J.M. Guinn (1915). "How the Area of Los Angeles City was Enlarged". Publications. 9. Historical Society of Southern California.
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Further reading

  • Los Angeles City Directory. 1893, 1920
  • Robert Mayer, ed. (1978), Los Angeles: a Chronological & Documentary History, 1542-1976, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications
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