LA Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 7 Jan 2018
From the Chumash to 2018
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Created byMenelik Tafari
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Chumash Arrive to LATongva Indigenous settle in LAJuan Cabrillo navigates California coastSebastian Vizcaino explores California coastGaspar de Portola explores MontereuFather Junipero Serra establishes Mission San Gabriel ArcángelEl Pueblo Sobre el Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles is foundedMexican Independence from SpainFirst LA CensusLA Gold Rush Population boomPio Pico sworn in as California GovernorBattle of Rio San GabrielCalifornia becomes a US territorySecond California Gold RushFirst LA SchoolhouseBlack LA population boom after Civil WarSt. Vincent first college in LAPershing Square establishedWhites outnumber Hispanic and Indigenous in LALA to SF Rail LinkFirst LA synagogueFirst trolley linesSeedless navel orange introducedOrange Agriculture BoomOrchards expand across LAUSC foundedLA Times debutsRailroad links to LA directlyFirst snowFirst american football game: USC v LMU3rd largest oil-producing state in USFirst car in LAAngels Flight opensFirst Rose BowlSouthwest Museum of the American Indian opensZoning laws establishedFirst production filmed in LAFirst Hollywood production company establishedCentral Avenue swells as Black population corridorFirst gas stationFirst Hollywood movieNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County opensDirect LA - Japan steamship trade55,000 cars on the roadUCLA established80% of films shot in CAWatts Towers begunWalt Disney arrives in LALA population tops 1 millionLA Opinion is foundedRoute 66 builtMickey MouseOlvera Street establishedUnion Station opensFirst FreewayFirst parking meterRams Football moves to LA213 Area Code given to LALos Angeles 4th most populous nationFirst freeway interchangeGetty Museum opensWatts Towers completedDisneyland opens: "The Happiest Place on Earth"Capitol Records, first circular office towerBarbie is debuted (as a Pisces)LA 3rd mos populous cityLakers move to LAHollywood Walk of Fame opensCalifornia Institute of the Arts opensDodger Stadium opensRed Car trolleys cease operatingDorothy Chandler Pavilion OpensWhisky A Go Go opensLACMA OpensKoreatown opensLA Zoo opensSuper Bowl ILA Forum opensFirst gay pride paradeTom Bradley 2nd Black mayor of major US cityGetty Museum moves to MalibuSanta Monica Mountains Recreation Area establishedMOCA opensLA 2nd most populous cityCAAM opensLA becomes first city with 2 area codesLAX opens international terminalLA first American city to host Olympic games twiceLA Olympic GamesFIrst LA SentinelFarmers Market opens on 3rd Street and FairfaxGriffith Observatory opensRaiders move to LARandy Newman releases “I Love L.A.”Kirk Gibson hits his legendary World Series home runUS Bank Tower310 Area CodeMuseum of Tolerance opensSkirball Cultural Center opensHilltop Getty Center opensSTAPLES Center arena opensThai Town establishedWalt Disney Concert Hall opensAntonio Villaraigosa LA’s first Hispanic mayor since 1872LA Kings win Stanley CupGarcetti LA's first Jewish mayorRams Return to LA after 22 yearsPaleoindian Period: First arrivals to California (13,000 BCE -8,500 BCE)Millingstone Horizon (8,500 BCE to 6,500 BCE)Altithermal (6,500 BCE - 5,000 BCE)Terminal Early Period (5,000 BCE - 3,200 BCE)Middle Period (3,200 BCE - 800 BCE)Late Period (800 BCE - Missions)
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