The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.
19th century edit
- 1886 – Neve-Tzedek was founded.
- 1890 – Neve Shalom was founded.
- 1896 – Yafa Nof was founded.
- 1899 – Achva was founded.
20th century edit
1900s edit
- 1904 – Ohel Moshe was founded.
- 1906 – Kerem HaTeimanim was founded.[1]
- 1909 – Tel Aviv founded as neighborhood in Jaffa.[2]
1910s edit
- 1917 – April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.
1920s edit
- 1921 – Meir Dizengoff becomes mayor.
- 1925 – David Bloch-Blumenfeld becomes mayor.
1930s edit
- 1930s – White City built.
- 1932
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art established.
- Maccabiah Stadium opens.
- 1936 – Israel Rokach becomes mayor.
- 1938 – Jaffa Zoo opens.
- 1939 – Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper begins publication.[3]
1940s edit
- 1941 – Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens.
- 1948 – Population: 244,614.[4]
1950s edit
- 1950
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.[2]
- Chen Cinema opens.[5]
- 1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens in Tel Aviv metropolitan.
- 1953
- Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded.
- Chaim Levanon becomes mayor.
1960s edit
- 1960
- Mordechai Namir becomes mayor.
- Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city.
- 1962 – Bloomfield Stadium opens.
- 1963 – Yad Eliyahu Arena opens.
- 1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held.
- 1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built.
- 1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics.
- 1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz becomes mayor.
1970s edit
- 1970
- Luna Park (amusement park) built.
- Nasha Strana Russian-language newspaper in publication.[3]
- 1972 – London Ministores Mall built.
- 1973 – Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv Cinematheque[5] open.
- 1974 – Shlomo Lahat becomes mayor.
1980s edit
- 1983 – Dizengoff Center (shopping mall) in business.
- 1987 – Marganit Tower built.
- 1989 – Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater established.
1990s edit
- 1990 – Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (bus station) built.
- 1993
- Roni Milo becomes mayor.
- Opera Tower built.
- 1994 – 19 October: Dizengoff Street bus bombing.
- 1995 – 4 November: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.[6]
- 1996 – 4 March: Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.
- 1997 – Isrotel Tower built.
- 1998
- Ron Huldai becomes mayor.
- Center for Contemporary Art founded.[7]
- 1999 – Azrieli Center, Tzameret Towers, and Beit Rubinstein hi-rise built.
2000s edit
- 2000
- Tel Aviv University Railway Station opens.
- Levinstein Tower and Tel Aviv Towers built.
21st century edit
- 2003 – Matcal Tower and Tel Aviv Convention Center pavilion built.
- 2005 – Kirya Tower built.
- 2006
- Bank Discount Tower built.
- Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival begins.
- 2007 – Neve Tzedek Tower built.
- 2009
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial.
- First International Bank Tower and Vision Tower built.
- Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
2010s edit
- 2011
- Elco Tower built.
- Tel Aviv Light Rail construction begins.
- 2013 – Population: 414,600.
2020s edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Elkayam, Mordechai (1990). Yafo – Neve-Tzedek, rashita shel Tel-Aviv (in Hebrew). Ministry of Defence. p. 231.
- ^ a b Bernard Reich; David H. Goldberg (2008). Historical Dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6403-0.
- ^ a b "Israel: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2260+. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Tel Aviv". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Israel Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Israel". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
- Judith R. Baskin, ed. (2011). "Tel Aviv". Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-15426-7.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tel Aviv.
- Map of Tel Aviv, 1958
- Europeana. Items related to Tel Aviv, various dates.