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class="region region-content"> <h1 class="page-header"> <span>Timeline</span> </h1> <article class="robust-3-column-page full clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class='row'> <div class="col-md-12 robust-content-small"> <div class="field field--name-field-robust-3-page-ref field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-content field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Cleveland is a city of paradoxes. It is a sprawling metropolis and a small town. It is a city that pioneered in social reforms of all kinds, and yet it is a bastion of conservatism. Founded and developed by a small group of Protestants from the New England and Middle Atlantic states, it is peopled by members of over 50 ethnic groups representing every part of the world and many of the world's religions...<a id="PREFACE" name="PREFACE">click for more</a></p> <p> </p> <p>|<a href="#1796">Before 1796</a>| <a href="#1700">1700s</a> | <a href="#1800">1800s</a> | <a href="#1900">1900s</a> | <a href="#2000">2000s</a> |</p> <p><a id="Top" name="Top"></a></p> <p><a id="d.en.282689"></a><a id="1796" name="1796"></a></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Year</th> <th scope="col">Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>c. 800BC-</strong><strong>1000AD</strong></p> </td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9bd40815-f667-452f-81b2-47f9f59a38b6" href="/ech/articles/p/prehistoric-inhabitants" title="PREHISTORIC INHABITANTS">Adena and Hopewell Mound Builders</a> populate the region that will become Northeast Ohio.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>c. 1200</strong> </td> <td>The Native American "<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9bd40815-f667-452f-81b2-47f9f59a38b6" href="/ech/articles/p/prehistoric-inhabitants" title="PREHISTORIC INHABITANTS">Mississippian</a>" culture with MesoAmerican influence residing in the region becomes increasingly urbanized and agricultural.  </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>c. 1500</strong></td> <td>Native Americans of the region begin residing year-round in large, fortified villages, growing maize, beans, and squash, and building multi-family long houses. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1650</strong></td> <td>The "<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1392d556-3532-4044-a1ea-708fd555ecd4" href="/ech/articles/e/explorations" title="EXPLORATIONS">Amerique Septentrionale</a>" map is published by Nicholas Sanson, the first map to adequately show Lake Erie and accurately chart the southern shore. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1654</strong></td> <td>The Iroquois attack the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b16a2daf-a1f7-459a-bbcf-c69f5a176b89" href="/ech/articles/e/erie-indians" title="ERIE INDIANS">Erie Indians</a>/Cat Nation, inflicting severe losses of life and land. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1730</strong></td> <td>Several groups of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="00dcd9c6-ddc2-4090-a8c5-f5c61fd6b5d8" href="/ech/articles/o/ottawa" title="OTTAWA">Ottawa</a> (Odawa) Nation move into the Maumee and Sandusky Bay areas, continuing their participation in the fur trade of northern Ohio.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1786</strong></td> <td>Moravian Missionaries establish <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="be419ed6-1030-417d-a6e4-99d5d0bdf2d8" href="/ech/articles/p/pilgerruh" title="PILGERRUH">Pilgerruh</a>, a Native American missionary settlement in the Cuyahoga Valley.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a id="d.en.35823"></a></p> <p><a id="1700" name="1700"></a></p> <p><a id="A1700s"></a></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>1796   </strong></td> <td> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ed985ce4-350e-4577-aa40-28e0ce682842" href="/ech/articles/c/cleaveland-moses" title="CLEAVELAND, MOSES">Moses Cleaveland</a> and survey party arrive 22 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1796</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7e169f3a-d9cc-40ad-8f6f-a3c922eba208" href="/ech/articles/r/red-jackets-speech" title="RED JACKET'S SPEECH">Red Jacket</a>, orator of the Six Nations and a sachem of the Senecas, delivered a speech defending his people's values  and customs against the intrusion of white civilization.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1797</strong></td> <td> First wedding held in the settlement of Cleaveland (as the village was known until 1831).<br>  First white baby born to Tabitha Stiles.<br>  <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f8db6583-e817-4bbf-b86d-1f4fd5aa98e9" href="/ech/articles/c/carter-lorenzo" title="CARTER, LORENZO">Lorenzo Carter</a>, prominent early settler, arrives. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1798</strong></td> <td> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1ce2846d-2e64-4431-b887-d1db74cc24cc" href="/ech/articles/d/doan-nathaniel" title="DOAN, NATHANIEL">Nathaniel Doan</a> settles what will become "<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e0f7562c-a832-47d3-8b3d-9bf8a24e5a51" href="/ech/articles/d/doans-corners" title="DOAN'S CORNERS">Doan's Corners</a>." </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a id="d.en.35824"></a></p> <p><a id="1800" name="1800"></a></p> <p><a id="A1800s"></a></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Year</th> <th scope="col">Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>1800</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--7.</strong><br> David and Gilman Bryant open the community's first <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="55b7ba4f-6afc-47ca-993a-68bfb3f661bf" href="/ech/articles/b/brewing-and-distilling-industry" title="BREWING AND DISTILLING INDUSTRY">distillery</a>.<br> Trumbull County created, with Cleveland located in that county.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1801</strong></td> <td>A grand ball is held 4 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1802</strong></td> <td>First census of Cleveland Township shows 76 free male inhabitants over the age of 21.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1803</strong></td> <td>Ohio admitted to the Union.<br> Mail service extended to Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1805</strong></td> <td>The community's first postmaster, Elisha Norton, appointed.<br> Indian claims are cleared to the lands west of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="05a480be-b382-44bc-ab6c-9284ff49f75d" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river" title="CUYAHOGA RIVER">Cuyahoga River</a>.<br> Geauga County created, with Cleveland located in that county.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1806</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ed985ce4-350e-4577-aa40-28e0ce682842" href="/ech/articles/c/cleaveland-moses" title="CLEAVELAND, MOSES">Moses Cleaveland</a> dies in Connecticut.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1807</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="14ccb34a-cbaa-4539-a347-2ff6af2234fa" href="/ech/articles/f/first-presbyterian-church-east-cleveland" title="FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST CLEVELAND">First Presbyterian Church</a> in what is now <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5413c8b1-690e-46d4-a923-4e498c39072b" href="/ech/articles/e/east-cleveland" title="EAST CLEVELAND">East Cleveland</a> is founded; it is the second church in the entire <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="924bf02c-e02e-400a-be16-db14c8ec3cfe" href="/ech/articles/w/western-reserve" title="WESTERN RESERVE">Western Reserve</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1808</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f8db6583-e817-4bbf-b86d-1f4fd5aa98e9" href="/ech/articles/c/carter-lorenzo" title="CARTER, LORENZO">Lorenzo Carter</a> builds the <em>Zephyr,</em> first ship to be launched in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1f38bf47-5119-4ca1-ad2f-d907a213e7de" href="/ech/articles/h/huntington-samuel-jr" title="HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, JR">Samuel Huntington</a> elected governor of Ohio.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1809</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1e12c2c6-e1b3-4e6f-93ce-936a84f8af56" href="/ech/articles/p/peake-george" title="PEAKE, GEORGE">George Peake</a> arrives in what is now <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bb13690d-9ae9-41e3-8919-03a50e0dbaa3" href="/ech/articles/l/lakewood" title="LAKEWOOD">Lakewood</a>/<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e165ff2f-d124-40d7-b3fe-6839e9a75997" href="/ech/articles/r/rocky-river" title="ROCKY RIVER">Rocky River</a>, the area's first <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="02021d4a-0983-4c6b-a774-08c2972c8ab8" href="/ech/articles/a/african-americans" title="AFRICAN AMERICANS">African-American</a> settler.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="66a9dd97-6906-4280-958c-582fb9a371e9" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid-township" title="EUCLID TOWNSHIP">Euclid Township</a> created.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1810</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--57 (approximate).</strong><br> Cuyahoga County organized; Cleveland selected as county seat.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="52aee2ed-2ef9-4cd8-8a7b-12ea7cca1e51" href="/ech/articles/l/long-david" title="LONG, DAVID">David Long</a>, the community's first doctor, arrives.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1812</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ae93634d-b2ef-4e7d-a6ab-0bf9ff15d562" href="/ech/articles/o/omic-john" title="O'MIC, JOHN">John O'Mic</a>, a Native American implicated in a murder, is first person to be executed in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1813</strong></td> <td>Oliver Hazard Perry wins the Battle of Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay.<br> Cleveland's first courthouse completed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1814</strong></td> <td>Cleveland receives its charter as a village 23 December.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f8db6583-e817-4bbf-b86d-1f4fd5aa98e9" href="/ech/articles/c/carter-lorenzo" title="CARTER, LORENZO">Lorenzo Carter</a> dies.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="383eeeaa-08cc-4cfb-ad0b-7612e7fffb11" href="/ech/articles/n/newburgh-township" title="NEWBURGH TOWNSHIP">Newburgh Township</a> created.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1815</strong></td> <td>Alfred Kelley elected first president of the village of Cleveland.<br> Euclid Avenue laid out.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1816</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="782139de-4b75-4fc2-aea5-02b17e3cc97e" href="/ech/articles/c/commercial-bank-lake-erie" title="COMMERCIAL BANK OF LAKE ERIE">Commercial Bank of Lake Erie</a> opens in Cleveland.<br> Trinity Episcopal Parish organized.<br> First divorce in the community granted.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1818</strong></td> <td><em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b6a10d18-3942-4f58-85b2-da05a2ce2361" href="/ech/articles/w/walk-water" title="WALK-IN-THE-WATER">Walk-in-the-Water</a>,</em> first steamship on Lake Erie, serves Cleveland.<br> First newspaper, the <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3f1c7549-e31d-49e7-952f-e2aa9e9ec01b" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-gazette" title="CLEVELAND GAZETTE">Cleaveland Gazette and Commercial Register</a>,</em> published 31 July.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2d815eeb-2368-4584-91f4-5b123ecf6dda" href="/ech/articles/r/royalton-township" title="ROYALTON TOWNSHIP">Royalton Township</a> created.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1819</strong></td> <td>The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="74a9bba8-61f9-4ce6-a22a-c41146c9dcd1" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-herald-and-gazette" title="CLEVELAND HERALD AND GAZETTE"><em>Cleveland Herald and Gazette</em></a> publishes its first issue 19 October.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1820</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--606.</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--6,328.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0d3fedee-e72f-4326-83ab-64c1ec0ccb2a" href="/ech/articles/f/first-presbyterian-church-old-stone" title="FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (OLD STONE)">First Presbyterian Church (Old Stone)</a> organized.<br> The first theatrical performance held 23 May.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1822</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dae5e188-173a-4bcb-b210-a7aef99bc82e" href="/ech/articles/n/north-union-shaker-community" title="NORTH UNION SHAKER COMMUNITY">North Union Shaker colony</a> established in what is now <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ec728d95-f41a-4a6f-9743-a616b5d3ee0a" href="/ech/articles/s/shaker-heights" title="SHAKER HEIGHTS">Shaker Heights</a>.<br> A free bridge is opened across the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="05a480be-b382-44bc-ab6c-9284ff49f75d" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river" title="CUYAHOGA RIVER">Cuyahoga River</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1825</strong></td> <td>Construction of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f40344f5-81c0-4e37-824a-8c605de8d206" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-and-erie-canal" title="OHIO AND ERIE CANAL">Ohio and Erie Canal</a> begins.<br> Federal funds received for river improvement.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1826</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6e10c5fc-fd15-4a25-9a1c-52139ef763ed" href="/ech/articles/s/st-marys-flats" title="ST. MARY'S ON-THE-FLATS">St. Mary'</a>s, the community's first Catholic church, is organized.<br> Land is purchased for <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4af8e9d7-dfa5-4d9a-8acf-0cfdd5209311" href="/ech/articles/e/erie-st-cemetery" title="ERIE ST. CEMETERY">Erie Street Cemetery</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1827</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f40344f5-81c0-4e37-824a-8c605de8d206" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-and-erie-canal" title="OHIO AND ERIE CANAL">Ohio and Erie Canal</a> opens between Akron and Cleveland 4 July.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fbd740ba-f69e-4448-9ef3-bd7a39a5549f" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-steam-furnace-co" title="CUYAHOGA STEAM FURNACE CO.">Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co.</a> organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1828</strong></td> <td>Cleveland's second courthouse opened.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1829</strong></td> <td>First public market opens on Ontario Street.<br> First lighthouse begins operation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1830</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--1,075.</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--10,373.</strong><br> First temperance society, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="39b8d0e7-b7f7-45f1-bb58-01f3d2ef1979" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-county-temperance-society" title="CUYAHOGA COUNTY TEMPERANCE SOCIETY">Cuyahoga County Temperance Society</a>, organized.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a2ffb1d6-5bf0-44e6-886a-b2e6183bb20a" href="/ech/articles/w/western-seamens-friend-society" title="WESTERN SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY">Western Seaman's Friend Society</a>, an ancestor of today's Center for Human Services, organized.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="20105803-7f64-4b39-aed9-28e2dcb7e8ef" href="/ech/articles/s/st-johns-african-methodist-episcopal-ame-church" title="ST. JOHN'S AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH">St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1831</strong></td> <td>The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2e50eb10-882e-44b6-ab21-079fc8b22bb0" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-advertiser" title="CLEVELAND ADVERTISER"><em>Cleveland Advertiser</em></a> "officially" changes the spelling of the community's name to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="40976a7c-4237-47da-b0d1-8bbfdf3f617f" href="/ech/articles/g/garfield-james-abram" title="GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM">James A. Garfield</a> born in Orange Township.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1832</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f40344f5-81c0-4e37-824a-8c605de8d206" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-and-erie-canal" title="OHIO AND ERIE CANAL">Ohio and Erie Canal</a> completed to the Ohio River.<br> A free school for blacks organized.<br> Major cholera epidemic takes fifty lives.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6c132e20-df8e-498b-9112-896d5207d1e7" href="/ech/articles/d/dunham-tavern" title="DUNHAM TAVERN">Dunham Tavern</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1833</strong></td> <td>First Baptist Society organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1835</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bc153537-9006-4d74-9830-a5ebe78cbd74" href="/ech/articles/s/strickland-benjamin" title="STRICKLAND, BENJAMIN">Benjamin Strickland</a>, the community's first dentist, arrives.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1836</strong></td> <td>Cleveland and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="593911a9-d0db-48a7-acb1-ddfe5c27048f" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-city-city-ohio" title="OHIO CITY (CITY OF OHIO)">City of Ohio (Ohio City)</a> incorporated as official cities.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="761e59b6-7bb3-4a12-aeb2-855a5809efd9" href="/ech/articles/w/willey-john-wheelock" title="WILLEY, JOHN WHEELOCK">John Willey</a> elected first mayor of Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9eaec4e7-c7df-4327-bda5-28847e1eba91" href="/ech/articles/b/barber-josiah" title="BARBER, JOSIAH">Josiah Barber</a> elected first mayor of Ohio City.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b3c4a9bf-590e-4bb5-9f76-e7c99c534bfb" href="/ech/articles/b/bridge-war" title="BRIDGE WAR">"Bridge War"</a> between Cleveland and Ohio City takes place.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1837</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a0b1b8fb-5cf6-4084-a6fc-8a5da82667da" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-female-orphan-asylum" title="CLEVELAND FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM">Cleveland Female Orphan Asylum</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="060b1a62-d8ae-4476-b6a5-5192ee7a6601" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-grays" title="CLEVELAND GRAYS">Cleveland Grays</a> organized.<br> Bedford Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bad2a6f3-d2b7-43ce-804e-3dbd1932defe" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-county-anti-slavery-society" title="CUYAHOGA COUNTY ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY">Cuyahoga County Anti-Slavery Society</a> organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1838</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="818716c0-b529-493e-98aa-20065b9f5a73" href="/ech/articles/s/st-johns-episcopal-church" title="ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH">St. John's Episcopal Church</a> completed in Ohio City.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1839</strong></td> <td>First group of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e0b7e60-bc35-4a36-b625-73a0180f239e" href="/ech/articles/j/jews-judaism" title="JEWS & JUDAISM">Jewish</a> settlers comes to Cleveland under the leadership of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ed21d582-5bb5-423c-ab58-f8547c7fdf30" href="/ech/articles/a/alsbacher-party" title="ALSBACHER PARTY">Moses Alsbacher</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1840</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--6,071 (45th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Ohio City population--1,577.</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--26,506.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f3c6250e-6440-4f9b-99af-f6287c48ed8d" href="/ech/articles/g/globe-theater" title="GLOBE THEATER">Globe Theater</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1842</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f2887470-ca53-49f2-9d2b-c3ea46abfff7" href="/ech/articles/p/plain-dealer" title="PLAIN DEALER"><em>Plain Dealer</em></a> begins publication 7 January.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1843</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e08d622-9129-406d-93a6-b72c072f1e95" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-medical-college" title="CLEVELAND MEDICAL COLLEGE">Cleveland Medical College</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1844</strong></td> <td>Steamship <em>Empire</em> built in Cleveland.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="56c7bee8-1674-4073-86a6-9181192d2e19" href="/ech/articles/c/chagrin-falls" title="CHAGRIN FALLS ">Chagrin Falls</a> incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1845</strong></td> <td>City Bank of Cleveland (forerunner of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8cdc70ee-5093-4902-8f5a-8bb0e08e6ac0" href="/ech/articles/n/national-city-bank" title="NATIONAL CITY BANK">National City Corp.</a>) founded.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="975cc15a-aaa5-4f1b-9a4e-8ea2c77eea97" href="/ech/articles/c/chagrin-falls-township" title="CHAGRIN FALLS TOWNSHIP">Chagrin Falls Township</a> created.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="55c93ee4-1ef9-422a-82e1-d38451667c00" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-academy-natural-sciences" title="CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES">Cleveland Academy of Natural Science</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1846</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="636dcd39-626e-4817-a939-e6caaa052939" href="/ech/articles/a/anshe-chesed" title="ANSHE CHESED">Anshe Chesed Congregation</a> (today's Fairmount Temple) erects city's first synagogue.<br> <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="077bee24-5907-4736-a0ba-e8377a1d8789" href="/ech/articles/g/germania" title="GERMANIA">Germania</a>,</em> the community's first <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1049d39c-2c55-475d-8c44-b0b0d1e152ae" href="/ech/articles/g/germans" title="GERMANS">German</a> language newspaper, published.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f14295b8-5d6f-4937-8d71-03a0e5d6fd8f" href="/ech/articles/c/central-high-school" title="CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL">Central High School</a> established 13 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1847</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2e1f56ee-912f-4397-8d25-3aea419672bc" href="/ech/articles/c/catholics-roman" title="CATHOLICS, ROMAN">Catholic Diocese</a> created in Cleveland 23 April.<br> The city's most notable hotel, the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="104b08b2-5195-4aa8-a23d-55a89311b0e6" href="/ech/articles/w/weddell-house" title="WEDDELL HOUSE">Weddell House</a>, opens 25 June.<br> First telegraph line--from Cleveland to Pittsburgh--completed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1848</strong></td> <td>Cornerstone for <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="10ebeaab-4d36-41c1-af04-7f370b9a7726" href="/ech/articles/s/st-john-cathedral" title="ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL">St. John Cathedral</a> laid 22 October.<br> <a href="https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/board-of-trade/#d.en.192239">Board of Trade</a>, forerunner of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="68e1395b-bea6-4110-a63e-199838ff20c6" href="/ech/articles/g/greater-cleveland-growth-assn" title="GREATER CLEVELAND GROWTH ASSN.">Growth Association</a>, established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="46a16fb5-e61d-4f0e-aac1-dd91d21436cd" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-library-assn-cla" title="CLEVELAND LIBRARY ASSN. (CLA)">Cleveland Library Association</a> chartered.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1849</strong></td> <td>Society for Savings (forerunner of Society Corp.) founded.<br> Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c33cf7f0-70b1-4830-8ee2-cfd798cdd286" href="/ech/articles/r/railroads" title="RAILROADS">Railroad</a> runs first train in the city.<br> First street light installed.<br> National Meeting of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2411e937-791b-4816-b3a4-1356a4c3bc2c" href="/ech/articles/f/free-soil-party" title="FREE SOIL PARTY">Free Soil Party</a> held in Cleveland 13 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1850</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--17,034.</strong><br> <strong>Ohio City population--6,375.</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--48,099.</strong><br> Organized harness racing begins.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8558a102-25f9-4da1-b26a-cec23417217b" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-ladies-temperance-union" title="CLEVELAND LADIES TEMPERANCE UNION">Cleveland Ladies Temperance Union</a> founded.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f896d475-3f03-4b89-9f71-c5100d4be67d" href="/ech/articles/b/berea" title="BEREA">Berea</a> incorporated as a village.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7e9fdd3f-bac8-457b-bacd-2970fe537bce" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-cliffs-inc" title="CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.">Cleveland Iron Mining Co.</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1851</strong></td> <td>In <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ed89c0a2-eff5-453a-b598-312e192c290c" href="/ech/articles/z/zion-evangelical-lutheran-church" title="ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH">Zion Lutheran Church</a>, first Christmas tree displayed.<br> Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad completed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1852</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3eb60300-3553-4b87-9aae-ca4c997569e6" href="/ech/articles/l/louis-kossuths-visit" title="LOUIS KOSSUTH'S VISIT">Louis Kossuth visits Cleveland</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1853</strong></td> <td>First <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="02021d4a-0983-4c6b-a774-08c2972c8ab8" href="/ech/articles/a/african-americans" title="AFRICAN AMERICANS">African American</a> newspaper, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="06c9e94c-8556-4244-ab78-e28449cddcb6" href="/ech/articles/a/aliened-american" title="ALIENED AMERICAN"><em>The Aliened-American</em></a>, published 9 April.<br> The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="635840c7-2510-4a99-939d-85d4fd1340b4" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-theater" title="CLEVELAND THEATER">Cleveland Theater</a> opens.<br> Federal District Court of the Northern District of Ohio established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1854</strong></td> <td>Cleveland and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="593911a9-d0db-48a7-acb1-ddfe5c27048f" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-city-city-ohio" title="OHIO CITY (CITY OF OHIO)">Ohio City</a> merge 5 June.<br> First formal opera, <em>Lucia di Lammermoor,</em> performed 25 July.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3912de1c-fb6e-4ab3-9b1f-ee35137cdc0d" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-leader" title="CLEVELAND LEADER"><em>Cleveland Leader</em></a> begins publication 16 March.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b8a1404e-2815-4602-9614-cb6ad321618f" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-county-republican-party" title="CUYAHOGA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY">Cuyahoga County People's (Republican) Party</a> formed in September.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1855</strong></td> <td>Sault Canal opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="150b867d-153e-43be-9aae-511bdfea8da8" href="/ech/articles/b/baldwin-wallace-university" title="BALDWIN-WALLACE UNIVERSITY">Baldwin University</a> founded in <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f896d475-3f03-4b89-9f71-c5100d4be67d" href="/ech/articles/b/berea" title="BEREA">Berea</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1856</strong></td> <td>Water system begins operation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1857</strong></td> <td>Omnibus service begins in the city.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ad8ba5d7-ab69-4874-b8d7-867459b5ecfe" href="/ech/articles/o/olmsted-falls" title="OLMSTED FALLS">Olmsted Falls</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a> enclosed by fences.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1858</strong></td> <td>First sewer constructed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6da87ce9-b5cf-4a53-beb3-bd3f51252609" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-clearinghouse-assn" title="CLEVELAND CLEARINGHOUSE ASSN.">Cleveland (Bank) Clearinghouse</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1859</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6d01e0ca-2b59-43df-8912-cba6220ed837" href="/ech/articles/o/oberlin-wellington-rescue" title="OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE">Oberlin-Wellington Rescuers' trial</a> held in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1860</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--43,417.</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--178,033.</strong><br> Horsecar service inaugurated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f7402eb9-924c-421b-a312-51c98d61ecdd" href="/ech/articles/p/perry-monument" title="PERRY MONUMENT">Perry Monument</a> on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a> dedicated 10 September.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="62520e6f-55e3-49b9-a906-081681b2cb12" href="/ech/articles/t/typographical-workers-union-local-no-53" title="TYPOGRAPHICAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 53">Typographical Workers Union, Local 53</a> (Cleveland's oldest existing trade union in 1996) receives its charter.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1861</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dfe01d46-bc76-4540-a952-29aa621a2d5c" href="/ech/articles/b/bagby-fugitive-slave-case" title="BAGBY FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE">Bagby Fugitive Slave case</a> heard in Cleveland Federal Court.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d4c3ccac-ed21-4bb8-850a-450656bf2c27" href="/ech/articles/a/abraham-lincolns-visit-cleveland" title="ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S VISIT TO CLEVELAND">Abraham Lincoln visits Cleveland 15 February</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1863</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="150b867d-153e-43be-9aae-511bdfea8da8" href="/ech/articles/b/baldwin-wallace-university" title="BALDWIN-WALLACE UNIVERSITY">German Wallace College</a> established in <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f896d475-3f03-4b89-9f71-c5100d4be67d" href="/ech/articles/b/berea" title="BEREA">Berea</a>.<br> First home delivery of mail takes place in Cleveland 1 July.<br> Cleveland Republican <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="08463c8b-84b0-414a-8368-9199fafa0330" href="/ech/articles/b/brough-john" title="BROUGH, JOHN">John Brough</a> elected governor of Ohio.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1865</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="38b60e10-a4b8-4bd8-9397-e479687ae3f9" href="/ech/articles/a/abraham-lincolns-funeral" title="ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FUNERAL">Lincoln's body lies in state</a> on Public Square.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b8ea22c6-cc5d-4646-ae47-6ba0b413833a" href="/ech/articles/s/saint-vincent-charity-hospital-and-health-center" title="SAINT VINCENT CHARITY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER">Charity Hospital</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f70ab3f6-d908-4263-a7d7-5a870c6c9441" href="/ech/articles/f/forest-city-baseball-club" title="FOREST CITY BASEBALL CLUB">Forest City amateur baseball club</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1866</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="eb11234e-b500-4ee7-83a3-e3ddf786ceff" href="/ech/articles/u/union-depot" title="UNION DEPOT">Union Depot</a> opens on lakefront.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="57369c6f-a7d9-4532-8923-720310925920" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-police-department" title="CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT">Cleveland Police Department</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1867</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="58fe967b-f32c-4238-a1d6-4de94d5ba3e0" href="/ech/articles/w/western-reserve-historical-society" title="WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY">Western Reserve Historical Society</a> formed.<br> First history of Cleveland published, that of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e8424f15-4b4c-4acc-93b2-40d48867c797" href="/ech/articles/w/whittlesey-charles-w" title="WHITTLESEY, CHARLES W.">Charles Whittlesey</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="10f78597-910c-4f9e-9cd6-d8b8bdded0ed" href="/ech/articles/c/case-hall" title="CASE HALL">Case Hall</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1868</strong></td> <td>First "blow" of Bessemer Steel made at the Cleveland Rolling Mills 6 September.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="64c4be77-5d55-488c-b9e2-7667c320379d" href="/ech/articles/j/jewish-orphan-asylum" title="JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM">Jewish Orphan Asylum</a> (predecessor of Bellefaire) opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1869</strong></td> <td>First professional baseball game played by the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f70ab3f6-d908-4263-a7d7-5a870c6c9441" href="/ech/articles/f/forest-city-baseball-club" title="FOREST CITY BASEBALL CLUB">Forest City team</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fcad73ec-4247-4aac-96f3-be4cd7a4861c" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-public-library" title="CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY">Cleveland Public Library</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ff57bcfc-605c-40a5-bafb-105c93bd1bd6" href="/ech/articles/l/lake-view-cemetery" title="LAKE VIEW CEMETERY">Lake View Cemetery</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1870</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--92,829 (15th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--132,010.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="127cade1-e2f1-4814-ab44-f9a51d01cd29" href="/ech/articles/s/standard-oil-co-ohio" title="STANDARD OIL CO. (OHIO)">Standard Oil Co.</a> created 10 January.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0b7092cf-2e8d-462e-bee4-00fed002d7ac" href="/ech/articles/s/sherwin-williams-co" title="SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO.">Sherwin-Williams Co.</a> created 3 February.<br> Northern Ohio Fair Association established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1871</strong></td> <td>Board of Park Commissioners created.<br> <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="090bf732-0a6e-4c34-926e-a6e6a093ec2b" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-sunday-times" title="CLEVELAND SUNDAY TIMES">Cleveland Sunday Times</a>,</em> first successful Sunday paper, published 15 October.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1872</strong></td> <td>Horse epidemic, the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2344e971-5eb8-42db-ba2c-79d612d40175" href="/ech/articles/e/epizootic" title="EPIZOOTIC">Epizootic</a>, takes place.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f3e4d4a4-4362-40d9-ba3e-e85ee932d6e2" href="/ech/articles/u/union-club-cleveland" title="UNION CLUB OF CLEVELAND">Union Club</a> formed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1873</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e09c5ce5-70f7-4b0b-97cf-c1f88d69eee3" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-bar-assn-cba" title="CLEVELAND BAR ASSN. (CBA)">Cleveland Bar Association</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="383eeeaa-08cc-4cfb-ad0b-7612e7fffb11" href="/ech/articles/n/newburgh-township" title="NEWBURGH TOWNSHIP">Newburgh</a> annexed to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f2fe7122-c8cf-41fb-9efd-26d6f6433ec8" href="/ech/articles/b/brotherhood-locomotive-engineers" title="BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS">Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</a> moves its national offices to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3c4a0a72-1a2d-4f24-9635-6e1a0e3571b1" href="/ech/articles/g/green-john-patterson" title="GREEN, JOHN PATTERSON">John P. Green</a> installed as Justice of the Peace, first <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="02021d4a-0983-4c6b-a774-08c2972c8ab8" href="/ech/articles/a/african-americans" title="AFRICAN AMERICANS">African-American</a> to hold elective office in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1874</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2678947c-190b-4bd6-b156-ecc86ce30513" href="/ech/articles/w/womans-christian-temperance-union-non-partisan-cleveland" title="WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, NON-PARTISAN, OF CLEVELAND">Woman's Christian Temperance League</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1875</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d01ed70d-30bc-401a-bb46-0c2196d354db" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid-ave-opera-house" title="EUCLID AVE. OPERA HOUSE">Euclid Avenue Opera House</a> opens.<br> The Greenback Party holds its organizing convention in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1876</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43522155-1d72-4a28-a0ed-0cb855a816ca" href="/ech/articles/w/willard-archibald-macneal" title="WILLARD, ARCHIBALD MACNEAL">Archibald Willard</a> exhibits the "Spirit of 76."</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1877</strong></td> <td>General railroad strikes take place.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="60872793-88f6-4358-8678-787c4098bed6" href="/ech/articles/t/troop" title="TROOP A">Troop A</a> ("First Cleveland Cavalry") formed to protect the city against strikers.<br> Cleveland branch of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fd111009-30c9-4475-8199-375a17c78e31" href="/ech/articles/s/socialist-labor-party" title="SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY">Socialist Labor Party</a> organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1878</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="861fb707-27e1-4f05-be71-178d6027308a" href="/ech/articles/s/superior-viaduct" title="SUPERIOR VIADUCT">Superior Street Viaduct</a> opens 28 December.<br> <em>Penny Press,</em> predecessor to the <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43b34d52-528f-4c08-bb60-e7c34efb4913" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-press" title="CLEVELAND PRESS">Cleveland Press</a>,</em> begins publication 2 November.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="66281331-d5ec-4a84-9965-ec8af71a18d8" href="/ech/articles/w/womans-general-hospital" title="WOMAN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL">Women's and Children's Dispensary</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1879</strong></td> <td>Brush arc light installed on Public Square 29 April.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ea245fa7-76c6-4216-a7d1-ef258f1b025d" href="/ech/articles/e/early-settlers-assn-western-reserve" title="EARLY SETTLERS ASSN. OF THE WESTERN RESERVE">Early Settlers Association</a> formed 19 November.<br> Cleveland's professional baseball team joins the National League.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1880</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--160,146 (12th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--196,943.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1839e1d4-5a97-4038-9ada-baaa20b04f35" href="/ech/articles/t/telegraphy-and-telephones" title="TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONES">Cleveland Telephone Co.</a> begins service.<br> Case School of Applied Sciences established.<br> Civil Engineers Club (later the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1992985d-3c3e-4aa9-932b-a1f734968ae8" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-engineering-society" title="CLEVELAND ENGINEERING SOCIETY">Cleveland Engineering Society</a>) formed.<br> The west breakwall completed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1881</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="40976a7c-4237-47da-b0d1-8bbfdf3f617f" href="/ech/articles/g/garfield-james-abram" title="GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM">James Garfield</a> lies in state on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a> after being assassinated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7daf0f73-94e7-4af4-b69e-5d3b4b0bcf90" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-union-stockyards-co" title="CLEVELAND UNION STOCKYARDS CO.">Cleveland stockyards</a> open.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f6cce3e9-200e-4a3c-80d4-188ec62007bd" href="/ech/articles/h/heights-benevolent-and-social-union" title="HEIGHTS BENEVOLENT AND SOCIAL UNION">Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union</a> (HBSU) formed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1882</strong></td> <td>Western Reserve College moves to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c6e95076-846c-4be1-b6e2-543a18fd82cb" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-school-arts" title="CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF THE ARTS">Cleveland School of Art</a> established, 13 November.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ffcc0362-2b89-4775-ae28-b33219e99e72" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-rolling-mill-strikes" title="CLEVELAND ROLLING MILL STRIKES">First Cleveland Rolling Mill strike</a> takes place.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1884</strong></td> <td>First electric streetcar run in the city, 26 July.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4cf8d280-2c0a-4f2d-8b1b-d58761ac7c0e" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-electric-illuminating-co" title="CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.">Cleveland Electric Light Co.</a> formed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1885</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ffcc0362-2b89-4775-ae28-b33219e99e72" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-rolling-mill-strikes" title="CLEVELAND ROLLING MILL STRIKES">Second Cleveland Rolling Mill strike</a> takes place.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0545f5f2-962d-4071-9eba-10d911871def" href="/ech/articles/h/hollenden-hotel" title="HOLLENDEN HOTEL">Hollenden Hotel</a> opens 7 June.<br> Mary P. Spargo becomes first female lawyer in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1886</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d53a5cfb-b4c5-4ad7-89db-717d0f7e5ce6" href="/ech/articles/j/john-carroll-university" title="JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY">St. Ignatius College</a> opens 6 September.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2b48315c-7a7e-4de9-abf3-58b80788a0bd" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-board-elections" title="CLEVELAND BOARD OF ELECTIONS">Board of Elections</a> organized.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d0577e6b-6446-4599-add7-02b95944015e" href="/ech/articles/a/altenheim" title="ALTENHEIM">Altenheim</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="30cd458e-8834-47a8-a14d-c19b83f17501" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-athletic-club" title="CLEVELAND ATHLETIC CLUB">Cleveland Athletic Club</a> formed 6 February.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1887</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d990413f-512b-48c9-8c08-5a7b49b79257" href="/ech/articles/a/american-institute-architects-cleveland-chapter" title="AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, CLEVELAND CHAPTER">American Institute of Architects</a>, Cleveland Chapter, formed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b6b8ebbc-78ec-4f45-bc80-6076247380cd" href="/ech/articles/p/press-club-cleveland" title="PRESS CLUB OF CLEVELAND">Cleveland Press Club</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1888</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="95d894c0-8089-4521-a671-2c4a6cc1e565" href="/ech/articles/c/central-viaduct" title="CENTRAL VIADUCT">Central Viaduct</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="27a38e35-9260-4e39-b01e-7987001e8292" href="/ech/articles/m/moses-cleaveland-statue" title="MOSES CLEAVELAND STATUE">Statue of Moses Cleaveland</a> dedicated on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1889</strong></td> <td>First edition of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2ce30469-d503-4de7-bfa3-efd79f256f5e" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-jewish-news" title="CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS"><em>Hebrew Observer</em></a> published 5 July.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e0976b73-6bf5-48f8-8546-196043924d07" href="/ech/articles/w/world-publishing-co" title="WORLD PUBLISHING CO."><em>Cleveland World</em></a> begins publication 29 August.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="338dbe42-26a6-4450-af49-30df6979a031" href="/ech/node/19316">South Brooklyn (Brooklyn) Village</a> incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1890</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--261,353 (10th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--309,970.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a46028c0-ee68-49f4-bdd2-7dc4ad603b12" href="/ech/articles/s/society-corp-society-savings-building" title="SOCIETY CORP. (SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS) BUILDING">Society for Savings Building</a> opens 23 June.<br> The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="093f36ce-53a1-4e68-88df-8c8ad09b34e1" href="/ech/articles/a/arcade" title="ARCADE">Arcade</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="45b05624-cfff-4c38-86ff-f3309eeea145" href="/ech/articles/g/garfield-monument" title="GARFIELD MONUMENT">Garfield Monument</a> dedicated in <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ff57bcfc-605c-40a5-bafb-105c93bd1bd6" href="/ech/articles/l/lake-view-cemetery" title="LAKE VIEW CEMETERY">Lake View Cemetery</a>.<br> First <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="587f7f75-7d8f-4323-9325-13075585f46f" href="/ech/articles/u/urban-transportation" title="URBAN TRANSPORTATION">cable cars</a> run in Cleveland.<br> Beeman's Pepsin Gum introduced.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1891</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="08c25ff1-61a1-4fbd-8232-311d3b36f5e9" href="/ech/articles/l/league-park" title="LEAGUE PARK">National League Park</a> (League Park) opens 1 May.<br> Hungarian-language newspaper, <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="00fa6901-8f6b-4bf5-bae6-284cce8fcda7" href="/ech/articles/s/szabadsag" title="SZABADSAG">Szabadsag</a>,</em> published.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="dc47bd1a-9b72-4264-a568-b62fa87d6aac" href="/ech/articles/h/halle-brothers-co" title="HALLE BROTHERS CO.">Halles Department Store</a> opens.<br> Cleveland adopts the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7583aed3-cc7c-448a-be50-9cf4b7332a56" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-government" title="CLEVELAND CITY GOVERNMENT">Federal Plan</a> of municipal government.<br> The <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="710f90b4-4850-40aa-a433-75ac8169b4b6" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-citizen" title="CLEVELAND CITIZEN">Cleveland Citizen</a>,</em> "American's oldest labor paper" begins publishing 31 January.<br> Winton Bicycle Co. established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1892</strong></td> <td>Central breakwall completed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b5920ab3-a326-44ed-90dc-11b45d1ad1d9" href="/ech/articles/r/rowfant-club" title="ROWFANT CLUB">Rowfant Club</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c4cc1708-75b2-4c13-8125-a20f016a7783" href="/ech/articles/t/tavern-club" title="TAVERN CLUB">Tavern Club</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1893</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b1f3b221-295c-4cf0-84f7-3abfb2e609ef" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-buffalo-transit-co" title="CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO.">Cleveland and Buffalo line</a> starts lake steamer service.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fdb00c64-48f5-46f1-b8c8-c2f48fe14e2f" href="/ech/articles/g/grays-armory" title="GRAYS ARMORY">Grays Armory</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1894</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="afa9ab70-4f39-4d6c-8ed5-355465d59c02" href="/ech/articles/s/soldiers-and-sailors-monument" title="SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT">Soldiers and Sailors Monument</a> dedicated.<br> Polish Roman Catholic Union of the Sacred Heart of the Blessed Virgin (predecessor to <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="25dfa492-a122-4083-8c85-700177457aed" href="/ech/articles/u/union-poles-america" title="UNION OF POLES IN AMERICA">Union of Poles</a>) established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1895</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c65ae836-6d9c-45a0-bdd0-1836cd3944d9" href="/ech/articles/a/alta-house" title="ALTA HOUSE">Alta House Kindergarten</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c14fcd2b-704d-4a15-a693-681f28c34848" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid-beach-park" title="EUCLID BEACH PARK">Euclid Beach</a> opens.<br> First <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2f42390a-9114-4d54-813f-db9c9f25494a" href="/ech/articles/i/interurbans" title="INTERURBANS">interurban</a>, Akron, Bedford, and Cleveland, begins service.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="137c200f-996b-4262-a5c4-6f938c217d4a" href="/ech/articles/a/alliance-transylvanian-saxons" title="ALLIANCE OF TRANSYLVANIAN SAXONS">Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons</a> founded.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5413c8b1-690e-46d4-a923-4e498c39072b" href="/ech/articles/e/east-cleveland" title="EAST CLEVELAND">East Cleveland</a> incorporated as a village.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cf9fef80-44b9-42bd-86a1-55a0a913560d" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-spiders" title="CLEVELAND SPIDERS">Cleveland Spiders</a> win Temple Cup in baseball.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1896</strong></td> <td>Cleveland celebrates its centennial.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="149f25aa-a776-43d7-9b9a-cd249f19c978" href="/ech/articles/h/hiram-house" title="HIRAM HOUSE">Hiram House</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1897</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="79ec3e18-8666-4cdc-90af-8edb422c4fff" href="/ech/articles/w/winton-motor-car-co" title="WINTON MOTOR CAR CO.">Winton Motor Carriage Co.</a> started.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="603bc4c0-5fca-41ed-927b-eabfa20ab600" href="/ech/articles/b/bohemian-national-hall" title="BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL">Bohemian National Hall</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1898</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7932f691-4eaa-429e-8966-0c189fdc90ad" href="/ech/articles/u/university-club" title="UNIVERSITY CLUB">University Club</a> opens 8 June.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1899</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="86b542a3-ddbd-4ebb-9318-b6da3612b5aa" href="/ech/articles/s/streetcar-strike-1899" title="STREETCAR STRIKE OF 1899">Streetcar strike</a>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a href="#Top">Back to top</a></p> <p><a id="d.en.35825"></a></p> <p><a id="1900" name="1900"></a></p> <p><a id="A1900s"></a></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Year</th> <th scope="col">Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>1900</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--381,768 (7th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--439,120.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3796d965-04a3-49f7-9270-c14f83bbbe38" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-automobile-club" title="CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE CLUB">Cleveland Automobile Club</a> established.<br> First White steam car produced.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1901</strong></td> <td>The Cleveland Blues (predecessor to the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians</a>) are established as one of the first teams in the new American League.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e5650411-1f10-47e7-94f3-2427a75fc275" href="/ech/articles/j/johnson-tom-l" title="JOHNSON, TOM L.">Tom Johnson</a> elected mayor of Cleveland.<br> Cleveland resident <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="40389e2d-7775-4d16-9bff-04f7ebae449f" href="/ech/articles/c/czolgosz-leon-f" title="CZOLGOSZ, LEON F.">Leon Czolgosz</a> assassinates President William McKinley.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1902</strong></td> <td>First local <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bfae35d2-dcab-464b-bcf6-388b30cd069a" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-council-parent-teacher-associations-ptas" title="CLEVELAND COUNCIL OF PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS (PTAs)">Parent Teachers Association</a> established.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a0bfa157-884d-4443-806e-7f305f1afa47" href="/ech/articles/l/linndale" title="LINNDALE">Linndale</a> incorporated.<br> Date of municipal and county elections changed from first Tuesday in April to first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1903</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="14baffc5-8fb0-4d85-94f4-de8ac1a7d0db" href="/ech/articles/m/mall" title="MALL">Group Plan</a> unveiled.<br> Hanna-McCormick wedding takes place in Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt attends.<br> The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ab7a3435-afc5-4aa3-abf9-9b03288bc283" href="/ech/articles/b/bay-village-historical-society" title="BAY VILLAGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY">Village of Bay</a> (Bay Village) achieves village status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7b501c78-ce37-4de8-b7e8-c90ddc4ee372" href="/ech/articles/b/bratenahl" title="BRATENAHL">Bratenahl Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="93e5e735-7d99-4ae7-9738-b96cf5af849d" href="/ech/articles/b/brooklyn-heights" title="BROOKLYN HEIGHTS">Brooklyn Heights Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e716a72-20f0-426a-a479-0cc53a531bda" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-heights" title="CLEVELAND HEIGHTS">Cleveland Heights Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="66959519-55cb-4bcf-a370-379d8a013d38" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid" title="EUCLID">Euclid Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bb13690d-9ae9-41e3-8919-03a50e0dbaa3" href="/ech/articles/l/lakewood" title="LAKEWOOD">Lakewood Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e165ff2f-d124-40d7-b3fe-6839e9a75997" href="/ech/articles/r/rocky-river" title="ROCKY RIVER">Rocky River Village</a> incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1904</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="eaf40c15-2c59-408d-91f6-58ca8b671beb" href="/ech/articles/h/hanna-marcus-alonzo" title="HANNA, MARCUS ALONZO">Marcus A. Hanna</a> dies.<br> First Italian-language newspaper,<a href="https://case.edu/ech/articles/l/la-voce-del-popolo-italiano/#d.en.194589"> </a><em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="780ee3b2-f931-47ea-a5b5-88434cb56dd0" href="/ech/articles/l/la-voce-del-popolo-italiano" title="LA VOCE DEL POPOLO ITALIANO">L'Italiano</a>,</em> established.<br> First official "nest" (No. 23) of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b61f6e7a-b950-4625-90d6-25e93800b6b6" href="/ech/articles/s/sokol-polski" title="SOKOL POLSKI">Sokol Polski</a> formed in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cad7c6c8-6400-44ee-b68b-f978a55ec232" href="/ech/articles/w/workmens-circle" title="WORKMEN'S CIRCLE">Workmens Circle</a> organization established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="89032070-14f3-414b-820d-dc98624e0ad6" href="/ech/articles/a/m-mcgregor-home" title="A. M. MCGREGOR HOME">A. M. McGregor Home</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="eb844342-512e-410d-804d-b0dc932951c8" href="/ech/articles/n/newburgh-heights" title="NEWBURGH HEIGHTS">Newburgh Heights</a> incorporated as a village.<br> Cleveland's first building code written.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1905</strong></td> <td>First issue of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1d3001bb-0a1d-409b-96b2-cb44f8857815" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-news" title="CLEVELAND NEWS"><em>Cleveland News</em></a> published 12 June.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0252d811-7499-4156-937c-5ea4c5a67f86" href="/ech/articles/g/glenville" title="GLENVILLE">Glenville City</a> annexed to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="338dbe42-26a6-4450-af49-30df6979a031" href="/ech/node/19316">South Brooklyn</a> annexed to Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1906</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="714aca40-650d-4903-a82f-2b659a040dfb" href="/ech/articles/c/crile-george-washington-sr" title="CRILE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SR.">George Crile</a> performs first successful human blood transfusion.<br> Cleveland street names and house numbers changed and standardized 1 December.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1907</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bf73914c-9da6-433a-9937-a166b99a6578" href="/ech/articles/t/trinity-cathedral" title="TRINITY CATHEDRAL">Trinity Cathedral</a> consecrated 24 September.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="342c80c0-ae09-4a56-b9c9-ac935120ed09" href="/ech/articles/h/hippodrome-theater" title="HIPPODROME THEATER">Hippodrome Theater</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="34c9ae9e-1a64-49f5-a3ac-0cb834cb2e59" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-metroparks-zoo" title="CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO">Cleveland Zoo</a> begins move from <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6ad1ae61-2e2d-4f8f-b942-03c9f3da591f" href="/ech/articles/w/wade-park" title="WADE PARK">Wade Park</a> to <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7afc55e5-04b0-4095-861b-339c09b94227" href="/ech/articles/b/brookside-reservation" title="BROOKSIDE RESERVATION">Brookside Park</a> (completed 1914).</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1908</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2440f6b4-8744-40a7-b09b-6bcba061a3c4" href="/ech/articles/c/collinwood-school-fire" title="COLLINWOOD SCHOOL FIRE">Collinwood School Fire</a>.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9ae7aa1a-3ced-4453-916a-96bcb781d3bf" href="/ech/articles/n/north-olmsted" title="NORTH OLMSTED">North Olmsted</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="40ac3486-1f16-4ec3-9cb0-479f9bfa5476" href="/ech/articles/n/north-randall" title="NORTH RANDALL">North Randall Village</a> incorporated.<br> Idlewood Village (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="aeb10b40-d492-49c3-8dea-53d51992781e" href="/ech/articles/u/university-heights" title="UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS">University Heights</a>) incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1909</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="46c52504-f46d-4847-af55-ba047af7ac09" href="/ech/articles/w/workers-gymnastic-union" title="WORKERS GYMNASTIC UNION">Workers Gymnastic Union</a> (a Czech organization) formed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e5650411-1f10-47e7-94f3-2427a75fc275" href="/ech/articles/j/johnson-tom-l" title="JOHNSON, TOM L.">Tom L. Johnson</a> loses mayoral race to <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b3043a9e-ae92-4225-9f44-c6c811f81582" href="/ech/articles/b/baehr-hermann-c" title="BAEHR, HERMANN C.">Hermann Baehr</a>.<br> Corlett Village annexed to Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1910</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--560,663 (6th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--637,425.</strong><br> Cleveland annexes <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="feba40a3-f2b2-4bd5-9fe6-f7929abe9d80" href="/ech/articles/c/collinwood" title="COLLINWOOD">Collinwood</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f4f996f1-553e-4390-836f-97c6d68113b0" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-railway-co" title="CLEVELAND RAILWAY CO.">Tayler Grant</a> for the operation of Cleveland's street railways goes into effect.<br> Village of Fairview (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cae841b5-df16-4334-b31b-4be49c4acef9" href="/ech/articles/f/fairview-park" title="FAIRVIEW PARK">Fairview Park</a>) incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5f62387b-f641-4ad0-9ce4-a29f42d416c4" href="/ech/articles/f/fleming-thomas-w" title="FLEMING, THOMAS W.">Thomas W. Fleming</a> becomes first <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="02021d4a-0983-4c6b-a774-08c2972c8ab8" href="/ech/articles/a/african-americans" title="AFRICAN AMERICANS">African-American</a> member of City Council.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="edbd1f91-6c9f-425d-8754-ff97ccf1eb68" href="/ech/articles/f/federal-reserve-bank-cleveland" title="FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND">Federal Building</a> opens on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a> as first Group Plan structure.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1911</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0659639b-cabb-4cec-b9b3-f207713b4542" href="/ech/articles/c/music-settlement" title="MUSIC SETTLEMENT">Cleveland Music School Settlement</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e5650411-1f10-47e7-94f3-2427a75fc275" href="/ech/articles/j/johnson-tom-l" title="JOHNSON, TOM L.">Tom L. Johnson</a> dies, 11 April.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7d517905-6b3f-4788-ae00-ea09b7a0b53f" href="/ech/articles/p/phillis-wheatley-association" title="PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION">Phillis Wheatley Association</a> founded.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5413c8b1-690e-46d4-a923-4e498c39072b" href="/ech/articles/e/east-cleveland" title="EAST CLEVELAND">East Cleveland</a> becomes a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bb13690d-9ae9-41e3-8919-03a50e0dbaa3" href="/ech/articles/l/lakewood" title="LAKEWOOD">Lakewood</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ec728d95-f41a-4a6f-9743-a616b5d3ee0a" href="/ech/articles/s/shaker-heights" title="SHAKER HEIGHTS">Shaker Heights Village</a> incorporated.<br> Dover Village (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8be4f8cb-ca4d-475c-b94f-9ca438a69239" href="/ech/articles/w/westlake" title="WESTLAKE">Westlake</a>) incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1912</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="959180d4-fb08-40a5-ac6c-e2d66cc74f46" href="/ech/articles/c/city-club-cleveland" title="CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND">Cleveland City Club</a> formed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6cf43036-c388-44bb-9184-966b53756762" href="/ech/articles/j/junior-league-cleveland-inc" title="JUNIOR LEAGUE OF CLEVELAND, INC.">Junior League</a> established.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7b4553bd-a5c8-4682-9f4e-412efb421a8a" href="/ech/articles/n/nottingham" title="NOTTINGHAM">Nottingham</a> annexed to Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1913</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c6d7ad4b-2a31-426b-8302-2dd2222b1e5e" href="/ech/articles/h/home-rule" title="HOME RULE">Home Rule</a> City Charter approved by Cleveland voters.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1914</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="38fae9fa-4738-4e82-bfdd-5ac13b595b54" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-foundation" title="CLEVELAND FOUNDATION">Cleveland Foundation</a> established.<br> Cleveland chosen as the Fourth District headquarters of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="edbd1f91-6c9f-425d-8754-ff97ccf1eb68" href="/ech/articles/f/federal-reserve-bank-cleveland" title="FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND">Federal Reserve Bank</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="88c5de1c-d5c0-4178-a908-9b2280edca11" href="/ech/articles/b/brook-park" title="BROOK PARK">Brook Park Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2c407ca3-e9f9-4dc2-beaf-67fdaf9062ba" href="/ech/articles/i/independence" title="INDEPENDENCE">Independence Village</a> incorporated.<br> Cleveland Municipal Light Plant goes into operation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1915</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="646769a7-0bc9-4470-b004-3a59c8eb18a4" href="/ech/articles/j/jelliffe-russell-w" title="JELLIFFE, RUSSELL W.">Russell</a> and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="81e166b2-1af7-4c76-8ca6-8d0cc3fe0a4b" href="/ech/articles/j/jelliffe-rowena-woodham" title="JELLIFFE, ROWENA WOODHAM">Rowena Jelliffe</a> found the "Playhouse Settlement," forerunner of today's <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8cbe740c-4db2-4188-af61-f481956361db" href="/ech/articles/k/karamu-house" title="KARAMU HOUSE">Karamu House</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="56dabba8-111a-44eb-b850-e00486798e8a" href="/ech/articles/b/beachwood" title="BEACHWOOD">Beachwood Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fdee083f-3f33-4ee9-b086-53006197e89d" href="/ech/articles/m/maple-heights" title="MAPLE HEIGHTS">Maple Heights Village</a> incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1916</strong></td> <td>First production by the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b1ead1f8-8664-47a6-80d7-16c5bbf136e2" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-play-house" title="CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE">Cleveland Play House</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f8ea6560-9635-4eb4-b8b6-ead2e39104ff" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-museum-art" title="CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART">Cleveland Museum of Art</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7dec313e-d0ef-42f8-83cd-7467468eb9ce" href="/ech/articles/w/womens-city-club" title="WOMEN'S CITY CLUB">Women's City Club</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c21ceffc-a052-49ee-b374-c51da9a54998" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-hall" title="CLEVELAND CITY HALL">Cleveland City Hall</a> dedicated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1917</strong></td> <td>Detroit-Superior (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4be7b9d7-263b-4ac4-a5e5-16069e740d6f" href="/ech/articles/v/veterans-memorial-bridge" title="VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE">Veterans Memorial</a>) High Level Bridge opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3b83390d-a205-41ee-a983-8a9e89a344ec" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-metroparks" title="CLEVELAND METROPARKS">Cleveland Metroparks</a> organized.<br> Euclidville (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ff13104a-d90d-4c1b-9eba-32fafcb50480" href="/ech/articles/l/lyndhurst" title="LYNDHURST">Lyndhurst</a>) incorporated as a village.<br> Claribel (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e32875a-6f06-46b8-8ed4-6d84334e802e" href="/ech/articles/r/richmond-heights" title="RICHMOND HEIGHTS">Richmond Heights</a>) incorporated as a village.<br> Solon Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9cca6751-5bf9-4ddb-88d5-215c9ba6ca08" href="/ech/articles/s/south-euclid" title="SOUTH EUCLID">South Euclid</a> Village incorporated.<br> Negro Welfare Association (forerunner of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="84ddab28-6ac7-43b0-b0da-9649f39ad072" href="/ech/articles/u/urban-league-greater-cleveland" title="URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND">Urban League</a>) founded in December.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1918</strong></td> <td>First concert of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="27bb3b29-4953-4905-8647-7e1508bccb09" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-orchestra" title="CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA">Cleveland Orchestra</a> held 11 December.<br> Federal Court trial of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e5115fa0-515e-4ef4-97ff-8095b31861dd" href="/ech/articles/d/debs-federal-court-trial" title="DEBS FEDERAL COURT TRIAL">Eugene Debs</a> in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cb82878b-9349-4d0e-b904-4066dfe882f3" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-heights" title="CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS">Cuyahoga Heights</a> incorporated as a village.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1919</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="94838bb1-01ed-4fde-8e25-44fc15b47c3d" href="/ech/articles/m/may-day-riots" title="MAY DAY RIOTS">May Day Riots</a> in Cleveland.<br> Voters approve placement of a new railroad terminal on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a3ed4ef-ea37-4639-8e04-218e25f98341" href="/ech/articles/p/public-square" title="PUBLIC SQUARE">Public Square</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="89a5e522-2448-4d73-8347-9aab94c5fcad" href="/ech/articles/c/community-fund" title="COMMUNITY FUND">Community Fund</a> campaign inaugurated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f69db5de-bead-4aee-bf57-6106be7e88df" href="/ech/articles/w/womens-advertising-club" title="WOMEN'S ADVERTISING CLUB">Women's Advertising Club</a> founded.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a637c747-e18c-432d-9a45-76bfcd82305a" href="/ech/articles/v/valley-view" title="VALLEY VIEW">Valley View</a> Village created.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1920</strong></td> <td> <p><strong>Cleveland population--796,841 (5th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--943,495.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians</a> win the World Series.<br> The <em>Cleveland Call,</em> forerunner of the <em><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="31182e75-0a31-44ce-9a38-887f29a8eb17" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-call-post" title="CLEVELAND CALL & POST">Call & Post</a>,</em> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="722e7074-a215-4336-b363-8c995e8e1634" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-museum-natural-history" title="CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY">Cleveland Museum of Natural History</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="894e1240-adb5-4f5a-9e1d-43c73c988ca6" href="/ech/articles/l/league-women-voters-lwv-cleveland" title="LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (LWV) OF CLEVELAND">League of Women Voters</a> founded 26 April.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bd34c6f2-9563-4bbc-8fc5-8f347c421720" href="/ech/articles/g/gates-mills" title="GATES MILLS">Gates Mills</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7f317d42-0263-45bd-abeb-7332b1b8800a" href="/ech/articles/h/highland-heights" title="HIGHLAND HEIGHTS">Highland Heights</a> Village incorporated.</p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6b08a4a2-8a2b-4f57-aebb-c0138504f1dc" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-institute-music" title="CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC">Cleveland Institute of Music</a> Founded.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1921</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f0d40169-e673-4435-8495-2d036d542f05" href="/ech/articles/m/mayfield-village" title="MAYFIELD VILLAGE">Mayfield Village</a> incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6cc817c2-2e10-4f60-84dd-4588e5597d58" href="/ech/articles/s/state-theater" title="STATE THEATER">State</a>, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1d5c9c24-3dc1-415f-b994-979b3b658547" href="/ech/articles/o/ohio-theater" title="OHIO THEATER">Ohio</a>, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8356f5a1-9ae2-472c-a092-afaa5f94ef6d" href="/ech/articles/a/allen-theatre" title="ALLEN THEATRE">Allen</a>, and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c423150a-56dc-4731-8e3e-3933879274fb" href="/ech/articles/h/hanna-theater" title="HANNA THEATER">Hanna</a> theaters open.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="46c0ada4-a640-4b23-be4c-663e0b25ae14" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-clinic-foundation" title="CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION">Cleveland Clinic</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e716a72-20f0-426a-a479-0cc53a531bda" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-heights" title="CLEVELAND HEIGHTS">Cleveland Heights</a> becomes a city.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1922</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="73e67df8-2643-4aee-b47f-1a289ac9b29d" href="/ech/articles/w/whk" title="WHK">WHK</a> begins radio broadcasting in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="249a558a-5a3c-4792-b04c-443496cd601c" href="/ech/articles/p/public-auditorium" title="PUBLIC AUDITORIUM">Public Auditorium</a> dedicated 15 April.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4a5a8ebc-90b3-446d-bbbb-a611dd755eaf" href="/ech/articles/p/palace-theater" title="PALACE THEATER">Palace Theater</a> opens 6 November.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8ba088b3-1ba9-4dee-a136-ca1cd3fe026e" href="/ech/articles/b/brecksville" title="BRECKSVILLE">Brecksville</a> Village incorporated.<br> Cleveland's first sewage treatment plant built.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1923</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="edbd1f91-6c9f-425d-8754-ff97ccf1eb68" href="/ech/articles/f/federal-reserve-bank-cleveland" title="FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND">Federal Reserve bank</a> building completed.<br> WTAM (forerunner of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fb6009c4-0652-4cbd-805e-b05cff95d5f9" href="/ech/articles/w/wwwe" title="WWWE">WWWE</a>) established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1924</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e3ff1bd9-3026-4748-9d06-67e7004141b1" href="/ech/articles/c/city-manager-plan" title="CITY MANAGER PLAN">City Manager System</a> of government goes into effect.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e658ff4a-67e9-495e-b8dc-69a9625cdbdf" href="/ech/articles/r/republican-national-convention-1924" title="REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1924">Republican National Convention</a> held in Cleveland; nominates Calvin Coolidge as its presidential candidate.<br> Union Trust (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5a2a77f7-e875-4aea-9c02-4a811516c4c9" href="/ech/articles/h/huntington-building" title="HUNTINGTON BUILDING">Huntington Building</a>) opens.<br> Metropolitan Opera of New York begins its annual series of visits to Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="951008b1-8253-4726-ae42-42f1e32612f2" href="/ech/articles/h/hunting-valley" title="HUNTING VALLEY">Hunting Valley</a> incorporated as a village.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4ec2a397-0de3-425d-a33e-35c5076e2f61" href="/ech/articles/p/parma" title="PARMA">Parma</a> incorporated as a village.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="96d17eed-b12e-4b63-b0e8-d72ad945bbb8" href="/ech/articles/p/pepper-pike" title="PEPPER PIKE">Pepper Pike</a> incorporated as a village.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1925</strong></td> <td>New Public Library building opens.<br> Cleveland airport (now <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ebe7e318-a83c-4416-bcf0-fc7fb82378f7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-hopkins-international-airport" title="CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT">Hopkins International</a>) opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6f66af3b-d664-49fb-b82b-a3c3e945c3db" href="/ech/articles/u/university-hospitals" title="UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS">University Hospitals</a> incorporated.<br> First buses used in Cleveland.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1926</strong></td> <td>Allen Memorial Medical Library opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a89d3b18-5064-406e-9ea1-d4e919b22d54" href="/ech/articles/b/broadview-heights" title="BROADVIEW HEIGHTS">Broadview Heights</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6f1f6206-fed1-40d0-8ab8-1c7c3fc2744b" href="/ech/articles/r/riveredge-township" title="RIVEREDGE TOWNSHIP">Riveredge Township</a> created.<br> Constitutionality of local zoning laws upheld in the case of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a7059f24-1c42-40c6-b6fd-cd59df1489d1" href="/ech/articles/v/village-euclid-v-ambler-realty-co" title="VILLAGE OF EUCLID V. AMBLER REALTY CO."><em>Village of Euclid vs. Ambler Realty</em></a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1927</strong></td> <td>Ohio Bell Telephone Building opens on Huron Road.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b1ead1f8-8664-47a6-80d7-16c5bbf136e2" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-play-house" title="CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE">Drury Theater</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9b3f803c-bd1d-4c6a-bf2a-5331999686b2" href="/ech/articles/n/north-royalton" title="NORTH ROYALTON">North Royalton</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="baaa4d59-b84c-482b-b16a-db13d3bc13c2" href="/ech/articles/s/seven-hills" title="SEVEN HILLS">Seven Hills</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0c9f69b4-44e8-4cdf-88d5-fc966344bde1" href="/ech/articles/s/strongsville" title="STRONGSVILLE">Strongsville</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="91e69072-2c68-4860-aa6f-1e956daa4ef1" href="/ech/articles/w/warrensville-heights" title="WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS">Warrensville Heights</a> Village incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1928</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cdc9c8c0-06db-46cf-beb0-8d25c4cea0f8" href="/ech/articles/b/brush-foundation" title="BRUSH FOUNDATION">Brush Foundation</a> established.<br> Maternal Health Association (now <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d34ae79b-dcbe-42a0-b630-f6eddc555536" href="/ech/articles/p/planned-parenthood-greater-ohio" title="PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO">Planned Parenthood of Cleveland</a>) established.<br> Village of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2d152188-a11c-414d-a4ab-75e92745ba82" href="/ech/articles/o/orange" title="ORANGE">Orange</a> incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1929</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cbf88055-3dda-48d3-80a9-e403a6b54b92" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-clinic-disaster" title="CLEVELAND CLINIC DISASTER">Cleveland Clinic disaster</a> occurs 15 May.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="106137d6-edfb-4459-9dd2-6d284f3f2534" href="/ech/articles/n/national-air-races" title="NATIONAL AIR RACES">National Air Races</a> first held in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1682e46e-fcc6-4de2-a17e-f950f0e26f26" href="/ech/articles/b/bentleyville" title="BENTLEYVILLE">Bentleyville</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5122ca15-b403-4cf8-a00b-e6d5df2cb45d" href="/ech/articles/m/moreland-hills" title="MORELAND HILLS">Moreland Hills</a> Village incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1930</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--900,429 (6th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,201,455.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c35cda4f-e9f7-4591-9635-40cb0d5589f9" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-union-terminal" title="CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL">Cleveland Union Terminal</a> dedicated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2c596c45-eb07-4232-b6ea-05b7936c827a" href="/ech/articles/w/wgar" title="WGAR">WGAR</a> starts broadcasting 15 December.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="77423f46-0083-4631-bb52-7965aa5d0083" href="/ech/articles/b/bedford" title="BEDFORD">Bedford</a> incorporated as a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f896d475-3f03-4b89-9f71-c5100d4be67d" href="/ech/articles/b/berea" title="BEREA">Berea</a> incorporated as a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="66959519-55cb-4bcf-a370-379d8a013d38" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid" title="EUCLID">Euclid</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d63ebcac-1dc5-4730-9251-51eb92f03969" href="/ech/articles/g/garfield-heights" title="GARFIELD HEIGHTS">Garfield Heights</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e165ff2f-d124-40d7-b3fe-6839e9a75997" href="/ech/articles/r/rocky-river" title="ROCKY RIVER">Rocky River</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1931</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cbdd8fe2-3574-4f9f-9d9c-d774305aa6c4" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-municipal-stadium" title="CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM">Cleveland Municipal Stadium</a> opens with the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4c982ae0-1a92-4af2-aff1-e580e5296206" href="/ech/articles/s/schmeling-stribling-fight" title="SCHMELING-STRIBLING FIGHT">Schmeling-Stribling fight</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="16f7f7d4-74e6-4558-a178-38503283dfd4" href="/ech/articles/s/severance-hall" title="SEVERANCE HALL">Severance Hall</a> dedicated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b6b87624-d486-4d42-afa2-29c734eb7bb1" href="/ech/articles/m/mather-samuel" title="MATHER, SAMUEL">Samuel Mather</a> dies.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4ec2a397-0de3-425d-a33e-35c5076e2f61" href="/ech/articles/p/parma" title="PARMA">Parma</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ec728d95-f41a-4a6f-9743-a616b5d3ee0a" href="/ech/articles/s/shaker-heights" title="SHAKER HEIGHTS">Shaker Heights</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1932</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b06fed1a-1c0f-4794-a924-aea548ee85b4" href="/ech/articles/r/real-property-inventory-metropolitan-cleveland-rpi" title="REAL PROPERTY INVENTORY OF METROPOLITAN CLEVELAND (RPI)">Real Property Inventory of Metropolitan Cleveland</a> begun by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d3f2945d-2a4f-497f-8f9a-d932c486592a" href="/ech/articles/g/green-howard-whipple" title="GREEN, HOWARD WHIPPLE">Howard Whipple Green</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fdee083f-3f33-4ee9-b086-53006197e89d" href="/ech/articles/m/maple-heights" title="MAPLE HEIGHTS">Maple Heights</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e3ff1bd9-3026-4748-9d06-67e7004141b1" href="/ech/articles/c/city-manager-plan" title="CITY MANAGER PLAN">City Manager plan</a> replaced by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7583aed3-cc7c-448a-be50-9cf4b7332a56" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-government" title="CLEVELAND CITY GOVERNMENT">Mayor/Council</a> form of government.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ac111d94-9051-4e4a-a44b-ec299ca50d54" href="/ech/articles/c/cosmopolitan-democratic-league-cuyahoga-county" title="COSMOPOLITAN DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY">Cosmopolitan Democratic League of Cuyahoga County</a> formed in November.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1933</strong></td> <td>Depression-era unemployment peaks in Cleveland: nearly one-third of the city's workers jobless.<br> Cleveland (now Cuyahoga) <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4544f288-4c69-42a9-977e-7b11b05705aa" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-metropolitan-housing-authority" title="CUYAHOGA METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY">Metropolitan Housing Authority</a> established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1935</strong></td> <td>Shostakovich opera <em>Lady Macbeth of Mzensk </em>receives its American premiere at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="16f7f7d4-74e6-4558-a178-38503283dfd4" href="/ech/articles/s/severance-hall" title="SEVERANCE HALL">Severance Hall</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9249b950-7293-4d95-b2d7-735d21910cd5" href="/ech/articles/n/ness-eliot" title="NESS, ELIOT">Eliot Ness</a> becomes Safety Director of Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7f73cc71-b4bd-439a-bc8a-490d51decb5d" href="/ech/articles/w/womens-federal-savings-bank" title="WOMEN'S FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK">Women's Federal Savings and Loan</a> established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4d8f0abc-67f3-4b5c-9aeb-3597a7cff369" href="/ech/articles/f/future-outlook-league" title="FUTURE OUTLOOK LEAGUE">Future Outlook League</a> established by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1091957c-6f92-4a29-b99e-aa28c4f24b92" href="/ech/articles/h/holly-john-oliver-jr" title="HOLLY, JOHN OLIVER, JR.">John Holly</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="76a4166b-d4b7-43e2-a2da-0b3314ed4835" href="/ech/articles/t/torso-murders" title="TORSO MURDERS">Cleveland Torso Murder</a> mystery begins.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1936</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1b1abad9-8bc9-4df6-81ab-a70df11090c6" href="/ech/articles/o/owens-jesse" title="OWENS, JESSE">Jesse Owens</a> wins four gold medals at Berlin Olympic Games.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6c2ee585-3abb-4b65-aa28-6db52787781d" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-barons" title="CLEVELAND BARONS">Cleveland Barons</a> hockey team established.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="412d4049-9537-434a-88b0-3393f781efc3" href="/ech/articles/g/great-lakes-exposition" title="GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION">Great Lakes Exposition</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="67144b3b-8781-4e2c-9dfc-61e483156c5d" href="/ech/articles/r/republican-national-convention-1936" title="REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1936">Republican National Convention</a> nominates Alf Landon as its presidential candidate in Cleveland.<br> Fluorescent lighting introduced at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="707f7139-0ffa-44e8-ac91-788161e221ce" href="/ech/articles/n/nela-park" title="NELA PARK">NELA Park</a>.<br> UAW Local 45 organized at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="04df32a3-8f58-47c7-858a-3c75798fa6f7" href="/ech/articles/f/fisher-body-division-general-motors-corp" title="FISHER BODY DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORP.">General Motors's Fisher Body Plant</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1937</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4fde9c0c-60e7-4cbb-90a9-7de4a93dc6a0" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-arena" title="CLEVELAND ARENA">Cleveland Arena</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b5cf0e28-693e-4094-a3ba-33feb7bab591" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-rams" title="CLEVELAND RAMS">Cleveland Rams</a> begin to play professional football.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cb2c6e88-dcdb-4665-ab13-9ba49c27d584" href="/ech/articles/r/rockefeller-john-d" title="ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.">John D. Rockefeller</a> dies.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="531acbda-2081-4e5c-8c3f-3405ca44d251" href="/ech/articles/p/public-housing" title="PUBLIC HOUSING">Public housing</a> projects open at Outhwaite, Cedar-Central, and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="675b595f-8c3a-470d-9e95-ea83f14a61e6" href="/ech/articles/l/lakeview-terrace" title="LAKEVIEW TERRACE">Lakeview Terrace</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1938</strong></td> <td>Last interurban train (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="806392a5-22cc-4789-a4a1-a0209b5a589e" href="/ech/articles/l/lake-shore-electric-railway-co" title="LAKE SHORE ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO.">Lakeshore Electric</a>) runs from Cleveland.<br> Shoreway opens between East 9th Street and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="451c3312-9ebf-4737-971d-8687e66d3939" href="/ech/articles/g/gordon-park" title="GORDON PARK">Gordon Park</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="57ff4f52-ca41-4fbd-b496-03a4d6ec53db" href="/ech/articles/w/wboe" title="WBOE">WBOE</a>, school radio station, begins broadcasting.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1939</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9c1f56bc-8d4c-4f6e-9629-fc20e0931758" href="/ech/articles/m/main-ave-bridge" title="MAIN AVE. BRIDGE">Main Avenue Bridge</a> opens 6 October.<br> First night baseball game played at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cbdd8fe2-3574-4f9f-9d9c-d774305aa6c4" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-municipal-stadium" title="CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM">Cleveland Municipal Stadium</a>.<br> First <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="006ca61c-77ec-458f-9780-52d071b41026" href="/ech/articles/f/festival-freedom" title="FESTIVAL OF FREEDOM">Festival of Freedom</a> held.<br> 35,000 attend mass dedication of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="71700e4e-6dfe-4ce8-bcaf-32364d59cab5" href="/ech/articles/c/cultural-gardens" title="CULTURAL GARDENS">Cultural Gardens</a> (begun in 1916).</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1940</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--878,366 (6th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,217,250.</strong><br> NACA, forerunner of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e3629749-411d-4cb0-ab96-69969404fefc" href="/ech/articles/n/nasa-john-h-glenn-research-center-lewis-field" title="NASA JOHN H. GLENN RESEARCH CENTER AT LEWIS FIELD">NASA</a>, established at the Cleveland airport.<br> Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns in Cleveland 2 November.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="aeb10b40-d492-49c3-8dea-53d51992781e" href="/ech/articles/u/university-heights" title="UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS">University Heights</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1941</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4937cb61-17f1-401c-af56-1e113f5ce022" href="/ech/articles/k/knights-columbus-track-meet" title="KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TRACK MEET">Knights of Columbus Track Meet</a> held in Cleveland for first time.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9cca6751-5bf9-4ddb-88d5-215c9ba6ca08" href="/ech/articles/s/south-euclid" title="SOUTH EUCLID">South Euclid</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1942</strong></td> <td>Cleveland Transit System begins era of municipal operation of Cleveland's public transit system 28 April.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="671cdd9b-1c67-48e3-9f4c-03814b936c15" href="/ech/articles/i/i-x-center" title="I-X CENTER">Cleveland Bomber Plant</a> (now the I-X Center) opens at Municipal Airport 2 November.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1944</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="126b4e2d-d100-4f7e-8f11-6c36c0bb285f" href="/ech/articles/e/east-ohio-gas-co-explosion-and-fire" title="EAST OHIO GAS CO. EXPLOSION AND FIRE">East Ohio Gas Explosion</a> claims 130 lives 20 October.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="72f4d30f-f6d2-4634-b80d-5fd19d2a35d6" href="/ech/articles/w/woodmere" title="WOODMERE">Woodmere</a> Village incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1945</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b5cf0e28-693e-4094-a3ba-33feb7bab591" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-rams" title="CLEVELAND RAMS">Cleveland Rams</a> win NFL football title then move to Los Angeles.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="95cf68d4-28c4-403f-a4bf-46b248a59b1b" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-community-relations-board" title="CLEVELAND COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD">Cleveland Community Relations Board</a> formed to promote racial harmony.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1946</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e32a2a1-1242-4b91-b1a7-11a29a9b5b45" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-browns" title="CLEVELAND BROWNS">Cleveland Browns</a> begin play in All-American Football Conference.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1947</strong></td> <td>Operations begin at the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3093bc78-7994-4857-b20f-6a965ef1b7d9" href="/ech/articles/b/burke-lakefront-airport" title="BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT">lakefront airport</a>.<br> First successful defibrillation of a human heart by Dr. <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b72491b0-752c-41e4-89aa-2004ec49580f" href="/ech/articles/b/beck-claude-schaeffer" title="BECK, CLAUDE SCHAEFFER">Claude S. Beck</a> and colleagues at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6f66af3b-d664-49fb-b82b-a3c3e945c3db" href="/ech/articles/u/university-hospitals" title="UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS">University Hospitals</a>.<br> First telecast by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e2de8032-3b42-40eb-8e1d-748ea1a28dca" href="/ech/articles/w/wews-channel-5" title="WEWS (Channel 5)">WEWS</a>, Ohio's first television station.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b48f76f2-dee9-46d1-9ffe-f61332cb5181" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-county-regional-planning-commission-rpc" title="CUYAHOGA COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (RPC)">Cuyahoga County Regional Planning Commission</a> formed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1948</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians</a> win World Series.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1949</strong></td> <td>Cleveland named an All-America City for first time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1950</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--914,808 (highest ever, 7th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,389,532.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e32a2a1-1242-4b91-b1a7-11a29a9b5b45" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-browns" title="CLEVELAND BROWNS">Browns</a> enter the NFL and win the title.<br> Village of Bay (<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a48953c6-9fba-4f9b-afbb-78fb37be228a" href="/ech/articles/b/bay-village" title="BAY VILLAGE">Bay Village</a>) incorporated as a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7a1c718c-4666-4eb0-b841-f22b523f80ba" href="/ech/articles/m/mayfield-heights" title="MAYFIELD HEIGHTS">Mayfield Heights</a> incorporated as a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f3c45998-d733-4e67-a7c5-547bd5fd54c5" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-council" title="CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL">Cleveland City Council</a> passes a Fair Employment Practices law, the first such city law in the United States.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1951</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="694426c5-e017-4576-a9e1-9ba97b182ca5" href="/ech/articles/b/bedford-heights" title="BEDFORD HEIGHTS">Bedford Heights</a> incorporated as a village.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cae841b5-df16-4334-b31b-4be49c4acef9" href="/ech/articles/f/fairview-park" title="FAIRVIEW PARK">Fairview Park</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ff13104a-d90d-4c1b-9eba-32fafcb50480" href="/ech/articles/l/lyndhurst" title="LYNDHURST">Lyndhurst</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d6df085b-84b8-4885-bfa2-b57082c4914a" href="/ech/articles/o/oakwood" title="OAKWOOD">Oakwood</a> Village incorporated.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d7f82b44-43a0-4864-9ccb-832de7d45891" href="/ech/articles/w/walton-hills" title="WALTON HILLS">Walton Hills</a> Village incorporated.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1953</strong></td> <td>Development of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e0ef0e18-06ce-4f58-953e-a6ec8876bdf4" href="/ech/articles/s/southgate-shopping-center" title="SOUTHGATE SHOPPING CENTER">Southgate Shopping Center</a> begins.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1954</strong></td> <td>Last streetcars run 24 January.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d9547e4c-ad53-4e45-9aeb-af3eddd478a6" href="/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case" title="SHEPPARD MURDER CASE">Marilyn Sheppard</a> murdered in her <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a48953c6-9fba-4f9b-afbb-78fb37be228a" href="/ech/articles/b/bay-village" title="BAY VILLAGE">Bay Village</a> home.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1955</strong></td> <td>Rapid Transit begins operation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1957</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8be4f8cb-ca4d-475c-b94f-9ca438a69239" href="/ech/articles/w/westlake" title="WESTLAKE">Westlake</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1959</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3c12b0b0-de86-4145-ac36-dacec61a8641" href="/ech/articles/p/parma-heights" title="PARMA HEIGHTS">Parma Heights</a> incorporated as a city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="019aefb1-da4e-4c18-b1be-a0e54f13be22" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-cuyahoga-county-port-authority" title="CLEVELAND-CUYAHOGA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY">St. Lawrence Seaway</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1960</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--876,050 (8th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,647,895.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9134283d-fd66-4241-a097-d2556ee7ae58" href="/ech/articles/e/erieview" title="ERIEVIEW">Erieview</a> urban renewal plan unveiled 22 November.<br> Final issue of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1d3001bb-0a1d-409b-96b2-cb44f8857815" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-news" title="CLEVELAND NEWS"><em>Cleveland News</em></a> published 23 January.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8ba088b3-1ba9-4dee-a136-ca1cd3fe026e" href="/ech/articles/b/brecksville" title="BRECKSVILLE">Brecksville</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a89d3b18-5064-406e-9ea1-d4e919b22d54" href="/ech/articles/b/broadview-heights" title="BROADVIEW HEIGHTS">Broadview Heights</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2c407ca3-e9f9-4dc2-beaf-67fdaf9062ba" href="/ech/articles/i/independence" title="INDEPENDENCE">Independence</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9ae7aa1a-3ced-4453-916a-96bcb781d3bf" href="/ech/articles/n/north-olmsted" title="NORTH OLMSTED">North Olmsted</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4e32875a-6f06-46b8-8ed4-6d84334e802e" href="/ech/articles/r/richmond-heights" title="RICHMOND HEIGHTS">Richmond Heights</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0c9f69b4-44e8-4cdf-88d5-fc966344bde1" href="/ech/articles/s/strongsville" title="STRONGSVILLE">Strongsville</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="91e69072-2c68-4860-aa6f-1e956daa4ef1" href="/ech/articles/w/warrensville-heights" title="WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS">Warrensville Heights</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1961</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="702af301-34ba-4254-880e-5ab8804f33d8" href="/ech/articles/w/william-taylor-son-co" title="WILLIAM TAYLOR SON & CO.">William Taylor Son & Co.</a> first major downtown department store to close.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="694426c5-e017-4576-a9e1-9ba97b182ca5" href="/ech/articles/b/bedford-heights" title="BEDFORD HEIGHTS">Bedford Heights</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="88c5de1c-d5c0-4178-a908-9b2280edca11" href="/ech/articles/b/brook-park" title="BROOK PARK">Brook Park</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="532a2549-a7dc-4c01-91bd-fd0424ac012d" href="/ech/articles/m/middleburg-heights" title="MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS">Middleburg Heights</a> incorporated as city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9b3f803c-bd1d-4c6a-bf2a-5331999686b2" href="/ech/articles/n/north-royalton" title="NORTH ROYALTON">North Royalton</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ad8ba5d7-ab69-4874-b8d7-867459b5ecfe" href="/ech/articles/o/olmsted-falls" title="OLMSTED FALLS">Olmsted Falls</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="baaa4d59-b84c-482b-b16a-db13d3bc13c2" href="/ech/articles/s/seven-hills" title="SEVEN HILLS">Seven Hills</a> achieves city status.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0d179e31-e777-434c-8c53-0765544e10a8" href="/ech/articles/s/solon" title="SOLON">Solon</a> achieves city status.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1962</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a6730880-6dd9-4425-8e24-4872fc01a2d3" href="/ech/articles/i/innerbelt-freeway" title="INNERBELT FREEWAY">Innerbelt Freeway</a> opens for its full length.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1963</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="949a51d5-928f-455e-9a74-79a37e69a969" href="/ech/articles/s/severance-town-center" title="SEVERANCE TOWN CENTER">Severance Center Mall</a> opens.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1964</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43fe1fc0-ef27-4175-8cfd-5f5e5d60f84c" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-state-university" title="CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY">Cleveland State University</a> established 18 December.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1965</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0903edf5-d0d7-4058-a715-cd81857691cf" href="/ech/articles/w/wviz-channel-25" title="WVIZ (Channel 25)">WVIZ</a>, educational television station, begins operation 7 February.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1966</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c1b88fdd-d08f-4cda-9503-0c7d57ae8517" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-community-college" title="CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE">Cuyahoga Community College</a> opens its Metro Campus.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8c464c70-5a82-429d-9304-e84076a4058e" href="/ech/articles/h/hough-riots" title="HOUGH RIOTS">Hough Riots</a> occur 18-24 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1967</strong></td> <td>First successful coronary artery bypass operation performed at the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="46c0ada4-a640-4b23-be4c-663e0b25ae14" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-clinic-foundation" title="CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION">Cleveland Clinic</a> by Dr. Rene Favaloro.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ce07dcee-1b7a-42b1-81dc-9583a9407cc1" href="/ech/articles/s/stokes-carl-b" title="STOKES, CARL B.">Carl B. Stokes</a> elected as first black mayor of a major American city.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7f317d42-0263-45bd-abeb-7332b1b8800a" href="/ech/articles/h/highland-heights" title="HIGHLAND HEIGHTS">Highland Heights</a> becomes a city.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1968</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cf026fb6-6f25-449f-8785-bc06c2ce5a50" href="/ech/articles/n/northeast-ohio-areawide-coordinating-agency" title="NORTHEAST OHIO AREAWIDE COORDINATING AGENCY">Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency</a> formed.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8f6c34bd-66c5-43ec-ada2-8ef9466f2ce9" href="/ech/articles/g/glenville-shootout" title="GLENVILLE SHOOTOUT">Glenville Shootout</a>, 23-28 July.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1969</strong></td> <td>The <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4a5a8ebc-90b3-446d-bbbb-a611dd755eaf" href="/ech/articles/p/palace-theater" title="PALACE THEATER">Palace Theater</a>, last operating movie house on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fab2856f-f153-4e38-b7f5-44399029b9c2" href="/ech/articles/p/playhouse-square" title="PLAYHOUSE SQUARE">Playhouse Square</a>, closes 20 July.<br> A <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="01c63b19-bff0-41a6-83f1-82898cb0b1a1" href="/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river-fire" title="CUYAHOGA RIVER FIRE">burning oil slick</a> on the Cuyahoga River attracts national attention, 22 June.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c14fcd2b-704d-4a15-a693-681f28c34848" href="/ech/articles/e/euclid-beach-park" title="EUCLID BEACH PARK">Euclid Beach</a> closes 28 September.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ebe26c29-0d9a-40f9-8b42-f7faf21422c2" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-american-indian-center" title="CLEVELAND AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER">Cleveland American Indian Center</a> founded.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1970</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--750,879 (12th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,720,835.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2b12c336-2b09-4859-ac01-d47c9145119a" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-cavaliers" title="CLEVELAND CAVALIERS">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> Basketball team organized.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="96d17eed-b12e-4b63-b0e8-d72ad945bbb8" href="/ech/articles/p/pepper-pike" title="PEPPER PIKE">Pepper Pike</a> achieves city status.<br> Twenty-First District Caucus organized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1971</strong></td> <td>Cleveland Landmarks Commission established.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1972</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7e998a13-f3c5-4abf-aeb2-08404547b126" href="/ech/articles/n/northeast-ohio-regional-sewer-district" title="NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT">Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District</a> formed from Cleveland's sewer system and those of neighboring suburbs.<br> First issue of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="da342e61-c31b-4d7c-8641-746feb884e01" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-magazine" title="CLEVELAND MAGAZINE"><em>Cleveland Magazine</em></a> published in April.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1973</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6c2ee585-3abb-4b65-aa28-6db52787781d" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-barons" title="CLEVELAND BARONS">Cleveland Barons</a> play their last hockey game at the Arena 4 February.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1974</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="11becb1e-86e2-47f0-8754-1291812d7ebb" href="/ech/articles/g/greater-cleveland-regional-transit-authority" title="GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY">Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority</a> established 30 December.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1976</strong></td> <td>Desegregation of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f2d85037-f5c7-4e01-9bc8-46a672001890" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-public-schools" title="CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS">Cleveland Public Schools</a> ordered by U.S. District Judge <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3ee87d24-e589-44e0-9507-3ca05beaa1dc" href="/ech/articles/b/battisti-frank-joseph" title="BATTISTI, FRANK JOSEPH">Frank J. Battisti</a>.<br> First public performance by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0320a64b-892b-460b-b76f-9ba84d71c65c" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-ballet" title="CLEVELAND BALLET">Cleveland Ballet</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1977</strong></td> <td>Dennis Kucinich is elected mayor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1978</strong></td> <td>On 15 December Cleveland becomes first major American city to default on its obligations since the Depression.<br> The first mayoral <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ad4e4577-de4e-4147-a56a-170bcaa0595b" href="/ech/articles/r/recall-election" title="RECALL ELECTION">recall election</a> in Cleveland's history is held.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1979</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e174ea7-e834-4f67-a717-ae0d3029c67a" href="/ech/articles/v/voinovich-george" title="VOINOVICH, GEORGE">George Voinovich</a> is elected mayor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1980</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--573,822 (19th largest city in nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,498,400.</strong><br> Nationally televised <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c2d0125a-38b7-4c22-baa6-14a03b112f10" href="/ech/articles/p/presidential-debate-1980" title="PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 1980">Presidential Debate</a> between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan held in Cleveland 28 October.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1981</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f3c45998-d733-4e67-a7c5-547bd5fd54c5" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-city-council" title="CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL">City Council</a> reduced from 33 to 21 members.<br> Term of office for mayor and council members increased from 2 to 4 years.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1982</strong></td> <td>Ground broken for the Sohio (BP) Building on Public Square.<br> Last issue of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43b34d52-528f-4c08-bb60-e7c34efb4913" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-press" title="CLEVELAND PRESS"><em>Cleveland Press</em></a> published 17 June.<br> Cleveland named an All-America City for second time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1983</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7df8037a-8b12-44d7-bc90-03fbf4b909e9" href="/ech/articles/u/united-food-and-commercial-workers" title="UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS">United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880</a> formed through the merger of three locals.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1984</strong></td> <td>Cleveland named an All-America City for third time.<br> Cuyahoga Works of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="891a8659-8c2b-4daf-a159-c3d817accaf9" href="/ech/articles/u/us-steel-corp" title="U.S. STEEL CORP.">United States Steel</a> closes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1986</strong></td> <td> <p>Cleveland named an All-America City for fourth time.<br> Cleveland selected as site for <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ce7007b5-71e1-4f9c-a90a-148e459d6011" href="/ech/articles/r/rock-and-roll-hall-fame-and-museum" title="ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="67c30ad1-0c98-4af2-95e2-97d04a5f2d36" href="/ech/articles/b/balloonfest" title="BALLOONFEST">Balloonfest '86</a> is held on 27 Sept.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1987</strong></td> <td>Cleveland emerges from default.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1989</strong></td> <td>Michael White is elected mayor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1990</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--505,616 (23rd largest city in the nation).</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,412,140.</strong><br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b78fee4b-4f5e-437f-b2a9-8e573e330eba" href="/ech/articles/t/tower-city-center" title="TOWER CITY CENTER">Tower City Center</a> formally opens 29 March.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1991</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d0ec2f33-f2b9-45b0-9dda-aa81e571117d" href="/ech/articles/k/key-center" title="KEY CENTER">Society Center Building</a> "topped off" at 948.7 feet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1993</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians</a> play their last game at <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5ef61852-0cd8-4800-8d69-3d065c4df6c4" href="/ech/articles/m/municipal-stadium" title="MUNICIPAL STADIUM">Municipal Stadium</a> 3 October.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c591d1db-b0ae-4eae-a226-ab87ea35f57b" href="/ech/articles/c/church-square-shopping-center" title="CHURCH SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER">Church Square Shopping Center</a>, centerpiece for inner-city revitalization, dedicated in April.<br> Cleveland named an All-America City for fifth time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1994</strong></td> <td>Gateway Sports Complex opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="68a54bb7-d5c7-42c1-bf7c-12065c616467" href="/ech/articles/c/crawford-frederick-coolidge" title="CRAWFORD, FREDERICK COOLIDGE">Frederick C. Crawford</a> dies 9 December.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1995</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ce7007b5-71e1-4f9c-a90a-148e459d6011" href="/ech/articles/r/rock-and-roll-hall-fame-and-museum" title="ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum</a> opens.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Indians</a> win American League championship.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e32a2a1-1242-4b91-b1a7-11a29a9b5b45" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-browns" title="CLEVELAND BROWNS">Browns</a> owner Art Modell announces he will move the team to Baltimore.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1996</strong></td> <td>Cleveland celebrates its Bicentennial.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1997</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians</a> win American League pennant, but lose the World Series in seven games to the Florida Marlins.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>1999</strong></td> <td>Expansion <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e32a2a1-1242-4b91-b1a7-11a29a9b5b45" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-browns" title="CLEVELAND BROWNS">Cleveland Browns</a> play their first game.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a href="#Top">Back to top</a></p> <p><a id="d.en.35826"></a></p> <p><a id="2000" name="2000"></a></p> <p><a id="A2000s"></a></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Year</th> <th scope="col">Event</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>2000</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--478,403 (33rd largest city in the nation). </strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,393,848 </strong><br> Cleveland murder total hits lowest mark in forty years.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2001</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="efd6dbeb-b2c1-4924-80fe-195cfe51a970" href="/ech/articles/m/mayoral-administration-jane-l-campbell" title="MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION OF JANE L. CAMPBELL">Jane Campbell</a> is elected as Cleveland's first female mayor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2004</strong></td> <td>Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry holds election eve rally in Cleveland highlighting its importance to the 2004 election.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2005</strong></td> <td>Frank G. Jackson is elected mayor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2006</strong></td> <td>State law is passed which prohibits cities like Cleveland from enforcing a residency requirement for municpal jobs.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2007</strong></td> <td><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2b12c336-2b09-4859-ac01-d47c9145119a" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-cavaliers" title="CLEVELAND CAVALIERS">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> reach the NBA Finals for the first time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2010</strong></td> <td><strong>Cleveland population--396,815 45th largest city in the nation)</strong><br> <strong>Cuyahoga County population--1,280,122</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2011</strong></td> <td> <p>Anthony Sowell convicted of murdering eleven women.<br> Construction begins on downtown medical mart.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2014</strong></td> <td> <p>Cleveland hosts the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="871bcedd-4370-4eb9-a30e-f223560300b3" href="/ech/articles/g/gay-games-9" title="GAY GAMES 9">Ninth Gay Games</a>.<br> Tamir E. Rice, a 12-year-old African American boy, is killed by a Cleveland police officer.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2016</strong></td> <td> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2b12c336-2b09-4859-ac01-d47c9145119a" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-cavaliers" title="CLEVELAND CAVALIERS">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> win the NBA Championship.<br> Republican National Convention is held in Cleveland.<br> <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fc57114d-191e-43ca-add1-e1540f42bab7" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-indians" title="CLEVELAND INDIANS">Cleveland Indians </a>lose to the Chicago Cubs in the seventh game of the World Series.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2017</strong></td> <td> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="58fe967b-f32c-4238-a1d6-4de94d5ba3e0" href="/ech/articles/w/western-reserve-historical-society" title="WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY">Western Reserve Historical Society</a> Celebrates its 150th Anniversary.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2020</strong></td> <td>Cleveland shutdown begins in March due to the covid-19 pandemic.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2021</strong></td> <td>The Cleveland Indians officially change the team name to the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a1481299-3e9e-4d8f-b1e3-370da3e1a2ab" href="/ech/articles/c/cleveland-guardians" title="CLEVELAND GUARDIANS">Cleveland Guardians</a>, in honor of the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c3961816-9457-4ddb-afcb-b32e18b79abe" href="/ech/articles/h/hope-memorial-bridge" title="HOPE MEMORIAL BRIDGE">Hope Memorial Bridge </a>and its "Guardians of Traffic" outside the stadium.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2021</strong></td> <td>Justin Bibb elected Mayor of Cleveland.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> 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