Timeline of Tel Aviv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.

19th century ·
20th century: 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s ·
21st century: 2000s · 2010s · 2020s ·

19th century

1886 – Neve-Tzedek was founded.
1890 – Neve Shalom was founded.
1896 – Yafa Nof was founded.
1899 – Achva was founded.

20th century

1900s

1904 – Ohel Moshe was founded.
1906 – Kerem HaTeimanim was founded.^[1]
1909 – Tel Aviv founded as neighborhood in Jaffa.^[2]

1910s

1917 – April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.

1920s

1921 – Meir Dizengoff becomes mayor.
1925 – David Bloch-Blumenfeld becomes mayor.

1930s

1930s – White City built.
1932
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art established.
- Maccabiah Stadium opens.
1936 – Israel Rokach becomes mayor.
1938 – Jaffa Zoo opens.
1939 – Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper begins publication.^[3]

1940s

1941 – Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens.
1948 – Population: 244,614.^[4]

1950s

Israeli postal stamp, 1959, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the city

1950
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.^[2]
- Chen Cinema opens.^[5]
1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens in Tel Aviv metropolitan.
1953
- Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded.
- Chaim Levanon becomes mayor.

1960s

1960
- Mordechai Namir becomes mayor.
- Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city.
1962 – Bloomfield Stadium opens.
1963 – Yad Eliyahu Arena opens.
1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held.
1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built.
1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics.
1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz becomes mayor.

1970s

1970
- Luna Park (amusement park) built.
- Nasha Strana [ru] Russian-language newspaper in publication.^[3]
1972 – London Ministores Mall built.
1973 – Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv Cinematheque^[5] open.
1974 – Shlomo Lahat becomes mayor.

1980s

1983 – Dizengoff Center (shopping mall) in business.
1987 – Marganit Tower built.
1989 – Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater established.

1990s

1990 – Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (bus station) built.
1993
- Roni Milo becomes mayor.
- Opera Tower built.
1994 – 19 October: Dizengoff Street bus bombing.
1995 – 4 November: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.^[6]
1996 – 4 March: Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.
1997 – Isrotel Tower built.
1998
- Ron Huldai becomes mayor.
- Center for Contemporary Art founded.^[7]
1999 – Azrieli Center, Tzameret Towers, and Beit Rubinstein hi-rise built.

2000s

2000
- Tel Aviv University Railway Station opens.
- Levinstein Tower and Tel Aviv Towers built.

21st century

2003 – Matcal Tower and Tel Aviv Convention Center pavilion built.
2005 – Kirya Tower built.
2006
- Bank Discount Tower built.
- Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival begins.
2007 – Neve Tzedek Tower built.
2009
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial.
- First International Bank Tower and Vision Tower built.
- Tel Aviv gay centre shooting

2010s

2011
- Elco Tower built.
- Tel Aviv Light Rail construction begins.
2013 – Population: 414,600.

2020s

References

^ Elkayam, Mordechai (1990). Yafo – Neve-Tzedek, rashita shel Tel-Aviv (in Hebrew). Ministry of Defence. p. 231.
^ ^a ^b Bernard Reich; David H. Goldberg (2008). Historical Dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6403-0.
^ ^a ^b "Israel: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2260+. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Tel Aviv". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ "Israel Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ "Israel". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Judith R. Baskin, ed. (2011). "Tel Aviv". Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-15426-7.

External links

Map of Tel Aviv, 1958
Europeana. Items related to Tel Aviv, various dates.

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[1] Elkayam, Mordechai (1990). Yafo – Neve-Tzedek, rashita shel Tel-Aviv (in Hebrew). Ministry of Defence. p. 231.

[Reich2008-2] Bernard Reich; David H. Goldberg (2008). Historical Dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6403-0.

[europa2004-3] "Israel: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2260+. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

[4] "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[cinema-5] "Movie Theaters in Tel Aviv". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[bbc-profile-6] "Israel Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[NewMuseum-7] "Israel". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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