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Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

(

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). It serves as an abridged supplement to the main history article for the city and its several subarticles on periods in the city's history.

19th century

*1841 - Dallas was founded. *1888 - The

Dallas Zoo Dallas Zoo aka Dallas Zoological Park is a zoo located south of downtown Dallas, Texas, in Marsalis Park. Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society. It ...

opens, making it the second zoological garden in the country. * 1890 –

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 38,067. * 1900 –

: 42,638.

20th century

1900s-1950s

* 1901 -

Dallas Public Library The Dallas Public Library system serves as the municipal library system of the city of Dallas, Texas ( USA). History In 1899, the idea to create a free public library in Dallas was conceived by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs, led by pr ...

opens. *1903 - Dallas annexes town of

Oak Cliff Oak Cliff is a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, that was formerly a separate town in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1901. It has since retained a distinct neighborhood identity as one of Dallas' older established neighborhoods. Oak C ...

on the south side of the Trinity River, expanding its size by a third. *1908 - The Great Trinity River flood * 1910 –

: 92,104. * 1917 - October 19: U.S. military Love Field (airfield) is created. * 1920 ** WRR

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begins broadcasting. **

: 158,976. * 1921 -

Kirbys Pig Stand Kirby's Pig Stand was the first drive-in restaurant to open in the United States. It was opened by Jessie G. Kirby and Reuben Jackson in 1921, in Dallas, Texas. Then in the 1980s, it changed ownership and name to Woodfire Kirby's. History Kirby's ...

eatery in business. *1922 - The Magnolia Building opens. Its trademark neon Pegasus that would be erected in 1934 would come to be one of the city's most recognizable landmarks and representative of the city itself. *1927 ** Love Field (airport) is opened for civilian use. ** The world's first convenience store is opened in Dallas by the Southland Ice Company, which will eventually become 7-Eleven. *1930 ** C. M. Joiner strikes

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

100 miles (160 km) northeast of Dallas. Dallas became a center of commerce for the Texas oil trade. ** Bonnie and Clyde meet in the

West Dallas West Dallas is an area consisting of many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, United States. West Dallas is the area bounded by Interstate 30 on the south, the Trinity River on the east and north, and the Trinity River's West Fork on ...

neighborhood of Dallas and begin their crime spree across

, Oklahoma, and

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

. **

: 260,475. *1934 - The criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde are buried in Dallas after being killed by police in Louisiana on May 23. * 1949 - WFAA-TV and KRLD-TV (

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

) begin broadcasting. *1958 - While working for

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...

Jack Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1 ...

created the world's first integrated circuit at a Dallas laboratory in September, sparking an electronics revolution that changed the world and created a global market now worth more than $1 trillion a year.

1960s-1990s

*1963 - November 22 -

United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

was assassinated in a motorcade traveling west on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza. This event is memorialized by the nearby Kennedy Memorial and by the Sixth Floor Museum in the former

Texas School Book Depository The Texas School Book Depository, now known as the Dallas County Administration Building, is a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The building was Lee Harvey Oswald's vantage point during the assassination of United Sta ...

at the corner of Elm and Houston, Kennedy died at

Parkland Memorial Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital is a public hospital in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the main hospital of the Parkland Health & Hospital System and serves as Dallas County's public hospital. It is located within the Southwestern Medical Di ...

, 30 minutes after the shooting. * 1968 - Cooper Aerobics Center in business. * 1972 - City logo design adopted. *1974 -

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , also known as DFW Airport, is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas Region in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest hub for American Ai ...

opens. *1976 -

Thanks-Giving Square Thanks-Giving Square is a private park and public facility anchoring the Thanksgiving Commercial Center district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. Dedicated in 1976, the complex consists of three components: a landscaped garden and non-de ...

is completed in downtown Dallas. *1978 - The soap opera ''

'' debuts with a

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miniseries that was filmed entirely in Dallas. The actual series was later almost all filmed in a Los Angeles studio. The internationally popular show ran for 13 years. *1979 -

US Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washin ...

passes the

Wright Amendment The Wright Amendment of 1979 was a United States federal law that governed traffic at Dallas Love Field, an airport in Dallas, Texas, to protect Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) from competition. The amendment—enacted in reaction to ...

, restricting passenger air service out of Love Field Airport. *1981 - , a nuclear submarine named after the city, is commissioned. *1984 - Dallas hosts the

1984 Republican National Convention The 1984 Republican National Convention convened on August 20 to August 23, 1984, at Dallas Convention Center in downtown Dallas, Texas. The convention nominated President Ronald W. Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush for reelection ...

*1985 ** The 72-story Bank of America Plaza (then InterFirst Plaza) opens as the tallest building in Dallas.Dallas Historical Society

. Retrieved 3 May 2006. ** Dallas Municipal Archives established. ** Teatro Dallas (bilingual theatre) founded. *1987 -

Annette Strauss Annette Louise Greenfield Strauss (January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the 55th mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas i ...

is inaugurated as the first female mayor of Dallas. * 1990 –

: 1,006,877. * 1993 -

Old 97's Old 97's is an American rock band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1992, they have since released twelve studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is ''Twelfth''. The ...

musical group formed. *1994 - Dallas hosts the

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

through the quarter-finals. *1996 -

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had ...

begins operating the first light rail system in Texas (and the Southwest) and first commuter rail in Texas. *1997 - Congress passes the Shelby Amendment, which eases some of the Wright Amendment restrictions on Love Field Airport. *2000 - December 18 -

opens the first full-service subway station in Texas (and

the American South The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...

), Cityplace Station. Akard Station July 2015 10

January 2000, just a few months into the season. The deal has proven to be a financial success for Cuban and the team. The Mavericks are currently valued at $2.7 billion — ninth-highest in the NBA — according to Forbes.

21st century

* 2010 - Population: city 1,197,816;

megaregion A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. They are integrated enoug ...

19,728,244. *2014 - September 7 - Dallas is the home of the first case of the

Ebola Virus ''Zaire ebolavirus'', more commonly known as Ebola virus (; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus '' Ebolavirus''. Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and o ...

in the United States. *2016 - July 7 - A mass shooting targeting police officers during a protest occurs in downtown Dallas, resulting in the deaths of five officers along with the shooter, and the injuries of nine other officers and two civilians. *2019 - June 17 - A brief shooting occurs outside of the Earle Cabell Federal Building, leading to the death of the perpetrator and the injury of one other person. Victory Plaza 1

Mark Cuban & Doug Ducey (47384954432) (cropped)

Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport

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