Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska Airport

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

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20th century

• 1914 - Anchorage founded.
• 1915
  • Chamber of Commerce and Anchorage Memorial cemetery established.
  • Alaska Railroad construction begins in Anchorage.
• 1916
  • Anchorage Hotel built.
  • Population: 3,332.
• 1917 - Anchorage Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
• 1920
  • Anchorage incorporated as a town.
  • Leopold David becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,856.
• 1922 - Anchorage Public Library Association organized.
• 1924 - KFQD radio begins broadcasting.
• 1936
  • City Hall built.
  • Alaska State Fair begins near Anchorage.
• 1939 - Federal Building constructed.
• 1940 - U.S. military Elmendorf Field begins operating near Anchorage.
• 1941 - U.S. Army Fort Richardson built near Anchorage.
• 1943 - Fort Richardson National Cemetery established near Anchorage.
• 1946
  • Alaska News begins publication.
  • Anchorage Symphony Orchestra founded.
• 1947 - Fourth Avenue Theatre opens.
• 1950
  • Anchorage Philatelic Society founded.
  • Population: 35,651 metro.
• 1951
  • Anchorage Airport built.
  • Seward Highway (Seward-Anchorage) completed.
• 1953
  • KENI television begins broadcasting.
  • Anchorage High School opens.
• 1954 - Anchorage Community College established.
• 1955
  • Loussac Public Library opens.
  • Cook Inlet Historical Society founded.[1]
  • U.S. military Kulis Air National Guard Base begins operating.
• 1959 - Anchorage becomes part of the new U.S. state of Alaska.
• 1964
  • January 1: Greater Anchorage Area Borough created.
  • March 27: 1964 Alaska earthquake.
  • Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage active.
• 1965 - Anchorage Youth Symphony organized.
• 1966 - Alaska Federation of Natives headquartered in Anchorage.
• 1967 - George M. Sullivan becomes mayor.
• 1968
  • Anchorage Museum and Alaska Children's Zoo open.
  • Kincaid Park established.
• 1969 - Sundowner Drive-In cinema opens.
• 1970
  • Chugach State Park established.
  • Population: 48,081.
  • Alyeska Pipeline Service Company headquartered in Anchorage.
• 1971 - University of Alaska Anchorage established.
• 1973 - Don Young becomes U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district.
• 1975 - Municipality of Anchorage created; Anchorage Assembly established Sullivan continues as municipal mayor.
• 1979 - Food Bank of Alaska established.[2]
• 1980 - Population: 174,431.
• 1982
  • Tony Knowles becomes mayor.
  • Sister city relationship established with Darwin, Australia.
• 1983 - ARCO Tower and Hunt Building constructed.
• 1987
  • 5th Avenue Mall in business.
  • Tom Fink becomes mayor.
• 1988 - Alaska Center for the Performing Arts opens.
• 1990 - Population: 226,338.
• 1992
  • Mount Spurr volcano erupts.
• 1993 - Alaska Botanical Garden opens.
• 1994
  • Anchorage Press in publication.
  • Rick Mystrom becomes mayor.
• 1995 - Binky (polar bear) dies in the Alaska Zoo.
• 1996 - City website online (approximate date).
• 1997
  • Alaska Native Medical Center established.
  • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium headquartered in city.
• 1998 - May: Alaska Natives political demonstration.
• 1999 - Alaska Native Heritage Center opens.
• 2000 - George Wuerch becomes mayor.

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21st century

• 2001 - January: Anchorage paintball attacks.
• 2003 - Mark Begich becomes mayor.
• 2007 - Anchorage Historic Preservation Commission established.
• 2008
  • Alaska Dispatch begins publication.
  • Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center and Linny Pacillo Parking Garage open.
• 2009 - Matt Claman becomes mayor, succeeded by Dan Sullivan.
• 2010
  • Tikahtnu Commons cinema opens.
  • Population: 291,826.

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