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Timeline of Aurora, Colorado
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Prior to 20th century
20th century
- 1902 - Section of town becomes part of Adams County; the other section becomes part of South Arapahoe County.[1][4]
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908 - Electricity begins operating.[1]
- 1918 - US Army General Hospital No. 21 opens.[2]
- 1924 - Colfax Avenue becomes part of U.S. Route 40.[2]
- 1925
- 1929
- Aurora Public Library established.[5]
- Stapleton Aerodrome begins operating near Aurora.[2]
- 1938 - US military Lowry Technical Training Center built.[2]
- 1939 - Population: 3,494.[2]
- 1942 - US military Buckley Space Force Base built.
- 1946
- 1949 - City Water Department established.[2]
- 1950 - East 70 Drive-In cinema in business.[7]
- 1954 - Hoffman Heights becomes part of Aurora.[2]
- 1955 – Denver Regional Council of Governments formed.
- 1965 - Norma Walker becomes mayor.[3]
- 1966 - Arapahoe Junior College opens.[1]
- 1971
- Buckingham Square Mall in business.[2]
- Camelot hi-rise offices built.[8]
- 1972
- Aurora Advocate Sentinel and Aurora Sun newspapers begin publication.[9]
- Little League baseball team formed.[6]
- 1974 - Quincy Reservoir constructed.[2]
- 1975 - Aurora Mall in business.[2]
- 1979
- Aurora History Museum founded.[10]
- Marketplace Tower I office building constructed.
- 1981 - Aurora Genealogical Society founded.
- 1982 - Aurora Public Library Central building constructed.[8]
- 1984 - Bennett family murders[11]
- 1985 - City Historic Preservation Commission established.
- 1990 - Population: 222,103.[12]
- 1992 - Sister city relationship established with Seongnam, South Korea.[13]
- 1993 - December 13: 1993 Aurora, Colorado shooting.
- 1994 - US Lowry Air Force Base closes.[2]
- 1996
- City website online (approximate date).[14][15]
- Arabian Horse Association headquartered in Aurora (approximate date).[16]
- 1998 - Century cinema in business.[7]
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21st century
- 2003
- 2004 - Population: 298,303.[2]
- 2007 - Children's Hospital Colorado opens.[16]
- 2009 - Mike Coffman becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district.[17][18]
- 2010 - Population: 325,078.[19]
- 2011
- Steve Hogan becomes mayor.
- Colorado's 6th congressional district remapped.[20]
- 2012 - July 20: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting.
- 2014 - Sister city relationship established with Adama, Ethiopia.[13]
- 2017 - May 15: The Republic of El Salvador opens a consulate in Aurora, the city's first.[21]
- 2018 - Mayor Steve Hogan dies in office.[22]
- 2022 - A shooting at Iglesia Faro De Luz Church in Aurora kills at least one, a woman, and injures two others.[23]
See also
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