Timeline of Ciudad Juárez

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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## Prior to 20th century

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* 1659 — Mission de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe founded.[1]
* 1681/2 — Town founded.[2]
* 1682 – Ysleta Mission established.
* 1826 — Town named "Villa Paso del Norte."[3]
* 1846
* The Mexican–American War begins
* The Battle of El Bracito is fought nearby on 25 December
* 1848 – Across the Rio Grande, El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.[4]
* 1865 — HQ of Benito Juárez the 26th president of Mexico, 1858–1872.[2]
* 1884 — Mexican Central Railway opened, linking Mexico City to Ciudad Juárez.
* 1888
* El Paso del Norte renamed "Juárez" in honor of Benito Juárez.[4]
* Customs Office building constructed.
* 1895 — Population: 6,917.[5][2]

## 20th century

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* 1906 - Escuela Superior de Agricultura "Hermanos Escobar" [es] (school) founded.[1]

Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz, historic first presidential summit, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 1909

* 1909 - William Howard Taft \- Porfirio Díaz, historic first Presidential summit and the near assassination of both Presidents.[6]
* 1910 - Biblioteca Municipal (library) established.[1]
* 1911
* April–May: Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911); city taken by revolutionaries.[4]
* World's "first" aerial reconnaissance flown via airplane (El Paso-Ciudad Juarez), for Mexican government.[7]
* 1912 - Mexico North Western Railway (Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua) in operation.[8]
* 1913 - Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1913).
* 1919 - Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1919).
* 1922 - Teatro-Cine Alcazar (theatre) opens.[9]
* 1930 - Quevedo crime gang active.[10]
* 1933 - Cervecería Cruz Blanca (brewery) established.[1]
* 1938 – El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry, USA, established.
* 1940
* Teófilo Borunda becomes mayor.
* Population: 48,881.[4]
* Following the 1940 Sun Bowl, the local Knights of Columbus in El Paso took the Catholic University Cardinals over the border for lunch[11] in the "squalid but colorful Mexican town" of Ciudad Juárez.[12]
* 1942 - Ysleta–Zaragoza Bridge rebuilt.[13]
* 1943 - El Fronterizo newspaper begins publication.[14]
* 1946 - Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación de Ciudad Juárez, CANACINTRA established*
* 1947 - A modified V2-rocket launched from White Sands crashed south of Tepeyac Cemetery. Although it caused a big crater no people were killed and only minor damages on buildings occurred [1].
* 1947 - Cine Plaza (cinema) opens.[15]
* 1950 - Population: 122,598.[16]
* 1957 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez established.[17]
* 1958 - Cathedral of Ciudad Juárez [es] established.[18]
* 1964 - Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez established.
* 1967
* Paso del Norte International Bridge built.[13]
* U.S.-Mexico Chamizal land dispute resolved.[1]
* 1968 - RCA Corporation maquila begins operating.[19]
* 1970 - Parque Público Federal El Chamizal [es] (park) created.
* 1973 - Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez established.[1]
* 1974 - Asociacion de Maquiladoras (labor group) founded.
* 1976 - El Diario de Juárez newspaper in publication.[20]
* 1980
* XHIJ-TV begins broadcasting.
* Grupo Intermedia television company established.[citation needed]
* Population: 567,365 municipality.[1]
* 1981 - Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez (stadium) opens.
* 1982 - Nipona maquila begins operating.[21]
* 1983 - El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (institute) regional headquarters established.[22]
* 1988 - Club de Fútbol Cobras (football club) active.
* 1990
* Norte newspaper in publication.[20]
* Museo Histórico de Ciudad Juárez [es] opens.
* Population: 798,499 municipality.[1]
* 1995 - Population: 1,011,786 municipality.[1]
* 1998 - Bridge of the Americas (El Paso–Ciudad Juárez) opened.
* 2000
* XHEM-FM radio begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
* Mormon temple built.
* Museo de la Lealtad Republicana (museum) opens.

## 21st century

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* 2001 - Astros de Ciudad Juárez [es] football club formed.
* 2003 - Frontera Women's Foundation established.
* 2004
* Museo del Concorde opens.
* International news media reports on ongoing Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez area.[23]
* Héctor ¨Teto¨ Murguía Lardizábal becomes mayor of Juárez Municipality.
* 2005 - Indios de Ciudad Juárez (football club) formed.
* 2007 - José Reyes Ferriz becomes mayor of Juárez Municipality.
* 2008 - Juárez Hoy newspaper begins publication.
* 2009
* March: "Warfare erupts between rival drug gangs."[24]
* 2 September: Ciudad Juárez rehab center attack.
* 2010
* 31 January: Villas de Salvárcar massacre.
* Héctor ¨Teto¨ Murguía Lardizábal becomes mayor of Juárez Municipality again.
* Population: 1,321,004 city; 1,332,131 municipality.[25]
* 2013
* ViveBús [es] begins operating.
* Monumento a la Mexicanidad [es] installed.
* Enrique Serrano Escobar becomes mayor of Juárez Municipality.
* 2014 - Railroad hub opens in nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico, USA.[26]
* 2016 - Pope Francis visits Ciudad Juárez in February.[27]

## See also

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* Ciudad Juárez history
* List of municipal presidents of Juárez
* Chihuahua (state) history
* History of Chihuahua state (in Spanish)
* Timeline of El Paso, Texas, USA

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Juárez: Cronología de Hechos Históricos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011.
2. ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
3. ^ University Library Special Collections Department, Guide to the Ciudad Juárez Municipal Archives, Finding Aids, USA: University of Texas at El Paso, retrieved December 16, 2014
4. ^ a b c d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 413, OL 6112221M
5. ^ Figueroa Doménech 1899.
6. ^ Harris, Charles H. III; Sadler, Louis R. (2009). The Secret War in El Paso: Mexican Revolutionary Intrigue, 1906-1920. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-4652-0.
7. ^ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
8. ^ Fred Wilbur Powell (1921), Railroads of Mexico, Boston: Stratford Co., OCLC 1865702, OL 6637165M
9. ^ Laura Isabel Serna (2010). "Cinema on the U.S.-Mexico border: American motion pictures and Mexican audiences, 1896/1930". In Alexis McCrossen (ed.). Land of Necessity: Consumer Culture in the United States–Mexico Borderlands. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-9078-7.
10. ^ Mottier 2009.
11. ^ "Baugh to Greet C.U. Players". The Washington Post. December 14, 1939. p. 26.
12. ^ "Card Gridders Liked Texas, But Not 0–0 Tie". Washington Post. January 6, 1940. p. 16.
13. ^ a b Arreola 1994.
14. ^ Felix Padilla, ed. (1994). Handbook of Hispanic Culture in the United States: Sociology. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press. ISBN 978-1-61192-165-6.
15. ^ "Movie Theaters in Juarez, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
16. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
17. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved December 16, 2014.
18. ^ University Library Special Collections Department, Guide to the Archives of the Cathedral of Ciudad Juárez, 1671-1945, Finding Aids, USA: University of Texas at El Paso, retrieved December 16, 2014
19. ^ Jefferson R. Cowie (1999). Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-year Quest for Cheap Labor. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3525-0.
20. ^ a b "Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
21. ^ Staudt 2010.
22. ^ "Colef" (in Spanish). Tijuana. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
23. ^ Cordelia Candelaria, ed. (2004). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. lxiii–lxxii. ISBN 978-0-313-33210-4.
24. ^ BBC News (4 October 2012). "Mexico Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
25. ^ "Juárez". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
26. ^ "New Rail Hub Opens Along Border in New Mexico", New York Times, 28 May 2014
27. ^ "Pope Francis, Mass in Juárez brought out emotions". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2018-04-02.

## Bibliography

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### In English

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* El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico, Business Directory, 1885 - via University of Texas at El Paso
* "Ciudad Juarez" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 401.
* Daniel D. Arreola; James R. Curtis (1994). The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1441-0.
* Nicole Mottier (2009). "Drug Gangs and Politics in Ciudad Juárez: 1928–1936". Mexican Studies. 25.
* Kathleen Staudt; et al., eds. (2010). Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Paso Del Norte Metropolitan Region. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-11291-9.

### In Spanish

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* J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Chihuahua: Ciudad Juarez". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). Vol. 2\. R. de S. N. Araluce. hdl:2027/mdp.39015051117227 - via Hathi Trust.

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