Timeline of Bakersfield, California

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• 1873 – City of Bakersfield incorporated.{{cite web |url= http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/administration/mayor_council/history.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110071540/http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/administration/mayor_council/history.htm |archive-date=2012-01-10 |url-status=dead |title=History of Bakersfield |publisher=City of Bakersfield }}
• 1888 – Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway begins operating.
• 1889
• July 7: Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889.
• Oil discovered.{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |date = 1952 |ol=6112221M |page= 146 }}
• Bakersfield (Southern Pacific station) opens.

• 1904 – Beale Memorial Clock Tower built.
• 1907 – The Bakersfield Californian newspaper in publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Bakersfield&rows=50&state=California&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}
• 1910 – Kern becomes part of Bakersfield.
• 1921 – Central Park established.
• 1928 – Kern County Chamber of Commerce Building and Padre Hotel constructed.
• 1929 – Hart Park opens.
• 1930 – Fox Theater in business.
• 1945 – Kern County Museum opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.kcmuseum.org/#!about_us/csgz |title=About Us |publisher=Kern County Museum Foundation |location=Bakersfield, CA |access-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526112318/http://www.kcmuseum.org/#!about_us/csgz |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}
• 1952 –
• July 21 – The 7.3 {{M|w}} Kern County earthquake affected the southern San Joaquin Valley with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds in the region.
• August 22 – A 5.8 {{M|w}} aftershock affected Bakersfield with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing two and causing an additional $10 million in damage.
• 1954 – Bakersfield City Hall built.
• 1955 – Memorial Stadium opens.
• 1961 – Sister city relationship established with Wakayama, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/administration/SisterCities/index.htm |title=Bakersfield Sister Cities |publisher= City of Bakersfield |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}
• 1962 – Bakersfield News Bulletin begins publication.
• 1963 – Crest Drive-In cinema in business.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/bakersfield?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Bakersfield, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}
• 1964 – Goodwill thrift shop in business.{{cite web |url= http://www.giscc.org/timeline.php |title=Goodwill Timeline |publisher=Goodwill Industries of South Central California |location=Bakersfield |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}
• 1965 – Community Action Partnership of Kern established.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150526134356/http://www.capk.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.Page/id/529]
• 1976 – Bakersfield Department of Water Resources established.
• 1977
• December: Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977.
• Mesa Marin Raceway opens.
• 1980 – California Living Museum (zoo) founded.
• 1983 – County Food Bank established.{{cite web |url=http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/?zip=&state=CA |work=Food Bank Locator |title= California Food Banks |publisher=Feeding America |location=Chicago |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20150526134355/http://www.capk.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.Page/id/538]
• 1990
• Hindu Temple of Kern County founded.{{cite web |url= http://www.pluralism.org/directory/country:US/state:CA/city:Bakersfield/tag:-1 |title= Bakersfield, California |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author= Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730140308/http://bakersfieldhindutemple.com/history.htm]
• Population: 174,820.{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}
• 1996 – Buck Owens Crystal Palace (music hall) opens.
• 2000
• Bakersfield (Amtrak station) opens.
• Population: 247,057.{{cite web |publisher=US Census Bureau |series=State & County QuickFacts |work=Bakersfield city, California QuickLinks |title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov }}

• 2001 – Harvey Hall becomes mayor.
• 2006 – River Walk Park opens.
• 2007
• Kern Veterans Memorial unveiled.
• Kevin McCarthy becomes U.S. representative for California's 22nd congressional district.{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=GovTrack |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}
• 2009
• Mill Creek linear park opens.
• Bakersfield 16 Cinema in business.
• 2013 – Kern County Raceway Park opens.

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• {{cite book|author=Margaret Miller Rocq|title=California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings |year= 1976|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0908-8 |chapter=Kern County |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pE-rAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA14 }}

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