Timeline of Tijuana

{{History of Mexico}}

• 1829 - Land grant to Santiago Argüello in 1829, establishing Rancho Tía Juana in what was then, Alta California.
• 1839 - Kumeyaay raid on Tijuana.{{Cite web|title=KUMEYAAY MAP 1830s 1840s Kumeyaay Indians Attacks Mexican Mexico San Diego|url=http://www.kumeyaay.info/kumeyaay_maps/kumeyaay_mexico_1930s.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.kumeyaay.info}}
• 1848 - End of the Mexican–American War. International border between US and Mexico formed north of Tijuana, Tijuana area is transferred to Baja California.
• 1889 - Tijuana founded in Baja California Territory.
• 1900 - Population: 243.{{sfn|Taylor|2001}}

• 1911 - Magonista rebellion of 1911 erupts in Northern Baja California, Tijuana is occupied by the Magonistas for several weeks.
• May 8/9 - First Battle of Tijuana; Magonistas capture Tijuana.
• June 22 - Second Battle of Tijuana; Mexico recaptures Tijuana
• 1914 - El Hispano Americano newspaper begins publication.
• 1916 - Hippodrome opens.{{Citation |publisher = University of Texas at Austin, Center for Mexican American Studies |isbn = 029279049X |location = Austin, TX |title = Where North Meets South: Cities, Space, and Politics on the U.S.-Mexico Border |author = Lawrence A. Herzog |date = 1990 }}
• 1924 - Caesar salad invented by restaurateur Caesar Cardini.{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/caesarsalad.asp |title=Caesar Salad |work=Snopes.com |date=23 September 2002 |access-date=October 29, 2013}}
• 1925 - La Voz de Tijuana newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3ATijuana+%28Baja+California%2C+Mexico%29+Newspapers.&qt=hot_subject |title=Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Newspapers |location=USA |work=WorldCat |publisher=Online Computer Library Center |access-date=October 29, 2013}}
• 1928 - Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel in business.
• 1929 - Agua Caliente Racetrack opens.
• 1930 - Baja California Territory split, Tijuana becomes part of Territorio Norte de Baja California.
• 1940 - Population: 16,486.
• 1943 - Red Cross established.{{cite web |url= http://www.tijuana.gob.mx/ciudad/CiudadActivismo.aspx |title=La educación femenina en Baja California 1920-1930 |trans-title=Female education in Baja California 1920-1930 |author=María del Consuelo López Arámburo |work=Ciudad: Historia |year=2004 |language=Spanish |publisher=City of Tijuana }}
• 1944 - Cine Zaragoza (movie theatre) opens.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/mexico/tijuana |title=Movie Theaters in Tijuana, Mexico |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=October 29, 2013 }}
• 1946 - Jai alai arena opens.{{cite book |title=Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality |author1=Daniel D. Arreola |author2=James R. Curtis |publisher=University of Arizona Press |year= 1994 |isbn=0816514410 }}
• 1950 - Population: 59,962.
• 1951 - Cine Bujazan (movie theatre) opens.{{cite book |title=Baja California: ritos y mitos cinematográficos |author=Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz |publisher=Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |location=Mexicali |year= 1999 |isbn=9687326980 |language=Spanish }}
• 1953 - City becomes part of Tijuana Municipality in the state of Baja California.
• 1954 - Gustavo Aubanel Vallejo becomes mayor.
• 1957 - Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana established in Mesa de Otay.
• 1958 - Tijuana Airport opens.
• 1959
• Dorian's in business.
• Solo Angels Motorcycle Club formed.

• 1960 - XEWT-TDT television begins broadcasting.
• 1961 - XETRA radio begins all-news format.{{cite book |title=Famous First Facts |year=2000 |publisher= H.W. Wilson Co. |editor=Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell |isbn= 0824209583 |title-link=Famous First Facts }}
• 1964
• Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe established.{{cite web |url=http://corporativovirtual.com/catedral/contenido.cfm?cont=HISTORIA |title=Historia |location=Tijuana |publisher=Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |access-date=October 29, 2013 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904202652/http://www.corporativovirtual.com/catedral/contenido.cfm?cont=HISTORIA |archive-date=September 4, 2013 }}
• Tijuana Christian mission founded.
• 1965 - National Border Industrialization Program begins.{{sfn|Kun|2012}}
• 1970 - Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior campus established.
• 1971 - Escuela Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas (school) and Highland Prince Academy de Mexico active.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
• 1973
• Cartolandia shantytown razed.{{cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-25-me-1524-story.html |title=It Is Poverty That Kills People--Not Rain |date=January 25, 1993 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Jorge R. Mancillas }}
• Colonia Tierra y Libertad developed.
• 1976 - Estadio Nacional de Tijuana (stadium) opens.
• 1977 - La Casa de la Cultura Tijuana (cultural institution) established.{{cite web |url=http://www.imac.tijuana.gob.mx/cctijuana.asp |title=Casa de la Cultura Tijuana |location=Tijuana |publisher=Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura |access-date=October 29, 2013 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101042043/http://www.imac.tijuana.gob.mx/cctijuana.asp |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}
• 1980
• Zeta newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42419017/#.Um_Q2OD3Yy4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101040442/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42419017/#.Um_Q2OD3Yy4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |title=Tijuana newspaper uncowed by drug cartels |date= April 4, 2011 |publisher= NBC News }}
• Population: 461,267.
• 1982
• Tijuana Cultural Center opens.
• Plaza Río Tijuana (shopping centre){{Citation |publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn = 9780801866432 |title = From Aztec to High Tech: Architecture and Landscape across the Mexico-United States Border |author = Lawrence A. Herzog |date = 2001 }} and Las Torres built.
• Northwest Aeronautical Institute established.
• 1984 - Associacion de Mixtecos Residentes en Tijuana established.{{Citation |publisher = University of Arizona Press |isbn = 9780816523276 |location = Tucson, Arizona |title = Mixtec transnational identity |author = M. Laura Velasco Ortiz |date = 2005 }}
• 1986 - El Colegio de la Frontera Norte established.{{cite web |url=http://www.colef.mx/?page_id=4563 |title=Acerca de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte |language=Spanish |location=Tijuana |publisher=El Colegio de la Frontera Norte |access-date=October 29, 2013}}
• 1990
• Orquesta de Baja California headquartered in city.{{cite web |url=http://obc.org.mx/semblanza/ |title=Semblanza |location=Tijuana |language=Spanish |publisher=Orquesta de Baja California |access-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220065013/http://obc.org.mx/semblanza/ |archive-date=December 20, 2013 }}
• Population: 698,752.
• 1992
• Tijuana No! (musical group) active.
• inSITE art exhibition begins.{{cite web |url=http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag97/insite/sm-ins97.shtml |title=San Diego and Tijuana: inSITE97 |work=Sculpture |publisher=International Sculpture Center |location=New Jersey, USA |date=February 1998 |volume=17 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-21-ca-39631-story.html |title=Side by Side |date=October 21, 2000 |work=Los Angeles Times }}
• 1993 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego.gov/protocol/sistercities/ |access-date=December 1, 2015 |title= Sister Cities |publisher=City of San Diego |location=USA }}
• 1994
• Cinépolis multiplex movie theatre in business.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
• March 23: Politician Luis Donaldo Colosio assassinated.
• 1995 - Population: 966,097.
• 1998 - Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura established.
• 1999 - Nortec Collective (musical group) active.{{Citation |publisher = Oxford University Press |location = New York |author = Alejandro L. Madrid |title = Nor-tec rifa! electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world |date = 2008 |author-link = Alejandro L. Madrid }}
• 2000 - Population: 1,148,681.

• 2003
• Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura (arts organization) incorporated.{{cite web |url=http://www.cofac101.org/about.htm |title=About COFAC |publisher=Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura |location=Tijuana and Pasadena |access-date=October 29, 2013 }}
• Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour active (approximate date).{{citation |work=New York Times |date=October 21, 2013 |title= Antonia Brenner, 'Prison Angel' Who Took Inmates Under Her Wing, Is Dead at 86 |via =LexisNexis Academic }}
• 2005
• Hospital Angeles Tijuana opens.
• Tijuana Cimarrones baseball team formed.
• 2007
• Club Tijuana Xoloscuintles football team formed.{{cite web |url=http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/tijuana-rising/ |title=Tijuana Rising |date=April 18, 2012 |work= New York Times }}
• Centro Médico Excel built.
• 2008
• Police retrained.{{cite web |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tijuana19-2008nov19,0,7601198.story#axzz2j7ivDqb2 |title=500 police officers replaced in Tijuana |date=November 19, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times }}
• Park Towers built.
• Casa del Tunel art gallery{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100535566 |title=Amid Growing Violence, Art Flourishes In Tijuana |date=February 23, 2009 |publisher=National Public Radio |location=USA }} and District 10 Gallery{{sfn|New York Times|2012}} open.
• 2009 - Green View Tower and VIA Corporativo built.
• 2010
• April 4: 2010 Baja California earthquake.
• Masyid Al Islam (mosque){{citation needed|date=October 2013}} and La Caja Galería{{sfn|New York Times|2012}} open.
• Carlos Bustamante Anchondo becomes mayor.
• Population: 1,300,983; municipality 1,559,683.
• 2012 - Museum of Mariachi and Tequila opens.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
• 2015 - October: San Diego-Tijuana drug tunnel discovered.{{citation |work=BBC News |date=October 23, 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34611997 |title=Mexican police find Tijuana-San Diego drugs tunnel }}
• 2016
• The Sistema Integral de Transporte de Tijuana opens for bus rapid transit service.{{Cite web |title=Tijuana |url=https://brtdata.org/location/latin_america/mexico/tijuana/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Global BRTdata |language=en-us}}
• Haitian migrant caravan arrives in Tijuana in October, forming the Pequeña Haití community.
• 2018 - Honduran migrant caravan arrives in Tijuana in November, many of whom are part of the LGBT community, settling mostly around the Playas de Tijuana area.
• 2020 - Population: 1,810 645; municipality 1, 922,523.
• 2022 - August: Tijuana is locked down after dozens of vehicles are burned around the city and a curfew is imposed purportedly by Jalisco New Generation Cartel.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=David |date=2022-08-15 |title=Tijuana returns to normalcy after vehicle fires, cartel threats rock city, region |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2022-08-14/shelter-in-place-order-lifted-in-tijuana-after-cartel-fueled-vehicle-fires-rock-city-region |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}
• 2023 - Mayor Montserrat Caballero is relocated to a Mexican army base after receiving death threats.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero to live at army base after threats, 7 bodies found - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tijuana-mayor-montserrat-caballero-to-live-army-base-threats-bodies-found-mexico/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

• 2024 - Tijuana and San Diego set to host World Design Capital 2024.

{{portal|Mexico|History}}

• List of mayors of Tijuana
• History of Tijuana (in Spanish)
• Baja California history (state)

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:This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Published in 20th century

• {{Citation |publisher = University of Notre Dame Press |isbn = 0268004773 |location = Indiana, USA |title = Tijuana: urbanization in a border culture |author = John A. Price |date = 1973 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/tijuanaurbanizat0000pric }}
• {{citation |title=San Diego and Tijuana: conflict and cooperation between two border communities; a case study |author= Robert W. Duemling |location=Rosslyn, Va. |publisher=U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute |year=1981 |series=Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007167915 }}
• T.D. Proffitt. 1994. Tijuana: The History of a Mexican Metropolis. San Diego: San Diego State University Press.
• {{Citation |series = Rough Guides |location = London |title = Mexico |author = John Fisher |date = 1999 |edition=4th |ol=24935876M |chapter=Baja California and the Pacific Northwest: Tijuana |page=66+ }}
• {{Citation |publisher = San Diego State University Press, Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias |isbn = 0925613312 |location = San Diego, CA |title = Tijuana 1964: a photographic and historic view |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=vfZ-Ygr_RrsC |author = Harry Crosby |editor=Paul Ganster |date = 2000

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Published in 21st century

• {{cite journal |title=San Diego-Tijuana: Not quite a binational city or region |author= Glen Sparrow |journal= GeoJournal |volume= 54 |issue= 1 |pages= 73–83 |year=2001 |jstor=41147639

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• {{cite journal |title=The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border Community |author= Lawrence D. Taylor |journal= Journal of the Southwest |volume= 43 |issue= 4 |pages= 463–492 |year= 2001 |jstor=40170167

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• {{cite journal |title=Tijuana: Border, Migration, and Gated Communities |author= Brisa Violeta Carrasco Gallegos |journal=Journal of the Southwest |volume= 51 |issue= 4 |pages= 457–475 |year= 2009 |jstor=40599703 |doi= 10.1353/jsw.2009.0007 |s2cid= 110186426 }}
• {{Citation |publisher = Duke University Press |location = Durham, NC |title = Tijuana Dreaming: Life and Art at the Global Border |date = 2012 |editor = Josh Kun and Fiamma Montezemolo |isbn=9780822352907

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• {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/travel/tijuana-rebuilds-on-its-art.html |title=Tijuana Rebuilds on Its Art |date=September 21, 2012 |work= New York Times |author=Sam Lubell

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