Timeline of Acapulco

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.

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Prior to 20th century

20th century

  • 1907 – April: Earthquake.
  • 1909 – 30 July: Brecha de Guerrero earthquake.[8]
  • 1919 – Workers Party of Acapulco founded.[9]
  • 1930 – Population: 6,529.[10]
  • 1934 – Salón Rojo cinema opens on Plaza Álvarez.[11]
  • 1949 – Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (street) opens.
  • 1950s – Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Acapulco built.
  • 1954 – Cine Tropical opens (approximate date).[12]
  • 1955 – Mexican Air Force 7th Military Air Base established.
  • 1958 – Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.[13]
  • 1959 – Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.[14]
  • 1960 – Population: 49,149.[10]
  • 1967 – Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.
  • 1969
  • 1970 – Population: 174,378.[10]
  • 1971 – Capilla Ecuménica La Paz (chapel) opens.
  • 1973
    • Acapulco Convention Center opens.
    • Internacional de Acapulco Fútbol Club formed.
  • 1975
    • Unidad Deportiva Acapulco (athletic facility) and Condominio Torres Gemelas built.
    • Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco established.
  • 1980 – Population: 301,902.[10]
  • 1981
    • Parque Papagayo (park) opens.
    • Crowne Plaza Acapulco built.
  • 1985 – Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast (set in Acapulco).
  • 1986 – Museo Histórico de Acapulco (museum) established.[17]
  • 1987 – Rio Group meets in city.
  • 1988 – Torre Coral built.
  • 1991 – Festival Acapulco begins.
  • 1992 – Universidad Loyola del Pacífico established.
  • 1993 – Carretera Federal 95D (Mexico City-Acapulco highway) begins operating.
  • 1995 – Population: 592,528.[10]
  • 1997
  • 1999 – Casa de la Máscara (museum) opens.
  • 2000 – Population: 620,656.[18]

21st century

  • 2005 – June: Guerrero police chief killed.[19]
  • 2008
    • 5 October: Guerrero state election, 2008 held.
    • Mundo Imperial tourist resort and its Forum de Mundo Imperial (stadium) open.
    • La Isla Acapulco Shopping Village in business.[20]
  • 2010 – Population: 673,479 in city; 863,431 in Acapulco metropolitan area.[21]
  • 2011 – 30 January: Guerrero state election, 2011 held.
  • 2012
    • 24 March: Verónica Escobar Romo becomes mayor.
    • 1 July: Acapulco municipal election, 2012 held; Luis Walton wins.
    • Acabús (public transit) construction and Acapulco Imperial Mega Fair begin.
  • 2013 – September: Hurricane Manuel.
  • 2015 – Luis Uruñuela Fey becomes mayor.
  • 2018 - 7 May: Anti-crime clown protest.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 7, OL 6112221M
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Marley 2005.
  3. ↑ Schurz 1918.
  4. ↑ Artemio R. Guillermo (2012). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7246-2.
  5. 1 2 Sluiter 1949.
  6. ↑ "Mature Colonies: Chronology (1559–1850)". A History of Latin America to 1825. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 276+. ISBN 978-1-4443-5753-0.
  7. ↑ "Acapulco de Juárez: Historia". Municipios (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Britannica 1910.
  9. ↑ Armando Bartra (1996). Guerrero bronco: campesinos, ciudadanos y guerrilleros en la Costa Grande [Guerrero bronco: farmers, citizens and guerrillas in the Costa Grande] (in Spanish). Mexico DF: Ediciones Era. ISBN 978-968-411-487-6.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Acapulco de Juárez". Localidades Geoestadísticas – archivo histórico (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ "La plaza Álvarez". El Sur (in Spanish). Guerrero. August 2004.
  12. ↑ "Movie Theaters in Acapulco, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Inicio Enciclopedia: La Enciclopedia Guerrerense" (in Spanish). Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Quienes somos". Novedades Acapulco (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Revivirá Añorve hermandad cultural y comercial con 10 ciudades del mundo", La Jornada Guerrero (in Spanish), 2 April 2009, archived from the original on 7 March 2016
  17. ↑ Red de museos del INAH: Guerrero (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, retrieved August 30, 2015
  18. ↑ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  19. ↑ "Resort Area Becomes Dangerous Territory for Its Police", New York Times, 18 October 2005
  20. ↑ "Reinventing Acapulco", Wall Street Journal, December 2009
  21. ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division.
  22. ↑ "Clowns protest over Acapulco murder rate", BBC News, 8 May 2018
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Published in 18th–19th centuries
  • Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
  • Josiah Conder (1830), "Acapulco", Mexico and Guatimala, The Modern Traveller, 25, London: J.Duncan
  • Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Acapulco". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
  • John Ramsay McCulloch (1875), "Acapulco", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green
  • Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Acapulco", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
Published in the 20th century
  • Reau Campbell (1909), "Acapulco", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
  • "Acapulco", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • William Lytle Schurz (1918). "Acapulco and the Manila Galleon". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 22 – via Hathi Trust.
  • Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Acapulco", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
  • Engel Sluiter (1949). "Fortification of Acapulco, 1615–1616". Hispanic American Historical Review. 29. JSTOR 2508294.
  • Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 123+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
  • John Fisher (1999), "Acapulco", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 376+, OL 24935876M
Published in the 21st century
  • Stephen R. Niblo and Diane M. Niblo (2008). "Acapulco in Dreams and Reality". Mexican Studies. 24. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31.
  • David Marley (2005), "Acapulco", Historic Cities of the Americas, 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 209–218, ISBN 1576070271

in Spanish

  • Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Acapulco". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas.
  • "Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2012–2015", Gobierno Municipal de Acapulco (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Acapulco
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