Timeline of Durham, North Carolina

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.

19th century

 * 1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."
 * 1867 - Durham incorporated.
 * 1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.
 * 1880 - Population: 2,041.
 * 1881
 * Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.
 * W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.
 * 1887
 * Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).
 * Main Street Methodist Church built.
 * 1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
 * 1889
 * Durham Daily Sun newspaper in publication.
 * First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church founded.
 * 1890 - Population: 5,485.
 * 1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
 * 1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
 * 1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.
 * 1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.

20th century

 * 1901
 * "Durham City limits quadruple in size."
 * Lincoln Hospital established.
 * 1906
 * Durham Chamber of Commerce established.
 * Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.
 * 1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
 * 1909
 * Arcade Theatre built.
 * Ebenezer Baptist Church established.
 * 1910 - Population: 18,241.
 * 1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.
 * 1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.
 * 1923 - National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.
 * 1924 - Trinity College renamed "Duke University".
 * 1925
 * North Carolina College for Negroes active.
 * Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.
 * 1926 - Duke University's Divinity School established.
 * 1930
 * Ephphatha Church built.
 * Duke University's School of Medicine opens.
 * Population: 52,037.
 * 1933
 * Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
 * Calvert Method School founded.
 * 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1936 - Three Arts founded.
 * 1939
 * North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
 * Center Theatre opens.
 * 1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.
 * 1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.
 * 1950 - Population: 73,368.
 * 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
 * 1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
 * 1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission and Research Triangle Institute founded.
 * 1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
 * 1960 - Population: 84,642.
 * 1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
 * 1962 - Carolina Friends School and Bennett Place state historic site
 * 1964 - Anti-poverty Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
 * 1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.
 * 1968 - City Human Relations Commission and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes established.
 * 1969
 * March 11: Student demonstration.
 * North Carolina Central University active.
 * Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.
 * 1970
 * Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
 * Population: 100,768 city; 446,074 metro.
 * 1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
 * 1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
 * 1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.
 * 1980 - Population: 100,831 city; 560,774 metro.
 * 1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
 * 1990 - Population: 154,580 city; 735,480 metro.
 * 1991
 * Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.
 * Carmike Cinema 7 in business.
 * 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.
 * 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
 * 1997
 * City website online (approximate date).
 * Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.
 * 1998
 * Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
 * WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
 * 2000 - Population: 187,035 city; 1,187,941 metro.

21st century

 * 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.
 * 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.
 * 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
 * 2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.
 * 2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.
 * 2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.
 * 2010 - Population: 228,330 city; 1,749,525 metro.