Timeline of Hialeah, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hialeah, Florida, USA.

20th century

 * 1921 - Hialeah founded with the first plan drawn up and the town named.
 * 1924
 * Miami-Hialeah Florida East Coast Railway line and Miami River Canal Swing Bridge built.
 * Hialeah Women's Club opens town library.
 * 1925
 * Hialeah incorporated.
 * Hialeah Park Race Track built for horse racing.
 * Hialeah Chamber of Commerce established.
 * 1926
 * Hurricane.
 * Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station built.
 * 1927 - Hialeah-Miami Springs Vertical Lift Bridge opens.
 * 1944 - Home News begins publication.
 * 1948 - Town of Hialeah Gardens incorporated near Hialeah.
 * 1958 - City of Hialeah Public Library building opens.
 * 1961 - M.A. Milam Elementary School established.
 * 1969 - El Sol de Hialeah newspaper begins publication.
 * 1970 - El Día newspaper begins publication.
 * 1971 - Westfield Westland shopping mall in business.
 * 1973
 * KC and the Sunshine Band (musical group) formed.
 * TK Records and Colonial Twin cinema in business.
 * 1974 - Santería Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye established.
 * 1979 - Citrus Health Network founded.
 * 1980
 * Miami Dade College Hialeah campus established.
 * Apollo North cinema in business.
 * 1981 - Raúl L. Martínez becomes mayor.
 * 1982 - El Hispano newspaper begins publication.
 * 1985
 * Hialeah station (Metrorail) and Okeechobee station (Metrorail) open.
 * El Condado News begins publication.
 * 1987 - Mi Casa newspaper begins publication.
 * Christian Gomez is born.
 * 1989
 * Tri-Rail commuter rail Miami Airport station opens.
 * Carmike cinema in business.
 * 1990
 * April: Mayor Martínez indicted for racketeering and suspended from office.
 * Population: 188,004.
 * 1993
 * U.S. Supreme Court decides animal sacrifice-related Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah in favor of freedom of religion (over city public health regulation).
 * Carrie P. Meek becomes U.S. representative for 27th congressional district.
 * 1999
 * Telemundo television headquarters relocated to Hialeah.
 * City website online (approximate date).
 * 2000 - 75th anniversary of city founding.

21st century

 * 2005 - Julio Robaina becomes mayor.
 * 2008 - Westland Hialeah High School and City of Hialeah Educational Academy open.
 * 2010 - Population: 224,669.
 * 2011
 * May: Carlos Hernández becomes acting mayor.
 * November: Hialeah mayoral election, 2011 held.
 * 2013
 * January: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen becomes U.S. representative for Florida's newly created 27th congressional district.
 * July: Shooting at Todel Apartments.
 * 2014 - Aldi grocery chain opens store in Hileah.
 * 2015
 * Miami Watersports Complex opens.
 * Population: 237,082 (estimate).
 * 2021: Shooting.