Timeline of Tel Aviv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.

19th century· 20th century: 1900s·1910s·1920s· 1930s·1940s·1950s·1960s ·1970s·1980s· 1990s· 21st century: 2000s·2010s· 2020s·

19th century

 * 1886 – Neve-Tzedek was founded.
 * 1890 – Neve Shalom was founded.
 * 1896 – Yafa Nof was founded.
 * 1899 – Achva was founded.

1900s

 * 1904 – Ohel Moshe was founded.
 * 1906 – Kerem HaTeimanim was founded.
 * 1909 – Tel Aviv founded as neighborhood in Jaffa.

1910s

 * 1917 – April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.

1920s

 * 1921 – Meir Dizengoff becomes mayor.
 * 1925 – David Bloch-Blumenfeld becomes mayor.

1930s

 * 1930s – White City built.
 * 1932
 * Tel Aviv Museum of Art established.
 * Maccabiah Stadium opens.
 * 1936 – Israel Rokach becomes mayor.
 * 1938 – Jaffa Zoo opens.
 * 1939 – Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper begins publication.

1940s

 * 1941 – Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens.
 * 1948 – Population: 244,614.

1950s



 * 1950
 * Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.
 * Chen Cinema opens.
 * 1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens in Tel Aviv metropolitan.
 * 1953
 * Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded.
 * Chaim Levanon becomes mayor.

1960s

 * 1960
 * Mordechai Namir becomes mayor.
 * Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city.
 * 1962 – Bloomfield Stadium opens.
 * 1963 – Yad Eliyahu Arena opens.
 * 1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held.
 * 1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built.
 * 1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics.
 * 1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz becomes mayor.

1970s

 * 1970
 * Luna Park (amusement park) built.
 *  Russian-language newspaper in publication.
 * 1972 – London Ministores Mall built.
 * 1973 – Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv Cinematheque open.
 * 1974 – Shlomo Lahat becomes mayor.

1980s

 * 1983 – Dizengoff Center (shopping mall) in business.
 * 1987 – Marganit Tower built.
 * 1989 – Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater established.

1990s

 * 1990 – Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (bus station) built.
 * 1993
 * Roni Milo becomes mayor.
 * Opera Tower built.
 * 1994 – 19 October: Dizengoff Street bus bombing.
 * 1995 – 4 November: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
 * 1996 – 4 March: Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.
 * 1997 – Isrotel Tower built.
 * 1998
 * Ron Huldai becomes mayor.
 * Center for Contemporary Art founded.
 * 1999 – Azrieli Center, Tzameret Towers, and Beit Rubinstein hi-rise built.

2000s

 * 2000
 * Tel Aviv University Railway Station opens.
 * Levinstein Tower and Tel Aviv Towers built.

21st century

 * 2003 – Matcal Tower and Tel Aviv Convention Center pavilion built.
 * 2005 – Kirya Tower built.
 * 2006
 * Bank Discount Tower built.
 * Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival begins.
 * 2007 – Neve Tzedek Tower built.
 * 2009
 * Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial.
 * First International Bank Tower and Vision Tower built.
 * Tel Aviv gay centre shooting

2010s

 * 2011
 * Elco Tower built.
 * Tel Aviv Light Rail construction begins.
 * 2013 – Population: 414,600.