Timeline of Tijuana

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1829 - Land grant to Santiago Argüello in 1829, establishing Rancho Tía Juana in what was then, Alta California.
• 1839 - Kumeyaay raid on Tijuana.^[1]
• 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.^[2]

20th century

1900s-1950s

• 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.^[3]
• 1916 - Hippodrome opens.^[4]
• 1924 - Caesar salad invented by restaurateur Caesar Cardini.^[5]
• 1925 - La Voz de Tijuana newspaper begins publication.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 1943 - Red Cross established.^[6]
• 1944 - Cine Zaragoza (movie theatre) opens.^[7]
• 1946 - Jai alai arena opens.^[8]
• 1950 - Population: 59,962.^[4]
• 1951 - Cine Bujazan (movie theatre) opens.^[9]
• 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.

1960s-1990s

• 1960 - XEWT-TDT television begins broadcasting.
• 1961 - XETRA radio begins all-news format.^[10]
• 1964
  • Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe established.^[11]
  • Tijuana Christian mission founded.
• 1965 - National Border Industrialization Program begins.^[12]
• 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]}
• 1973
  • Cartolandia shantytown razed.^[13]
  • Colonia Tierra y Libertad developed.^[13]
• 1976 - Estadio Nacional de Tijuana (stadium) opens.
• 1977 - La Casa de la Cultura Tijuana (cultural institution) established.^[14]
• 1980
  • Zeta newspaper begins publication.^[15]
  • Population: 461,267.
• 1982
  • Tijuana Cultural Center opens.
  • Plaza Río Tijuana (shopping centre)^[16] and Las Torres built.
  • Northwest Aeronautical Institute established.
• 1984 - Associacion de Mixtecos Residentes en Tijuana established.^[17]
• 1986 - El Colegio de la Frontera Norte established.^[18]
• 1990
  • Orquesta de Baja California headquartered in city.^[19]
  • Population: 698,752.
• 1992
  • Tijuana No! (musical group) active.
  • inSITE art exhibition begins.^[20][21]
• 1993 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.^[22]
• 1994
  • Cinépolis multiplex movie theatre in business.^{[citation needed]}
  • 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.^[23]
• 2000 - Population: 1,148,681.

21st century

• 2003
  • Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura (arts organization) incorporated.^[24]
  • Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour active (approximate date).^[25]
• 2005
  • Hospital Angeles Tijuana opens.
  • Tijuana Cimarrones baseball team formed.
• 2007
  • Club Tijuana Xoloscuintles football team formed.^[26]
  • Centro Médico Excel built.
• 2008
  • Police retrained.^[27]
  • Park Towers built.
  • Casa del Tunel art gallery^[28] and District 10 Gallery^[29] open.
• 2009 - Green View Tower and VIA Corporativo built.
• 2010
  • April 4: 2010 Baja California earthquake.
  • Masyid Al Islam (mosque)^{[citation needed]} and La Caja Galería^[29] open.
  • Carlos Bustamante Anchondo becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,300,983; municipality 1,559,683.
• 2012 - Museum of Mariachi and Tequila opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 2015 - October: San Diego-Tijuana drug tunnel discovered.^[30]
• 2016
  • The Sistema Integral de Transporte de Tijuana opens for bus rapid transit service.^[31]
  • 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.^[32]
• 2023 - Mayor Montserrat Caballero is relocated to a Mexican army base after receiving death threats.^[33]

Anticipated future event(s)

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

See also

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

References

1. "KUMEYAAY MAP 1830s 1840s Kumeyaay Indians Attacks Mexican Mexico San Diego". www.kumeyaay.info. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
2. Taylor 2001.
3. "Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
4. Lawrence A. Herzog (1990), Where North Meets South: Cities, Space, and Politics on the U.S.-Mexico Border, Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin, Center for Mexican American Studies, ISBN 029279049X
5. "Caesar Salad". Snopes.com. 23 September 2002. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
6. María del Consuelo López Arámburo (2004). "La educación femenina en Baja California 1920-1930" [Female education in Baja California 1920-1930]. Ciudad: Historia (in Spanish). City of Tijuana.
7. "Movie Theaters in Tijuana, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
8. Daniel D. Arreola; James R. Curtis (1994). Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0816514410.
9. Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz (1999). Baja California: ritos y mitos cinematográficos (in Spanish). Mexicali: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. ISBN 9687326980.
10. Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell, ed. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
11. "Historia" (in Spanish). Tijuana: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
12. Kun 2012.
13. Jorge R. Mancillas (January 25, 1993). "It Is Poverty That Kills People--Not Rain". Los Angeles Times.
14. "Casa de la Cultura Tijuana" (in Spanish). Tijuana: Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
15. "Tijuana newspaper uncowed by drug cartels". NBC News. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013.
16. Lawrence A. Herzog (2001), From Aztec to High Tech: Architecture and Landscape across the Mexico-United States Border, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 9780801866432
17. M. Laura Velasco Ortiz (2005), Mixtec transnational identity, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, ISBN 9780816523276
18. "Acerca de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte" (in Spanish). Tijuana: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
19. "Semblanza" (in Spanish). Tijuana: Orquesta de Baja California. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
20. "San Diego and Tijuana: inSITE97". Sculpture. New Jersey, USA: International Sculpture Center. February 1998.
21. "Side by Side". Los Angeles Times. October 21, 2000.
22. "Sister Cities". USA: City of San Diego. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
23. Alejandro L. Madrid (2008), Nor-tec rifa! electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world, New York: Oxford University Press
24. "About COFAC". Tijuana and Pasadena: Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
25. "Antonia Brenner, 'Prison Angel' Who Took Inmates Under Her Wing, Is Dead at 86", New York Times, October 21, 2013 – via LexisNexis Academic
26. "Tijuana Rising". New York Times. April 18, 2012.
27. "500 police officers replaced in Tijuana". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 2008.
28. "Amid Growing Violence, Art Flourishes In Tijuana". USA: National Public Radio. February 23, 2009.
29. New York Times 2012.
30. "Mexican police find Tijuana-San Diego drugs tunnel", BBC News, October 23, 2015
31. "Tijuana". Global BRTdata. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
32. Hernandez, David (2022-08-15). "Tijuana returns to normalcy after vehicle fires, cartel threats rock city, region". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
33. "Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero to live at army base after threats, 7 bodies found - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-08-30.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 20th century

• John A. Price (1973), Tijuana: urbanization in a border culture, Indiana, USA: University of Notre Dame Press, ISBN 0268004773
• Robert W. Duemling (1981), San Diego and Tijuana: conflict and cooperation between two border communities; a case study, Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs, Rosslyn, Va.: U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute
• T.D. Proffitt. 1994. Tijuana: The History of a Mexican Metropolis. San Diego: San Diego State University Press.
• John Fisher (1999), "Baja California and the Pacific Northwest: Tijuana", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 66+, OL 24935876M
• Harry Crosby (2000), Paul Ganster (ed.), Tijuana 1964: a photographic and historic view, San Diego, CA: San Diego State University Press, Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias, ISBN 0925613312

Published in 21st century

• Glen Sparrow (2001). "San Diego-Tijuana: Not quite a binational city or region". GeoJournal. 54 (1): 73–83. doi:10.1023/A:1021144816403. JSTOR 41147639. S2CID 153015715.
• Lawrence D. Taylor (2001). "The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border Community". Journal of the Southwest. 43 (4): 463–492. JSTOR 40170167.
• Brisa Violeta Carrasco Gallegos (2009). "Tijuana: Border, Migration, and Gated Communities". Journal of the Southwest. 51 (4): 457–475. doi:10.1353/jsw.2009.0007. JSTOR 40599703. S2CID 110186426.
• Josh Kun and Fiamma Montezemolo, ed. (2012), Tijuana Dreaming: Life and Art at the Global Border, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, ISBN 9780822352907
• Sam Lubell (September 21, 2012). "Tijuana Rebuilds on Its Art". New York Times.

External links

32°31′30″N 117°02′0″W