Timeline - Oakland

Also see this Timeline of Oakland History.

First attempt at using the 12 Events by Month tagged pages and the Lake Merritt History page design to create an overall Timeline of Oakland History... Let's see it this takes off.

March 1854

25 - Town of Oakland incorporates as a City!

April 1872

14 - Badger's Park - Amusement Park opens, reportedly to a crowd of 4,000 paying customers

August 1877

25 - Oakland City Hall (1869) destroyed by fire

September 1895

26 - Arrests made related to Dog Fighting

March 1926

6 - Grand Lake Theater : Grand Opening of Vaudeville Show and Silent Movie House

March 1932

8 - Piedmont Avenue Branch Library opens at original 160 41st Street location

January 1933

27 - The Ligure Club meets for the first time

May 1937

21 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan departed Oakland Airport for what would become her final journey across the Pacific Ocean. They disappeared.

April 1957

1 - Hells Angels Oakland Established

September 1966

18 - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum : Grand Opening with a football game

August 1986

6 - Piedmont Avenue Branch Library celebrates 75th Anniversary at then current location

October 1991

19 & 20 - Oakland Firestorm

April 1997

2 - Stomper - Official Mascot of Oakland A's baseball team debuts in an Season Opening night game.. GO A's GO! GO A's GO!!

May 2010

3 - 2010 East Oakland Deer Killing

March 2009

21st - March 21st, 2009 (death of 4 police officers)

July 2000

25 - City Council approved Resolution No. 75903 regarding West Oakland Redevelopment Project Area

February 2012

12 - Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL!) has their first big event, community brucnh

June 2012

14 - Frazier Report released on matters related to Occupy Oakland

August 2012

25 & 26 - Oakland Chinatown StreetFest

September 2012

21, 22, 23 -Eat Real Festival

October 2012

10 - Occupy Oakland begins
28 - Day of the Dead Festival in Fruitvale

November 2012

9 - Sudo Room moves to 2141 Broadway

December 2012

11 - Oaksterdam Mural removed as wall is whitewashed

January 2013

27 - History Editathon 3

February 2013

March 2013

1 - Oakland Solutions Salons in response to First Friday Shooting in February 2013
7 - Teaching Matters Event
16 - Oakland Nights Live: The Human Body!
20 - First of several Public Safety Events: CITY WIDE Town Hall Meetings, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Police District 5) Castlemont High School 8601 MacArthur Boulevard
23 - Second of several Public Safety Events: CITY WIDE Town Hall Meetings, 10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. (Police District 1) Beebe Memorial Cathedral 3900 Telegraph Ave
24 - Oakland Wiki retreat (March 2013)
24 - Oakland Running Festival : 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
30 - Great Egg Hunt : 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. at Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estates
31 - 57th Annual Chinatown Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt : at Lincoln Square, Sunday March 31, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
31 - Big History Editathon : 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the Oakland History Room

April 2013

1 - Oakland A's - Lose 2013 Home Opener to Seattle Mariners, 2-0 for the 9th consecutive Opening Day Loss.
4 to 7 - The 11th Annual Oakland International Film Festival
5 - Uptown ArtPark Opening
5 - Nsubordinate Zine Release Party
5 & 6 - Temescal Spring Skate & Stroll - 49th Street at Telegraph in Temescal
5 to 7 - The 8th Annual Tulip Exhibition, at Tower Chapel in Mountain View Cemetery
6 - Farnoosh Fathi - Local Poet speaking at the speaking at the Temescal Public Library Branch
13 - Oakland Nights Live: Hackerspaces!
14 - OaklandWiki Goes Analog! - Posting of exemplary Oakland Wiki articles around town so that more people will hear about us!
20 - Oakland Earth Day - 9 a.m to 12 Noon at 80 locations throughout The City.
29 - Pothole Blitz Begins. It continues until June 23, 2013. ( This is an annual event )

May 2013

1 - Release of Thomas Frazier's first report as Compliance Director
3 - Meet & Greet with Lynette McElhaney
4 - Art Murmur & First Friday
4 - Jack's Night Market in Jack London Square
4 - Victorian Garden Gala
5 - Cinco de Mayo Festival - 35th & International Blvd. in Fruitvale, 12 Noon to 4 p.m.
5 - Jane Jacobs Oakland Wiki Walk - Meet in front of the Lake Merritt BART Station main entrance at 1 p.m. FREE
5 - 2nd Annual TacoConf 2013 - Bike journey through Oakland in the search of the best taco/taco truck!
5 - Tina Tamale's Cinco de Mayo Party
6 - North Oakland Emergency Public Safety Meeting
7 - Temescal Dishcrawl
8 - Chief Howard Jordan unexpectedly resigns, leading to 3 chiefs in 3 days
8 - Bratton Report released
8 - Andrew Papachristos at Safe Oakland
9 - District 7 Budget Town hall Meeting
9 - Public Safety Town Hall for Youth
9 - Bike to Work Day (annual event)
10 - OPD Open House
10 - Oakland Internet Cat Video Festival Preview Screening at OMCA 7 p.m.
11 - Oakland Internet Cat Video Festival 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Great Wall of Oakland at West Grand between Telegraph and Broadway
11 - Glenview Cottage Industries Show at Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church
11 - Oakland Nights Live
11 - Mayor Jean Quan proclaims the day "Bay Area Derby Girls Day" in Oakland.
12 - Mother's Day High Tea at Dunsmuir
13 - At Large & District 5 Budget Town Hall Meeting
15 - 19 - Bay Area Black Comedy Competition and Festival
17, 18, 19 - Festival of Greece at Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
17 - Rob Bonta Gun Violence Hearing
18 - District 1 and District 3 Budget Town Hall Meeting
18 - Malcom X Jazz Festival at San Antonio Park
18 - Walk to End Poverty
18 - Free Boating Open House
18 - Reflections on the Plaza with James Rojas
18 - Scottish Rite Revealed Tour
18 - Sounds in Rockridge
19 - Jazz at the Chimes holds a Concert beginning at 2 p.m.
19 - District 2 and District 4 Budget Town Hall Meeting
20 - District 6 Budget Town Hall Meeting
20 - Place Keeping with James Rojas
22 - Street Wisdom
23 - Senior Town Hall Discussion
23 - City Slicker Farms Community Design Meeting 6-8p
25 - Compost Workshop
25 - Ghost Investigation
25 - Custom Car Show in Jack London Square
26 - Tweed Ride
30 - 7th annual Indie Awards

June 2013

5 - SoulCollage workshop with Katherine Ziegler at Laurel Bookstore. For more info http://www.laurelbookstore.com/event/soulcollage-workshop-katherine-ziegler
6 - Claremont Middle School Day - On June 4th, 2013 City Council declared June 6th Claremont Middle School day in honor of 100 years of being, well, a school
7 - First Friday
8 - Solano Art Walk
8 - IUH Urban Farm Tour
9 - Love Our Lake Day 11 am - 4 pm, all around Lake Merritt. At New Amphitheater location 2 p.m., official Grand Opening Ceremony with Mayor Jean Quan
17 - Sewage backs up into the clubhouses at O.Co forcing the A's and the visiting Mariners to shower in Raiders locker room and leading to more discussion of the A's moving.
22 - Walk in the Wild at Oakland Zoo
22 - Fixit Clinic at Temescal Branch of Oakland Public Library. See event information.
23 - Wiknic 2013
25 - Oakland Wiki Volunteers will meet at MLK Café at 7pm for the first community editathon based in the Longfellow neighborhood. This event will coincide with the weekly community Happy Hour hosted by MLK Café.
Join us! Bring your books and/or your knowledge and we'll teach you how to capture the essence of Longfellow on the wiki. Contact coordinators for questions.Longfellow Editathon page on Oakland Wiki
26 - End of the Pothole Blitz
28 - Play Day in the Plaza