# Timeline of Tel Aviv

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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.

## 20th century
### 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.
** Nasha Strana [ru] 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.