page_title: Timeline of Austin, Texas
section_title: 21st century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Austin, Texas / 21st century
caption_attribution_description: English: Frost Bank Tower in Austin, Texas
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.
context_section_description: 2001 - Sister city relationship established with Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
  2002 - Texas Archive of the Moving Image headquartered in city.
  2003
  Texas Rollergirls founded.
  Frost Bank Tower built.
  2005 - Austin Film Critics Association founded.
  2009
  May: Austin mayoral election, 2009 held.
  Texas Tribune headquartered in city.
  Sister city relationship established with Antalya Kepez, Turkey.
  2010
  February 18: 2010 Austin suicide attack.
  Capital MetroRail begins operating.
  Austin Bulldog begins publication.
  Area of city: 297.90 square miles.
  Population: city 790,390; megaregion 19,728,244.
  2011 - Sister city relationship established with Angers, France.
  2012 - Austin Food & Wine Alliance established.
  2013 - Population: 885,400.
  2014
  November 28: Larry Steven McQuilliams, 49, fired at least 100 shots at several government buildings and a police station before dying of a gunshot wound.
  Sister city relationship established with Hackney, London.
  2018 - In March, a series of explosions centered in Austin killed two civilians and injuring another five.
caption: The Frost Bank Tower
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