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Orlando Timeline – 1961-1970

1961- Osceola Hotel demolished**
- Dwellere Hotel demolished**
- Memorial Junior High School on Lake Eola sold**
- Pine Hills Shopping Center opened**
- Municipal Airport renamed Herndon Airport**
- Orlando General Hospital opened**
- Jet planes begin at McCoy Airport**
- Harry P. Leu Gardens deeded to city**
- Alan Shepard flew from the Cape as first American in space in April***
1962- Sunshine Park recreation center dedicated**
- Montgomery-Ward store opened March 1**
- Schools begin integration**
- Jordan-Marsh store opened in October**
- Washington Shores Federal Savings & Loan Association opened**
- Rocket City begun**
- Direct Dialing System began**
- Florida Care opened in November**
- New Band Shell at Lake Eola completed**
1963- Highway East Colonial/50 four-laned**
- WDBO-TV sold to Outlet Company**
- Florida Industrial Exposition begins**
- Robert Meyer Hotel opened May 15**
- McCoy Jetport dedicated September 28**
- Sears-Roebuck on East Colonial Drive opened**
- The Martin Company merges with American Marietta Company to form Martin Marietta*** (In 1996 it merges with Lockheed to become Lockheed-Martin***)
1964- Channel 24's educational television station constructed**
1965- Last link of lnterstate-4 completed through Orlando**
- Dickson-Ives store folds**
- "John Young Day" honors Astronaut John Young April 24**
- Executive Center on Maguire Road started**
- Orlando designated "Action Center of Florida"**
- Sentinel and Star sold to Tribune Company of Chicago**
- WESH-TV sold to Cowles Communications**
1966- Angebilt Hotel sold**
- Centennial Fountain becomes Linton Allen Fountain**
- Naval Training Center begins construction** opening July 1, 1968***
- Magnolia Towers dedicated May 25**
- Orlando Public Library dedicated August 7**
- Walt Disney presents long term plans for EPCOT and Walt Disney World***
1967- Citizens National Bank completed new building**
- Orlando Utilities moves into new building**
- Cathedral School discontinued**
- Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line merge**
- Martin Andersen Beeline Highway dedicated July 15**
- Valencia Junior College opened**
- Cherry Plaza Hotel sold to Conway Kittridge**
- Bee-Line (Now: Beach Line) highway connecting Martin-Marietta to Cape Canaveral opens***
1968- Navy Training Center (old Army Air Base) opens, July 1** (Last grad class 1994***) (Decommissioned Dec 18th, 1998***)
- Florida Technological University opened in October** (FTU was designed to provide education/research base for NASA***
1969- "William Beardall Day" June 9**
- Mayors' Gallery of Pictures dedicated October 6**
- Salvation Army opened Lake Dot Citadel**
- Hartford Building completed**
- Semoran Boulevard completed**
- USS Bluejacket mock-up of 1940s destroyer at the Naval Training Center christened on May 3rd to teach seamanship to recruits***
1970- Baptist Terrace opened**
- Council Oak marker dedicated**
- Florida Sanitarium becomes Florida Hospital**
- John Young Parkway completed connecting Lee Road and State Road 50 (West Colonial Drive)**/***
- Major Center started construction**
- First Florida Technological University commencement takes place at the Orlando Municipal Auditorium ***

References:

* Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol I. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1975
** Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol II. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1977
*** Orange County Regional History Center – Informational Display

Orlando History Timeline

  • Orlando Timeline – 1800-1850
  • Orlando Timeline – 1851-1880
  • Orlando Timeline – 1881-1890
  • Orlando Timeline – 1891-1900
  • Orlando Timeline – 1901-1910
  • Orlando Timeline – 1911-1920
  • Orlando Timeline – 1921-1930
  • Orlando Timeline – 1931-1940
  • Orlando Timeline – 1941-1950
  • Orlando Timeline – 1951-1960
  • Orlando Timeline – 1961-1970
  • Orlando Timeline – 1971-1980
  • Submit Timeline Date
  • EPOCH – Obituaries
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