| 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