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Milwaukee County Courthouse circa 1965 |
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Year |
Fact |
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1940 |
County airport renamed "General Mitchell Field". U.S. National Guard designates it as air base. |
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1945 |
Will of Charles P. Allis' widow leaves home and art treasures to City of Milwaukee. |
| 1946 |
Fair Employment Practices Ordinance for Milwaukee passes. |
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Milwaukee celebrates 100 years of cityhood. |
| 1947 |
February 13. Master Plan for City of Milwaukee adopted. |
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December 3. Channel 4 – WTMJ – became the first local station and the fifteenth station in the nation. |
| 1948 |
First year of construction on City of Milwaukee's low-rent and veterans' housing projects. |
| 1949 |
Parking meters installed. |
| 1950 |
Glendale incorporated. |
| 1952 |
Hales Corners became a village. |
| 1953 |
Bayside incorporated. |
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Milwaukee County Stadium constructed. |
| 1954 |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater began. |
| 1955 |
Brown Deer incorporated. |
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| 1956 |
Franklin incorporated. |
| 1957 |
Greenfield incorporated. |
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Eero Saarinen War Memorial building was constructed. |
| 1960 |
Milwaukee County's first County Executive, John L. Doyne, was elected. |
| 1961 |
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church completed. |
| 1962 |
Marine Bank completed. |
| 1964 |
Police Chief Harold Brier appointed. |
| 1966 |
Veterans Administration Hospital completed. |
| 1968 |
Milwaukee Bucks became a National Basketball Association expansion club. |
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Summerfest began. |
| 1969 |
The Ben and Ceil Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Performing Arts Center) completed. |
| 1970 |
Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers. |
| 1973 |
Milwaukee Admirals began. |
| 1973 |
Milwaukee County Federated Library System was established. |
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First Wisconsin Center (currently Firstar) opened. |
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1976 |
Milwaukee County purchased the Milwaukee Public Museum. |
| 1977 |
The Hoan Bridge completed. |
| 1978 |
Festa Italiana debuted. |
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1978 |
Mexican Fiesta debuted. |
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