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City history timeline
The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City , Missouri , United States.
19th century 20th century 1900s-1940s 1950s-1990s 1951 - July: Great Flood of 1951 .[21] 1954 1955 1956 - First runway opens at Kansas City Industrial Airport, now KCI 1957 1959 - Five KC firefighters killed in gas tank explosion on Southwest Blvd. 1963 1964 - Kansas City Repertory Theatre founded[22] 1967 1968 - April: 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot . 1969 1970 - Population: 507,330. 1971 1972 1973 1974Kemper Arena opens.NHL comes to Kansas City with the establishment of the Scouts as an expansion teamSister city relationship established with Freetown , Sierra Leone.[23] 1976 - World Science Fiction Convention held. 1977 - Fairyland Amusement Park closes after extensive damage by windstorm 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Tainan , Taiwan.[23] 1979 - Richard L. Berkley becomes mayor. 1980 1981 - July 17: Hyatt Regency walkway collapse . 1982 1985 - World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built. 1988 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Xi'an , China.[23] 1990 - Population: 435,146.[9] 1991 1993 1994 - Bartle Hall Convention Center opens. 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Arusha , Tanzania.[23] 1997 1998 - Sister city relationship established with Ramla , Israel.[23] 1999 - Kay Barnes becomes mayor. 2000 - Population: 441,545.[26] 21st century See also References Bibliography 19th century publications 20th century publications "Kansas City, Mo." . Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, including a complete business directory of Kansas City, Mo . R.L. Polk & Co. 1908.Carrie Westlake Whitney (1908), Kansas City, Missouri: its History and its People 1808-1908 , Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., OL 6544377M "Kansas City (Missouri)" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 661–662.Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Kansas City" , Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State , American Guide Series , New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce{{citation }}
: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link )"Kansas City, Heartland U.S.A.", National Geographic Magazine , vol. 150, Washington DC, 1976 Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Kansas City, MO" , Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York: E.P. Dutton , p. 179+, OL 4120668M Rick Montgomery; Shirl Kasper (1999). Kansas City: An American Story . Kansas City Star Books. ISBN 978-0-9604884-0-7 . 21st century publications External links 39°05′59″N 94°34′42″W / 39.099722°N 94.578333°W / 39.099722; -94.578333