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1900s-1940s • 1902 -
Universidade Candido Mendes founded. • 1904 •
Vaccine Revolt. •
Avenida Rio Branco constructed. • 1906 -
Palácio Monroe erected. • 1908 •
City flag design adopted. •
Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil held in
Urca. • 7 April: headquartered in city. • 1909 -
Teatro Municipal (theatre) inaugurated. • 1912 •
Afonsos Air Force Base built. •
Civil Police Museum founded. • 1914 -
Fort Copacabana built. • 1917 - Labor strike. • 1919 -
South American Championship held. • 1920 -
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro founded. • 1922 • July: Coup attempt. • August:
Hotel Glória built. • Morro do Castelo (Castle Hill) demolished—now
Castelo neighborhood. • 1923 -
Copacabana Palace Hotel inaugurated. • 1925 -
O Globo newspaper begins publication. • 1926 -
Hipódromo da Gávea built. • 1927 -
Edificio do Jornal A Noite built. • 1931 •
Pedro Ernesto Baptista becomes mayor. •
Cristo Redentor statue built. • 1936 •
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport inaugurated. •
Manguinhos Airport opens. •
Santos Dumont Airport inaugurated. • 1937 -
Universidade Santa Úrsula founded. • 1938 -
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes inaugurated. • 1940 -
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro founded. • 1943 •
Gustavo Capanema Palace built. •
Santa Cruz Air Force Base established. • 1945 -
Quinta da Boa Vista inaugurated. • 1947 -
South American Basketball Championship held. • 1949 -
Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper begins publication.
1950s-1990s • 1950 •
Rio de Janeiro State University established. •
Maracanã (stadium) opens. • Population: 2,303,063. • 1951 -
Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster. • 1952 •
Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada established. •
Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas founded. •
Manchete (magazine) headquartered in city. • 1954 -
Ginásio do Maracanãzinho built. • 1958 -
Train crash. • 1960 • Brazilian capital moved from Rio to
Brasília. • Rio becomes
Guanabara State, smallest state of Brazil. • 1961 •
Tijuca Forest becomes a
national park. •
Edificio Avenida Central built. • 1964 -
Museum of Modern Art built. • 1965 •
Rede Globo television begins broadcasting. •
Flamengo Park created. •
Banda de Ipanema begins. • 1968 -
March of the One Hundred Thousand against the military dictatorship happened. • 1970 - Population: 4,252,009. • 1971 •
Jacarepaguá Airport opens. •
Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso founded. • 1972 •
Petrobras Headquarters built. •
Hotel Horsa Nacional built. • 1975 • City becomes capital of
Rio de Janeiro (state). •
Marcos Tamoio becomes mayor. •
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage created. • 1976 -
Le Méridien Copacabana opens. • 1977 •
Riocentro built. •
Rio Othon Palace hotel opens. • 1978 -
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet built. • 1979 •
Rio de Janeiro Metro founded. •
Israel Klabin becomes mayor. •
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro established. •
Rio de Janeiro Cathedral built. • 1980 •
Júlio Coutinho becomes mayor. •
105 Lélio Gama St. built. • 1981 -
Barra Shopping opens. • 1982 -
Rio Sul Center built. • 1983 •
Rede Manchete television begins broadcasting. •
Jamil Haddad becomes mayor, succeeded by
Marcello Alencar. • 1984 •
Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí built. •
CasaShopping opens. • 1985 - City joins the newly formed
União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas. • 1986 -
Roberto Saturnino Braga becomes mayor. • 1988 -
Jó Antônio Resende becomes mayor. • 1989 • 16 July:
1989 Copa América football tournament held. •
Marcello Alencar becomes mayor. •
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio branch) opens. • 1990 •
Eva Klabin Foundation museum established. •
Escadaria Selarón construction begins. • 1991 -
Population: 5,473,909. • 1993 •
César Maia becomes mayor. •
Candelária massacre. • Population: 5,547,033 (estimate). • 1994 -
Metropolitan hall opens. • 1995 -
Centro Empresarial Internacional Rio built. • 1997 •
Luiz Paulo Conde becomes mayor. •
Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex opens. • 1998 •
Terra Encantada opens. •
Project Morrinho begins. •
Palace II building collapses. • 2000 -
2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held. ==21st century==