Timeline: Jones, Jodi L.: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1971 - 2011 (40 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1971	1971: Appleton History Passenger railroad service from Appleton ended on May 7.
2	1972	1972: Appleton History The Fox Valley Technical Institute opened in the town of Grand Chute. In 1987 the name was changed to the Fox Valley Technical College. 1972: Kaukauna History Outagamie Country Teachers College is closed after sixty years of service. 1972: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante elected Mayor of Kaukauna
3	1974	1974: USA History Thirty - Eighth President of the US is Gerald Rudolph Ford 1974-1977 1974: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna 15 Mar 1974—1 Apr 1974: Wisconsin History March 15, 1974: The Hortonville School Board and teachers failed to agree on a contract. The teachers voted to strike on March 18 with the board responding by firing 84 teachers on April 2. The board's action was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 17, 1976.
4	1975	1975: Kaukauna History New city offices are opened in the old Badger Northland plant.
5	1976	1976: Kaukauna History The new 6,300 square foot addition is opened in the Kaukauna Public Library 1976: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
6	1977	1977: USA History Thirty - Ninth President of the US is Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
7	1978	1978: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
8	1979	1979: Appleton History The new Lawe Street Bridge was dedicated on October 24.
9	1980	1980: Appleton History The new Oneida Skyline Bridge opened over the Fox River on October 31. 1980: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
10	1981	1981: Appleton History 1981 On June 1, the Appleton Public Library opened its new Oneida Street building on the site of the old City Hall. 1981: USA History Fortieth President of the US is Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981-1989
11	1982	1982: Kaukauna History Ronald L Van De Hey was elected Mayor of Kaukauna
12	1984	1984: Appleton History 1984 The Fox River Mall opened in the Town of Grand Chute on July 18. 1984: Appleton History 1984 The Outagamie Museum was established in the former Masonic Temple building on College Avenue.
13	1985	1985: Appleton History 1985 Appleton\'s Memorial Hospital was renamed Appleton Medical Center or AMC. 1985: Appleton History 1985 Houdini Plaza, located near the site of Harry Houdini\'s boyhood home, was dedicated on May 25. The plaza\'s sculpture, Metamorphosis, by Richard C. Wolter, was also unveiled that day.
14	1986	1986: Appleton History 1986 Appleton was profiled in the August 11 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. 1986: Appleton History 1986 In August two new elementary schools, Horizon School and Houdini School, were opened. 1986: Appleton History 1986 The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc. started with a $5,000 gift from retired AAL President Walter L. Rugland. The Foundation manages endowments and distributes funds to area charities and organizations. 1986: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
15	1987	1987: Appleton History Appleton Christian School was opened on August 17. 1987: Appleton History 1987 On June 12, Fox River Oracle, a sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi, was dedicated at a site just off the Oneida Street Bridge. 1987: Appleton History 1987 The Avenue, Appleton\'s downtown mall, opened on March 12. 1987: Appleton History 1987 Willem Dafoe (a.k.a. William Dafoe), who was born and raised in Appleton, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1986 film Platoon.
16	1988	1988: Appleton History 1988 For the first time in its 116 year history, all 17 locks in the Fox River Locks System were closed. From this year on, only three of the locks would be re-opened, those in De Pere, Menasha, and Kaukauna. 1988: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
17	1989	1989: Appleton History 1989 Appleton Aurora, a 60-foot-by-10-foot solar sculpture by Dale Eldred, was installed atop the Appleton Center in Houdini Plaza. 1989: Appleton History 1989 On April 1, the Houdini Historical Center opened in the Outagamie Museum. 1989: Appleton History 1989 On August 1, Appleton\'s first woman firefighter began work. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The Appleton Library Foundation was established to create an endowment fund for the Appleton Public Library. As part of the fund-raising efforts, Bob Hope spent 4 days in Appleton and Neenah, from Aug. 23 to the 27. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The Institute of Paper Chemistry relocated to Georgia and became the Institute of Paper Science and Technology. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The John Birch Society moved its headquarters to Appleton. 1989: Kaukauna History New Post Office in completed on the north side of town.
18	1990	1990: Appleton History 1990 Valley Transit\'s transfer center opened in downtown Appleton on March 1. 1990: USA History Forty - First President of the US is George Herbert Walker Bush 1989-1993 1990: Kaukauna History Fox Valley Greyhound Park opens on north side of town. 1990: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey elected Mayor of Kaukauna [Elected Outagamie County Executive in 1991. Neal Steinberg completed the term]
19	1991	1991: Appleton History 1991 In August, two new elementary schools opened in Appleton, Edna Ferber and Janet Berry Schools. 1991: Gulf War
20	1992	1992: Appleton History 1992 On April 15, Appleton began enforcing a nightly curfew for those under the age of 18. 1992: Appleton History 1992 The Fox Cities Children\'s Museum opened in the Avenue Mall on November 2. 1992: Appleton History 1992 The Viking Theater in Appleton closed on March 22.
21	1993	1993: Appleton History 1993 On September 24, the Tri County Expressway or 441 Bypass, opened to the public. 1993: USA History Forty - Second President of the US is William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2001
22	1994	1994: Appleton History 1994 On May 16, the Fox Valley Veterans Clinic opened. 1994: Appleton History 1994 On September 16, a grand opening was held for Appleton City Hall at its new location in the City Center Building, 100 N. Appleton St. 1994: Kaukauna History Neal Steinberg elected Mayor of Kaukauna 1994: Kaukauna History John J. Lambie elected Mayor of Kaukauna.
23	1995	1995: Appleton History 1995 Appleton Public Library became the first library in the state of Wisconsin to have its own Home Page on the World Wide Web. 1995: Appleton History 1995 Appleton\'s North High School opened on August 27. 1995: Appleton History 1995 On April 20, Fox Cities Stadium, the new home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers minor league baseball team, had its grand opening. 1995: Kaukauna History First phase of Highway 55 reconstruction completed.
24	1996	1996: Appleton History 1996 Lawrence University celebrated its 150th anniversary. 1996: Appleton History 1996 On August 2, the Ring Dance sculpture by Dallas Anderson was unveiled at Appleton\'s City Park. 1996: Appleton History 1996 The former City Hall at 200 N. Appleton St. was razed on October 16. 1996: Appleton History 1996 Tim Hanna was named Mayor of Appleton after a recount of votes from the March 16 election and a series of court decisions. 1996: Kaukauna History Badger Northland and Kaukauna Community Hospital close 1996: Kaukauna History Recreation trails open.
25	1997	1997: Appleton History 1997 On December 13, Appleton\'s new Emergency Shelter on Division St. was opened. 1997: Appleton History 1997 The Appleton Public Library celebrated 100 years of service. 1997: Kaukauna History Groundbreaking for new High School.
26	1998	1998: Appleton History 1998 Vice President Al Gore visited Appleton Central High School on September 22. 1998: Kaukauna History John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
27	2000	2000: Appleton History 2000 On August 25, Fox Valley Lutheran High School relocated to its new campus on North Meade Street. 2000: Kaukauna History John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
28	2001	2001: Appleton History 2001 On June 27, the Aid Association for Lutherans, announced its merger with Lutheran Brotherhood. Renamed Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, established its headquarters in Minneapolis while retaining operations in Appleton. 2001: USA History Forty - Third President of the US is George Walker Bush 2001: USA History September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
29	2002	2002: Appleton History 2002 In August, the downtown Avenue Mall was renamed City Center Plaza. 2002: Appleton History 2002 The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center opened in downtown Appleton on November 24. 2002: Kaukauna History John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
30	2003	2003: Kaukauna History John J. Lambie was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna.
31	2004	2004: Appleton History 2004 In September, work began to clean sediments contaminated with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) from the Fox River. 2004: Appleton History 2004 On September 16, the federal government turned over ownership of the Fox River locks to the state of Wisconsin. A fundraising plan to restore and operate the locks was launched. 2004: Appleton History 2004 President George W. Bush visited Appleton twice. On March 30, he spoke to representatives of local business at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. On July 14, he passed through the city on a re-election campaign bus tour.
32	2005	2005: Appleton History 2005 On Feb. 26, the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, opened in the former Atlas Mill, along the banks of the Fox River. The 1878 Atlas Mill was donated to the Hall of Fame by the Kimberly Clark Corporation in 1999. 2005: Appleton History 2005 On July 1, a workplace smoking ban took effect in the city of Appleton. The ban, approved by voters in an April referendum, made Appleton the second city in Wisconsin (after Madison) to prohibit smoking in taverns.
33	2006	2006: Appleton History 2006 In April, work began on the two million dollar restoration of the four Appleton locks on the Fox River. This was the first of three phases planned to restore the 14 locks that had been closed since the mid-1980s. 2006: Kaukauna History Eugene J. Rosin elected Mayor of Kaukauna
34	2009	20 Jan 2009: USA History Barack Obama sworn in as the Forty-Fourth President of the United States. The first person of color to ever hold the office of President.

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