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| Monday,
March 10, 1902 |
|
Town
of Clifton Incorporated
by Act of the Virginia
General Assembly |
|
| Wednesday,
June 01, 1904 |
|
John
Q. Marr Monument dedicated
on the Fairfax County
Courthouse lawn |
|
| Thursday,
September 15, 1904 |
|
Federal
soldiers pass through
Fairfax on their way to
war games held at Manassas
(@25,000 U. S. Army and
National Guard troops
replicated the strategic
maneuvers of the 2nd Battle
of Manassas as crowds
of sightseers look observe) |
|
| Wednesday,
March 07, 1906 |
|
Washington
& Old Dominion Railroad
begins operation to Difficult
Run, near Great Falls |
|
| Thursday,
June 04, 1908 |
|
Susan
Reviere Hetzel of Clifton,
Va. Dies. One of the organizers
of the National Society,
Daughters of the American
Revolution. |
|
| Monday,
July 11, 1910 |
|
U.
S. Army Corps of Engineers
purchases former Belvoir
estate. New post is named
Camp A. A. Humphries,
later changed to Fort
Belvoir |
|
| Wednesday,
May 31, 1911 |
|
McLean
Post Office Established |
|
| Monday,
October 18, 1915 |
|
Will
of Martha Washington returned
to Clerk of Fairfax County
Circuit Court after a
52 year sojourn |
|
| Thursday,
March 22, 1917 |
|
Fire
destroy’s much of
the Town of Herndon's
Business District |
|
| Tuesday,
September 28, 1920 |
|
Annandale
Grange organized (Unit
#737 of the Patrons of
Husbandry) |
|
| Saturday,
October 09, 1920 |
|
Great
Falls Grange organized
(Unit #738 of the Patrons
of Husbandry) |
|
| Thursday,
September 01, 1921 |
|
Annandale
Grange (Unit #737 of the
Patrons of Husbandry)
receives its charter |
|
| Saturday,
January 28, 1922 |
|
“Knickerbocker
Snow” of 1922. @26"
of wet snow blankets the
region. The heavy accumulation
collapses the roof of
the Knickerbocker Theater
in Washington, killing
98 and injuring 133. |
|
| Wednesday,
September 06, 1922 |
|
First
meeting of the Fairfax
County School Board |
|
| Friday,
April 17, 1925 |
|
Invitation
to join newly formed Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce
published in the Fairfax
Herald. |
|
| Saturday,
June 26, 1926 |
|
War
Memorial Monument (WW
I) dedicated on the Fairfax
Courthouse lawn by the
Fairfax County Chapter,
Daughters of the American
Revolution |
|
| Friday,
May 27, 1927 |
|
Monument
erected near Fairfax Circle
to commemorate the capture
of Pvt. Peyton Anderson,
first confederate soldier
wounded in the Civil War. |
|
| Wednesday,
February 20, 1929 |
|
Gallows
Road near Merrifield graveled. |
|
| Thursday,
September 12, 1929 |
|
Fairfax
Hunt requests registration
from Masters of Foxhounds
Association of America |
|
| Tuesday,
June 03, 1930 |
|
Legato
School closes |
|
| Friday,
May 01, 1931 |
|
Fairfax
Rotary Club Chartered. |
|
| Tuesday,
June 01, 1937 |
|
Monument
to John S. Mosby’s
March 8, 1863 raid dedicated
at Truro Episcopal Church
by Fairfax Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy |
|
| Wednesday,
February 01, 1939 |
|
BOS
votes $250 to fund the
countywide library system |
|
| Saturday,
March 16, 1940 |
|
First
Fairfax County Public
Library Bookmobile begins
operation. |
|
| Monday,
July 01, 1940 |
|
Fairfax
County Police Department
formed |
|
| Saturday,
February 08, 1941 |
|
R.
Walton Moore dies, U.
S. Congressman (1919-1931)
and Asst. Secretary of
State (1933-1941) |
|
| Tuesday,
May 05, 1942 |
|
Great
Falls Volunteer Fire Department
Organized |
|
| Saturday,
July 06, 1946 |
|
League
of Women Voters of the
Fairfax Area formed |
|
| Friday,
May 09, 1947 |
|
Burke
Communities Civic Association
formed |
|
| Thursday,
June 22, 1950 |
|
Dickey’s
Tavern burns, last original
building from Town of
Matildaville. |
|
| Wednesday,
December 06, 1950 |
|
Fairfax
County Park Authority
created |
|
| Wednesday,
June 13, 1951 |
|
U.
S. Department of Justice
posts a notice at the
Burke Post Office announcing
its intention to condemn
4520 ac. to build an international
airport for Washington,
D. C. |
|
| Tuesday,
January 01, 1952 |
|
First
meeting of the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors
under the County Executive
form of Government. Mr.
G. W. Carper elected Chairman,
Mrs. Edna A. Bicksler
appointed Clerk of the
Board, and Mr. Carlton
C. Massey appointed County
Executive. |
|
| Thursday,
August 06, 1953 |
|
BOS
approves the first land
purchase for parks in
Fairfax County |
|
| Friday,
April 02, 1954 |
|
Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated |
|
| Wednesday,
September 01, 1954 |
|
Luther
Jackson H. S. opens. First
black high school in Fairfax
County |
|
| Saturday,
September 25, 1954 |
|
First
Annandale Day celebration
held. Annandale Veterans
Memorial (Cannon) dedicated
by American Legion Post
107 |
|
| Wednesday,
October 10, 1956 |
|
Fairfax
County Economic Development
Authority created |
|
| Monday,
September 23, 1957 |
|
University
College of the University
of Virginia (later George
Mason College) opens at
Baileys Crossroads |
|
| Thursday,
September 03, 1959 |
|
“Ossian
Hall” is burned as
a training exercise by
the Annandale Volunteer
Fire Department |
|
| Tuesday,
December 01, 1959 |
|
Sully
Plantation leased to Fairfax
County Park Authority |
|
| Saturday,
December 12, 1959 |
|
University
College renamed George
Mason College |
|
| Wednesday,
September 28, 1960 |
|
19
black students enroll
at 8 previously all white
Fairfax County schools |
|
| Saturday,
October 15, 1960 |
|
Plaque
honoring Fairfax County
men killed in WW II and
Korea added to the War
Memorial Monument, Fairfax
County Courthouse. |
|
| Monday,
February 06, 1961 |
|
Fairfax
Hospital opens ½ hour
early, due to early arrival
of baby. |
|
| Saturday,
June 24, 1961 |
|
W.
T. Woodson retires after
32 years as Superintendent
of Fairfax County Public
Schools |
|
| Friday,
June 30, 1961 |
|
Town
of Fairfax becomes a City
of the 2nd Class by order
of the Fairfax County
Circuit Court |
|
| Saturday,
April 21, 1962 |
|
City
of Fairfax takes control
of Fairfax City Cemetery |
|
| Monday,
November 19, 1962 |
|
Dulles
International Airport
opens |
|
| Monday,
August 17, 1964 |
|
Last
section of Capital Beltway
(Rte. 495) formally opened |
|
| Wednesday,
December 09, 1964 |
|
First
family (Samuel & Katie
Furcrum of Waterview)
moves into Reston |
|
| Wednesday,
September 08, 1965 |
|
First
day of class for completely
desegregated Fairfax County
Public Schools |
|
| Monday,
September 20, 1965 |
|
Regular
classes begin at Northern
Virginia Technical College
(later Northern Virginia
Community College) |
|
| Saturday,
January 29, 1966 |
|
Blizzard
of 1966. 12" - 24"
of snow followed by winds
up to 50 mph create drifts
10' high |
|
| Saturday,
May 21, 1966 |
|
Official
Dedication of Reston held
at Lake Anne Plaza. |
|
| Friday,
April 14, 1967 |
|
Northern
Virginia Community College
graduates its first class |
|
| Monday,
August 07, 1967 |
|
Ground
broken for Massey Building |
|
| Thursday,
July 25, 1968 |
|
Tysons
Corner Mall opens |
|
| Wednesday,
September 04, 1968 |
|
BOS
adopts Fair Housing Ordinance |
|
| Monday,
September 09, 1968 |
|
Fairfax
County opens new Kindergarten
program, 8000 children
enrolled |
|
| Wednesday,
December 10, 1969 |
|
Flag
raised for the first time
at the Massey Building |
|
| Monday,
March 15, 1971 |
|
George
J. Kelley, Jr. assumes
post of County Executive
upon the retirement of
Carlton C. Massey |
|
| Thursday,
July 01, 1971 |
|
Wolf
Trap Farm Park for the
Performing Arts opens |
|
| Wednesday,
March 01, 1972 |
|
George
Mason University created
by Virginia General Assembly |
|
| Friday,
March 02, 1973 |
|
Skyline
Towers collapse, Baileys
Crossroads, Va. |
|
| Sunday,
April 01, 1973 |
|
Tornado
touches down three times
in central Fairfax County
damaging homes in Middleridge
Subdivision and the Zion
Drive area and tearing
the roof from Pickett
Shopping Center. Extensive
property damage, but only
two serious injuries |
|
| Wednesday,
April 11, 1973 |
|
Fairfax
County’s last operating
railroad station, Fairfax
Station, closes. |
|
| Tuesday,
May 29, 1973 |
|
Robert
W. Wilson appointed County
Executive (acting in post
since October 30, 1972) |
|
| Friday,
August 16, 1974 |
|
Women’s
Center of Northern Virginia
formed |
|
| Friday,
January 16, 1976 |
|
J.
Hamilton Lambert made
acting County Executive
upon the resignation of
Robert W. Wilson |
|
| Monday,
May 24, 1976 |
|
Concorde
(SST) makes its first
flight into Dulles International
Airport |
|
| Monday,
June 21, 1976 |
|
Leonard
L. Whorton appointed County
Executive |
|
| Thursday,
February 03, 1977 |
|
Dr.
Edwin B. Henderson dies,
Founder Fairfax County
Chapter, NAACP. |
|
| Saturday,
May 07, 1977 |
|
Dedication
of Wakefield Recreation
Center, Annandale, Va.
First public indoor recreation
center in Fairfax County. |
|
| Friday,
July 14, 1978 |
|
Skyline
Shopping Center open,
Bailey’s Crossroads |
|
| Wednesday,
November 01, 1978 |
|
J.
Hamilton Lambert made
acting County Executive
upon the resignation of
Leonard L. Whorton |
|
| Sunday,
May 20, 1979 |
|
Reston
Community Center opens
at Hunters Woods Center |
|
| Saturday,
June 23, 1979 |
|
Omer
Hirst is named Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce’s
first Citizen of the Year |
|
| Monday,
September 03, 1979 |
|
Remnants
of Hurricane David drops
heavy rains and spawns
a tornado that damages
Woodson H. S. and several
adjacent structures |
|
| Thursday,
July 31, 1980 |
|
Fair
Oaks Mall opens |
|
| Monday,
August 04, 1980 |
|
J.
Hamilton Lambert appointed
County Executive |
|
| Tuesday,
September 02, 1980 |
|
Terre
Centre Elementary School
opens |
|
| Sunday,
September 19, 1982 |
|
Burke
Historical Society sponsors
the first Burke Historical
Days |
|
| Wednesday,
December 22, 1982 |
|
Interstate
Route 66 opens between
Rte. 495 and Washington,
D. C. |
|
| Saturday,
January 29, 1983 |
|
Ground
Broken for Dulles Toll
Road |
|
| Friday,
February 11, 1983 |
|
Blizzard
of 1983 drops 22"
of snow on Fairfax |
|
| Wednesday,
November 02, 1983 |
|
Frying
Pan Baptist Meeting House
(c. 1791) accepted by
Fairfax County Park Authority |
|
Friday,
October 17, 1986
|
|
Dr.
James M. Buchanan, Jr.
(1919- ), George Mason
University, awarded the
Nobel Prize in Economics
"for his development
of the contractual and
constitutional bases for
the theory of economic
and political decision-making." |
|
| Monday,
December 31, 1990 |
|
Richard
A. King made acting County
Executive upon the resignation
of J. Hamilton Lambert |
|
| Monday,
May 27, 1991 |
|
Plaque
honoring Fairfax County
men killed in Vietnam
added to the War Memorial
Monument, Fairfax County
Courthouse. |
|
|
| Sunday, May 12, 1992 |
|
BOS
is one of the last agencies
to move into the new Fairfax
County Government Center |
|
| Saturday,
June 08, 1992 |
|
BOS
holds its first meeting
in the Fairfax County
Government Center |
|
| Saturday,
July 04, 1992 |
|
Official opening of the Fairfax
Museum and Vistors Center. |
|
| Tuesday,
September 01, 1992 |
|
William J. Leidinger appointed County Executive |
| Friday,
June 21, 1996 |
|
Olympic
Flame carried through
Fairfax County on its
way to the Summer Olympic
Games in Atlanta, Ga. |
|
| Monday,
July 01, 1996 |
|
Alan
G. Merton takes office
as the fifth president
of George Mason University. |
|
| Monday,
October 28, 1996 |
|
Anthony
H. Griffin made acting
County Executive upon
the firing of William
J. Leidinger |
|
| Monday,
June 09, 1997 |
|
Robert
J. O’Neill, Jr. appointed
County Executive. |
|
| Monday,
November 22, 1999 |
|
Anthony
H. Griffin appointed County
Executive, to become effective
Jan. 15, 2000. |
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Monday, August 25, 2008
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