Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory are both formed
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1869
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Charles W. Eliot, son of Mayor Samuel A. Eliot, becomes president of Harvard
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1870
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The Peace Jubilee is held in Boston
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1872
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Boston experiences the worst of all its “Great Fires” with sixty-four acres of buildings destroyed
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1874
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Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts lauds Boston’s many accomplishments
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1875
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Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor presents a very different picture of life in Boston
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1881
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Boston Symphony Orchestra is formed
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1885
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The Boston Pops delivers its first performance
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1886
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Henry James novel The Bostonians is published in book form (it was previously a serial)
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1897
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The Boston Marathon is run for the first time
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1900
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Population of Boston is 560,892; population of United States is 76,212,168
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1903
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Boston Americans win the first World Series
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1910
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Charles W. Eliot steps down from Harvard presidency
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1912
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Fenway Park opens in April
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1914
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James Michael Curley is elected Mayor of Boston for the first time
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1916
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M.I.T. moves from quarters in Copley Square to the north bank of the Charles River
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1917
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John F. Kennedy born in Brookline
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World War I begins. 37,000 Bostonians serve during the conflict
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1918
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Red Sox win the World Series for the fifth time
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1919
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The Terrible Molasses Flood hits East Boston
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The Boston police strike makes news nationwide, bringing condemnation to the strikers and applause to Governor Calvin Coolidge
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1920
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The Red Sox trade Babe Ruth to the Yankees
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1923
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Massachusetts boy Calvin Coolidge becomes president of the United States
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1924
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The Boston Bruins are organized
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1925
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A non-Irishman is elected Mayor of Boston, the only such occurrence in the twentieth century
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1928
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The Boston Garden—home to the Bruins and later the Celtics—is completed
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1930
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Boston celebrates its tercentenary
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James Michael Curley becomes Mayor of Boston for the third time
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1933
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Numerous soup kitchens in operation in Boston
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1944
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Eldest of the four Kennedy boys dies in World War II
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1945
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John “The Elder” Kelley wins the Boston Marathon for the second time
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1946
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John F. Kennedy elected to the U.S. Congress
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Red Sox win pennant but lose World Series
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Boston Celtics are formed as part of the American Basketball Association
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1950
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Population of Boston is 790,863; population of United States is 151,325,798
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Arnold “Red” Auerbach comes to Boston to manage the Boston Celtics
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1956
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Bill Russell comes to Boston to enter the Celtics organization
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1957
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John “The Younger” Kelly wins the Boston Marathon, becoming the first American to do so since 1945
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1957
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Boston Celtics win their first NBA championship
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1959
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Boston Patriots admitted as eighth and last team of the American Football League
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Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain face off for the first time
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1960
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John F. Kennedy wins Democratic nomination and defeats Richard M. Nixon in the general election
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Ted Williams takes his last at-bat in Fenway Park
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1962
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President Kennedy shows a firm hand during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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1963
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President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
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1964
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The fifty-two-story Prudential Building is completed
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Celtics owner Walter Brown dies
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1967
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The “Impossible Dream” year of the Red Sox
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Amby Burfoot becomes first American to win Boston Marathon since
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1968
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New York Senator Robert Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles
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1969
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Student protests at M.I.T. force the administration to close one of the most important laboratories for U.S. Armed Services research
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1970
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Love Story is released to wide screen
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Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup
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1971
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Foxboro Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, is completed
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1974
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Federal Judge Arthur Garrity rules that Boston schools must integrate
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1975
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Red Sox win pennant but lose World Series to Cincinnati Reds
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Bill Rodgers wins the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09:28
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1976
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Boston and eastern Massachusetts experience tourist revival with Bicentennial Year
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Shocking photograph of racial anger appears in papers around the nation
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Rock group Boston has groundbreaking success with album of the same name
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The John Hancock Tower is completed
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1978
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