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| 1911- First airplane flight over the city; Girls Trade opens | 1924 - First Jr High School built, first radio station in city | 1926 - Robert Goddard launched his first rocket in Auburn beginning the space age |
| 1932- Lake Quinsigamond Bridge opened by the Prince of Wales | 1933 Municipal Auditorium dedicated | 1938 Great NE Hurricane Causes extensive damage |
| 1946 Municipal Airport opened, trolleys replaced by buses. Anna Maria founded | 1947 Plan "E" Form of government adopted | 1948 Cruiser USS Worcester commissioned |
| 1949 Worcester Receives All-America City Award | 1953 Redevelopment program started, tornado strikes Worcester causing heavy damage and 94 fatalities | 1954 Formal dedication of Worcester Municipal Airport |
| 1960 All America City award rec'd for second time. Worcester Institute of Technology founded | 1963 Central Mass Regional Planning Commission established with hdqtrs in Worcester. Quinsigamond Comm College founded | 1964 New Public Library completed |
| 1965 All America City for third time. Worcester selected as site for new University of Massachusetts Medical School | 1966 Extensive redevelopment plan for downtown are adopted | 1971 Worcester Center opens as fully enclosed dowtown shopping mall and eliminating direct passage from the Common to Washington Square |
| 1980 I-190 opens linking Greendale section with North County | 1981 All America City award rec'd for fourth time | 1982 Civic center opens with seating for 11,500 |
| 1983 Sara Robinson begins term as first woman to hold Mayor's title | 1997 Convention Center opens adjacent to civic center | 1999 Restored Union Station with twin towers graces downtown skyline. Warehouse fire claims 6 firefighter lives and unites community before national audience |
| 2000 All America City award for fifth time | 2001 Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences opens a Worcester campus | Worcester 1673 - 1908 |
