Timeline of San Diego History

Since 1987

1987
Father Joe Carroll opens St. Vincent de Paul Village downtown, with services for the homeless.

1987
Skipper Dennis Conner, at the helm of "Stars and Stripes", wins the America's Cup for the San
Diego Yacht Club, defeating Australia's "Kookaburra". He wins again in 1988.

Jan 26, 1988

San Diego hosts its first Super Bowl, in San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. Washington Redskins
beat Denver Broncos 42-10.

1988
America's Cup yacht race is held in San Diego; again in 1992 and 1995.

1989
San Diego Convention Center opens.

1989
First San Diego River Improvement Project completed on reclaimed Mission Valley river banks.
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Timeline of San Diego History Since 1987

1990
City of San Diego population reaches 1,110,549. San Diego County population is 2,498,016.
Population table.

1990
California State University, San Marcos, opens.

1990
Former San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson is elected Governor of California, the state's first
governor from San Diego.

1992
General Dynamics-Convair begins closing local operations.

July, 1993
U.S. Navy announces Naval Training Center to be closed under terms of the Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990.

1994
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, opens.

1995
ARCO Olympic Training Center opens in Chula Vista.

January 29, 1995

San Diego Chargers lose by a score of 49-26 to the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl XXIX in
Miami.

1995
Reconstructed House of Charm opens in Balboa Park. Read history of the House of Charm.

1995
Mayor Susan Golding announces plans for the expansion of San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

1996
Fire destroys 54 homes in Carlsbad's Harmony Grove.

May 31, 1996

San Diego Symphony officially goes bankrupt (reopens 1998).

August 12-15, 1996

San Diego hosts Republican National Convention, first national political convention in San
Diego history. Photo of woman's shoes designed for the convention.

March 26, 1997

In a Rancho Santa Fe home, 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult are discovered dead and
covered in purple shrouds after largest mass suicide on U.S. soil. They apparently believed
they were shedding their earthly "containers" to catch a ride on a spaceship trailing the Hale-
Bopp Comet.

San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3, San Diego, California 92101 - Phone: (619) 232-6203
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Timeline of San Diego History Since 1987

April 30, 1997

Naval Training Center on Point Loma closes to all active military use.

1997
Reconstructed House of Hospitality opens in Balboa Park. Read history of the House of
Hospitality.

1998
Padres win National League Pennant; lose World Series to New York Yankees.

1998
Super Bowl held in (renamed) Qualcomm Stadium; Coors Amphitheatre opens in Chula Vista

1998
Voters approve convention center expansion, downtown Padres ballpark, $1.5 billion city
school bonds.

1999
Legoland California opens in Carlsbad.

1999
San Diego Presidio ruins are covered up once again to preserve them for posterity and future
archaeological digs.

San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3, San Diego, California 92101 - Phone: (619) 232-6203