Editing Miami Beach, Florida (section)

===Timeline===
Timeline of Miami Beach, Florida
*1896 – City of [[Miami]] founded with the recent arrival extension [[Henry Flagler]]'s FEC railroad.
*1905 – [[Government Cut]] manmade shipping channel created separating Miami Beach and Fisher Island.
*1912 – Miami Beach Improvement Company founded.{{sfn|Carson|1955|p={{page needed|date=August 2020}}}}
*1913 – [[Collins Bridge]] (now [[Venetian Causeway]]), first bridge between Miami and Miami Beach, built.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006|p={{page needed|date=August 2020}}}}
*1915
**Miami Beach [[Local government in the United States|incorporated]].<ref>{{citation |author=Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |date=February 2001 |author-link=Florida Legislature |url=https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |title=Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida |series=LCIR Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428092419/https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-04-28}}</ref>
**John Newton Lummus becomes first mayor of Miami Beach.{{sfn|Carson|1955|p={{page needed|date=August 2020}}}}
**Brown's Hotel first hotel built in Miami Beach, still standing today at 112 Ocean Drive.
*1920 
**Population: 644.
**County Causeway (now [[MacArthur Causeway]]) connecting Miami and Miami Beach opens.
*1925
**[[Venetian Causeway]] opens.
**Miami Beach becomes an island when the Haulover cut opens in April connecting the ocean to the bay just north of [[Bal Harbour, Florida]]
*1926
**Miami Beach sustains significant damage from [[1926 Miami hurricane]]
*1928 
**[[Al Capone]] buys property in Miami Beach.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006|p={{page needed|date=August 2020}}}}
**1928 – [[Florida State Road 934|79th Street Causeway]] built to connect Miami Beach to [[Hialeah Park Race Track]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miamisprings-fl.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/community/page/19819/curtiss_mansion_brochure.pdf|title=The Historic Glenn Curtis Mansion|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209190132/http://www.miamisprings-fl.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/community/page/19819/curtiss_mansion_brochure.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*1930 – Population: 6,494.
*1935 – Many of the famous Art Deco hotels along current day Ocean Drive are built between 1935 and 1941 before the onset of WWII ends construction. Colony (1935), Savoy Plaza (1935), The Tides (1936), Surf Hotel (1936), Beacon (1936), Cavalier (1936), Leslie (1937), Park Central (1937), Barbizon (1937), Waldorf Towers (1937), Victor (1937),  Clevelander (1938), Crescent (1938), Carlyle (1939), Cardozo (1939), Winterhaven (1939), Bentley (1939), Breakwater (1939), Imperial (1939), Majestic (1940), Avalon (1941), Betsy Ross Hotel (1941), St. Charles (1941), Clyde Hotel (1941).
*1937 – WKAT [[List of radio stations in Florida|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Radio1964>{{citation |title=Yearbook of Radio and Television |oclc=7469377 |year=1964 |publisher=Radio Television Daily |location=New York |chapter=United States AM Stations: Florida |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/r00radi#page/180/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive}} {{free access}}</ref>
*1940 – Population: 28,012.
*1954 – [[Fontainebleau Hotel]] in business.
*1958 – [[Miami Beach Convention Center]] opens.
*1959 – [[Miami International Airport]] dedicated near Miami Beach.<ref name=bachin-ww2>{{cite web |work=Travel, Tourism, & Urban Growth in Greater Miami |editor-first=Robin F. |editor-last=Bachin |publisher=University of Miami |title=Miami Timeline: WWII-1950s |url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/miamidigital/wwii.php |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115231650/http://scholar.library.miami.edu/miamidigital/wwii.php |url-status=live }} (published circa 2006?)</ref>
*1960 – Population: 63,145.
*1961 – The [[Julia Tuttle Causeway]] between Miami and Miami Beach opens.
*1968 – August: [[1968 Republican National Convention]] held in Miami Beach.
*1971 – Annual [[South Florida Auto Show]] begins.
*1972 – July: [[1972 Democratic National Convention]] held in Miami Beach.
*1972 – August: [[1972 Republican National Convention]] held in Miami Beach.
*1973 – February: A mentally ill man [[1973 Miami Beach firebombing|firebombs a crowded cafeteria]] on [[Collins Avenue]], killing three people and injuring about 130. 
*1977 – September: [[35th World Science Fiction Convention]] held in Miami Beach.
*1979 – Much of [[Miami Beach Architectural District|Miami South Beach]] area becomes a historic preservation zone.
*1984 – Popular NBC TV show [[Miami Vice]] filmed in many locations in Miami and Miami Beach for five seasons between 1984 and 1989.
*1997 – July 15: Fashion designer [[Gianni Versace]] killed at [[Casa Casuarina]].{{sfn|Hellmann|2006|p={{page needed|date=August 2020}}}}
*2000 – [[Blue and Green Diamond]] hi-rises built.
*2001 – [[Murano at Portofino]] hi-rise built.
*2002
**Annual international [[Art Basel Miami Beach]] (art fair) begins.<ref>{{citation |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/arts/design/art-basel-miami-beachs-unfulfilled-promise.html |title=Art Basel Miami Beach's Unfulfilled Promise |date=November 28, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825231403/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/arts/design/art-basel-miami-beachs-unfulfilled-promise.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Continuum on South Beach|Continuum]] hi-rise built
*2004 – [[The Setai Miami Beach|Setai Hotel]] and [[ICON at South Beach|ICON]] hi-rise built.
*2007 – [[Matti Herrera Bower]] becomes mayor.
*2010 – Population: 87,779.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/1245025,00 |title=Miami Beach city, Florida |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/index.cfm |title=City of Miami Beach |work=2010 Census Detailed City Profiles |author1=Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research |author2=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2011 |author1-link=Florida Legislature |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825233302/http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/index.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2011 – November 1: [[Miami Beach mayoral election, 2011]] held; Bower stays in office.
*2013 – [[Philip Levine (politician)|Philip Levine]] becomes mayor.
*2015 – November 3: [[Miami Beach mayoral election, 2015]] held; Levine stays in office.