San Diego, California
1990-2009
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.
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.
2000
City of San Diego population reaches 1,223,400. San Diego County population is 2,813,833. Population table.
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.
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.
2000
City of San Diego population reaches 1,223,400. San Diego County population is 2,813,833. Population table.
