1950
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1950
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| 1951 | Eight Air Force fighters crash in the area around Richmond on June 9. | |
| 1952 | Twentieth Century Bridge, which replaced the Doran Bridge, opens |  |
| 1956 | Richmond celebrates its sesquicentennial | |
| 1965 | Phone Company fire |  |
| 1966 | First appearance of Morrisson-Reeves Library's bookmobile |  |
| 1968 | Explosion levels downtown and kills 41 people |  |
| 1969 | Municipal Building dedicated |  |
| 1970 | Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis perform a benefit at Civic Hall to benefit the children of former police chief Dan Mitrione. |  |
| 1972 | Promenade opens |  |
| 1975 | Current Morrisson-Reeves Library opens | 
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| 1975 | First IU East building opens |  |
| 1982 | Kuhlman Center opens | |
| 1985 | Tiernan Center opens | |
| 1992 | RHS State Basketball title |  |
| 1993 | Civic Hall Performing Arts Center opens |  |
| 1997 | Main Street reopened to traffic | |
| 1999 | Swayne Robinson foundry burns | |
| 2000 | US 40 Bridge opens; old Main Street Bridge closed | |
| 2004 | New Main Street Bridge opens | |
| 2004 | New Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Center opens on the former site of the Swayne Robinson foundry |  |
| 2005 | Bicentennial Celebration begins in August |
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