Timeline

Test timeline

2015
100th Birthday

October, Seal Beach celebrates its official 100th birthday with six months of events and celebrations culminating in a fireworks festival on October 27.

1983
El Nino

Strong El Nino storms destroy parts of the Seal Beach Pier.

1961
Harbour Opens

Rich Harbour opens his surfboard store on Main Street.

1959
Jack Haley Wins

Seal Beach’s legendary Jack Haley wins the first national surfing competition which was held in Huntington Beach

1945
1st Fish Fry

With victory Germany’s surrender and Japan’s end neared, the Seal Beach Lions hold their first Fish Fry.

1942
Jessie Reed

Jessie Reed, who once operated the Seal Beach Tent City, is elected to the Seal Beach City Council and becomes Orange County’s first female mayor.

1939
Pier Opens

In May, The rebuilt Seal Beach pier is formally opened.  It was rebuilt with a grant of $110,000 from the Works Progress Administration

Lions Club

In February, The newly formed Seal Beach Lions receive their official charter at their first official meeting before a crowd of 400 at the Jewl Hall at 208 Main Street.

1916
Amusement Zone

Seal Beach rebrands itself as an amusement zone, building a new roller coaster, and buying the tracks and cars from the recently closed San Francisco Panama Pacific International Exposition and importing seven vendors.

1913
Guy M. Rush

Guy M. Rush options the Bayside Land Company’s unsold inventory and builds two large pavilions at the pier and rebrands the subdivision as “Seal Beach”

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