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Streetcar
2002 Kim Hunter, actress, movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire,

1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore New York City after 137 perf

1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances

1983 Tennessee Williams, writer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71

1982 Lehman Engel, U.S. composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71

1982 Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle

1982 Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68

1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)

1974 Edna Lewis Thomas, U.S. actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88

1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years

1956 Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service

1947 Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City

1945 LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close

1944 M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St

1937 WPA extends L-Taraval streetcar to San Francisco Zoo (at Sloat Blvd)

1930 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans

1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service

1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire

1909 Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire

1895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service

1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)

1858 Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia)

1832 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (New York City) (12 cent fare)

1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets



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