1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1993 Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleveland Zoo, 5th born in captivity
1989 L. A. Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1981 Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo
1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated
1975 Cleveland Metroparks assume operating responsibilities for Zoo
1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
1972 Michael Bays, born in Enrico, California, actor, Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live
1968 Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo
1965 Porcupine, in Washington D.C. zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
1962 Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1959 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1959 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1954 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26
1953 Jean-Claude Lauzon, Montreal, director and writer, Leola, Night Zoo
1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1937 WPA extends L-Taraval streetcar to San Francisco Zoo (at Sloat Blvd)
1937 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator
1931 Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story
1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo
1916 San Diego Zoo founded
1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo
1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
1886 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director, Artis
1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1879 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor, entrance Rotterdam Zoo
1874 1st U.S. zoo opens in Philadelphia
1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris
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