| 1964 |
Construction is complete on the first four Horizon House buildings, the first high-rise construction in Fort Lee. |
| 1944 |
Fire at Palisades Amusement Park kills 7 and injures 150. $1 million worth of damage to the Park. |
| 1940 |
Forty one family homes erected on Whiteman Street between Gerome Avenue and Lemoine Avenue. Designs include Cape Cod, Georgian, English and Colonial. |
| 1940 |
Artist Henry Schnakenberg completed four colorful murals depicting Fort Lee history for the Fort Lee Post Office. |
| 1936 |
Riviera nightclub atop the Palisades burns down. It is rebuilt and opened the following year. |
| 1933 |
Mayor and council vote to authorize the State Municipal Finance Commission to help the borough to get out from it’s 4 million dollar debt. |
| 1931 |
George Washington Bridge opens to traffic. |
| 1927 |
Construction starts on George Washington Bridge. |
| 1920 |
Movie strike in Fort Lee. |
| 1919 |
General Pershing comes to town. |
| 1916 |
Lewis Selznick establishes Selznick Picture Corp. and uses Solax Studios for filming. Goldwyn Pictures Corporation founded. Artcraft and Famous Players founded and use Peerless Studio in Fort Lee. |
| 1915 |
Universal opens new studios. |
| 1914 |
World Pictures founded. William Fox starts his film company and uses Willat studios in Fort Lee. |
| 1912 |
Universal Film Manufacturing company formed. Eclair and Champion are combined in new company. Florence Lawrence, The Biograph Girl founds the Victor Film Company. Alice Guy Blache and her husband Herbert build $100,000 studio in Fort Lee. Peerless builds studios on Lewis Street. |
| 1911 |
Eclair studios are built. |
| 1910 |
The Fort Lee Athletic Club holds its first meeting at Schlossers Hall. |
| 1909 |
Palisade section is added to Fort Lee Borough. Champion Studio established in Coytesville. Mary Pickford makes her film debut in Violin Maker of Cremona filmed in Fort Lee. |
| 1908 |
Monument to the Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution is erected. |
| 1907 |
Edwin S. Porter films the Eagle’s Nest on the Palisades. |
| 1904 |
Borough of Fort Lee is incorporated. It includes the sections of Coytesville and Leonia Heights. John C. Abbott is elected Mayor. |
| 1888 |
Fort Lee Law and order society raids dog fight and arrests 9. |
| 1880 |
Fort Lee population is 1424. Coytesville has 424 persons. |
| 1879 |
The Academy of the Holy Angels is established. |
| 1874 |
Property of Lyman Allyn, deceased is auctioned in Fort Lee. His property comprised the western side of Palisade Avenue from Main Street to south of Pond Park and south of Pond Park to Parker Avenue. |
| 1859 |
Madonna Church is built. |
| 1843 |
School at Fort Lee has 52 students. |
| 1776 |
Fort Constitution constructed on Palisades. The name was later changed to Fort Lee. On November 20th British troops crossed the Hudson and Washington’s army retreated. |
| 1693 |
Hackensack township created by act of the General Assembly. This township includes what is now known as Fort Lee. |
