administration is installed. After Trianon Treaty of 1920 Banat is partitioned between Romania (2/3) and Serbia (1/3). 1919 – August 3: Romanian army enters Timișoara. Installation of the Romanian administration of the region 1920 – The theater is destroyed by a fire. It will be rebuilt and opened only in 1928 (arch. Duiliu Marcu) 1920 – Set up and opening of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara. 1921 – George Enescu's first concerts in Timișoara. 1921–1927 – The soccer team "Chinezul" from Timișoara is the champion of Romania in 6 consecutive editions of the championship. 1926 – The statue of "Lupoaica" ("She-wolf" - Romulus and Remus), a gift from Italian authorities and later the town symbol, is inaugurated in the center. 1928 – The first professional soccer club from Romania – "Ripensia" - is founded in Timișoara. 1930 – Timișoara has 91,866 inhabitants (census), was the seventh biggest city in Romania (26% Romanians, 30% Hungarians, 30% Germans, 8% Jewish). 1932–1938 – The soccer team "Ripensia" from Timișoara is for the 5th time the champion of Romania. 1944 – June 16–17th: the city is bombed for the first time, by Britain's RAF. 1944 – July 3: the city is bombed again, by the United States Air Force. 1944 – September 12: the Soviet Red Army enters. 1945 – The first professional Romanian theatre group is established in Timișoara. 1946 – The Romanian Opera is established, and its first performance, in April 1947, is "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi. 1953 – The State Magyar Theater (Teatrul Maghiar de Stat) is established (known since 1990 as Csiky Gergely theatre), as well as the State German Theater (Teatrul German de Stat) 1955 – The first radio show broadcast by Radio Timișoara. 1961 – Mecipt 1, the first Romanian alphanumeric computer was made in Timișoara. 1986 – The Botanic Park is opened in Timișoara. The Zoo is opened in the same year. 1989 – 16 December: The Revolution against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu begins in Timișoara. On 20 December, Timișoara is declared the first Communism Free Town. 1,104 people died and 3,352 were wounded . 1992 – second democratic legislative elections in Romania, first local elections. Viorel Oancea becomes the mayor of Timișoara. References Sources Further reading External links Pictures and street map, from M. Seutter (Augsburg-Germany) 18th century