| 1944 |
Gonzalo & Felicita Mendez sue Westminster School District |
| 1947 |
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals orders an end to segregation in California public schools |
| 1954 |
Brown vs. Board of Education ends segregation in the United States |
| 2000 |
Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School opens in Santa Ana |
| 2003 |
KOCE airs "Mendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños" |
| 2007 |
U.S. Post Office releases Mendez vs. Westminister commemorative stamp |
| 2008 |
Education curriculum reform assembly bill (AB) 531 is vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger |