1834 - Racine is founded
1848 - Racine incorporated as a city
1857 - Porters Furniture founded
1880 - Wind Point Lighthouse constructed
1886 - Johnson Wax founded
1900 - RP Rasmussen founds Rasmussen Jewelry at 910 State Street
1907 - Western Publishing founded
1927 - EC Styberg Engineering founded
1931 - New Post office, Court House and City Hall constructed (Current buildings)
1933 - John Dillinger and his gang rob the American Bank & Trust at Main & 5th Street
1936 - Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps first performance is in the July 4th Parade
1943 - Statue of Abraham and Mary Lincoln is dedicated (the first statue in the US of a President and his wife)
1948 - Racine celebrates is Centennial as a city 1848-1948
1951 - General MacArthur visits Racine
1957 - First McDonalds opens at 21st and Lathrop (still located there)
1968 - Rasmussen Jewelry moves to
3119 - Washington Avenue and brings the 67 year old case and woodwork to its new location
1975 - First Salmon-a-Rama is held on Lake Michigan
1977 - Cal & Marilyn Sustachek purchase Rasmussen Jewelry from Frank Rasmussen (RP Rasmussen’s son)
1981 - Regency Mall opens
1984 - Racine Celebrates the Sesquicentennial of it’s founding (150th Anniversary)
1988 - William & Kathleen Sustachek purchase Rasmussen Jewelry from William’s Parents Cal and Marilyn.
1994 - Rasmussen Jewelry changes its name to Rasmussen Diamonds
1998 - Rasmussen Diamonds moves 2 miles west to its new location at 6220 Washington Ave (and brings the original cases and woodwork)
2000 - Rasmussen Diamonds Celebrates its Centennial
