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1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to sight the island of Manhattan, the future New York City.
1626 The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.
1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
1654 Twenty-three Jewish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City.
1657 Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
1665 England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
1686 New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
1688 Peter Delanoy succeeds Stephanus Van Cortlandt as mayor of New York City.
1709 Trinity School is founded as the Charity School of Trinity Church in New York City.
1756 St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
1776 American Revolutionary War: An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale executed in New York City for espionage.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.
1781 Graves gives up trying to break through the now-reinforced French fleet and returns to New York, leaving Cornwallis to his fate.
1783 American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
1789 At Federal Hall in New York City, the first U.S. Congress meets and declares the new Constitution of the United States to be in effect.
1789 At Federal Hall in New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
1789 George Washington is inaugurated at Federal Hall in New York City, beginning his term as the 1st President of the United States
1790 In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
1807 The ''Clermont'', Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1817 The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City.
1820 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
1827 Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.
1831 Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
1836 New Board brokerage group founded in New York City.
1843 The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
1843 In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
1844 First ever international cricket match is played in New York City between Canada and the United States.
1849 In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1854 Election of New York City mayor Fernando Wood begins the ascendancy of Tammany Hall.
1857 Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City)
1863 The world-famous midgets General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City. P. T. Barnum takes an entrance fee
1863 American Civil War (New York Draft Riots): In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of violent rioting, which would later be regarded as the worst in the history of the United States.
1867 In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1868 In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE).
1872 In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes for "urban renovation".
1873 Central Park is officially completed in New York City, New York.
1874 New York City annexes The Bronx
1875 Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain.
1876 An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California via the First Transcontinental Railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1876 Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
1877 At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens (ends May 11).
1879 At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
1879 New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1880 Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City.
1882 The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1883 In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.
1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1891 The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
1896 Cherry Sisters perform in Olympia Music Hall in New York City. At first audience is stunned but then begins to answer with catcalls...
1897 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City.
1898 New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
1899 Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City.
1900 The first Electric bus becomes operational in New York City
1900 New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1903 In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
1904 A fire aboard the steamboat ''General Slocum'' in New York City's East River kills 1000.
1908 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time
1908 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
1908 New York City passes a law, the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for aliens to smoke in public only to be vetoed by the mayor.
1908 Start of the first around-the-world car race, from New York to Paris.
1910 New York socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until six weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.
1911 Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City - 145 dead
1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.
1913 The Armory Show opens in New York City. It displays works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century
1914 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
1917 ''Why Marry?'', first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
1918 May 15 — The Post Office Department (later renamed the USPS) begins the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC).
1920 The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J.P.Morgan building in New York City - 39 dead, 400 injured
1924 Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall.
1924 In the New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
1925 New York City becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from London.
1927 First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London
1927 In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
1927 A ticker-tape parade is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City.
1927 The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicular tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1928 W2XBS, RCA's first television station, is established in New York City.
1928 Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza dies in a solo plane crash in the New Jersey Pine Barrens while returning from a goodwill flight to New York City.
1928 At Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, Arnold Rothstein, New York City's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game.
1929 Febuuary 11 - Eugene O'Neill's ''Dynamo'' premieres in New York
1929 In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the publi
1931 Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City
1933 The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
1933 The original film version of ''King Kong'', starring Fay Wray, premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy Theater in New York City.
1935 Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
1936 Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis in the twelfth round of their heavyweight boxing match at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1936 Abraham Lincoln Brigade sails from New York City on its way to Spanish Civil War
1937 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
1938 Benny Goodman and his orchestra become the first jazz musicians to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1938 Thornton Wilder's play ''Our Town'' opens (New York City).
1938 Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1939 ''The Philadelphia Story'', a comedy by Philip Barry starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts at the Shubert Theater in New York City.
1939 ''The Wizard of Oz'', starring Judy Garland, premieres at the Capitol Theater in New York City.
1939 La Guardia Airport opens for business in New York City.
1940 The film version of ''The Philadelphia Story'', starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
1941 America First Committee holds its first mass rally in New York City with Charles Lindbergh as keynote speaker.
1941 Orson Welles' film ''Citizen Kane'' premieres in New York City
1941 World War II: Former mayor of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, and the director of the Office of Civilian Defense, sign an order creating the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (in April 1943 the CAP was placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Air Forces).
1943 Duke Ellington plays at New York City's Carnegie Hall for the first time.
1945 At Gimbel's Department Store in New York City, the first ballpoint pens go on sale at $12.50 each.
1946 The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
1947 Homer Collyer of the Collyer brothers is found dead in their house in Harlem, New York City. His brother is found April 8
1950 Ralph Schneider founds Diners Club - it initially only works in 27 restaurants in New York City.
1951 United Nations headquarters officially opens (New York City).
1952 United Nations begins work in the new United Nations building in New York City
1953 The movie ''Peter Pan'' premieres (Roxy Theatre, New York City).
1953 US president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his Atoms for Peace address to the UN General Assembly in New York City
1954 Bill Haley & His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City.
1955 Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
1956 The Broadway musical ''My Fair Lady'' opens in New York City.
1956 At New York City's Copacabana Club, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together which started on July 25, 1946.
1957 The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the publi It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
1960 December 16 — 1960 New York air disaster: United Airlines DC-8 collides with a TWA Super-Constellation over Staten Island, New York City. All 128 passengers and crew on both planes are killed, as are 6 persons on the ground.
1961 Musician Bob Dylan is said to have made his way to New York City after bumming a ride in Madison, Wisconsin. Dylan is likely on his way to visit his idol Woody Guthrie. He later finds fame in the Greenwich Village protest folk music scene.
1961 Judy Garland performs in a legendary comeback concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1961 ''Gay Life'' opens at Shubert Theater in New York City, for 113 performances.
1962 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on board.
1964 ''Hello Dolly!'' opens in New York City's St. James Theatre.
1964 In protests against alleged de-facto school racial segregation, Black and Puerto Rican groups in New York City boycott public school.
1964 The Beatles land in New York City.
1964 Malcolm X, suspended from the Nation of Islam, says in New York City that he is forming a black nationalist party.
1964 A collection of irreplaceable gemstones, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
1965 Tokyo becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from New York City.
1965 Malcolm X is assassinated on the first day of National Brotherhood Week, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, by Black Muslims.
1965 Republican John V. Lindsay is elected mayor of New York City.
1965 Vietnam War: In New York City, 22-year old Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam (this was the second such incident in a week; on November 2 32-year-old Quaker member Norman Morrison did the same thing in front of The Pentagon).
1966 A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins - it will end January 13.
1966 The first of 608 performances of ''Sweet Charity'' opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City.
1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, ''Antony and Cleopatra''.
1967 Martin Luther King, Jr denounces the Vietnam War during a religious service in New York City.
1967 Large demonstrations are held against the Vietnam War in New York City and San Francisco.
1967 15 - Glenn Gould records Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata, Op. 83, in New York City. It's his only recording of a composition of Prokofiev.
1969 June 28 The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
1969 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle to New York City.
1970 United States Postal Service workers in New York City go on strike; the strike spreads to the state of California and the cities of Akron, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and Denver; 210,000 out of 750,000 U.S. postal employees walk out. President Nixon assigns military units to New York City post offices. The strike lasts two weeks.
1970 Bob Hope and other entertainers gather in New York City for Honor America Day, a nonpartisan holiday event.
1970 The Women's Strike For Equality takes place down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
1971 ''No, No Nanette'' premieres (46th Street Theatre, New York City).
1972 The Pierre Hotel Heist: Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of The Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million.
1975 ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' opens in New York City with four performances.
1976 Jimmy Carter is nominated for U.S. President at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1976 In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing one and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorized the city for the next year.
1977 David Berkowitz is captured in Yonkers, New York, after over one year of murders in New York City as the Son Of Sam.
1977 British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde servi
1979 Guardian Angels civilian patrol group forms in New York City.
1980 New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
1982 A rally against nuclear weapons draws 75,000 to New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt attend.
1984 Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Hugo Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which is a plague in 1980s America.
1985 ''"New York, New York"'' becomes the official city anthem of New York City.
1985 The FBI brings charges against the suspected heads of the five Mafia families in New York City.
1985 In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family.
1986 Hands Across America - At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
1987 The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.
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1988 August 7 - Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City: A riot erupts in Tompkins Square Park when police brutally attempt to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists are caught up in the police action that takes place on the night of August 6th and the early morning of August 7th.
1988 The first World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (WWF at the time) SummerSlam main event — featuring Hulk "Hulkamania" Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage versus André the Giant and "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase — is held in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1989 Trisha Meili is savagely attacked while jogging in New York City's Central Park; as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the "Central Park Jogger."
1989 David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
1990 In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
1990 The sculpture ''Good Defeats Evil'' by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli is erected outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
1990 Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1992 Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is nominated for U.S. President at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1993 World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
1994 A lone terrorist kills Ari Halberstam on an attack on 14 Jewish students on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
1995 In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada, accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
1998 A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner carrying Swissair flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva. All 229 people on board are killed.
1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board. When the pilot leaves the cockpit, the co-pilot causes the 767 to enter a steep dive, resulting in impact with the Atlantic Ocean.
2001 Almost 3,000 are killed in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
2001 In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587 crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
2002 Queen Elizabeth II gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood.
2004 Would-be "Saudi Princess" "Antoinette Millard" surfaces in New York City claiming that muggers had stolen jewels worth of $262,000 from her (she later proves to be an impostor).
2004 Groundbreaking for the Freedom Tower begins at Ground Zero in New York City.
2004 Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in New York City against U.S. President George W. Bush and his government, ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention.
2005 September 16 - The largest UN World Summit in history is held in New York City.
2005 2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike for 3 days, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
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