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Long Island: Timeline

A chronological list of the important events for the topic "Long Island"

Timeline

1840   The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.

1938   A large hurricane (the New England Hurricane of 1938) strikes Long Island and southern New England, killing over 300 along the Rhode Island shoreline and 600 altogether.

1946   United Nations United Nations

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' first meeting in Long Island.