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1673 The Dutch retake New York
1674 England
and the Netherlands
sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam
to England, which renamed it New York
1683 The British
crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties
1689 Leisler's Rebellion - Calvinist Jacob Leisler
deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of New York colony.
1691 Leisler's Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler
surrenders after standoff of several hours
1698 Whigs sponsor Captain Kidd of New York as a privateer against French shipping
1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.
1777 Vermont
declares its independence from New York becoming an independent country, a status it retained until it joined the United States
as the 14th state in 1791.
1783 Loyalists
from New York settle Great Abaco in the Bahamas..
1787 the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in a New York paper
1788 New York ratifies the United States Constitution
and becomes the 11th U.S. state
.
1790 Thomas Jefferson
reported to President Washington in New York as the new secretary of state
.
1792 First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA
held in New York; 300 years after.
1799 New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery
in the state.
1802 At West Point
, New York the United States Military Academy
opens.
1848 Cholera
epidemic
in New York kills 5000.
1848 Associated Press founded in New York.
1851 Herman Melville
's novel Moby-Dick is published in the U.S. by Harper & Brothers, New York - after it was first published on October 18, by Richard Bentley
, London
.
1869 Woman's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
form the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
1871 New York mayor Boss Tweed
arrested
1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1873 Central Park
is officially completed in New York City
, New York.
1873 Women of Fredonia, New York march against the retail liquor dealers in town to inaugurate the Woman's Crusade of 1873-74. This led to the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
1885 A subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T
), is incorporated in New York.
1890 At Auburn Prison in New York, William Kemmler becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the electric chair
.
1892 Homestead Strike - the arrival of a force of 300 hundred Pinkerton detectives from New York and Chicago
resulted in a fight in which about 10 men were killed
1896 Clarkson University is founded in Potsdam
, New York
1909 Theodore Roosevelt
leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa
. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society
.
1911 IBM
incorporated as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in New York
1913 New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller
.
1914 Federation of Oriental Jews founds the Oriental Jewish Community of New York
1917 The Silent Protest was organized by the NAACP in New York to protest the East St. Louis Massacre of July 2nd, as well as lynchings in Texas
and Tennessee
.
1920 Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley, climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He has reached the 30th floor when a policeman arrests him for climbing without a permit
1926 In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie ''Don Juan'' starring John Barrymore
.
1933 US airship
''Akron'' crashes near New York - leaves 74 dead.
1948 At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport
) is dedicated.
1949 ''RMS Caronia'' of the Cunard Line departs Southampton
for New York on her maiden voyage
1949 An airliner flying from Paris
to New York crashes in the Azores
island of São Miguel. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu
and boxer Marcel Cerdan
.
1953 "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York.
1954 PR Newswire founded in New York by Herb Muschel.
1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffi
1957 United States Marine Major John Glenn
flies an F8U supersonic jet from California
to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
1959 "Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
opens on Broadway
in New York.
1961 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
1969 The Woodstock Festival begins in upstate New York, lasting 3 days and featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1971 In Madison Square Garden
, New York, Ivan Koloff pins Bruno Sammartino to win the WWWF World Title, ending the longest reign ever of that title to date.
1977 David Berkowitz
is captured in Yonkers, New York, after over one year of murders in New York City
as the Son Of Sam.
1980 John Lennon
is murdered by gunshot outside his New York apartment, by Mark Chapman.
1983 A riot breaks out at Sing Sing prison, New York.
1985 Forty-one tornado
es hit in Ohio
, Pennsylvania
, New York and Ontario
, leaving 76 dead.
1987 New York mafiosi
Anthony Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.
1989 Yusef Hawkins is shot in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn
, New York, sparking racial tensions between African American
s and Italian Americans.
1992 In New York, Mafia
boss John Gotti
is convicted of the murder
of mob boss Paul Castellano
and racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1999 The Woodstock 99 festival is held in New York.
2002 Queen Elizabeth II
and the Duke of Edinburgh ride in the gold state coach from Buckingham Palace
to St Paul's Cathedral for a special service marking the Queen's 50 years on the throne. In New York, the Empire State Building
is lit in purple for her honour.
2003 The Uniterran Church is founded in Victor, New York.
2005 Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.
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