The Bronx History Timeline

• 1638-08-09 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
• 1714-11-11 A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
• 1776-10-12 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx

• 1776-10-18 Battle of Pelham: Colonel John Glover & Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx
• 1777-01-25 Americans drag a cannon up a hill of Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York to fight the British, giving added significance to the area's historic name of Greate Gunn Hill; the name of the road was changed to Gun Hill Road in 1875
• 1778-08-31 British kill 17 Stockbridge Indians in Bronx during Revolution

• 1789-01-26 John Odell signs contract for £336 to build St Peter's church in the Bronx
• 1805-05-04 Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx
• 1841-06-24 Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx
• 1849-07-08 St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
• 1866-09-25 (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing
• 1874-01-01 New York City annexes the Bronx
• 1888-10-23 Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested
• 1890-06-13 Eagle Avenue in the Bronx is cut out and named
• 1893-09-11 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave
• 1895-06-17 US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
• 1896-03-10 Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
• 1897-07-01 Bronx acquires Hutton Square
• 1899-05-31 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
• 1901-11-29 East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved & opened
• 1909-12-11 Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
• 1915-05-02 Bronx, New York City; Old Fordham Road renamed Landing Road
• 1916-05-02 In the Bronx, New York City: 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Place renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named
• 1916-05-27 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh J. Grant Circle, a park in the Bronx, named for the youngest mayor of New York City (1899-92)
• 1920-03-16 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
• 1921-02-05 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
• 1921-08-06 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
• 1922-05-05 After sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants for 10 years construction begins on Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
• 1922-10-20 Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place
• 1922-10-22 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner's opera
• 1922-11-22 Library Ave in Bronx named
• 1924-12-17 1st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY
• 1926-02-26 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
• 1926-12-27 Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
• 1926-12-27 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I

• 1932-10-02 New York Yankees win their 12th consecutive World Series game and sweep the Fall Classic for the third time; Bronx Bombers bang out 19 hits as they rout Chicago Cubs, 13-6 at Wrigley Field
• 1933-08-03 Philadelphia A's beat NY Yankees, 7-0, first time in 308 games 'Bronx Bombers' are shut out
• 1933-11-04 Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
• 1936-07-11 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens
• 1936-07-25 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx

• 1939-04-29 Whitestone Bridge connecting the New York boroughs of Bronx and Queens opens
• 1941-02-14 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
• 1941-12-31 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young
• 1942-01-21 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
• 1942-07-29 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx, NYC, renamed Bruckner Boulevard, in honor of former Bronx Borough President and US Congressman Henry Bruckner
• 1943-09-21 Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named
• 1946-03-21 UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
• 1948-12-21 O'Neil Place in the Bronx erroneously renamed O'Neill Place

• 1952-05-12 Charlton Playground named in Bronx

• 1954-06-13 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine laid in Bronx
• 1962-02-06 Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named
• 1962-12-22 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named
• 1964-10-03 NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 8-3 to clinch Bronx Bombers 5th consecutive AL pennant, and 29th in club's history
• 1967-09-14 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
• 1967-09-14 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge & Sanctuary opens in The Bronx, NYC
• 1968-01-25 Risse St in Bronx named
• 1971-08-26 NY Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975
• 1972-03-23 NY Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
• 1973-07-07 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
• 1974-12-05 Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
• 1977-01-03 "The Police Tapes" premiere on New York City TV station WNET, based somewhat on 1960s NYPD officers who worked in its South Bronx
• 1977-02-10 Jonathan Netanyahu Lane in the Bronx, New York, named in honor of the Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid in Uganda in 1976
• 1980-10-05 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale, the Bronx NYC

• 1981-05-09 Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
• 1981-06-10 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
• 1988-06-06 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant
• 1988-08-15 NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
• 1988-08-17 NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy)
• 1988-09-28 Bronx Museum for Arts opens
• 1989-01-11 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
• 1989-04-03 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
• 1989-05-23 Lincoln Square in Bronx named
• 1989-06-04 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
• 1990-04-10 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma, Japan
• 1990-06-04 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
• 1992-04-15 Lincoln Hospital in Bronx. New York loses its accreditation
• 1992-05-15 Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
• 1992-09-27 ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals

• 1996-10-26 Baseball World Series: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club's 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers' reliever John Wetteland
• 2009-11-04 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers' record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki Matsui
• 2010-05-08 Last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
• 2015-08-11 Largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York - 12 dead, with over 100 cases in the South Bronx

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 188

• 1797-06-24 John Hughes, 1st Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, born in Annaloghan, County Tyrone, Kingdom of Ireland (d. 1864)
• 1878-01-16 Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Red River), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1947)
• 1903-10-09 Walter O'Malley, American Baseball HOF executive (owner Brooklyn/LA Dodgers 1950-79), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1979)
• 1904-08-04 Helen Kane [Schroeder], American actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1966)

• 1910-08-08 Sylvia Sidney [Sophia Kosow], American actress (Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1999)
• 1911-03-08 Elsie Giorgi, American-Italian physician and humanitarian, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1998)
• 1911-12-23 James Gregory, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2002)
• 1914-11-06 Jonathan Harris [Charasuchin], American stage and screen character actor (The Bill Dana Show - "Mr. Phillips"; Lost In Space - "Dr Zachary Smith"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2002)

• 1915-06-10 Oscar Comras, American drummer, bandleader, and namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park, born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1967)
• 1916-08-31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
• 1916-10-04 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
• 1917-01-10 Jerry Wexler, American music producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" (Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2008)
• 1917-04-30 Bea Wain, American singer ("Deep Purple" - the song, not the band; "Heart and Soul"), and radio host, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
• 1917-10-07 June Allyson [Eleanor Geisman], American stage and screen actress (Best Foot Forward; Too Young to Kiss; The Glenn Miller Story; The DuPont Show with June Allyson), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
• 1918-02-03 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], American TV talk show host (Joey Bishop Show) and member of the "Rat Pack" group of entertainers, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2007)
• 1918-07-31 Hank Jones, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2010)
• 1918-08-03 Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1999)
• 1919-02-05 Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian (The Red Buttons Show), and Academy Award-winning actor (Sayonara; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 2006)
• 1920-06-17 Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (US Representative 1960-1971), born in The Bronx, NYC, New York (d. 1981)
• 1920-10-22 Mitzi Green [Elizabeth Keno], American child actress (Huckleberry Finn, Little Orphan Annie), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1969)
• 1922-02-22 William J. Baumol, American economist (Baumol’s cost disease), born in South Bronx, New York (d. 2017)

• 1922-05-22 Judith Crist, American film critic (TV Guide, Today), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2012)

• 1922-12-11 Peter Birch, American dancer, choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), and director (Captain Kangaroo), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1987)
• 1923-02-11 Sy Kattelson, American photographer, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
• 1924-03-28 Frank Lovejoy, American actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1962)
• 1924-07-16 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)
• 1924-08-02 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
• 1924-12-05 (Georgios) "George" Savalas, Greek-American actor (Kojak; Kelly's Heroes), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1985)
• 1925-04-12 Evelyn Berezin, American computer pioneer, invented first word processor, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)

• 1926-03-09 Joe Franklin, American radio host, TV personality and New York institution (The Joe Franklin Show), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
• 1927-03-27 Anthony Lewis, American columnist (NY Times) and author (Gideon's Trumpet), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2013)

• 1927-12-24 Mary Higgins Clark, American suspense novelist (Cry in the Night; Stillwatch), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2023)

• 1928-08-07 Romeo Muller, American screenwriter, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 1992)
• 1928-08-16 Eydie Gormé [Edithe Gormezano], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer ("Blame It On The Bossa Nova"; Steve and Eydie), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2013)
• 1928-12-06 Bobby Van [Stein], American stage and screen musical singer and actor (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; Small Town Girl), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1980)
• 1929-05-15 Frank Evans Heart, American computer engineer (worked on first routing computer for ARPANET, the Internet's predecessor), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
• 1930-02-28 Frank Malzone, MLB player (Boston Red Sox), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
• 1930-02-28 Leon Cooper, American physicist who co-developed the BCS theory of superconductivity (Nobel 1972), born in the Bronx, New York
• 1930-03-21 James Coco, American character actor (Only When I Laugh; Murder by Death), and singer (Man of La Mancha), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1987)
• 1930-06-30 June Valli, American singer (Your Hit Parade), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1993)
• 1930-07-11 Harold Bloom, American literary critic, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
• 1931-02-24 Dominic Chianese, American actor, singer, and musician (The Sopranos, The Godfather Part II), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1931-03-20 Hal Linden [Harold Lipshitz], American actor (Barney Miller; Blacke's Magic), director, and musician, born in The Bronx, New York
• 1931-08-25 Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis & Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2020)
• 1932-11-13 Richard Mulligan, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Soap - "Burt"; Empty Nest; The Big Bus), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2000)
• 1932-12-15 Elaine Barkin (née Radoff), American composer, educator, music writer and editor (Perspectives of New Music, 1964-85), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2023)
• 1933-01-17 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American ventriloquist, puppeteer (Lamb Chop), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1998)
• 1933-06-29 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), born in Bronx, New York (d. 2010)

• 1933-09-04 Richard Castellano, American actor (The Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
• 1934-04-17 Don Kirshner, American rock & roll producer known as "The Man With the Golden Ear" (invented bubblegum music), born in Bronx, New York (d. 2011)
• 1934-09-09 Sonia Sanchez, American playwright and poet (The Bronx is Next), born in Birmingham, Alabama
• 1934-11-05 Victor Argo, American actor, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)

• 1935-07-17 Diahann Carroll [Carol Diann Johnson] American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (No Strings; Julia; Claudine; Dynasty - "Dominique"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
• 1935-10-20 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
• 1935-10-23 Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian pianist and orchestra leader (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), born in London, England (d. 2017)
• 1935-11-05 Dick Davalos, American actor (Jeff-The Americans), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1935-11-13 Michael Getler, American journalist and 1st ombudsman appointed by a US broadcasting network (PBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
• 1936-05-14 Bobby Darin [Walden Robert Cassotto], American singer ("Mack the Knife"; "Splish-Splash"; "Beyond The Sea"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1973)
• 1936-11-23 Steve Landesberg, American comedian and actor (Barney Miller - "Dietrich"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
• 1937-01-06 Doris Troy [Higginsen], American R&B singer and songwriter ("Just One Look"), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
• 1937-01-31 Steve Karmen, American jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1937-03-01 Jed Allan, actor (Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara), born in The Bronx, New York

• 1937-05-12 George Carlin, American comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2008)
• 1938-10-05 Carlo Mastrangelo, Italian-American rock vocalist (Dion & The Belmonts; Pulse), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2016)
• 1939-07-18 Dion DiMucci, American rocker (Dion & Belmonts - "A Teenager In Love"), born in The Bronx, New York City
• 1939-08-21 Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter ("Runaround Sue"; "The Wanderer"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
• 1939-08-26 Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer (Dion & The Belmonts), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2012)

• 1939-11-25 Martin Feldstein, American economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal), chief economic adviser to President Reagan, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2019)

• 1940-08-15 Rita Shane, American soprano, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)

• 1941-02-03 Angelo D'Aleo, American pop tenor (Dion & Belmonts - "Teenager In Love"), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1941-05-29 Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
• 1941-08-28 Paul Peter Plishka, American operatic bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens), born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania
• 1942-02-08 Robert Klein, American comedian and actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1942-03-31 Michael Savage [Michael A Wiener], American talk radio host and commentator, born in The Bronx, New York
• 1942-06-08 Chuck Negron, American pop-rock singer (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World"; "One"; "Old Fashioned Love Song"), and songwriter, born in The Bronx, New York City
• 1942-11-17 Bob Gaudio, American pop-rock musician and songwriter (Four Seasons - "Sherry"; "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"), born in The Bronx, New York

• 1943-06-01 Richard Goode, American concert pianist (Avery Fisher Award, 1980), born in The Bronx, New York City

• 1946-03-07 Peter Wolf [Blankenfield], American rock singer (J. Geils Band - "Centerfold"; "Freeze Frame"), born in the Bronx, New York City
• 1946-08-14 Antonio Fargas, American actor (Huggy Bear-Starsky & Hutch), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1946-08-19 Dawn Steel, American filmmaker, 1st woman to head Hollywood studio, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997)
• 1946-08-26 Valerie Simpson, American singer, songwriter and producer (Ashford & Simpson - "Solid"), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1946-09-07 Alfa Anderson, American R&B vocalist (Chic - "Le Freak"), born in The Bronx, New York

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