New York History Timeline (Part 4)

Events 301 - 400 of 649

• 1952-12-01 The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation
• 1953-01-20 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada from Buffalo, New York

• 1953-04-10 "House of Wax" 1st color 3-D movie, premieres in New York
• 1953-08-04 New York Yankees hurler Vic Raschi sets MLB record for a pitcher by driving in 7 runs in a 15-0 win v Detroit
• 1953-10-15 John Patrick's play "Teahouse of the August Moon" premieres in New York

• 1954-01-07 Georgetown-IBM experiment, first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held at IBM's head office in New York

• 1954-05-24 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st African American to head an American Medical Association unit (New York County)
• 1954-08-10 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1954-10-02 Don Liddle beats Bob Lemon 7-4 as the New York Giants complete an unlikely World Series sweep of the powerful Cleveland Indians; Cleveland season record of 111-43 sets American League mark for regular season wins

• 1955-01-24 Photography exhibition "The Family of Man" curated by Edward Steichen opens at MOMA, New York, "greatest photographic enterprise ever undertaken"

• 1955-12-06 New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins "$64,000 Question" with topic of boxing

• 1957-11-14 The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested
• 1958-01-15 New York Yankees announce that 140 MLB games to be televised on WPIX TV this season in a deal worth over $1 million dollars

• 1958-10-26 PanAm flies first transatlantic jet from New York to Paris

• 1958-12-28 "The Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts win the 26th NFL championship against the New York Giants 23-17 at Yankee Stadium, in the first ever sudden-death overtime game in NFL history. 17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game.
• 1959-03-09 Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.

• 1960-10-03 New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game winning streak & MLB record 193 HRs

• 1961-03-30 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York
• 1961-11-11 "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller is published by Simon and Schuster in New York
• 1962-04-11 New York Mets make a losing debut

• 1964-01-22 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York's World Fair
• 1964-04-23 New York State Theater opens

• 1964-07-24 -27) race riot in Rochester, New York, 4 killed

• 1964-11-02 Columbia Broadcasting System buys 80% share in the New York Yankees Baseball Club for $11.2 million; later purchases club outright
• 1964-11-28 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants

• 1965-02-01 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson beats Canadian George Chuvalo by unanimous decision in a 12-round non-title clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden; 'The Ring' names bout Fight of the Year.

• 1965-04-13 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits
• 1965-04-21 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season

• 1966-03-26 Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States, including in New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago
• 1966-08-22 The Beatles arrive in New York City and hold two press conferences, one for the press and one for their fans

• 1967-01-14 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments

• 1967-11-22 Silver hits a record $2.17 an ounce in New York

• 1967-12-28 Muriel Siebert is 1st woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
• 1968-02-11 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
• 1968-03-08 Bill Graham's New York rock venue Fillmore East opens in Manhattan
• 1968-05-24 American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title x 14)

• 1968-08-04 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
• 1968-11-03 New York Jets kicker Jim Turner lands 6 field goals and an extra point to beat Buffalo Bills, 25-21 at Shea Stadium
• 1969-01-12 Super Bowl III, Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7; MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB

• 1969-09-02 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage New York Yankees at $65,000 a season, then the biggest salary in MLB
• 1969-09-02 The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.

• 1970-08-07 First all-computer chess championship is conducted in New York and won by CHESS 3.0 (CDC 6400), a program written by Slate, Atkin & Gorlen at Northwestern University

• 1970-09-21 New York Times starts first modern op-ed page

• 1970-11-01 First NFL regular season New York Giants-Jets game; Giants win 22-10 at Shea Stadium
• 1971-02-10 American Mensa Ltd incorporates in New York
• 1971-04-08 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
• 1971-06-13 "The New York Times" begins publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, classified documents on the long history of the U.S. in Vietnam
• 1971-06-27 Bill Graham's New York rock venue Fillmore East closes down, to be succeeded by Fillmore West in San Francisco

• 1972-06-23 Bernice Gera becomes first female umpire in US pro baseball, Geneva Senators and Auburn Twins in Geneva, New York
• 1972-07-21 In New York 57 murders occur in 24 hours

• 1972-10-02 Montreal Expos' pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets, 7 - 0 at Parc Jarry; first MLB no-hitter ever pitched in Canada

• 1973-03-25 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52, Immaculata 1st undefeated team in New York
• 1973-04-04 World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• 1973-05-11 Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the "Pentagon Papers" to The New York Times dismissed
• 1973-07-28 600,000 attend the "Summer Jam" rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers Band, at Watkins Glen, New York; at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival
• 1973-07-29 Led Zeppelin have more than $200,000 in cash stolen from a safe deposit box at the New York Hilton hotel

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Birthdays 301 - 400 of 2,380

• 1884-12-06 Rose Schneiderman, American socialist, feminist, trade union leader and secretary of labor for New York State (1937-44), born in Sawin, Poland (d. 1972)
• 1885-04-17 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
• 1885-05-07 George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso), born in Wellesvile, New York (d. 1969)
• 1885-06-29 Virginia Pope, American fashion editor (New York Times), born in Chicago (d. 1978)
• 1885-08-15 Mary Nash, American actress (The Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), born in Troy, New York (d. 1976)
• 1885-10-03 Langley Collyer, American hoarder, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1947)
• 1886-03-18 Edward Everett Horton, American vaudeville, stage, silent and sound screen character actor (Top Hat), and narrator (Fractured Fairy Tales - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
• 1886-11-17 Crane Wilbur, American director and writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), born in Athens, New York (d. 1973)

• 1887-04-21 Lillian Walker [Wolke] American silent era actress and film producer (An Embarrassment of Riches), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975)

• 1887-06-25 George Abbott, American theater producer and film director (Damn Yankees; The Pajama Game), born in Forestville, New York (d. 1995)
• 1887-07-29 Tim Mara, American founder and administrator (NFL NY Giants), born in New York (d. 1959)
• 1887-10-07 Jack Mulhall, American actor and producer (The Three Musketeers, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand), born in Wappingers Falls, New York (d. 1979)
• 1888-05-06 Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
• 1888-12-07 Hamilton Fish III, American politician (U.S. Representative from New York, 1920-45), born in Garrison, New York (d. 1991)
• 1889-03-29 Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), born in Waterford, New York (d. 1968)
• 1889-09-20 Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4×400m relay 1912), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1975)
• 1889-10-20 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers' comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
• 1890-02-03 Larry MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), born in Cass City, Michigan (d. 1975)
• 1890-09-17 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• 1890-11-30 John Tasker Howard, American composer and music historian, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
• 1890-12-04 Bob Shawkey, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1923, 27; AL ERA leader 1920, New York Yankees), born in Sigel, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
• 1891-01-17 Marjorie Gateson, American actress (One Man's Family), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1977)
• 1891-01-21 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
• 1891-03-04 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1891-07-05 John H. Northrop, American biochemist (crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1987)
• 1891-09-26 Alfred Lane, American sharp shooter (Olympic gold 1912, 20), born in New York (d. 1965)
• 1891-10-13 Irene Rich [Luther], American actress (Beau Brummell, Champ), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1988)

• 1892-01-14 Hal Roach, American producer and director (1 Million BC), born in Elmira, New York (d. 1992)
• 1892-02-09 Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live; Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
• 1892-03-13 Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1978)
• 1892-03-27 Ferde Grofé, American pianist, composer (Grand Canyon Suite), and arranger (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue), born in New York City (d. 1972)

• 1892-06-12 Djuna Barnes, American author (Nightwood), born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York (d. 1982)
• 1892-10-14 Sumner Welles, American diplomat (Good neighbor policy), born in New York (d. 1961)
• 1892-11-06 Harold Ross, American magazine editor and co-founder of The New Yorker, born in Aspen, Colorado (d. 1951)
• 1892-12-16 Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (The Rainmaker), born in Auburn, New York (d. 1967)

• 1893-06-23 Donald MacBride, American stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma - "Mr. Clyde"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)

• 1893-10-01 Faith Baldwin, American author (They Who Love), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1978)
• 1893-12-25 Fred Hillebrand, American actor (Martin Kane, Moon Over Manhattan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1963)
• 1894-06-26 Bill Wirges, American orchestra leader (Growing Paynes), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1971)
• 1894-09-26 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929)
• 1894-10-04 Cliff Hall [Robert Clifford Hall], American actor (At This Moment, Dutch Treat, Crime Photographer), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)

• 1895-09-12 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1967)
• 1896-01-03 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 1951)
• 1896-03-20 Sam Wren, American actor (Marked Woman, The Old Grey Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
• 1896-04-04 Robert Sherwood, American dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Idiot's Delight), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1955)
• 1896-05-01 Mark W. Clark, American general, born in Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor, New York (d. 1984)
• 1896-06-21 Charles Momsen, American inventor (submarine rescue device), born in Flushing, New York (d. 1967)

• 1896-12-15 Betty Smith, American novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)

• 1896-12-30 Tom Keene, American actor (Our Daily Bread), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1963)
• 1897-01-03 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], American actress (Operator 13), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1961)
• 1897-02-12 Vola Vale [Smith], American actress, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1970)
• 1897-03-19 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
• 1897-05-02 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

• 1897-06-26 Viola Dana, American actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)
• 1897-08-09 Ralph Wyckoff, American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography, born in Geneva, New York (d. 1994)
• 1897-09-05 Doris Kenyon, American silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1979)

• 1898-03-10 Cyrus "Cy" Kendall, American actor (Tarzan's New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1953)
• 1898-04-19 Constance Talmadge, American comedienne and actress (Intolerance), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
• 1898-05-01 David Tobey, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (1918-45; first game with a 3-man officiating crew), born in New York, New York (d. 1988)
• 1898-05-23 Joseph H. Hazen, Hollywood lawyer (Warner Brothers), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1996)
• 1898-05-25 Bennett Cerf, American publisher (Random House) and panelist (What's My Line), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1971)
• 1898-06-25 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American painter and poet, born in Albany, New York (d. 1963)

• 1898-12-21 Ira S. Bowen, American physicist and astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), born in Seneca Falls, New York (d. 1973)
• 1898-12-30 Vincent Lopez, American jazz pianist and big band bandleader ("Nola"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975) [1]

• 1899-02-01 Al Watrous, American golfer (British Open 1926 runner-up), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1983)
• 1899-02-20 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (Pan Am Airways), born in Roslyn, New York (d. 1992)
• 1899-04-13 Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game inventor (Scrabble), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1993)
• 1899-04-29 Natalie Talmadge, American actress (Our Hospitality), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
• 1899-05-08 Arthur Q Bryan, American voice actor, comedian and radio personality (Beulah, The Devil Bat), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1959)
• 1899-05-30 Irving Thalberg, American film producer (MGM), born in Booklyn, New York (d. 1936)

• 1899-09-17 Winnie Lightner [Winifred Reeves], American vaudeville stage and screen actress, and singer (Gold Diggers of Broadway; Gold Dust Gertie; Sit Tight), born in Greenport, New York (d. 1971)
• 1899-10-03 Gertrude Berg, American actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1966)
• 1899-10-14 Alan Washbond, American 2-man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1932), born in Essex County, New York (d. 1965)
• 1899-10-23 Lilyan Tashman, American actress (Millie, Bulldog Drummond), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1934)
• 1899-12-09 Léonie Adams, American poetess (Those not elected), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1900-04-09 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1974)
• 1900-04-27 Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker's creator), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1994)
• 1900-05-05 Charles Jewtraw, American 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1924), born in Clinton County, New York (d. 1996)
• 1900-06-11 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)

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