New York History Timeline (Part 5)

Events 401 - 500 of 649

• 1973-09-06 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed

• 1973-11-19 New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years

• 1974-01-08 Silver hits a record $3.40 an ounce in New York
• 1974-09-01 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

• 1975-07-25 Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's musical "A Chorus Line", opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; for record setting longest-running Broadway show run of 6,137 performances, and 10 Tony Award wins
• 1975-12-14 WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
• 1975-12-28 In the aftermath of the Cold War, the New York Rangers become first team in NHL history to face a touring Soviet hockey squad; Soviet Army beats the Rangers, 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
• 1976-02-07 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn New York)

• 1977-02-01 Blizzard in upstate New York and Southern Ontario claims 23 lives
• 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
• 1977-04-26 Opening of Studio 54 in New York, N.Y.

• 1977-10-01 New York Yankees end MLB season with 100-62 record; win 2nd consecutive AL East title; go on the win World Series 4-2 v LA Dodgers
• 1977-10-26 Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of New York

• 1977-12-31 WFAT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
• 1978-02-05 Blizzard forms in US North East, 100 people killed in New England and New York over 3 days
• 1978-11-19 "The Miracle at the Meadowlands", Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
• 1979-02-18 -52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
• 1979-04-19 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn New York)

• 1980-01-28 New York coach Red Holzman wins his 600th NBA game, only the second (after Red Auerbach) coach at the time to reach the plateau, as the Knicks beat Golden State, 107-103
• 1980-02-13 XIII Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York
• 1980-02-24 XIII Winter Olympic Games close in Lake Placid, New York
• 1980-09-27 WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM

• 1980-11-21 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
• 1981-02-13 Longest sentence published by "The New York Times" - 1286 words
• 1981-02-15 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York

• 1981-07-26 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given the Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
• 1982-10-08 New Jersey Devils 1st NHL victory; beat New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
• 1983-03-30 New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) begins trading in crude oil future

• 1983-06-20 New York Yankees 5-time MLB All Star outfielder Bobby Murcer retires

• 1984-03-19 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York
• 1984-03-30 World's most valuable tip - New York police detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of $1 lottery ticket, next day they win $6 million

• 1985-04-07 1st live telecast of Easter Parade in New York
• 1985-05-31 Tornado outbreak in the United States and Canada sees 41 tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, leaving 90 dead

• 1985-11-17 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM New York, N.Y.

• 1986-04-11 A 1921 Canadian 50 cent coin is auctioned in New York for $22,000

• 1987-07-23 RNI (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
• 1987-10-10 Hartford center Doug Jarvis ends his career having played an NHL record 964 consecutive games as the Whalers lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers
• 1987-11-01 New York Jets retire Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Maynard's jersey #13

• 1988-01-28 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia; becomes 1st first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons
• 1988-12-04 Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers

• 1989-04-26 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York
• 1989-05-05 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
• 1989-10-01 Dallas Cowboy defensive end, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle in a 30-13 defeat to the New York Giants at Texas Stadium

• 1991-01-27 Super Bowl XXV, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19; MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB

• 1991-06-03 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
• 1991-12-02 Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bobby Bonilla becomes highest paid player in MLB when he agrees to record $29 million-5 year deal with New York Mets

• 1992-06-04 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is signed in New York
• 1992-08-03 Paramount Studios inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
• 1992-10-09 A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of Knapp residence, Peekskill, New York, destroying family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
• 1992-10-09 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York

• 1993-08-02 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the MLB Baltimore Orioles team at auction in New York for $173M, nearly $50M more than ever paid for a baseball team
• 1993-09-04 MLB New York Yankees 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

• 1993-12-07 The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
• 1994-01-17 Patrick Ewing becomes first New York player to reach the 15,000-point mark in his NBA career; scores a game-high 34 points in the Knicks' 106-94 win over visiting Minnesota
• 1994-05-09 Mass murderer Joel Rifkin found guilty in New York City
• 1994-06-14 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden: New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks, 3-2 for a 4-3 series victory; Rangers end their record 54-year Championship drought
• 1994-06-15 New York Giants cut Super Bowl XXI MVP quarterback Phil Simms after 15 years service with the NFL club
• 1995-04-01 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York on WNVE at 95.1 and 95.5 FM
• 1995-08-27 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days
• 1995-09-01 State of New York reinstates the death penalty

• 1995-09-19 The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto
• 1996-04-20 1996 NFL Draft: Keyshawn Johnson from USC first pick by New York Jets
• 1996-05-10 Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI)
• 1996-07-06 In a 2-0 win v Brewers, New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 20 consecutive saves en route to 24
• 1996-07-14 New York Yankees closer John Wetteland sets MLB record 24 consecutive saves

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Birthdays 401 - 500 of 2,380

• 1900-06-30 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
• 1900-10-17 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Shane; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Plattsburgh, New York (d. 1991)
• 1900-11-13 Edward Buzzell, American film director (Child of Manhattan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

• 1900-11-25 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans; That's Entertainment), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
• 1901-02-02 Connie Gilchrist, American actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
• 1901-03-13 Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 1983)
• 1901-05-21 Sam Jaffe, American music and film producer (Born Free, The Fighting Sullivans), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2000)

• 1902-02-14 Thelma Ritter, American character actress (All About Eve; Rear Window; Pillow Talk), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)

• 1902-08-04 Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player, born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1981)

• 1902-09-11 Alice Tully, American singer and arts patroness (Carnegie Hall), born in Corning, New York (d. 1993)
• 1902-10-03 Pappy Waldorf, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle and coach (Northwestern, California), born in Clifton Springs, New York (d. 1981)
• 1902-10-21 Lillian Bronson, American actress (Next Voice you Hear), born in Lockport, New York (d. 1995)
• 1902-10-26 Jack Sharkey, American boxer (NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight champion 1932-33), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1994)
• 1902-12-20 Sidney Hook, American philosopher (The Paradoxes of Freedom), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
• 1903-01-17 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), born in Gasport, New York (d. 1974)
• 1903-02-04 Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), born in Hampton, New York (d. 1993)

• 1903-03-20 Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C'ships 1927-28, 30, 33), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1959)
• 1903-06-26 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1987)
• 1903-08-01 Paul Horgan, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Mountain Standard Time), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1995)
• 1903-08-09 Tom Tyler [Vincent Markowski], American actor (Stagecoach; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Port Henry, New York (d. 1954)
• 1903-09-29 (Edward) "Ted" de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
• 1903-10-09 Walter O'Malley, American Baseball HOF executive (owner Brooklyn/LA Dodgers 1950-79), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1979)
• 1903-10-22 Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1952)
• 1903-11-18 Lillian Fuchs, American violist and composer, born in New York (d. 1995)
• 1904-01-21 Joseph Ford McGuinn, American director and actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1971)
• 1904-02-01 S J Perelman, American author, humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker, Around the World in 80 Days), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)
• 1904-05-15 Clifton Fadiman, American editor, radio and TV host (Information, Please!; Quiz Kids), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
• 1904-05-20 Russell Hardie, American actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1973)
• 1904-05-21 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), born in Fishkill Landing, New York (d. 1981)
• 1904-07-05 Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1994)
• 1904-07-27 Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes), born in Cooperstown, New York (d. 1996)
• 1904-08-04 Helen Kane [Schroeder], American actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1966)
• 1904-09-25 Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, American oceanographer, born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1971)

• 1904-11-29 Kay Johnson, American actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), born in Mt Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
• 1905-01-18 Chick Chandler [Fehmer Chandler], American actor (Seven Doors to Death, One Happy Family), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1988)
• 1905-01-29 Barnett Newmann, American abstract expressionist painter (Black Fire I), born in New York City (d. 1970)
• 1905-02-04 Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1983)

• 1905-02-27 Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent), born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 1968)
• 1905-05-06 Bernard "Toots" Shor, New York restaurateur (Toots Shor's Restaurant), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
• 1905-06-12 Ray Barbuti, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 400m relay 1928), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1905-07-17 Bill Gargan, American actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; You Only Live Once), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)

• 1905-08-03 Maggie Kuhn, American activist and co-founder (Gray Panthers), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1995)
• 1905-08-31 Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)
• 1905-10-05 John Hoyt, [Hoysradt] American stage and screen actor (Mercury Theatre; Gimme a Break!; Tom, Dick & Mary), and comedian, born in Bronxville, New York (d. 1991)
• 1905-10-21 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), born in Westfield, New York (d. 1994)
• 1905-11-21 Freddie Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
• 1905-12-20 Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1968)
• 1906-02-05 John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), born in Greenwich Village, New York (d. 1988)

• 1906-03-28 Robert Allen [Irvine Theodore Baehr], American actor (The Awful Truth, Crime and Punishment), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1998)
• 1906-04-16 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)

• 1906-05-28 Phil Regan, American actor and singer ("My Wild Irish Rose"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1996)

• 1906-07-04 Vincent Joseph Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (cloud seeding), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1993)
• 1906-11-04 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, American lawyer and diplomat, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
• 1907-01-23 Dan Duryea, American actor (Pride of the Yankees), born in White Plains, New York (d. 1968)
• 1907-02-17 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1980)
• 1907-03-17 Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (d. 1991)
• 1907-03-22 James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
• 1907-03-28 Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
• 1907-04-18 Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing), born in New York (d. 2002)
• 1907-04-23 Lee Miller, American photographer (War correspondent for Vogue in WWII), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1977)
• 1907-05-04 Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1996)
• 1907-07-01 Bill Stern, American sportscaster (first televised college football game), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1971)
• 1907-07-16 Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
• 1907-07-27 Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (Boulder Dam, Captain Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1937)
• 1907-08-14 Stanley Adams, American lyricist and songwriter (What a Diff'rence a Day Makes), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1994)
• 1907-08-31 William Shawn, American magazine editor (New Yorker, 1952-87), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
• 1907-09-08 Sid Tomack, American actor (The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
• 1907-10-15 Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", born in New York (d. 1967)
• 1907-10-28 Lew Parker [Austin Lewis Jacobs], American actor (Are You with It?, That Girl), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• 1907-11-14 William Steig, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, 1930-2003) and children's author (Shrek!; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Doctor De Soto), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003) [1]

• 1908-03-26 Hank Sylvern [Henry Silverstein], American organist, radio and television theme composer and musical director (Suspense; Jane Froman's USA Canteen; The Phil Silvers Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
• 1908-04-11 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2007)
• 1908-04-15 Eden Ahbez [George Aberle], American songwriter ("Nature Boy"; "Lonely Island"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
• 1908-04-23 Myron Waldman, American animator (Fleischer Studio), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)

• 1908-07-23 Karl Swenson, American actor (Lars Hanson-Little House on the Prairie), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
• 1908-08-28 Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and writer (How to Know Birds), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1996)
• 1908-09-06 Paul Lavalle, American bandleader (Cities Service Band of America), born in Beacon, New York (d. 1997)
• 1908-09-10 Raymond Scott [Harry Warnow], American composer ('The Toy Trumpet'), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
• 1908-09-16 Beecher Moore, British sailor, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1996)
• 1908-10-27 Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
• 1908-12-03 Halsey Stevens, American composer (Triskelion), born in Scott, New York (d. 1989)
• 1908-12-25 Helen Twelvetrees, American actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1958)
• 1909-01-15 Elie Siegmeister, American composer (The Plough and the Stars), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1991)
• 1909-05-25 Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
• 1909-05-29 Neil R. Jones, American sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds), born in Fulton, New York (d. 1988)

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