Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/January

January 1, 1797 – Albany replaces New York City as capital of the state of New York.
January 1, 1874 – New York City annexes the West Bronx.
January 4, 1754 – Columbia University is founded as "Kings College".
January 9, 1903 – Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery purchase a defunct franchise in the American League for $18,000 and move it to New York, where it becomes the New York Yankees.
January 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River (pictured) shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. All passengers and crew members survive.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/February

February 1, 1790 – The Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
February 2, 1653 – New Amsterdam received municipal rights, officially becoming a city.
February 12, 1908 – The 1908 New York to Paris Race convenes. George Schuster wins in 88 days.
February 19, 1674 – Netherlands and England sign the Peace of Westminster, in which New York City becomes an English colony.
February 20, 1872 – the Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured) opens.
February 26, 1993 – Seven die in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/March

March 6, 1970 – Members of the Weather Underground plant a bomb in a Greenwich Village townhouse, which kills three members when it explodes prematurely.
March 15, 1892 – Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator, which he calls the "Endless Conveyor or Elevator."
March 22, 1989 – The New York City Board of Estimate is found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris.
March 24, 1900 – New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground on the Interboro Rapid Transit (train pictured) that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
March 28, 1950 – City College of New York wins the 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, defeating Bradley University in the championship game.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/April

April 1, 1789 – The United States House of Representatives holds its first full meeting in Federal Hall, achieving a quorum for the first time.
April 2, 1921 – Albert Einstein arrives in New York on his first United States visit, and lectures on the Theory of Relativity.
April 18, 1923 – In the first ever game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 4–1 on a three-run home run by Babe Ruth.
April 24, 1913 – The Woolworth Building (pictured) opens, becoming the tallest building in the world until 1930.
April 27, 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/May

May 1, 1931 – The Empire State Building (pictured) opens, succeeding the Chrysler Building as the tallest in the world.
May 1, 2010 – A car bomb fails to detonate in Times Square.
May 10, 1837 – New York City banks fail in the Panic of 1837, and unemployment reaches record levels.
May 12, 1789 – The Society of St. Tammany is incorporated by soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. It later becomes a group of political bosses, known as Tammany Hall.
May 26, 1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/June

June 6, 1946 – The Basketball Association of America, the predecessor to the National Basketball Association, is formed.
June 12, 1665 – New Amsterdam is reincorporated under English law, and renamed New York after the Duke of York.
June 12, 1923 – Harry Houdini (pictured) frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground.
June 17, 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isère.
June 28, 1969 – The Stonewall riots begin in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay tavern in Greenwich Village.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/July

July 1, 1948 – The first flight departs from John F. Kennedy International Airport.
July 2, 1868 – The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, the first elevated railway in New York City, opens.
July 13, 1977 – A New York City blackout of 1977 lasting 25 hours begins, resulting in city-wide looting and arson.
July 13–16, 1863 – The largest insurrection in United States history, outside of the American Civil War, occurs when an anti-draft riot (pictured) sees at least 120 civilians die, and 11 black men lynched.
July 19, 1845 – The Great New York City Fire of 1845 breaks out.
July 31, 1667 – The Treaty of Breda ends conflict between England and the Netherlands, with the Dutch surrendering their claim on New York.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/August

August 6, 1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot occurs, leading to reforms of the New York Police Department.
August 8, 1673 – During the Third Anglo-Dutch War, a Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands the English surrender of New York City.
August 14, 1980 – The 1980 Democratic National Convention nominates Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale for President and Vice President of the United States, respectively.
August 15, 1965 – The Beatles play at Shea Stadium during their 1965 United States tour, marking the peak of "Beatlemania".
August 19–21, 1991 – The Crown Heights riot occurs among tensions between African Americans and Orthodox Jews in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
August 27, 1776 – The British Army outflanks the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island (pictured), forcing George Washington to evacuate to Manhattan.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/September

September 1, 1799 – Bank of Manhattan opens in 40 Wall Street.
September 3, 1609 – Explorer Henry Hudson (pictured) reaches the river that will one day bear his name. He proceeds to sail up the river, reaching as far as present-day Albany.
September 11, 2001 – The September 11 attacks occur, killing 3,000 and destroying the World Trade Center.
September 13, 1970 – The inaugural New York City Marathon is held.
September 17, 2011 – The Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/October

October 28, 1858 – R.H. Macy & Company, later known as Macy's, opens its first store, on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
October 24, 1931 – The George Washington Bridge, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey, is dedicated.
October 9, 1952 – The headquarters of the United Nations is completed.
October 21, 1959 – The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (pictured), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens.
October 26, 2000 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets in the 2000 World Series, also known as the "Subway Series".

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/November

November 7, 1929 – The Museum of Modern Art opens.
November 8, 1989 – David Dinkins is the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
November 19, 1873 – William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (pictured) of Tammany Hall is convicted of defrauding the city of $6 million, and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.
November 25, 1783 – The British army evacuates New York, their last military position in the United States.
November 27, 1924 – The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Portal:New York City/Selected anniversaries/December

December 4, 1783 – George Washington bids his officers farewell at Fraunces Tavern.
December 8, 1980 – John Lennon (pictured) is assassinated outside of the The Dakota, his Upper West Side apartment building.
December 22, 1984 – Bernhard Goetz shoots four attempted muggers on a New York City Subway car, and is dubbed the "Subway Vigilante".
December 27, 1932 – Radio City Music Hall opens.
December 31, 1831 – Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
December 31, 1890 – Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay opens as a United States immigration depot.