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Avenue
2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards

1992 Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue

1986 John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album

1986 Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at 79

1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 7 performances

1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 7 performances

1971 Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in New York City

1965 Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue

1959 Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies

1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances

1949 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances

1948 Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema

1948 Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer, Electric Avenue

1947 "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances

1946 "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 72 performances

1945 David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War

1942 John Pleshette, New York City, actor, Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue

1928 Albert Salmi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue

1924 Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue

1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City

1916 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named

1911 New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft

1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City

1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl

1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets

1824 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business



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