1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York 1973 Birthday Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper 1958 Event 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York 1934 Event 1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, New York 1911 Birthday Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976 1868 Event Cornell University (Ithaca New York) opens 1865 Event Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered
