2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2010 Event The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 2009 Death Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68 2009 Death Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York 2008 Death Evan G. Galbraith, dies at 79, at his home in Manhattan 2007 Death Max Roach, dies in Manhattan, at 83 2007 Death Kurt Vonnegut, dies at his home in Manhattan, at 84 2000 Death Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 1999 Death Saul Steinberg, cartoonist/modern artist, A View of the World from Manhattan, dies at 84 1995 Event Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67 1993 Event John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan 1991 Event Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes 1989 Event Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1983 Event Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) 1982 Event Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes 1977 Birthday Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal' 1976 Birthday Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997 1973 Death Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 1972 Birthday Brigitta Boccoli, Milan, Italy, actress, Manhattan Baby 1970 Death John Roderigo Dos Passos, U.S. writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74 1969 Birthday Lisa Arce, born in Manhattan Beach, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-4th-1995 1969 Birthday Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Karrie Poppinga, born in Manhattan Beach, California, volleyballer, Pismo Beach 4/1995 1968 Birthday Billy Crudup, born in Manhattan, New York, actor, appeared in film, 'Dedication', 'Watchmen', 'Public Enemies', 'Almost Famous', 'Big Fish' 1968 Birthday Christopher Collett, born in New York City, actor, Manhattan Project 1965 Birthday Barbra Fontana Harris, born in Manhattan Beach, California, volleyballer, 1996 Olympics 1965 Event Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president 1964 Birthday Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1963 Birthday Helen Reale, New York City, WPVA volleyballer, Manhattan Beach-7th-1994 1963 Birthday Phoebe Cates, born in Manhattan, New York, actress, Fast Times at Ridgemount High 1959 Birthday Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan 1957 Birthday Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach California beach volleyballer, 1996 Olympics silver 1956 Event Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY 1955 Birthday Caleb Carr, born in Manhattan, New York City, author, military historian, wrote, 'The Italian Secretary', 'Casing the Promised Land', 'The Alienist' 1955 Event U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1953 Event Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president 1953 Birthday David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1952 Birthday Janis Siegel, born in New York City, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction 1951 Birthday Laurel Masse, Holland, Michigan, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Operator 1951 Event U.N. headquarters opens in Manhattan NY 1949 Birthday Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Manhattan Transfer 1949 Event "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances 1947 Birthday Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project 1946 Event U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr 1945 Event "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances 1943 Birthday Edie Sedgwick, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Ciao Manhattan 1941 Birthday Tim Hauser, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction 1940 Event New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic 1936 Event Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens 1930 Event 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) 1915 Birthday David Rockefeller, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1913 Birthday Johnny Downs, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Manhattan Showcase 1910 Birthday Laurance S Rockefeller, New York City, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1909 Birthday Madge Evans, born in Manhattan, New York City, TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1909 Event Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens 1908 Birthday Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project 1904 Birthday J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project 1903 Event Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2 1902 Birthday Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project 1899 Event 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York 1896 Event 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY 1895 Event U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan 1882 Event New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1877 Event Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1855 Event Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas 1799 Event Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1776 Event British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution 1776 Event U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City 1776 Event Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1770 Event Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1654 Event 1st Jewish colonist arrive in U.S. (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan) 1626 Event Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 1626 Event Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets 1626 Event Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons 1610 Event 1st Dutch settlers arrive, from New Jersey, to colonize Manhattan Island
