2015 Event Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2015 Event A powerful blizzard covers Boston and nearby New England areas with over two feet of snow under winds that reach over 70 miles per hour; New York City had expected the same weather effects but was spared 2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event Two boys in a New York town are rescued early this morning after being inadvertently buried in snow by a snow plow; the plow operator did not see the children as he cleared snow from a parking lot in which they were building a snow fort 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event A second round of heavy snow hits the northeastern U.S., with the Buffalo, New York region accumulating over five feet of snow; seven related deaths have been reported and at least 20 travelers have been stranded 2014 Event Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, is nominated U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder; Lynch must be confirmed before taking the position 2014 Event Craig Spencer, a U.S. doctor who served with Doctors Without Borders, is now in stable condition after contracting Ebola; Spencer began showing symptoms of the virus a day after commuting to various locations around New York City 2014 Event Three U.S. states have now established quarantine rules for travelers arriving from West Africa who have had contact with Ebola victims; Illinois is the latest to implement the policy, following the lead of New York and New Jersey 2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 2014 Event Derek Jeter bats the winning ball in his last home game for the New York Yankees, resulting in a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange; its pre-IPO market valuation of almost $168 billion exceeds that of American e-commerce giant Amazon by over $17 billion 2014 Event The world's oldest man, Alexander Imich, passes away at age 111 in New York; the oldest living woman is currently 116 years old and lives in Japan 2014 Event The 'New York Times' fires its first female executive editor Jill Abramson after three years in the position; Abramson has been replaced by Dean Baquet, the newspaper's first African-American executive editor 2014 Event The New York Knicks fire coach Mike Woodson after a season in which the Knicks began as champions and ended with elimination 2014 Event Third baseman Miguel Cabrera signs a 10-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for $292 million, exceeding the 10-year contract signed by Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees in 2007 for $275 million 2014 Event The world's largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange 2014 Event New York Governor, Mario Cuomo, plans to announce executive action to loosen marijuana laws, allowing use of the drug for medical purposes 2014 Event United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change 2014 Event Former President Bill Clinton swears in New York's 109th Mayor, Bill de Blasio, the city's first Democratic mayor since 1993 2013 Event A study at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals that a modified version of radioimmunotherapy - the treatment for leukemia - can kill latent HIV cells 2013 Event The painting, 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' by Sir Francis Bacon, sells for a record-high price of $142 million at Christie's auction in New York 2013 Event Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland discover three previously unknown species in a rainforest located in Cape York Peninsula: a leaf-tailed gecko, a golden-colored skink, and a boulder-dwelling frog 2013 Event New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs 2013 Event At the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, American golfer Jason Dufner wins the 2013 PGA Championship 2013 Event At The Tony Awards, held in New York City, Best Musical and other awards are given to the musical 'Kinky Boots', which has lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and is based on a book by Harvey Fierstein 2013 Event New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announces it will return two statues from northern Cambodia's archeological site Koh Ker 2013 Event U.S. wireless service provider T-Mobile has its opening day on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TMUS 2013 Event David Milliband announces plans to resign as Britain's Foreign Secretary and move to U.S. state of New York to head the International Rescue Committee 2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2012 Event A study conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, announces the a harmful type of space radiation may accelerate the development of Alzheimer's disease 2012 Event Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world 2012 Event New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the cancellation of the New York City Marathon due to the damage and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy 2012 Event Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90 2012 Event The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century 2012 Event The editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and leader of the 1960's sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown, dies at age 90 in New York City 2012 Event More than 700 writers, academics and others send a letter to protest the planned spending of $300 million on the Fifth Avenue Branch of the New York Public Library 2012 Event The nearly finished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York City 2012 Event Indian actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the U.S. at a New York airport for 90 minutes, angering S. M. Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister 2012 Event Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, dies at 43 of an acute asthma attack 2011 Event Financial disputes lead New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to report that the National September 11 Museum will not open on time 2011 Event New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event Over 45,000 runners participate in the New York City marathon; Geoffrey Mutai and Firehiwot Dado win the mens and women's races 2011 Event The U.S. celebrates the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the New York City Statue of Liberty 2011 Event Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history 2011 Event In Game 5 of the American League Division Series, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, moving on to play the Texas Rangers 2011 Event A potential terrorist threat to New York City or Washington, D.C. for the 10th anniversary of September 11th is investigated 2011 Event New York City braces for Hurricane Irene, announcing plans to shut down subways buses and commuter trains 2011 Event Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2011 Event New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the New York State Marriage Equality Law 2011 Event The U.S. government 'condemns' international media outlets, including 'The New York Times' for publishing confidential files 2011 Event The U.S. Census conducted April 1, 2010 reveals that New York city is the country's most populated city, with 8,175,133 residents 2011 Event A professor from New York University has an experimental life-blogging camera removed from his head after his immune system rejected the implant 2011 Event In one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, the New York Jets defeat the New England Patriots 2010 Event Over 40,000 runners compete in the New York Marathon; Gebre Gebremariam wins the men's marathon and Edna Kiplagat wins the women's marathon 2010 Event The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 2010 Event Sarah, Duchess of York, becomes the first Royal in history to suffer possible bankruptcy 2010 Event Rallies to release Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman facing execution for adultery, occur in Paris, New York City, Ottowa and elsewhere 2010 Event Film confirms Sarah, Duchess of York's involvement in a scandal showing she asked for a $40,000 handshake in cash and for 500,000 pounds to be paid in return for access to Prince Andrew 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2010 Event A car bomb is discovered and deactivated in New York City's Times Square 2010 Death Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols manager/notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in New York. 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 Joshua Lederberg, dies in New York, of pneumonia, at 82 2008 Death Heath Ledger, dies in New York City, toxic combination of prescription drugs, at 28 2007 Death Elizabeth Hardwick, dies at 91, in New York City 2007 Death Norman Mailer, dies in New York, at 84 2007 Death Joel Siegel, died in New York, of color cancer complications, at 63 2007 Death Kitty Carlisle, dies in New York City, of congestive heart failure, at 96 2007 Death Sol LeWitt, dies in New York, of complications from cancer, at 78 2006 Death Thomas J. Manton, Representative-D-New York 1985 - 1999, died from cancer 2005 Event New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 2005 Death James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2005 Death Shirley Chisholm, Representative-D-New York 1969 - 1983 2004 Event World Series, Florida Marlins beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 2 2003 Death Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001, died from complications from an appendectomy 2002 Death S. William Green, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of liver cancer 2002 Event WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 2001 Event American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure 2001 Event World Series, Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees 4 games to 3 2001 Death Mike Mansfield, born in New York City, New York, Senator-D-Montana 1953 - 1977, Representative-D-Montana 1943 - 1953, died at 98 2001 Event 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania 2001 Event Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants 34-7 2000 Event World Series, New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 4 games to 1 2000 Event WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 2000 Death Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 1999 Event World Series, New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 0 1999 Event WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Libery 2 games to 1 1999 Event NBA Finals, San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks 4 games to 1 1998 Event New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak 1998 Event World Series, New York Yankees beat San Diego Padres 4 games to 0 1998 Event New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak 1998 Death Bella Abzug, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977, dies at 77 from complications following open heart surgery 1998 Event "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City 1998 Event "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1998 Event "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City 1998 Event "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1998 Event Steven M. Gluckstern completes sale of New York Islanders 1998 Death Henny Youngman, American Comedian, dies at age 91 in New York City 1998 Event "King and I," closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 781 performances 1998 Event New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell 1998 Event "Freak," opens at Cort Theater New York City 1998 Event 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at New York City 1998 Event Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers 1998 Event New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman 1998 Event Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose 1998 Event "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 79 perf 1998 Event "Capeman," opens at Marquis Theater New York City 1998 Event Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10 1998 Event "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1,503 performance 1998 Event "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," closes at St. James Theater New York City 1998 Event "Ragtime," opens at Ford Theater New York City 1998 Event "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St. James Theater New York City 1998 Event "Proposals," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 76 performances 1998 Event New York Giant General Manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position 1998 Event "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform 1998 Event "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances 1998 Event "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City 1998 Event "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances 1997 Event An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt 1997 Event "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event "Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City 1997 Event "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater New York City 1997 Event "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City 1997 Death Steve Hamilton, pitcher (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63 1997 Event "Eugene Onegin," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances 1997 Event "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 51 performances 1997 Event New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak 1997 Event "Eugene Onegin," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City 1997 Event "1776," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City 1997 Event "Cherry Orchard," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Scarlet Pimpernel," opens at Minskoff Theater New York City 1997 Event "Proposals," opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances 1997 Event "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances 1997 Event 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43 1997 Event 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 1997 Event "Cherry Orchard," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Triumph of Love," opens at Royale Theater New York City 1997 Event New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her 1997 Event "Annie," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances 1997 Event New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 Event New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties 1997 Event 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees) 1997 Event New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run 1997 Event Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 1997 Event New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle 1997 Death Rudolf Bing, opera manager (New York Met Opera), dies at 95 1997 Event "Gin Game," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 144 performances 1997 Event Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees 1997 Event 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 1997 Event New York Yankee 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim 1997 Event "1776," opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees 1997 Event Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police 1997 Event Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO 1997 Event "Candide," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 103 performances 1997 Event "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances 1997 Event Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in New York City 1997 Event New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault 1997 Event Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 1997 Event "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale New York City after 109 performances 1997 Event New York Yankees withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre 1997 Event "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances 1997 Event "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 72 performances 1997 Event "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances 1997 Event "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances 1997 Event "Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 671 performances 1997 Event Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1997 Event "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1997 Event "Little Foxes," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 56 performances 1997 Event "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances 1997 Event 1st New York Women Film Festival opens 1997 Event "Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 187 perf 1997 Event Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M 1997 Event "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner 1997 Event "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 61 performances 1997 Event New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1997 Event "London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 72 performances 1997 Event "Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 103 performances 1997 Event "Jekyll and Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City 1997 Event "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances 1997 Event "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City 1997 Event "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City 1997 Event "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances 1997 Event "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1997 Event "Gin Game," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 144 performances 1997 Event "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1997 Event Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1997 Event "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 88 performances 1997 Event "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale New York City for 109 performance 1997 Event "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater New York City 1997 Event "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances 1997 Event "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Event "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances 1997 Event "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City 1997 Event "Sunset Boulevard," closes at Minskoff New York City after 977 performances 1997 Event "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances 1997 Event "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City 1997 Event "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City 1997 Event "Stanley" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City 1997 Event "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets 1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 308 performances 1997 Death Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66 1997 Event "Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 Event "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1997 Event "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City 1997 Event "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City 1997 Event "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City 1996 Event "Dreams and Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1996 Event "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 1996 Event "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City 1996 Death Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81 1996 Event "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances 1996 Event "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances 1996 Event "Dreams and Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1996 Event "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1996 Event "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 Event "God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 22 performances 1996 Event "Sex and Longing" closes at Cort Theater New York City 1996 Event "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1996 Event "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances 1996 Event "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances 1996 Event "Chicago," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City 1996 Event "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1996 Event "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1996 Event "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1996 Event 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1996 Event 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 1996 Event "Hughie," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City 1996 Event New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win 1996 Event New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) 1996 Event "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 Event Braves beat New York Yankees by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series 1996 Event "Taking Sides," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City 1996 Event "Big," closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 193 performances 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 Event Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals 1996 Event New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game 1996 Event "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City 1996 Event New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask 1996 Event "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater New York City 1996 Event New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher 1996 Event "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1996 Event "Summer and Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 Event "Hughie," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City 1996 Event Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in New York City 1996 Event "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 32 performs 1996 Event New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run 1996 Death Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87 1996 Event Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers 1996 Event 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City 1996 Event "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf 1996 Event "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 32 performances 1996 Event New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves 1996 Event New York Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time 1996 Event New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves 1996 Event WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City 1996 Event "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater New York City after 77 performances 1996 Event "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances 1996 Event "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Event "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 29 performances 1996 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM 1996 Death Mel Allen, sportscaster (New York Yankees), dies at 83 1996 Event "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 66 performances 1996 Event "Tartuffe: Born Again," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances 1996 Event Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York 1996 Event New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 1996 Event "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances 1996 Event "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances 1996 Event New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 1996 Event "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 308 performances 1996 Event Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game 1996 Event "Buried Child," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 77 performances 1996 Event "Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater New York City 1996 Event "Big," opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 193 performances 1996 Event "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1996 Event "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater New York City 1996 Event "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St. James Theater New York City for 715 performances 1996 Event "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 1 performance 1996 Event "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 1 performance 1996 Event "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform 1996 Death Sandy Becker, New York City Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74 1996 Event "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances 1996 Event "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances 1996 Event "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances 1996 Event New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game 1996 Event New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game 1996 Event "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1996 Event "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 1996 Event "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1996 Event Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way 1996 Event "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 68 performances 1996 Event "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City 1996 Event "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances 1996 Event "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 17 performances 1996 Event New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel 1996 Event "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances 1996 Event "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances 1996 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York, Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM 1996 Event WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM 1996 Event "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Event Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop 1996 Event WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1996 Event Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York 1996 Event "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances 1996 Event "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances 1996 Event "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1622 performances 1996 Event "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances 1995 Event "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon New York City 1995 Event "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 308 performances 1995 Event "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 340 performances 1995 Event "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 14 performances 1995 Event "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 48 performances 1995 Event "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 71 performances 1995 Event David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Event "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 14 performances 1995 Event "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances 1995 Event "Company" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances 1995 Event "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances 1995 Event "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City 1995 Event "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances 1995 Event "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances 1995 Event "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 21 performances 1995 Event "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 23 performances 1995 Event Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA 1995 Event "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances 1995 Event 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 1995 Event 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 1995 Event New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1995 Event "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City 1995 Event "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances 1995 Event "Busker Alley," premieres at St. James Theatre, New York 1995 Event "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 21 performances 1995 Event Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1995 Event "Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 71 performances 1995 Event "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 Event Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Event "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances 1995 Event "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances 1995 Event "Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 118 performances 1995 Event Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 1995 Event "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances 1995 Event "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City 1995 Event Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4 1995 Event "Company" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 68 performances 1995 Event "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 308 performances 1995 Event New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever 1995 Event "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances 1995 Event New York Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle 1995 Event New York City reinstates the death penalty 1995 Event "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 204 performances 1995 Event Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days 1995 Event "Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 75 performances 1995 Death Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1995 Event "Damn Yankees" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 510 performances 1995 Event Darryl Strawberry joins the New York Yankees 1995 Event "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 121 performances 1995 Event "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances 1995 Event "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth New York City after 55 performances 1995 Event "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 75 performances 1995 Event "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square New York City after 80 performances 1995 Event "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 906 performances 1995 Event New York Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry 1995 Event "Who's Tommy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 899 performances 1995 Event "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" opens at Plymouth New York City for 55 performances 1995 Event "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances 1995 Event "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances 1995 Event "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf 1995 Death Tim Mara, owner (New York Giants), dies at 59 1995 Event "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances 1995 Event "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 16 performances 1995 Event "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances 1995 Event "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater New York City for 16 performances 1995 Event "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 121 performances 1995 Event "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances 1995 Event "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances 1995 Event "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 24 performances 1995 Event "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances 1995 Event "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances 1995 Event "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater New York City for 79 performances 1995 Event Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 1995 Event Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news 1995 Event "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances 1995 Event New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more 1995 Event "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances 1995 Event "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances 1995 Event New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization 1995 Event Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 1995 Event New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23 1995 Event "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 204 performances 1995 Event "Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 671 perf 1995 Event "Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 56 performances 1995 Event "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances 1995 Event New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) 1995 Event "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 25 performances 1995 Event "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances 1995 Event NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) 1995 Event New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1995 Event 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years 1995 Event Replacement New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1 1995 Event "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater New York City 1995 Event "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances 1995 Event "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 340 performances 1995 Event "Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 56 performances 1995 Event Amtrak New York City - Tampa run ends 1995 Event "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances 1995 Event "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 322 performances 1995 Event UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) 1995 Event 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) 1995 Event "Guys and Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1143 performances 1995 Event "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances 1995 Event "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 280 performances 1995 Event "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances 1995 Event "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances 1995 Event "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances 1994 Event "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances 1994 Event "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 18 performances 1994 Event Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City 1994 Event "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 8 performances 1994 Event "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 12 perf 1994 Event "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 20 performances 1994 Event "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per 1994 Event "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr New York City after 216 performances 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Event "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances 1994 Event "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 977 performances 1994 Event "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 57 performances 1994 Event 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37 1994 Event 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 1994 Event New York Lotto pays $60 million+ 1994 Event National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City) 1994 Event "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances 1994 Event New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56 1994 Death Fred Lebow, U.S. founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer 1994 Event "Show Boat," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City 1994 Event "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion New York City for 52 performances 1994 Event "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers New York City after 320 performances 1994 Event New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis 1994 Event "Hedda Gabler" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 33 performances 1994 Event Howard Stern drops out of New York gubernatorial race 1994 Event Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on New York parkway 1994 Event New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1994 Event Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits 1994 Event Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in New York City 1994 Event New York Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker 1994 Event "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 556 performances 1994 Death Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1994 Event "Hedda Gabler" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 33 performances 1994 Event 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes 1994 Event New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1994 Event "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 8 performances 1994 Event "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances 1994 Event "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 82 performances 1994 Event Gay Games close in New York City 1994 Event 48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1994 Event "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1994 Event "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 294 performances 1994 Event "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort New York City after 72 performances 1994 Event Gay Games open in New York City 1994 Event New York Giants cut quarterback Phil Simms 1994 Event Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 3 1994 Event "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 8 performances 1994 Event "Joseph and the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 223 performances 1994 Event "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1994 Event "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 16 performances 1994 Event Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00 1994 Event "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater New York City for 1,503 performances 1994 Event "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per 1994 Event "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 280 performances 1994 Event Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York 1994 Event "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 9 performances 1994 Event "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances 1994 Event "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances 1994 Event "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances 1994 Event "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances 1994 Event "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 41 performances 1994 Event New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs 1994 Event Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1994 Event "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1994 Event "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater New York City 1994 Event "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances 1994 Event "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 72 performances 1994 Event "Medea" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 82 performances 1994 Event New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6 1994 Event "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances 1994 Event Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 1994 Death Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies 1994 Event "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 322 performances 1994 Event "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 53 performances 1994 Event Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1994 Event "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances 1994 Event "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 41 performances 1994 Event "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1994 Event "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances 1994 Death Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1994 Event "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 510 performances 1994 Event "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances 1994 Event "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1994 Event 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers 1994 Event East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City 1994 Event "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances 1994 Event "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances 1994 Event "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont New York City after 40 performances 1994 Event "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1994 Event "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances 1993 Event "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" closes at Palace New York City after 7 performances 1993 Event "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 7 performances 1993 Event "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 5 performances 1993 Event "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 5 performances 1993 Event "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 32 performances 1993 Event "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 34 performances 1993 Event WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in New York City 1993 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances 1993 Event "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances 1993 Event "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Event "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 13 performances 1993 Event "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 48 performances 1993 Event "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 216 performances 1993 Event "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" opens at Richard Rodgers New York City for 320 perf 1993 Event "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 14 performances 1993 Event "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 137 performances 1993 Event "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances 1993 Event "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 32 performances 1993 Event "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 34 performances 1993 Event "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 29 performances 1993 Event 23rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24 1993 Event 24th New York City Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04 1993 Death Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (New York Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86 1993 Event "Joseph and the Amazing" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 223 performances 1993 Event "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances 1993 Event "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances 1993 Event Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City 1993 Event "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 9 performances 1993 Event "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 9 performances 1993 Event "Twilight of the Golds" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 29 performances 1993 Death Sam Zolotow, U.S. theater critic (New York Times), dies at 94 1993 Event "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 48 performances 1993 Event "She Loves Me" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 294 performances 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances 1993 Event Queens New York begins required recycling 1993 Event "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 207 performances 1993 Event "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 569 performances 1993 Event "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 983 performances 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances 1993 Event "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances 1993 Event "Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 188 performances 1993 Event New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time 1993 Event Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yankees retire 13th # (#44) 1993 Event New York Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke 1993 Event Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul - New York 1993 Event "Camelot" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 56 performances 1993 Event New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 Event "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 25 performances 1993 Event "She Loves Me" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1993 Event Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight 1993 Event New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st 1993 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run 1993 Death Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in New York since 1954, dies 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27 1993 Death Harrison E. Salisbury, U.S. journalist (New York Times), dies at 84 1993 Event Pizza Hut blimp deflates and lands safely on W 56th street in New York City 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27) 1993 Event "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances 1993 Event New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game 1993 Event New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs 1993 Event New York Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose 1993 Event "Camelot" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 56 performances 1993 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances 1993 Event "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1993 Death Bob Fitzsimmons, New York radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53 1993 Event "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 Event "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 30 performances 1993 Event Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in New York City 1993 Event "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances 1993 Event "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 53 performances 1993 Event Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City 1993 Event 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1993 Death Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in New York at 77 1993 Event "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 906 performances 1993 Event "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 445 performances 1993 Event "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1993 Event "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 Event "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances 1993 Event "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances 1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1993 Event "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances 1993 Event "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances 1993 Event Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in New York City 1993 Event "Who's Tommy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 899 performances 1993 Death Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at 88 1993 Event "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 30 performances 1993 Event "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1993 Event David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for 1993 Event "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Event Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York) 1993 Event Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0 1993 Event "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Event Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain," premieres in New York City 1993 Event "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1993 Event New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1993 Event "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 556 performances 1993 Event Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in New York City 1993 Event "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances 1993 Event "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances 1993 Event "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1993 Event "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 188 performances 1993 Event George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees 1993 Event "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 54 performances 1993 Event 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 1993 Event "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 207 performances 1993 Event New York Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31 1993 Event Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York 1993 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester, New York on WNVE 95.1 FM 1993 Event Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York on WRQI 1993 Event "St. Joan" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 49 performances 1993 Event New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women 1993 Event "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 54 performances 1993 Event Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo, New York on WKBW 1993 Event "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances 1993 Event "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances 1993 Event "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances 1993 Event "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances 1993 Event "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances 1993 Event "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances 1993 Event "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin New York City after 10 performances 1993 Event "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 55 performances 1993 Event Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1993 Event Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession 1992 Event "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per 1992 Event Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport 1992 Death Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87 1992 Event "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 22 performances 1992 Event WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR 1992 Event "Show Off" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event New York Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals 1992 Event WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years 1992 Event "My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 37 performances 1992 Event New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key 1992 Event WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City 1992 Event "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Event "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander New York City after 25 performances 1992 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances 1992 Event "3 From Brooklyn" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Event "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 55 performances 1992 Event New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time 1992 Event "Solitary Confinement" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 25 performances 1992 Event "Show Off" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Event New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR 1992 Event New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio 1992 Event 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 1992 Event 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29 1992 Event New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games 1992 Event "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 421 performances 1992 Event "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 245 performances 1992 Event Wendy Wasserstein's "Sisters Rosensweig," premieres in New York City 1992 Event "Oba Oba '93" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 22 performances 1992 Event New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1992 Event Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany, New York on WQBK 103.5 and 103.9 FM 1992 Event Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York 1992 Event New York senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes 1992 Event "Anna Karenina" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances 1992 Event "Real Inspector Hound" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1992 Event "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 22 performances 1992 Event "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater New York City 1992 Event 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates 1992 Event "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" opens at Paramount New York City 1992 Event Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City 1992 Event Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional New York City seat 1992 Death Theodore S. Weiss, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1992 1992 Event New York Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28 1992 Event New York City police commisioner Brown resigns 1992 Event "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances 1992 Event "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 229 performances 1992 Event "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances 1992 Event "Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion New York City for 61 performances 1992 Event "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore New York City after 137 perf 1992 Event Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 1992 Event "Death and the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 159 performances 1992 Event "Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 9 performances 1992 Event "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 18 performances 1992 Event "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances 1992 Event "Price" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 47 performances 1992 Event New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife 1992 Event 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City 1992 Event "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 9 performances 1992 Event "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 18 performances 1992 Event New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Event Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City 1992 Event New York Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards 1992 Event Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport, New York City 1992 Death Eddie Lopat, pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 73 1992 Event "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances 1992 Event New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time 1992 Event "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 Event New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter 1992 Death Max Lerner, U.S. writer/columnist (New York Post), dies at 88 1992 Event Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 1992 Event New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) 1992 Event New York Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams 1992 Event New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games 1992 Event New York Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7 1992 Event Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game 1992 Event New York Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game 1992 Event New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores 1992 Event "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event 5 New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine 1992 Event New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games 1992 Event New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 home runs 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Event New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1992 Event "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 487 performances 1992 Event "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Event New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time 1992 Event New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 1992 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 Event "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances 1992 Event "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 13 performances 1992 Event "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances 1992 Event "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 108 performances 1992 Event "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Event "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont New York City after 38 perf 1992 Event "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 13 performances 1992 Event New York Rangers win team record 50th game 1992 Event New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438) 1992 Event "Guys and Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1143 performances 1992 Event "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances 1992 Event Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1992 Event "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances 1992 Event 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61 1992 Event New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 1992 Event "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances 1992 Event "Search and Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances 1992 Event Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea 1992 Event Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad 1992 Event 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat New York Mets 1992 Event "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Event WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (New York City) 1992 Event "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale New York City for 462 performances 1992 Event Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City 1992 Event NHL New York Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years 1992 Event "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 245 performances 1992 Event "Private Lives" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 37 performances 1992 Event Joseph A. Molloy elected New York Yankee general partner 1992 Event U.S. Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1992 Event "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Event "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 38 perf 1992 Event "Death and the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 159 performances 1992 Death James Brooks, U.S. mural painter (Flight, La Guardia New York), dies at 85 1992 Event Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by New York Islanders 1992 Event "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances 1992 Event "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event "Search and Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances 1992 Event "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City 1992 Event "Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 37 performances 1992 Death Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies of emphysema at 63 1992 Event "Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 1622 performances 1992 Event Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres in New York City 1992 Event "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 229 performances 1992 Event "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 29 performances 1992 Event Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1992 Event "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 7 performances 1992 Event Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by New York Islanders 1992 Event Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 1992 Death Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 1992 Event "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances 1992 Event "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances 1992 Event "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Event "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 878 performances 1992 Event "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 29 performances 1992 Event New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul 1992 Event "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf 1992 Event "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 32 performances 1992 Event "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 99 performances 1992 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 Event New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 1991 Event Daniel R McCarthy elected New York Yankee managing general partner 1991 Event "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 14 performances 1991 Event 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City 1991 Event New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with second left 1991 Event "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances 1991 Event New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession 1991 Event "Nick and Nora" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 9 performances 1991 Event "Crucible" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 32 performances 1991 Event "Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 49 performances 1991 Event "Nick and Nora" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 9 performances 1991 Event "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 452 performances 1991 Event Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with New York Mets 1991 Event "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin New York City after 32 performances 1991 Event "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 469 performances 1991 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 Event Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students 1991 Death Eric Carr, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss, dies of heart cancer at age 41 in New York 1991 Event New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension 1991 Death David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner for the New York Jets, dies at 81 1991 Death Sonny Werblin, New York sports impresario, dies at 81 1991 Event "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 12 performances 1991 Event "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 12 performances 1991 Event "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City 1991 Event "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Event 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 1991 Event 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 1991 Death Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx New York at 72 1991 Event Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankee manager 1991 Event "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 9 performances 1991 Event "Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 49 performances 1991 Event "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 421 performances 1991 Event "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 9 performances 1991 Event "Most Happy Fella" closes at New York State Theater New York City 1991 Event New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th NHL goal 1991 Event "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 99 performances 1991 Event Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history 1991 Event New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies 1991 Event NHL New York Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier 1991 Event New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Event Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens 1991 Event New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame 1991 Event 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1991 Event New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium 1991 Event "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City 1991 Event "Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 70 performances 1991 Event "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances 1991 Event "Gypsy" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 105 performances 1991 Event Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1991 Event Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate New York 1991 Event With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better 1991 Event "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 Event "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 216 performances 1991 Event "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 70 performances 1991 Death Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, New York Stories), dies at 74 1991 Event "Odd Couple" opens and closes at Belasco Theater New York City 1991 Event "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances 1991 Event New York Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame 1991 Event New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 1991 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 241 performances 1991 Event New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Event Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in New York City 1991 Event Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops 1991 Event "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances 1991 Event Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1991 Event New York Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft 1991 Event "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert New York City after 225 performances 1991 Event New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1991 Event "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 983 performances 1991 Event "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 Event "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 105 performances 1991 Event "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 78 performances 1991 Event "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances 1991 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances 1991 Event Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City 1991 Event "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances 1991 Event Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 Event "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 67 performances 1991 Event "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1991 Event "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City 1991 Event New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television" 1991 Event Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City) 1991 Event "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances 1991 Event "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances 1991 Event "Shadowlands" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 169 performances 1991 Event New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 1991 Event "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances 1991 Event "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City 1991 Event Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets 1991 Event Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City 1991 Event "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 36 performances 1991 Event Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City 1991 Event New York Yankees beat New York Mets, 9-3 1991 Event New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1991 Event John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in New York City 1991 Event Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1991 Event New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner, with the numbers 18-21-32-33-35-38 1991 Event "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 41 performances 1991 Event "Aspects of Love" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 377 performances 1991 Event "La Bete" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 24 performances 1991 Event "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 36 performances 1991 Event Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain 1991 Event New York - New Jersey Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together 1991 Event "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 126 performances 1991 Event "Lost in Yonkers" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 780 performances 1991 Event Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres in New York City 1991 Event "Taking Steps" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 78 performances 1991 Event "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 67 performances 1991 Event "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 24 performances 1991 Event Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl 1991 Death Phil Watson, NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies 1991 Event "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 320 performances 1991 Event Superbowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, RB 1991 Event "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 Event New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50) 1991 Event "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 829 performances 1991 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City or 45 performances 1991 Event "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 72 performances 1991 Event Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1991 Event WLAF's New York Knights become NY-New Jersey Knights 1991 Death Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49 1991 Event "Gypsy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 477 performances 1991 Event "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances 1991 Event Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders 1990 Event "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 93 performances 1990 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1990 Event "Lettice and Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 284 performances 1990 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 45 performances 1990 Event NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard 1990 Death Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack 1990 Event Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Event New York Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96 1990 Event "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 72 performances 1990 Event NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both 1990 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances 1990 Event NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0 1990 Event "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 169 performances 1990 Event "6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 496 performances 1990 Event "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances 1990 Event "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 126 performances 1990 Event "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert New York City for 225 performances 1990 Event 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45 1990 Event 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39 1990 Event "Oh, Kay!" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 77 performances 1990 Event "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden New York City after 30 performances 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Event "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 469 performances 1990 Event "Jackie Mason - Brand New" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 216 performances 1990 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, New York and His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances 1990 Event "Miser" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 93 performances 1990 Event Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 13 performances 1990 Event "Michael Feinstein in Concert -" opens at Golden New York City for 30 performances 1990 Event "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances 1990 Event 1st 8 New York Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record 1990 Death Werner Janssen, U.S. composer (New Years Eve in New York), dies at 91 1990 Event Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing 1990 Event 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 Event Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner 1990 Death Samuel S. Stratton, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989, died at age 73 1990 Event 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 1990 Event Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year 1990 Event "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances 1990 Event "Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 188 performances 1990 Event "Heidi Chronicles" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 621 performances 1990 Event "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial New York City after 634 performances 1990 Death Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack 1990 Event Gene Michael names New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager replacing Harding Peterson 1990 Event George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat) 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat) 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats) 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th home run in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th home run in 1st 86 at bats 1990 Event "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats 1990 Event "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 149 performances 1990 Event George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees 1990 Event Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee 1990 Event New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer 1990 Event New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 Event "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV in New York City 1990 Event New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 1990 Event After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0 1990 Event New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 1990 Event New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak 1990 Event At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1990 Event Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. 1990 Event "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 62 performances 1990 Event "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 45 performances 1990 Event Nelson and Winnie Mandela welcomed in New York City 1990 Event New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves 1990 Event New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning 1990 Event "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 52 performances 1990 Event "Meet Me in St. Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 253 performances 1990 Event Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager 1990 Event New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 1990 Event "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 56 performances 1990 Event New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson 1990 Event New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0 1990 Event "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 33 performances 1990 Event "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 56 performances 1990 Event "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 16 performances 1990 Event New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt 1990 Event "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 45 performances 1990 Event New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 1990 Birthday Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, New York City, daughter of Caroline 1990 Event "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances 1990 Event "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City 1990 Event "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 16 performances 1990 Event "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances 1990 Event Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 1990 Event "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 52 performances 1990 Event New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 Event "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 33 performances 1990 Event "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances 1990 Event Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1990 Event New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 1990 Event New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) 1990 Event New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary 1990 Event New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 1990 Event World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1990 Event "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances 1990 Event New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary 1990 Event New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary 1990 Event "Lettice and Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 284 performances 1990 Event Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 1990 Birthday Princess Eugenie of York, born in Portland Hospital, London, the sixth and the second female in the succession line to the thrones of sixteen independent Commonwealth states 1990 Event "Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 188 performances 1990 Event "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances 1990 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center 1990 Event New York Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106 1990 Event Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight 1990 Event New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) 1990 Event David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1990 Event New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations 1989 Event "Me and My Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 1420 performances 1989 Event "Threepenny Opera" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances 1989 Death Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61 1989 Event Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in New York City 1989 Event "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 878 performances 1989 Event C Coleman and D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in New York City 1989 Event "Gypsy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 477 performances 1989 Event "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Event Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1989 Event "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances 1989 Event George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 Event "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 4 performances 1989 Event David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Event New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) 1989 Event "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances 1989 Event 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30 1989 Event 20th New York City Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01 1989 Event "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 253 performances 1989 Event AR Gurney's "Love Letters," premieres in New York City 1989 Event New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway 1989 Event "Dangerous Games" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 4 performances 1989 Event "Dangerous Games" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances 1989 Event Astor Piazzolla and Wm Finn's musical "Dangerous Games" premieres in New York City 1989 Event Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager and replaced by Harding Peterson 1989 Event 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1989 Event U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 Event Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1989 Event New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1989 Event "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 764 performances 1989 Event "Anything Goes" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 804 performances 1989 Event Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager 1989 Event "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 5959 performances 1989 Event Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly 1989 Event New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1989 Event "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City after 60 performances 1989 Event 89th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC New York 1989 Event Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires 1989 Event "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City) 1989 Event NHL's New York Rangers fire General Manager and coach Phil Esposito 1989 Event New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season 1989 Event "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 44 performances 1989 Event Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1989 Event "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 597 performances 1989 Event New York Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop 1989 Event New York Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher 1989 Event Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York 1989 Event "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances 1989 Event Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances 1989 Event Kevin Elster (New York Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73 1989 Event Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances 1989 Event Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev 1989 Event New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1989 Event New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2 1989 Event 1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yankees win 4-3 1989 Event Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering 1989 Event New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1989 Event "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 44 performances 1989 Event New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform 1989 Event "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 621 performances 1989 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez 1989 Event "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 634 performances 1989 Event New York Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster 1989 Event New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) 1989 Event "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 64 performances 1989 Death Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80 1989 Event Princess Diane of Wales visits New York City 1989 Event Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129 1989 Event "Black and Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 829 performances 1989 Event New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II 1989 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 176 performances 1989 Event "Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 297 performances 1989 Event "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances 1989 Event "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 761 performances 1989 Event Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record 1989 Event New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 1988 Event Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1988 Event "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances 1988 Event New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die 1988 Event NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years 1988 Event New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2 1988 Event 3 men end 29-hour all-466-station subway ride in New York City 1988 Event New York City Subway system adds new stations (Z line) 1988 Death John Canning, New York Post managing editor, dies at 56 1988 Event New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M 1988 Event Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City 1988 Event New York Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach 1988 Event New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) 1988 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St. Louis Blues 1988 Event New York City furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase 1988 Event Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges 1988 Death Carl Hubbell, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA, dies in an auto accident 1988 Event Neil Simon's "Rumors," premieres in New York City 1988 Event New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 Event "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances 1988 Event 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07 1988 Event 19th New York City Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20 1988 Event Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title 1988 Event New York Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time 1988 Event New York Islander's and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires 1988 Event Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Event Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of New York Yankees 1988 Death Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York 1988 Event Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager 1988 Event WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio) 1988 Event Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets New York City 1988 Event New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark 1988 Event 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York 1988 Event New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 Event Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, New York 1988 Event New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer 1988 Event New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 1988 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt,, Jr., Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, dies on 74th birthday 1988 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 176 performances 1988 Event New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1988 Event Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 1988 Event Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Event Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City 1988 Birthday Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Event Mario Biaggi, Representative-D-New York, convicted of racketeering resigns seat 1988 Event Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to New York City 1988 Event Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1988 Event "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 68 performances 1988 Event New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils 1988 Event Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in New York 1988 Event "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 262 performances 1988 Event Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) 1988 Event Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee 1988 Event "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 5 performances 1988 Event "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 61 performances 1988 Event "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances 1988 Event "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 5 performances 1988 Event "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 46 performances 1988 Event Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St. in New York City 1988 Event David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City 1988 Event "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances 1988 Event New York Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles) 1988 Event New York Yankees Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record 1988 Event "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances 1988 Event New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) 1988 Event Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City 1988 Event "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances 1988 Event New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night 1988 Event "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances 1988 Birthday Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets 1988 Event "Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 61 performances 1988 Event David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City 1988 Event New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night 1988 Event New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1988 Event Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million 1988 Event "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 597 performances 1988 Event "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000+ performances 1988 Event "Teddy and Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 77 performances 1988 Event "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances 1988 Death Leo Steiner, New York's Carnegie Deli owner, dies 1987 Event 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 Event "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 177 performances 1987 Event New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game 1987 Event "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 1761 performances 1987 Event "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances 1987 Event "Roza" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 12 performances 1987 Death William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Seasons New York City), dies at 80 1987 Event "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances 1987 Death Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in New York City), dies at 87 1987 Event 17th New York City Women's Marathon won by Priscilla Welch in 2:30:17 1987 Event 18th New York City Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein in 2:11:01 1987 Event 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) 1987 Event New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13 1987 Event "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances 1987 Event "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 262 performances 1987 Event "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 804 performances 1987 Event Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee General Manager, Lou Piniella is named General Manager and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time 1987 Event "Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 4 performances 1987 Event 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1987 Event "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 4 performances 1987 Event Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City 1987 Event "Roza" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 12 performances 1987 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 1987 Event "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1005 performances 1987 Event New York's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting 1987 Event Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan 1987 Event New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9 1987 Death Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83 1987 Event New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play 1987 Event New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 1987 Event WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format 1987 Event "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances 1987 Event Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with New York Mets 1987 Death Dick Howser, manager (New York Yankees and Kansas City Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 1987 Event New York Yankees play their 13,000th game 1987 Event "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 102 performances 1987 Event "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances 1987 Event "Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 46 performances 1987 Event New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game 1987 Event "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances 1987 Event Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City 1987 Event New York Richard Wilbur appointed as U.S. poet laureate 1987 Birthday Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air 1987 Event "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances 1987 Event Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City 1987 Event "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 46 performances 1987 Event August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in New York City 1987 Event "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances 1987 Event "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 368 performances 1987 Death W. Sterling Cole, Representative-R-New York 1935 - 1957, dies at 82 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1987 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances 1987 Event "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 102 performances 1987 Event New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club 1987 Event Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry 1987 Event Superbowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Phil Simms, New York Giants, quarterback 1987 Event 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each 1987 Event Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0) 1987 Event Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1987 Event "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances 1987 Event "Smile" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 48 performances 1987 Event Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City 1986 Event White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York 1986 Event Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in New York City 1986 Event "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 40 performances 1986 Event NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game 1986 Event "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 48 performances 1986 Event Tina Howe's "Coastal Disturbances," premieres in New York City 1986 Event "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 56 performances 1986 Event Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon 1986 Event "Song and Dance" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances 1986 Event 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 1986 Event 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06 1986 Event New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series 1986 Event "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances 1986 Event Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball 1986 Event "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances 1986 Death Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes 1986 Event "Flamenco Puro" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 40 performances 1986 Event "Raggedy Ann" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 5 performances 1986 Event "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 5 performances 1986 Event Tim Kides of West New York, New Jersey performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15 1986 Event New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves 1986 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons 1986 Event Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45) 1986 Event New York Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards 1986 Event 240.49 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying 1986 Event 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event "Rags" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances 1986 Event "Rags" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 4 performances 1986 Event "Me and My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 1420 performances 1986 Event Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway New York City 1986 Event "Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 4 performances 1986 Event "Honky Tonk Nights" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 4 performances 1986 Event New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1986 Death Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at 94 1986 Event 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club New York 1986 Death Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in New York at 67 1986 Event "Big Deal" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 70 performances 1986 Event New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token 1986 Event Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1986 Event "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances 1986 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game 1986 Event "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances 1986 Event "Jerry's Girls" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 139 performances 1986 Event A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000 1986 Event "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances 1986 Event "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 198 performances 1986 Death James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in New York at 86 1986 Event 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Death Jacob K. Javits, New York, Senator-R-New York 1957 - 1981, Representative-R-New York 1947 - 1954, died of Lou Gehrig's disease at 81 1986 Event Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York 1986 Event Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio on WXRK 92.3 FM 1986 Event "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances 1986 Event "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released 1986 Event "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances 1986 Event 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 24 performances 1986 Event New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point 1986 Event "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 13 performances 1986 Event New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46) 1986 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins 1986 Event 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal 1986 Event New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00 1985 Event "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 Event "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Event "Jerry's Girls" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 139 performances 1985 Death Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant 1985 Death Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 1985 Event Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker 1985 Event Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in New York City 1985 Event "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 608 performances 1985 Event Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City 1985 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP 1985 Event Herb Gardner's "I'm Not Rappaport," premieres in New York City 1985 Event Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons 1985 Event Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM in New York 1985 Event New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 1985 Event "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 Event "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Event 15th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34 1985 Event 16th New York City Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34 1985 Event Lou Piniella named New York Yankee manager 1985 Event "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances 1985 Event "Tango Argentino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 198 performances 1985 Event Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM in New York 1985 Event "Song and Dance" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 474 performances 1985 Event New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games 1985 Event New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game 1985 Event New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time 1985 Event New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47) 1985 Event "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 669 performances 1985 Event "Dreamgirls" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1522 performances 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances 1985 Event New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms 1985 Event "Singin' in the Rain" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 367 performances 1985 Event "King and I" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances 1985 Event 1st hotel strike in New York 1985 Event "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 79 performances 1985 Event Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000 1985 Death Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) New York City at 91 1985 Event Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi 1985 Birthday Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' 1985 Event William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City 1985 Event Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time 1985 Event "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances 1985 Event Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City 1985 Event Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift 1985 Event "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 79 performances 1985 Event "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1985 Event "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances 1985 Event Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City 1985 Event New York Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons 1985 Event "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances 1985 Death Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in New York City 1985 Event "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City 1985 Event New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals 1985 Event "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances 1985 Event "Harrigan 'n Hart" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances 1985 Event "Doug Henning and His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 perf 1985 Event "King and I" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances 1985 Event U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York 1984 Event New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire 1984 Event Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees 1984 Event Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on New York City subway train 1984 Event "Doug Henning and His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 60 perf 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year 1984 Event "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances 1984 Event New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0 1984 Death George Matthews, Brooklyn, New York, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 1984 Event "3 Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 9 performances 1984 Event Larry Shues "Foreigner," premieres in New York City 1984 Event Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon 1984 Event 14th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30 1984 Event 15th New York City Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53 1984 Event "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City after 24 performances 1984 Event August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City 1984 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg 1984 Event 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1984 Event "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances 1984 Event New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 1984 Event Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," premieres in New York City 1984 Event "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 362 performances 1984 Event "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 204 performances 1984 Event David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," premieres in New York City 1984 Event 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Event 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Event Geraldine Ferraro, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, wins Democratic Vice Presidential nomination 1984 Event Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party Vice Presidential candidate 1984 Event 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm 1984 Event New York Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000 1984 Event "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 241 performances 1984 Event 84th U.S. Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1984 Event New York Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1 1984 Event "Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 13 performances 1984 Event Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker contest," premieres in New York City 1984 Event "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 13 performances 1984 Event "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 505 performances 1984 Event Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1 1984 Event "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 17 performances 1984 Event "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances 1984 Event "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 17 performances 1984 Event "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 187 performances 1984 Birthday Ashley Peldon, born in Staten Island, New York, actress, Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived 1984 Event "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances 1984 Event "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances 1984 Event John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York 1984 Event New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6) 1984 Event Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City, "Hymietown" 1984 Event "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 104 performances 1984 Event "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 204 performances 1984 Event "9" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 739 performances 1984 Event New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents 1983 Event "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 669 performances 1983 Event Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City 1983 Event New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins 1983 Event "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances 1983 Event Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic," premieres in New York City 1983 Event "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 5 performances 1983 Event Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7 1983 Event "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 83 performances 1983 Event "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 241 performances 1983 Event David Shire and R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in New York City 1983 Event "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances 1983 Event Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City 1983 Event "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 104 performances 1983 Event New York Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt 1983 Event "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff New York City for 16 performances 1983 Event New York Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing 1983 Event "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 187 performances 1983 Event "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 83 performances 1983 Event Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Event New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period 1983 Event 13th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00 1983 Event 14th New York City Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59 1983 Event "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances 1983 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7 1983 Event New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands 1983 Death Terence Cooke, cardinal and archbishop of New York, dies at 62 1983 Event Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Event 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1983 Event Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting New York City subway 1983 Event "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances 1983 Event Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, New York, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA 1983 Event "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 41 performances 1983 Event "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 1761 performances 1983 Event "Merlin" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 199 performances 1983 Event "Mame" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 41 performances 1983 Event Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1983 Event New York Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox 1983 Event "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances 1983 Event "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 1568 performances 1983 Event New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires 1983 Event "Pump Boys and Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 573 performances 1983 Event IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City 1983 Event Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games 1983 Event "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City 1983 Event "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances 1983 Event "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 73 performances 1983 Death Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80 1983 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment 1983 Event New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons 1983 Event Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City 1983 Event Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," premieres in New York City 1983 Event "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances 1983 Event "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 505 performances 1983 Event "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances 1983 Event E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York City 1983 Event 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm)) 1983 Event 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander 1983 Event Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in New York City 1983 Event Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time 1983 Event NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver 1983 Event "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances 1983 Event "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 767 performances 1982 Event Anthony Shaffers "Whodunnit," premieres in New York City 1982 Event U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York closes 1982 Event William Mastrosimones "Extremities," premieres in New York City 1982 Event Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of New York Giants 1982 Event "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador New York City after 6 perf 1982 Event $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in New York City 1982 Event "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador New York City for 6 performances 1982 Event "Pirates of Penzance" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 772 performances 1982 Death Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73 1982 Event New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie 1982 Death Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City 1982 Event Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns "Foxfire," premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances 1982 Event "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St. James New York City after 9 performances 1982 Event "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater New York City for 9 performances 1982 Event 12th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14 1982 Event 13th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29 1982 Event Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City 1982 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands 1982 Event "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances 1982 Event "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances 1982 Event "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 5 performances 1982 Event 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1982 Event "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin New York City for 69 performances 1982 Event "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 1208 performances 1982 Event New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game 1982 Event Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankee manager 1982 Event Menken and Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill New York City after 63 performances 1982 Event Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City 1982 Event "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 53 performances 1982 Event "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 5 performances 1982 Event "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 5 performances 1982 Event 2,100 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1982 Event Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at New York MSG 1982 Event "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances 1982 Event "Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1,774 performances 1982 Event "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City 1982 Event "Cleavage" opens and closes at Playhouse Theater New York City 1982 Event 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park New York City 1982 Birthday Leelee Sobieski, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, 'Deep Impact', Emmy-Award nominee for television movie, 'Joan of Arc' 1982 Event New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers 1982 Event "Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 53 performances 1982 Event "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin New York City for 5 performances 1982 Event "Barnum" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 854 performances 1982 Event Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games 1982 Event WABC New York City plays its last record, John Lennon's Imagine 1982 Event "9" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 739 performances 1982 Event Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1982 Event New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1982 Event Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time 1982 Event 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot 1982 Event John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances 1982 Event "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City 1982 Death Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at 77 1982 Event New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents 1982 Event New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful) 1982 Death Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60 1982 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 1604 performances 1982 Event "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances 1982 Event New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game 1982 Event "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1982 Event "Pump Boys and Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 573 performances 1982 Event Musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes," premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances 1982 Event "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 36 performances 1982 Event New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak 1982 Event "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City 1982 Event "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances 1982 Event Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system 1982 Event TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system 1981 Event "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1522 performances 1981 Event Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 37 performances 1981 Event Jules Feiffer's "Grownups," premieres in New York City 1981 Event New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award 1981 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances 1981 Event "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances 1981 Death Lotte Lenya, singer and actress (From Russia With Love), dies in New York at 83 1981 Event "Marlowe" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 48 performances 1981 Event "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 37 performances 1981 Event NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws 1981 Event "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1981 Event "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances 1981 Event Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 3 performances 1981 Event "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances 1981 Event Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City 1981 Event Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in New York City 1981 Event Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City 1981 Event New York Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games 1981 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series 1981 Event 11th New York City Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29 1981 Event 12th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13 1981 Event Allison Roe (2:25:29) and Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) win New York City marathon 1981 Event 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99 1981 Event New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game 1981 Event Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City 1981 Event New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's 1981 Event "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 48 performances 1981 Event "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden New York after 588 perf 1981 Event Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal 1981 Event Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert 1981 Event "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances 1981 Event Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time 1981 Death Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling New York at 89 1981 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 119 performances 1981 Event Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott 1981 Event New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1981 Event "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 28 performances 1981 Event New York City transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token 1981 Event "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 165 performances 1981 Event "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 28 performances 1981 Event New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 1981 Birthday Shelby Lyons, Oswego, New York, pairs skater, & Wells-1995 Midwest champ 1981 Event Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 1981 Event "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 14 performances 1981 Event "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances 1981 Event "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 14 performances 1981 Event "Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 5 performances 1981 Event "Moony, Shapiro Songbook" opens and closes at Morosco Theater New York City 1981 Event "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances 1981 Event "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 13 performances 1981 Event William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 13 performances 1981 Death Omar Bradley, last U.S. 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88 1981 Event "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances 1981 Birthday Julia Stiles, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, '10 Things I Hate About You', 'Mona Lisa Smile', 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'The Bourne Ultimatum' 1981 Event "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City 1981 Event Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 54 performances 1981 Event "Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 4 performances 1981 Event "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 4 performances 1981 Event New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie 1981 Event "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 767 performances 1981 Event New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 1981 Birthday Paris Hilton, born in New York City, New York, model, actress, socialite, heiress, fashion designer, appeared in 'The Simple Life' television series 1981 Event Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1981 Event Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words 1981 Event "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 12 performances 1981 Event "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 133 performances 1981 Birthday Tommy Michaels, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Timmy Hutton-All My Children 1981 Event "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 165 performances 1981 Event Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 12 performances 1981 Birthday Alicia Keys, born in New York City, New York, born Alicia Augello Cook, singer, recording artist, actress, debut album, 'Songs in A Minor', won five Grammy Awards 1981 Event "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances 1981 Event Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a New York subway train 1981 Death Emanuel Celler, Representative-D-New York 1923 - 1973, dies at 92 1981 Event "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 93 performances 1981 Event "Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 772 performances 1981 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances 1980 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1980 Event Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City 1980 Event NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio 1980 Event New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M 1980 Event "Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck New York City for 1 performance 1980 Event New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat New York Jets 21-20 1980 Death Elston Howard, MVP catcher (New York Yankees), dies at 59 1980 Event "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 16 performances 1980 Death John Lennon, assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman at 40 1980 Event "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater New York City after 38 performances 1980 Event "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 Event "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances 1980 Death George Raft, New York City, actor (Scarface), dies at 85 1980 Event Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in New York City 1980 Event 10th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3 1980 Event 11th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41 1980 Event "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 93 performances 1980 Event "Banjo Dancing" opens at Century Theater New York City for 38 performances 1980 Event "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 133 performances 1980 Event Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances 1980 Event 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1980 Event "Charlie and Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 17 performances 1980 Event Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) 1980 Birthday Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue, New York, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics 1980 Event "Charlie and Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 17 performances 1980 Event Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis) 1980 Event "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 301 performances 1980 Birthday Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich 1980 Event "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances 1980 Event Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City 1980 Event New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day 1980 Event "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 104 performances 1980 Event Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter 1980 Event 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York 1980 Event New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game 1980 Event "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 557 performances 1980 Event New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents 1980 Event "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 12 performances 1980 Event "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 12 performances 1980 Event Theme From New York, New York by Frank Sinatra hits #32 1980 Event "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 8 performances 1980 Event "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances 1980 Event "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 8 performances 1980 Event New York Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1 1980 Event "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 149 performances 1980 Event "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances 1980 Event J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City 1980 Event "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 15 performances 1980 Event Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 1980 Birthday Billy L Sullivan, LI, New York, actor, Will Pacino-Something So Right 1980 Event 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls New York) are evacuated 1980 Event "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 104 performances 1980 Event "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 15 performances 1980 Event Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets 1980 Event "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 17 performances 1980 Event Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in New York City 1980 Event "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf 1980 Event "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 854 performances 1980 Event "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 3,388 performances 1980 Event "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 21 performances 1980 Event Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in New York City 1980 Event "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 17 performances 1980 Event "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 21 performances 1980 Event New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin 1980 Event Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances 1980 Event 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1980 Event "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances 1980 Event 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 Event New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs. Winnipeg Jets 1980 Event Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in New York City 1980 Event Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City 1980 Death Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 1980 Event "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances 1980 Event "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 63 performances 1980 Event "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances 1979 Event Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1979 Event Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG 1979 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1979 Event "Oklahoma!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 301 performances 1979 Death Claire Carleton, New York City, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 1979 Death Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in New York City at 84 1979 Event "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 63 performances 1979 Event "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 53 performances 1979 Event New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City 1979 Event Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president 1979 Event Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in New York City 1979 Birthday Daisy Eagan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actresss, Secret Graden 1979 Event "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in New York City 1979 Event Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment 1979 Event 10th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:42 1979 Event 9th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:33 1979 Event Greta Weitz wins woman participation in New York City marathon (02:27:33) 1979 Event "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances 1979 Event 1st Monday night game from New York City, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) 1979 Event New York Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier 1979 Event "Most Happy Fella" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 53 performances 1979 Event Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1979 Event "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 1208 performances 1979 Event J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City 1979 Event "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances 1979 Event "Eubie!" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 439 performances 1979 Event John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival 1979 Event "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 1568 performances 1979 Event Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City 1979 Event The Who opens New York City concerts at MSG 1979 Event Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks 1979 Event 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York 1979 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 578 performances 1979 Event "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances 1979 Event "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances 1979 Event Cars play concert in New York Central Park 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City 1979 Event 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young 1979 Birthday Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA 1996 1979 Event "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 204 performances 1979 Birthday Alizah Allen, born in New York City, New York, figure skater, 1997 North Atlantic Sr champ 1979 Event "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 7 performances 1979 Event "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 6 performances 1979 Event Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway 1979 Death Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 1979 Event "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 7 performances 1979 Event "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 6 performances 1979 Event National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated 1979 Event "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 8 performances 1979 Event "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 8 performances 1979 Event In New York 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank manager 1979 Event "Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 140 performances 1979 Event New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record 1979 Event "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps New York City for 86 performances 1979 Event Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City 1979 Event "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances 1979 Event Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens 1979 Event Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City 1979 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1 1979 Event "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 864 performances 1979 Event "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger New York City 1979 Birthday Jayna Cronin Geneva, New York, dance skater, & Dreger-1997 National-13th 1979 Event Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in New York City 1979 Event Mary Therese Friel, New York, crowned 28th Miss USA 1979 Event "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances 1979 Birthday Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet 1979 Event "Carmelina" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 17 performances 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Event "Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 116 performances 1979 Event "On the 20th Century" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 460 performances 1979 Event "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 61 performances 1979 Event "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 557 performances 1979 Event Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City 1979 Event "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 140 performances 1979 Birthday David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter 1979 Event "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances 1979 Event -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1979 Event "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 204 performances 1979 Event "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances 1979 Event Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City 1979 Event "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1672 performances 1979 Event Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City 1979 Birthday Jessica Lynn Ferdinand, Miss New York Teen USA 1997 1979 Death Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President and (4 time Governor-R-New York), dies at 70 1979 Birthday Tatyana M Ali, New York City, actress, Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1979 Event New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers 1979 Birthday Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million' 1979 Event "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances 1978 Event "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 1859 performances 1978 Event "Runaways" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 199 performances 1978 Event "King and I" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 719 performances 1978 Event Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period 1978 Event "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City 1978 Event "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 116 performances 1978 Event 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1978 Event "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 33 performances 1978 Event Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in New York City 1978 Event "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances 1978 Event 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York 1978 Birthday Aliane Baquerot, New York City, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1978 Death Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), dies in New York at 76 1978 Event "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances 1978 Event New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1978 Event NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders 1978 Event Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in New York City 1978 Event "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 48 performances 1978 Event 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30 1978 Event 9th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12 1978 Event New York Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs Los Angeles Kings 1978 Event New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8) 1978 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series 1978 Event New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away 1978 Death Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City 1978 Event John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City 1978 Event Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title 1978 Event "Eubie!" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 439 performances 1978 Event New York Yankees win to gain sole possession of 1st place from 14 games back 1978 Event "Timbuktu!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 243 performances 1978 Birthday Natalia Cigliuti, born in New York, actress, Lindsay-Saved By Bell: New Class 1978 Event New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season) 1978 Event USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1978 Event New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 1978 Event 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York 1978 Event On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become General Manager 1978 Event 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York 1978 Event "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premieres in New York City 1978 Birthday Topher Grace, born in New York City, New York, actor, appeared in 'Spider-Man 3' and television series, 'That '70s Show' 1978 Event "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 152 performances 1978 Birthday Mario Vazquez, born in The Bronx, New York, singer, competitor on television show, 'American Idol', released album, 'Mario Vazquez' with Arista Records in 2005 1978 Event Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Event "Act" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 233 performances 1978 Event "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St. New York City for 1577 performances 1978 Event David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Event "Working" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 25 performances 1978 Birthday David Krumholtz, New York City, actor, Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons 1978 Event "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances 1978 Event "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 5 performances 1978 Event "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 199 performances 1978 Event Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City 1978 Event "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances 1978 Event "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 1604 performances 1978 Event Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in New York City 1978 Event "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances 1978 Event 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1978 Event "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances 1978 Event New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day 1978 Event Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City 1978 Event "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances 1978 Event Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1,774 performances 1978 Birthday Cristina Teuscher, born in New Rochelle, New York, 4X200m freestyle, 1996 Olympic gold 1978 Event "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 152 performances 1978 Event "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 243 performances 1978 Event Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in New York City 1978 Event "On the 20th Century" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 460 performances 1978 Event Coleman, Comden and Green's musical premieres in New York City 1978 Event "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances 1978 Event 16 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1978 Event "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 101 performances 1978 Death Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96 1978 Event "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances 1977 Event "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 766 performances 1977 Event "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 124 performances 1977 Event Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage," premieres in New York City 1977 Event "Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City 1977 Event Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in New York City 1977 Event "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf 1977 Event "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 96 performances 1977 Event Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins 1977 Event 1st flight of Concorde, London to New York 1977 Event Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) 1977 Event "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 43 performances 1977 Event "Act" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 233 performances 1977 Event 7th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10 1977 Event 8th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38 1977 Event David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City 1977 Event Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula," premieres in New York City 1977 Event Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City 1977 Event New York Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games 1977 Birthday Chris McKenna, Queens, New York, actor, Joey-One Live to Live 1977 Event DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in New York City 1977 Event "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 43 performances 1977 Event "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances 1977 Event "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 7 performances 1977 Event Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy," premieres in New York City 1977 Event "Estrada" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 7 performances 1977 Event "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 124 performances 1977 Birthday Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal' 1977 Event "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 527 performances 1977 Event New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 1977 Event "Chicago" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 947 performances 1977 Death Groucho Martin, New York City, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86 1977 Event 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad 1977 Event Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 Event "Shenandoah" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 1,050 performances 1977 Birthday Jason Michael Zimbler, born in Queens, New York, actor, Clarissa Explains it All 1977 Event 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1977 Event New York City experiences 25 hour black-out 1977 Event "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 75 performances 1977 Birthday Liv Tyler, born in New York City, daughter of Steven Tyler, actress, The Lord of the Rings trilogy 1977 Event U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1977 Birthday Cliff Bayer, born in New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1977 Event New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry 1977 Death Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77 1977 Event "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1944 performances 1977 Event "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances 1977 Birthday Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge 1977 Event New York City fines George Willig 1 cents for each of 110 stories he climbed 1977 Event George Willig climbs New York City World Trade Center 1977 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances 1977 Event Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in New York City 1977 Event 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City 1977 Event Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York 1977 Event "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 75 performances 1977 Event "King and I" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 719 performances 1977 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances 1977 Event New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens 1977 Event "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances 1977 Event C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City 1977 Event "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances 1977 Event Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City 1977 Event "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 864 performances 1977 Event Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City 1977 Birthday Angelo Garcia, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Menudo-Cannonball 1977 Event "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances 1977 Birthday Bryan Berard, NHL defenseman, Team USA 1998 Olympics, New York Islanders 1977 Birthday Alexis Jose Grullon, New York City, vocalist, Menudo-Cannonball 1977 Event 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City 1977 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 384 performances 1977 Event "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances 1977 Event "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 39 performances 1977 Event "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 145 performances 1977 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 92 performances 1977 Event "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 39 performances 1977 Event "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances 1976 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances 1976 Event "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances 1976 Event "Your Arm's Too Short..." opens at Lyceum New York City for 429 performances 1976 Event 35 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1976 Event "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances 1976 Event Quarterback Joe Namath last game as a New York Jet 1976 Event Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees 1976 Event "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances 1976 Event "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances 1976 Event "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances 1976 Event Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (New York Yankees) 1976 Event 6th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11 1976 Event 7th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10 1976 Event Cincinnati Reds sweep New York Yankees, in 73rd World Series 1976 Event New York Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed 1976 Event New York Yankee Thurman Munson ties World Series mark of 6 straight singles 1976 Event New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers 1976 Event Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yankees pennant #30 1976 Event "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 145 performances 1976 Event "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 106 performances 1976 Event "Porgy and Bess" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances 1976 Event "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances 1976 Event "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances 1976 Event Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in New York City 1976 Event 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York 1976 Event "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City after 48 performances 1976 Event "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances 1976 Birthday Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997 1976 Event "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 106 performances 1976 Event "Guys and Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 239 performances 1976 Event "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 61 performances 1976 Event Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in New York City 1976 Event Jimmy Carter wins Democratic President nomination in New York City 1976 Event Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt., New York 1976 Event "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances 1976 Event "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 527 performances 1976 Death Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1976 Event "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 61 performances 1976 Birthday Peter Devine, New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1976 Event 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2 1976 Event "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 16 performances 1976 Event "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 7 performances 1976 Event "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 7 performances 1976 Event "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances 1976 Event Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo 1976 Birthday Melissa Joan Hart, born in Sayville, New York, actress, Clarissa, Sabrina 1976 Birthday Ike Hilliard, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1976 Birthday Jennifer Capriati, born in Long Island, New York, tennis pro, 1992 Olympics gold 1976 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances 1976 Event "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances 1976 Event "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 766 performances 1976 Event Holgate, Kemp and Lopez' musical premieres in New York City 1976 Birthday Bryan Gillooly, Auburn, New York, diver 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up' 1976 Event Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York City 1976 Event "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances 1976 Event "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances 1976 Birthday Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show 1976 Event David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City 1976 Birthday Tara Fleming, N York Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1992 LPGA Corning-10th 1976 Event Washington Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5 1976 Event Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" 1976 Event "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances 1976 Event Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in New York City 1976 Event "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances 1976 Event "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City 1976 Event "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances 1975 Event "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 7 performances 1975 Event 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City 1975 Event Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG 1975 Birthday Tannis Vallely, New York City, actress, Janice Lazorotto-Head of the Class 1975 Event "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 51 performances 1975 Event "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances 1975 Event 1st New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) 1975 Event 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th 1975 Birthday Nick Farrell, East York Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics 1975 Event "Treemonisha" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 64 performances 1975 Event President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City 1975 Event "Raisin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 847 performances 1975 Event "Me and Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 453 performances 1975 Birthday Brett Lindros, London, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1975 Event "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 7 performances 1975 Event "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances 1975 Event New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award 1975 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 1975 Event "Hello, Dolly" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 51 performances 1975 Birthday Eric Fichaud, Anjou Canada, NHL goalie for the New York Islanders 1975 Event New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1975 Event "Me and Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 453 performances 1975 Event "Treemonisha" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 64 performances 1975 Event "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances 1975 Event Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City 1975 Birthday Scott E Weinger, New York City, actor, Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House 1975 Death Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 1975 Event 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) 1975 Death Casey Stengel, New York Yankee manager 1949 - 1960, dies in Glendale at 85 1975 Event 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14 1975 Event 6th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27 1975 Event Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 1975 Event Czechoslovakian tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City 1975 Event New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons 1975 Event New York City transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents 1975 Event San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0 1975 Event "Rodgers and Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 108 performances 1975 Birthday Felicia Zimmermann, born in Rochester, New York, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1975 Event Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of New York Yankees 1975 Birthday Alex Rodriguez, New York City, shortstop for the Seattle Mariners 1975 Event New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1975 Event New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are 1975 Event All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and John Matlock (New York Mets) 1975 Birthday Lil' Kim, born New York City, New York, born Kimberly Denise Jones, hip hop, rapper, debut album 'Conspiracy' generated three hit singles 1975 Birthday Chad Green, born in Dunkirk, New York, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Porter Collins, born in New York City, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1975 Event Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport New York, kills 113 1975 Birthday Frederick Koehler, born in Queens, New York, actor, Chip-Kate and Allie 1975 Birthday Bryan McCabe, born in St. Catherines, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1975 Birthday Niklas Sundstrom, born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1975 Event "Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 947 performances 1975 Event "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 104 performances 1975 Birthday Shoshanna Lonstein, New York City, girlfriend, Jerry Seinfeld 1975 Event "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 108 performances 1975 Event Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in New York City 1975 Event Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1975 Birthday Tiki Barber, running back for the New York Giants 1975 Event "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances 1975 Event "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances 1975 Event "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances 1975 Birthday Kisha Ford, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 18 performances 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1975 Event "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 9 performances 1975 Event Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City 1975 Event "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances 1975 Event "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 9 performances 1975 Death Joseph Dunninger, New York City, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1975 Event "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 104 performances 1975 Event "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances 1975 Birthday Gregory Maddalone, Schenectady, New York, dance skater, & Demkowski 1975 Birthday Matt Finkes, linebacker for the New York Jets 1975 Birthday Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1975 Event "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances 1975 Event Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City 1975 Birthday Kevin Alexander, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1975 Event Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in New York City 1975 Event "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 1050 performances 1975 Event Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in New York City 1975 Birthday James Farrior, linebacker for the New York Jets 1975 Event "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances 1975 Event Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City 1975 Event "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances 1975 Event "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances 1975 Event "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances 1974 Event Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract 1974 Event New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million 1974 Event Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in New York City 1974 Event "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 Birthday Raymond Austin, cornerback and safety for the New York Jets 1974 Birthday Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Event "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances 1974 Event "Mack and Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 66 performances 1974 Event John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG New York City) 1974 Birthday Jason Ferguson, defensive tackle for the New York Jets 1974 Death [Sithu] U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at 65 1974 Birthday David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big' 1974 Birthday Conrad Hamilton, cornerback for the New York Giants 1974 Event "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances 1974 Event Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center New York City 1974 Birthday Percy Ellsworth, safety for the New York Giants 1974 Event "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per 1974 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak 1974 Birthday Shannon MacMillan, Syosset, New York, soccer forward 1996 Olympics 1974 Event "Mack and Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 66 performances 1974 Birthday Kenny Jonsson, Angelholm SW, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, New York Islander 1974 Event 4th New York City Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29 1974 Event 5th New York City Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30 1974 Event John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (New York City) 1974 Event "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances 1974 Birthday Jimmy Fallon, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, actor, television host of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' television show 1974 Event New York Dolls disband 1974 Event "Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 605 performances 1974 Death Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of New York), dies at 75 1974 Event New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat 1974 Event John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City 1974 Birthday Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco 1974 Event "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 601 performances 1974 Event "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances 1974 Event Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr. J" Erving to New York Nets 1974 Event David Bowie's 'Diamond Dog' tour ends in New York City 1974 Event Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) 1974 Birthday Derek Jeter, born in Pequanock, New Jersey, shortstop, New York Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996 1974 Event 74th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1974 Event "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 1859 performances 1974 Event Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City 1974 Birthday Marcus Coleman, free safety for the New York Jets 1974 Birthday Brandon Jessie, tight end for the New York Giants 1974 Death Daniel R Topping, U.S. owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61 1974 Birthday Ken Belanger, Sault-ste-marie, California, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders 1974 Event 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1 1974 Birthday Cedric Jones, defensive end for the New York Giants 1974 Event Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees 1974 Event "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances 1974 Event Herb Gardner's "Thieves," premieres in New York City 1974 Event Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories) 1974 Birthday Rick Terry, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Jets 1974 Birthday Scott Galyon, linebacker for the New York Giants 1974 Birthday P J Bogart, New York City, diver 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Eric Lane, running back for the New York Giants 1974 Birthday John Hall, kicker for the New York Jets 1974 Birthday Lamont Burns, guard for the New York Jets 1974 Event "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 9 performances 1974 Event "Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 341 performances 1974 Event "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 740 performances 1974 Birthday Jarrett Deuling, born in Vernon, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders 1974 Event "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 9 performances 1974 Birthday Jerry O'Connell, New York City, actor, Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity 1974 Event "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City 1974 Event "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 103 performances 1974 Birthday Brad Maynard, punter for the New York Giants 1974 Birthday Ryan Phillips, linebacker for the New York Giants 1974 Event "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances 1974 Birthday J .R. Conrad, offensive tackle and guard for the New York Jets 1974 Event "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 320 performances 1974 Birthday Jerald Sowell, fullback for the New York Jets 1974 Event Styne, Comdem and Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in New York City 1974 Event New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame 1974 Event E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in New York City 1974 Event Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York 1974 Birthday Brian Roberson, wide receiver for the New York Giants 1974 Event Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City 1974 Event New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager 1973 Event "Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances 1973 Birthday Mike Cherry, quarterback for the New York Giants 1973 Birthday Ralph Intranuovo, East York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers 1973 Event Bruno Sammartino beats Stan Stasiak in New York, to become WWF champ 1973 Birthday Bernard Holsey, defensive tackle for the New York Giants 1973 Event "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances 1973 Event "Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 296 performances 1973 Birthday Kevin Feighery, NFL/WLAF punter, New York Giants, Panthers, Galaxy 1973 Event Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City 1973 Birthday Danny Kanell, quarterback for the New York Giants 1973 Event "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances 1973 Event "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances 1973 Event Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on New York City 1973 Event M. Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in New York City 1973 Event "Molly" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 68 performances 1973 Event The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1973 Event "Raisin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 847 performances 1973 Event Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City 1973 Event New York Mets beat Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the NLCS 1973 Event NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson 1973 Birthday Rebecca Lobo, Massachusetts, WNBA center, 1996 Olympics gold, New York Liberty 1973 Event 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07 1973 Event 4th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54 1973 Event New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk 1973 Event New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games 1973 Event "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances 1973 Event New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis 1973 Event New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed 1973 Event "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 15 performances 1973 Birthday Wayne Chrebet, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets 1973 Birthday Todd Marchant, Buffalo, New York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers 1973 Birthday Edgardo Alfonzo, Sta Teresa Venezuela, infielder for the New York Mets 1973 Birthday Sherriden May, NFL fullback for the New York Jets 1973 Birthday Jay Hagood, tackle for the New York Jets 1973 Event ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets 1973 Event $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from New York, Hilton 1973 Birthday Scott Bloom, born in Manhasset, New York, actor, Keys, Stuff 1973 Death Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies 1973 Death Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in New York City 1973 Event Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with New York Yankees, 12-2, and 7-0 1973 Event New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1973 Event "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances 1973 Birthday George Hincapie, born in Queens, New York, road cyclist, Olympics-76th-92, 96 1973 Event "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 49 performances 1973 Event "Sugar" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 506 performances 1973 Event "American Graffiti" opens in New York City 1973 Birthday Brandon Sanders, safety for the New York Giants 1973 Birthday Doug Colman, linebacker for the New York Giants 1973 Event "Smith" closes at Eden Theater New York City after 17 performances 1973 Event "Nash at Nine" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 21 performances 1973 Birthday Jason Dawe, North York, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1973 Event "2 Gentlemen of Verona" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 613 performances 1973 Event "Smith" opens at Eden Theater New York City for 17 performances 1973 Birthday Andreas Johansson, Hofors SWE, NHL forward, Pitts, New York Islanders 1973 Event "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 21 performances 1973 Event "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 49 performances 1973 Event 27th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 1973 Birthday Melvin Hayes, NFL tackle, New York Jets, Tennessee Oilers 1973 Birthday Derek Armstrong, born in Ottawa, NHL center for the New York Islanders 1973 Birthday Jeremy Burkett, NFL/WLAF tight end, New York Giants, Barcelona Dragons 1973 Birthday Adrien Brody, born in Woodhaven, New York, actor, Academy-Award winning film, 'The Pianist', other films include 'The Thin Red Line', 'Splice', 'Predators' 1973 Birthday David Blaine, born in Brooklyn, New York, illusionist, endurance artist, considered a modern-day Houdini, first television special titled, 'David Blaine; Street Magic' 1973 Birthday Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper 1973 Event "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 296 performances 1973 Event "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 605 performances 1973 Event Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St. New York City 1973 Event "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances 1973 Event "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances 1973 Event Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City 1973 Birthday Alexei Kovalev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers 1973 Birthday Robert Pipkins, Staten Island, New York, luger 1994 Olympics 1973 Event Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City 1973 Event Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in New York City 1973 Event "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 31 performances 1973 Event "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 861 performances 1973 Event 1st Kiss concert (Queens New York) 1973 Event 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers 1973 Event KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) 1973 Birthday Rodney Young, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1973 Birthday Chris Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing, New York Rangers, 1994 Olympics 1973 Birthday Peter Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing, New York Rangers, 1994 Olympics 1973 Birthday Chris Stynes, Queens, New York, infielder for the Kansas City Royals 1973 Event "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 8 performances 1973 Event "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 8 performances 1973 Event "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances 1973 Birthday Robert Dunn, Glenn Cove, New York, team handball left wing 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Ray Mickens, cornerback for the New York Jets 1972 Event "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 14 performances 1972 Birthday Charles Way, NFL fullback for the New York Giants 1972 Event Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys," premieres in New York City 1972 Birthday Alyssa Milano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, singer, appeared in Broadway production, 'Annie', appeared in 'Who's the Boss' television sitcom 1972 Birthday Francisco Rodriguez, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1972 Event Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City 1972 Event "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 7 performances 1972 Event "Via Galactica" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 7 performances 1972 Event Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown 1972 Event "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 9 performances 1972 Event "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 9 performances 1972 Event "Dear Oscar" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 Event Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway New York City 1972 Event "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 5 performances 1972 Event Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway New York City 1972 Death Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21 1972 Birthday Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1972 Event "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 12 performances 1972 Event "Pippin" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1944 performances 1972 Birthday Scott Lachance, Charlottesville, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1972 Event "Dude" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 16 performances 1972 Event "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 140 performances 1972 Event "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 Event "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 12 performances 1972 Event Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in New York City 1972 Event "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances 1972 Event Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat New York Knicks 109-101 1972 Event "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 2 performances 1972 Event "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 2 performances 1972 Event "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 16 performances 1972 Birthday Roman Oben, tackle for the New York Giants 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances 1972 Birthday Christian Peter, defensive tackle for the New York Giants 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances 1972 Event Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats New York Mets, 7-0 1972 Event Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 touchdowns vs. Philadelphia 1972 Event "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances 1972 Event 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41 1972 Event 3rd New York City Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52 1972 Event David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall 1972 Birthday Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1972 Event Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in New York City 1972 Birthday Jason Isringhausen, born in Alton, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets 1972 Birthday Matt O'Dwyer, NFL guard for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Bryan Stoltenberg, corner for the New York Giants 1972 Death George Wiess, General Manager (New York Yankees), dies at 78 1972 Event "Funny Thing Happened..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 156 performances 1972 Event "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 1316 performances 1972 Birthday Curtis Ceaser, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets 1972 Event New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium 1972 Event "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore New York City after 325 performances 1972 Event In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours 1972 Birthday Aaron Glenn, NFL cornerback/kick returner for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue 1972 Birthday Ben Talley, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1972 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 3242 performances 1972 Event "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances 1972 Event "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 1750 performances 1972 Birthday Tyrone Davis, NFL tight end, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1972 Birthday Marvin Jones, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1972 Event "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 140 performances 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida 1972 Birthday Andrew Pettitte, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher, New York Yankees 1972 Birthday Ramiro Mendoza, born in Los Santos, Panama, pitcher, New York Yankees 1972 Event Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden 1972 Event "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 3,388 performances 1972 Birthday Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1972 Birthday Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Gregory Maddalone 1972 Event "Applause" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 900 performances 1972 Event "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 1 performance 1972 Event "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances 1972 Event "Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 24 performances 1972 Event "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances 1972 Event 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games to 2 1972 Birthday Busta Rhymes, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., rapper, songwriter, actor, albums include, 'The Coming', 'When Disaster Strikes' 1972 Event "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances 1972 Event "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances 1972 Event In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 1972 Birthday Chad Cascadden, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1972 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 1972 Birthday Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994 1972 Event 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1 1972 Birthday Chris Hayes, safety for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Zigmund Palffy, Skalica Slo, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1972 Event "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances 1972 Event New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported 1972 Birthday David Lascher, born in New York City, actor, Josh-Clueless, Kidz in the Wood 1972 Event "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances 1972 Event "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances 1972 Event 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 1972 Event "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 4 performances 1972 Birthday Peter Billingsley, born in New York City, actor, Real People 1972 Birthday Vickie Johnson, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1972 Event "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 4 performances 1972 Event "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances 1972 Death Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Representative-D-New York, dies at 63 from acute prostatitis 1972 Event Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City 1972 Death Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57 1972 Event "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 156 performances 1972 Birthday Alex Ochoa, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder for the New York Mets 1972 Event "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances 1972 Event "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 Event New York Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx 1972 Event "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 5 performances 1972 Event "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances 1972 Birthday Brian Saxton, NFL tight end for the New York Giants 1972 Event "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances 1972 Birthday Carl Greenwood, NFL cornerback for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins 1972 Event David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," premieres in New York City 1972 Birthday Cyrus Beasley, Rowe, New York, rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Scott Gragg, NFL tackle for the New York Giants 1972 Event Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York City 1972 Event 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat New York Knicks (111-109) 1972 Event "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances 1972 Birthday Keith Elias, NFL running back for the New York Giants 1972 Birthday Chad Askew, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver, New York Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy 1972 Birthday Tyrone Wheatley, NFL running back for the New York Giants 1972 Birthday Drea De Matteo, born in Queens, New York, actress, appeared on 'The Sopranos', 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Joey' television shows 1972 Birthday Kyle Brady, NFL tight end for the New York Jets 1972 Birthday Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder for the New York Mets 1972 Birthday Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1972 Birthday Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1972 Event New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents 1972 Event "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances 1972 Event "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances 1972 Event "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances 1972 Event "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances 1971 Event Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders) 1971 Birthday Tamir Bloom, New York City, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1971 Event "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances 1971 Birthday Tito Wooten, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1971 Death Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City 1971 Birthday Garvin Alston, Mount Vernon, New York, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies 1971 Event "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater New York City 1971 Birthday Ben Atkins, New York City, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center, New York Jets, London Monarchs 1971 Event "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 613 performances 1971 Event Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Rob Zatechka, NFL guard for the New York Giants 1971 Event "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 587 performances 1971 Birthday Eric Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers 1971 Death Joe Adonis, U.S. crime-syndicate boss in New York and New Jersey, dies at 68 1971 Event "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances 1971 Event New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1971 Birthday Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1971 Event Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Butch Huskey, Anadarko, Oklahoma, infielder for the New York Mets 1971 Event "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances 1971 Event "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances 1971 Event "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 65 performances 1971 Event John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City 1971 Event "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 173 performances 1971 Birthday Tammy Harris, Williamstown, New York, Miss America-New York State 1997 1971 Event "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 711 performances 1971 Event Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City 1971 Event T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Dan Plante, Hayward, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1971 Event Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field 1971 Event New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Birthday Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons 1971 Event 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22 1971 Event 2nd New York City Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54 1971 Birthday Charlie Fields, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Shannon 1971 Birthday Chad Bratzke, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1971 Birthday Richie Anderson, NFL running back for the New York Jets 1971 Event "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 343 performances 1971 Event 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison 1971 Event New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 1971 Event John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return 1971 Event New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business 1971 Birthday Rich Aurilia, born in Brooklyn, New York, infielder for the San Francisco Giants 1971 Birthday Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback for the New York Giants 1971 Event WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Birthday Joseph Fitzgerald, born in Brooklyn, New York, team handball center back 1996 Olympics 1971 Event New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975 1971 Birthday Hugh Douglas, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1971 Birthday Stan White, NFL/WLAF quarterback, New York Giants, London Monarchs 1971 Birthday Alan Allen, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, New York Jets, London Monarchs 1971 Event WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Birthday Moira C Dunn, Utica, New York, LPGA golfer, 1995 SAFECO Classic-6th 1971 Event George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City 1971 Birthday Kristine Marie Lilly, born in New York City, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Wendy Benson, born in New York City, actress, Meredith-As the World Turns 1971 Birthday Jared Palmer, born in New York City, tennis star 1971 Birthday Greg Keagle, born in Corning, New York, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1971 Event "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances 1971 Event "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances 1971 Birthday Robert Reichel, born in Litinov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, New York Islanders, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Mara Hobel, born in New York City, actress, Mommie Dearest 1971 Birthday Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996 1971 Birthday Fred Baxter, NFL tight end for the New York Jets 1971 Event New York Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers" 1971 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City 1971 Birthday Aaron Ledesma, born in Union City, California, professional baseball player, infielder, played for Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles 1971 Event "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances 1971 Birthday Nick Bravin, New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Justin Henry, Rye, New York, actor, Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles 1971 Birthday Keith Hamilton, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Giants 1971 Birthday Niklas Andersson, Kungalv Swe, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders 1971 Event "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 35 performances 1971 Birthday Sofia Coppola, born in New York City, New York, writer, actress, producer, appeared in 'The Godfather', produced, 'Lost In Translation', 'The Virgin Suicides' 1971 Birthday Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets 1971 Event "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 5 performances 1971 Event "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances 1971 Event Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City) 1971 Birthday Keith Hamilton, defensive end for the New York Giants 1971 Birthday Greg Bishop, NFL guard for the New York Giants 1971 Birthday Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yankees, Sea Mariners 1971 Birthday Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets 1971 Event "Frank Merriwell" opens/closes at Longacre Theater New York City for 1 perf 1971 Event "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances 1971 Birthday Jason Sehorn, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Giants 1971 Event Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in New York City 1971 Event "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance 1971 Event 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) 1971 Event "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances 1971 Birthday Allan Houston, NBA guard for the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons 1971 Birthday Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 Birthday Emmanuel Lewis, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Webster 1971 Birthday Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Jets 1971 Birthday Rick Lyle, defensive end/defensive tackle for the New York Jets 1971 Event "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances 1971 Event P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Jason Keller, Scarsdale, New York, actor, Jason-Out of the Blue 1971 Birthday Shane Keller, Scarsdale, New York, actor, Shane-Out of the Blue 1971 Birthday John Bock, NFL center, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins 1971 Event Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1971 Event John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Marcus Buckley, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1971 Birthday Tommy Salo, Surahammar SWE, NHL goalie, Team Sweden, New York Islanders 1971 Event "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 19 performances 1971 Birthday Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker, New York Giants, Rhein Fire 1971 Birthday Alan Young, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1971 Birthday Johnny Mitchell, NFL tight end for the New York Jets 1971 Event "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 861 performances 1971 Event Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in New York, to become WWF champ 1971 Event "Ari" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 19 performances 1971 Event "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 3 performances 1971 Event "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 3 performances 1971 Birthday Andy Fox, Sacramento California, infielder, New York Yankees 1971 Birthday Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1971 Event "Light, Lively and Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 87 performances 1971 Event "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf 1971 Birthday Elizabeth Punsalan, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Swallow, 1994 Olympics 1971 Birthday Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1971 Birthday Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end, Amsterdam Admirals, New York Jets 1971 Birthday Todd Yeaman, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Giants 1971 Event "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances 1970 Event "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" opens at Majestic New York City for 19 performances 1970 Event "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 2844 performances 1970 Birthday Lorenzo Neal, NFL fullback, NO Saints, New York Jets 1970 Event WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, New York (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Birthday Travis Green, Castlegar, NHL center for the New York Islanders 1970 Event "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 587 performances 1970 Event Neil Simon's "Gingerbread Lady," premieres in New York City 1970 Birthday Jennifer Connelly, born in Brooklyn Heights, New York, actress, Labyrinth, Rocketeer 1970 Event North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises 1970 Birthday Paul Byrd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, pitcher for the New York Mets 1970 Event New York Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG 1970 Birthday Allen Watson, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1970 Birthday Phil Buckman, born in Queens, New York, actor, Slash-Drexell's Class 1970 Birthday Martha Plimpton, New York City, actress, Goonies, Mosquito Coast 1970 Event "2 by 2" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 343 performances 1970 Event R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two," premieres in New York City 1970 Event "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 689 performances 1970 Event "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances 1970 Birthday Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food 1970 Event "Light, Lively and Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 87 performances 1970 Birthday Jessie Armstead, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1970 Birthday Coleman Rudolph, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1970 Birthday Steve Campbell, Buffalo, New York, tennis star 1970 Event "Rothschilds" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 505 performances 1970 Birthday Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner for the New York Jets 1970 Birthday Lonnie Palelei, guard for the New York Jets 1970 Event Angela Davis arrested in New York City 1970 Birthday Charlie Ward, NBA guard for the New York Knicks/Heisman Trophy winner 1993 1970 Birthday Glenn Foley, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets 1970 Birthday Helen Louise Goldsby, born in Brooklyn, New York, Miss America, NY-Top 10-1996 1970 Birthday Thomas Randolph, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1970 Birthday Brian Kozlowski, NFL halfback, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants 1970 Event "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 333 performances 1970 Birthday Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1970 Event Gary Muhrcke wins 1st New York Marathon 1970 Birthday Ani Difranco, born in Buffalo, New York, singer, musician, guitarist, songwriter, considered a feminist icon, released over twenty albums 1970 Event 1st New York City Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38 1970 Birthday Dan Hackett, born in Syracuse, New York, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1970 Event New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle 1970 Birthday Deborah, Debbie, Gibson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Only in My Dreams 1970 Birthday Bill Roth, born in Yonkers, New York, gymnast, Gold Medal 1995 Pan American, 1996 Olympics 1970 Event City University of New York inaugurates open admissions 1970 Event New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) 1970 Birthday Everett McIver, NFL guard, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins 1970 Death John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70 1970 Birthday Tom Sherrer, born in Syracuse, New York, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd 1970 Birthday Brooks Thompson, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1970 Event "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 119 performances 1970 Event 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City 1970 Birthday Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Louise Van Voorhis, born in Rochester, New York, 470 yachter, Olympics-4th-1992, 96 1970 Event New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 Birthday Derrick Ralph Adkins, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m hurdler, 1996 Olympics gold 1970 Event Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (New York City) 1970 Birthday Willie Beamon, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1970 Event The Who's "Tommy" is performed at New York's Lincoln Center 1970 Birthday Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Birthday Lanee Butler, born in Manhasset, New York, mistral sailboat yachter, Olympic-11th-1996 1970 Birthday Marty Mcinnis, Weymouth, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders 1970 Event "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 80 performances 1970 Event 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam 1970 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1970 Birthday Jason York, Nepean, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1970 Birthday Niklas Andersson, Kungalv SWE, NHL forward, Team Sweden, New York Islanders 1970 Birthday Hubert Davis, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks 1970 Event New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing 1970 Birthday Mike Malizia, Utica, New York, Nike golfer, 1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st 1970 Event Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1970 Event 24th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1970 Event "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances 1970 Event "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1970 Birthday Corwin Brown, NFL safety, New York Jets, New England Patriots 1970 Event "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1970 Event New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1970 Event New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 1970 Event "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances 1970 Event "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances 1970 Event "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances 1970 Birthday Rick Schroder, born in New York, actor, Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling 1970 Birthday Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing, Canucks, New York Islanders 1970 Event "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances 1970 Event "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in New York City 1970 Birthday Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1970 Birthday Jerry Reynolds, NFL guard and tackle for the New York Giants 1970 Event "Applause" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances 1970 Event Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City 1970 Event "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1970 Birthday Anthony Prior, NFL cornerback and safety, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings 1970 Event "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 80 performances 1970 Event "Blood Red Roses" opens and closes at John Golden Theater New York City 1970 Event "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 689 performances 1970 Event Gary Geld and Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in New York City 1970 Event Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St. New York City 1970 Event SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St. in New York City 1970 Event New York Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out 1970 Event "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances 1970 Event WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event New York Times falsely reports U.S. Army has ended domestic surveillance 1970 Event "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances 1970 Birthday Dave Brown, NFL quarterback for the New York Giants 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances 1970 Event Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in New York City 1970 Event "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 1 performance 1970 Birthday Kelly Stinnett, U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets 1970 Event Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in New York City 1970 Birthday Alberto Castillo, Dominican/U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets 1970 Birthday Bobby Jones, born in Fresno, California, pitcher for the New York Mets 1970 Birthday Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 23 performances 1970 Event "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 1 performance 1970 Birthday Dario Brose, Queens, New York, U.S. soccer halfback 1992 Olympics 1970 Event Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1970 Birthday Ronald Moore, NFL running back, New York Jets, St. Louis Rams, Az Cardinals 1970 Birthday Chris Mills, NBA forward, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks 1970 Event 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, New York to London in 6 hours 1970 Birthday Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle, New York Giants, Redskins, Scottish Claymores 1970 Birthday Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety, New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo, New York, rower 1996 Olympics 1970 Death John J "Johnny" Murphy, U.S. baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 61 1970 Birthday Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1970 Event New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used 1970 Event "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances 1970 Event "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances 1970 Birthday James Brown, NFL tackle for the New York Jets 1969 Event New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause 1969 Event Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in New York City 1969 Event "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 333 performances 1969 Event "La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 1 performance 1969 Birthday Allison Smith, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Jennie-Cagney and Lacey, Kate and Allie 1969 Birthday Victor Green, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets 1969 Event "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 7 performances 1969 Event "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 7 performances 1969 Event Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to New York City) 1969 Birthday Mariano Rivera, Panama City Panama, pitcher, New York Yankees 1969 Birthday Marc Spindler, NFL defensive tackle/end, New York Jets, Detroit Lions 1969 Birthday Sam Militello, born in Tampa, Florida, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for the New York Yankees 1969 Event WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Birthday Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Damion Easley, New York City, infielder for the California Angels 1969 Birthday Jeff Sydner, NFL wide receiver/punt returner for the New York Jets 1969 Birthday Dwayne Gordon, NFL linebacker, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets 1969 Birthday Jill Reeve, Hoosick Falls, New York, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1969 Event "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (New York Met), dies on 84th birthday 1969 Event Leonard Gersh' "Butterflies are Free," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Mo Lewis, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1969 Event J. Bock and S. Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in New York City 1969 Event New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY 1969 Event 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5 1969 Event New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game 1969 Birthday David Collins, Bethpage, New York, rower, Olympics-bronze-1996 1969 Birthday Cal Dixon, NFL center/guard for the New York Jets 1969 Birthday Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets 1969 Death Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York 1969 Event Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver 1969 Birthday Laura Wilson, Utica, New York, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1969 Birthday David Weathers, Lawrencburg, Tennessee, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees 1969 Event New York Mets clinch NL East pennant 1969 Event New York Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos 1969 Event Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits New York Mets, 4-0 1969 Event Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 New York Mets in a game 1969 Event New York Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time 1969 Event "Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1166 performances 1969 Birthday Aaron Pierce, NFL halfback for the New York Giants 1969 Event New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated 1969 Birthday Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks 1969 Birthday Brady Katytman, Greece, New York, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens 1969 Event New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season) 1969 Event Woodstock rock festival begins in New York 1969 Event Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Event New York Mets fall 9 games back, later to win pennant 1969 Event Pittsburgh Steelers beat New York Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo) 1969 Event "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 305 performances 1969 Birthday Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles 1969 Event 36th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208) 1969 Birthday Duane Bock, born in Southampton, New York, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur New York State Open 1969 Event 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York) 1969 Birthday Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1969 Birthday Tommy Soderstrom, born in Stockholm, Sweden, NHL goalie, Sweden, New York Islanders 1969 Birthday Peter Ciavaglia, born in Albany, New York, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics 1969 Birthday Sophia Witherspoon, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1969 Birthday David Wittman Buffalo, New York, 1.5k runner 1969 Birthday Ken Gernander, born in Grand Rapids, NHL center for the New York Rangers 1969 Birthday Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2 1969 Event Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1969 Birthday Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Robert Harris, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1969 Birthday Mathieu Schneider, born in New York City, NHL defenseman, New York Islanders, Toronto 1969 Birthday Mike Croel, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1969 Event "Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 132 performances 1969 Birthday Dondre T Whitfield, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Another World, All My Children 1969 Birthday Todd Hundley, Martinsville, Virginia, catcher for the New York Mets 1969 Event After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances 1969 Birthday Tracey Gold, New York City, actress, Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday 1969 Birthday Amy Legacki, Terrytown, New York, 10k runner 1969 Event Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in New York City 1969 Event "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 7 performances 1969 Event British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York 1969 Event 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1969 Birthday Carrie Stevens, Buffalo, New York, playmate, June 1997 1969 Event "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances 1969 Birthday Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1969 Event "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances 1969 Event "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances 1969 Birthday Christian Slater, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Broken Arrow', 'Heathers', 'Robin Hood' 1969 Birthday Phillippi Sparks, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1969 Birthday Jesse Campbell, NFL safety, New York Giants, Washington Redskins 1969 Birthday Billy Jacoby, born in Flushing, New York, actor, Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie 1969 Event 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 1969 Birthday Ricky Bones, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, pitcher, Mil Brewers, New York Yankees 1969 Birthday Anthony Tucker, NBA forward for the New York Knicks 1969 Birthday Rodney Hampton, NFL running back for the New York Giants 1969 Birthday Traci Lin-Tavi, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2 1969 Event "Billy" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 1 performance 1969 Event "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 7 performances 1969 Event "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 7 performances 1969 Event "1776" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1217 performances 1969 Event Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Larry Johnson, NBA forward for the Charlotte Hornets, New York Knicks 1969 Birthday Dan Lacroix, Montreal, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1969 Birthday Anne Marie Lauck, born in Rochester, New York, marathoner, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Andrea Elson, born in New York City, actress, Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids 1969 Event "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances 1969 Event New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires 1969 Birthday Robert Massey, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1969 Birthday Jeff Graham, NFL wide receiver, Chicago Bears, New York Jets 1969 Birthday Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1969 Event "Dear World" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 132 performances 1969 Event Jerry Herman's "Dear World," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1969 Event Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83 1969 Event "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 41 performances 1969 Event "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 110 performances 1969 Birthday Matt Willig, NFL tackle and guard, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets 1969 Birthday Melissa Rivers, New York City, TV hostess, MTV, CBS Morning News 1969 Birthday Marsha Miller, born in Rochester, New York, WPVA volleyballer, National-17th-1995 1969 Birthday Siupeli Malamala, NFL guard and tackle for the New York Jets 1969 Birthday Jason Kent Bateman, Rye, New York, actor, David-Valerie, Hogan Family 1969 Event "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 355 performances 1969 Event Superbowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, New York Jets, quarterback 1969 Birthday Brian Boehringer, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher, New York Yankees 1969 Birthday Erric Pegram, NFL running back, Pit Steelers, New York Giants, San Diego Chargers 1969 Event WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances 1969 Birthday Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1969 Event "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 4 performances 1969 Event "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances 1969 Event Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City 1968 Event New York Jets win AFL championship 1968 Event New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game 1968 Event Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG 1968 Birthday Corey Widmer, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1968 Birthday Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker, New York Jets, London Monarchs 1968 Birthday Cammy Myler, Plattsburgh, New York, luger 1994 Olympics 1968 Birthday Lucy Liu, born in Queens, New York, actress, known for television show, 'Ally McBeal', and film roles, 'Kill Bill', 'Kung Fu Panda', Charlie's Angels 1968 Event "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 1281 performances 1968 Event Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Pedro A Martinez, Villa Mella, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the New York Mets 1968 Birthday Jonathan Brown, New York City, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1968 Birthday John Johnstone, Liverpool, New York, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth New York City after 36 performances 1968 Event "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances 1968 Event John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday James Brady, born in Brooklyn, New York, columnist, New York Post 1968 Birthday Chad Curtis, Marion, Indiana, outfielder, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers 1968 Event New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 1968 Event "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances 1968 Birthday Grayson McCouch, New York City, actor, Morgan Winthrop-Another World 1968 Birthday Corey Miller, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1968 Event "Maggie Flynn" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 82 performances 1968 Birthday Keith Osik, Port Jefferson, New York, catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1968 Event "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances 1968 Birthday Meredith Rainey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 800m runner 1968 Death Bea Benaderet, New York City, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore New York City after 17 performances 1968 Birthday Adam Rich, New York City, actor, Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy 1968 Event Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City 1968 Event "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 286 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances 1968 Birthday Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals 1968 Event New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack 1968 Birthday Ricki Lake, born in New York City, New York actress, 'Hairspray', talk show host, Ricki 1968 Birthday David Jude Jolicoeur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rapper, producer, member of De La Soul hip hop trio, known by stage name Trugoy the Dove 1968 Birthday Stacey Dillard, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Giants 1968 Birthday Bernie Williams, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees 1968 Event New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered 1968 Birthday Christian Dean DiMarco, Huntington, New York, PGA golfer, 1994 Deposit-3rd 1968 Birthday Greta Lind, Goshen, New York, actress, Katie Kennicott-All My Children 1968 Birthday Debra Messing, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, appeared on 'Will & Grace', 'The Starter Wife', television shows 1968 Birthday Patricia Arquette, born in New York City actress, Ed Wood, Pretty Smart 1968 Event WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, New York (UNI) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Beth Ehlers, born in Queens, New York, actress, Harley Cooper-Guiding Light, Hunger 1968 Death Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets 1968 Birthday Dina Ammaccapane, Bayport, New York, LPGA golfer, 1994 Sara Lee Classic-4th 1968 Event New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA) 1968 Birthday Michael Weatherly, born in New York City, actor, Cooper Alden-The City/Loving 1968 Birthday Billy Crudup, born in Manhattan, New York, actor, appeared in film, 'Dedication', 'Watchmen', 'Public Enemies', 'Almost Famous', 'Big Fish' 1968 Birthday Chuck Knoblauch, born in Houston, Texas, shortstop, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets 1968 Birthday Dan Peltier, born in Clifton Park, New York, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants 1968 Birthday Mike McCarthy, born in Brooklyn, New York, pursuit cyclist, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1968 Event "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances 1968 Event "I Do! I Do!" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 561 performances 1968 Event "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 52 performances 1968 Birthday Yasmine Bleeth, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch 1968 Event "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1968 Birthday Dave Mlicki, born in Cleveland, Ohio, pitcher for the New York Mets 1968 Birthday Jerry Springer, born in White Plains, New York, Canadian Tour golfer 1968 Birthday Sandra Bacher, Long Island, New York, half-heavyweight judoka, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Jerry Dipoto, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, pitcher for the New York Mets 1968 Birthday Ernie Logan, NFL defensive end, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets 1968 Birthday James "Jim" Neil, Buffalo, New York, rower 1996 Olympics 1968 Event WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Mark Clark, Bath, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets 1968 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances 1968 Event 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game 1968 Birthday Richard Pilon, born in Saskatoon, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1968 Event "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 1750 performances 1968 Birthday Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback, New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons 1968 Event "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances 1968 Event "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 512 performances 1968 Event Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City 1968 Event "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances 1968 Birthday Brent Mayne, Loma Linda California, catcher for the New York Mets 1968 Event Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in New York City 1968 Event "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 72 performances 1968 Event Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings 1968 Birthday Billy Brewer, born in Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees 1968 Birthday Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1968 Event "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances 1968 Birthday Patricia Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3 1968 Birthday Don Smith, born in North Tonawanda, New York, rower 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Tasia Valenza, born in New York City, actress, All My Children 1968 Event "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances 1968 Birthday J R Reid, NBA forward, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets 1968 Birthday Chris Calloway, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1968 Birthday Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets 1968 Birthday Christopher Collett, born in New York City, actor, Manhattan Project 1968 Birthday Jeff Kent, born in Bellflower California, infielder for the New York Mets 1968 Birthday Moira Kelly, born in Queens, New York, actress, director, played Mandy Hampton in the television series, The West Wing, and Karen Roe on the show, One Tree Hill 1968 Birthday Marq Mellor, born in Long Island, New York, field hockey forward, 1996 Olympics 1968 Event "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City 1968 Birthday Brian Leetch, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, NHL defenseman, Team USA, New York Rangers 1968 Birthday Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992 1968 Birthday J T Snow, U.S. baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankees, California Angels 1968 Birthday J T Snow, born in Long Beach, California, infielder, New York Yankees, California Angels 1968 Event "Darling of the Day" closes at George Abbott New York City after 31 performances 1968 Event Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central 1968 Event Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York 1968 Event Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City) 1968 Event Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City 1968 Event "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 355 performances 1968 Birthday John Hudson, NFL center/guard, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles 1968 Event "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 31 performances 1968 Event Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City 1968 Event "Happy Time" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 286 performances 1968 Event Hester and Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday L L Cool J, James Todd Smith, St. Albans, New York, rapper, Bigger and Deffer 1968 Event "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances 1968 Event "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances 1968 Birthday Sharon Brown, born in New York City, actress, Chantal-Generations 1968 Birthday Lyle Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers 1968 Event "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 80 performances 1967 Birthday Brad Daluiso, NFL place kicker for the New York Giants 1967 Event Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange 1967 Birthday Kathleen Franey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 1.5k runner 1967 Birthday Jenn Thompson, New York City, actor, Dee-Harper Valley PTA 1967 Death Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York City 1967 Birthday Ray Agnew, NFL nose tackle, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants 1967 Event "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances 1967 Birthday Tino Martinez, born in Tampa, Florida, 1st baseman, Seattle Mariner, New York Yankees 1967 Birthday Nestor Carbonell, New York City, actor, Luis-Suddenly Susan 1967 Birthday Gary Jones, NFL safety for the New York Jets 1967 Birthday Margaret Platt, New York City, New York, golfer, 1995 Healthsouth-9th 1967 Event "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 463 performances 1967 Event Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York 1967 Birthday Alex Arias, New York City, infielder for the Florida Marlins 1967 Birthday Chris Childs, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks 1967 Birthday Charlie Pennaelino, Queens, New York, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way 1967 Event MacDermot, Ragni and Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday Bobby Houston, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 80 performances 1967 Birthday Bill Berg, St. Catharines, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1967 Birthday John Flaherty, New York City, catcher for the San Diego Padres 1967 Birthday Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Dennis Vaske, Rockford, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1967 Event Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein 1967 Event Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City) 1967 Birthday Dave Silvestri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, infielder, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos 1967 Birthday Matt Howard, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder, New York Yankees 1967 Birthday Andrea Thies, born in Irvington, New York, rower, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Jim Abbott, born in Flint, Michigan, pitcher, California Angels, New York Yankees 1967 Birthday Malik Yoba, actor, New York Undercover-Det JC Williams 1967 Event WCBS radio in New York City goes all-news 1967 Birthday Brad Dalgarno, Vancouver, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1967 Birthday Riddick Bowe, born in Brooklyn, New York, HW boxing champ 1988 Olympics silver 1967 Birthday Howard Cross, NFL tight end for the New York Giants 1967 Event James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes 1967 Birthday John Femia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Square Pegs, Hello Larry 1967 Birthday Gregg Jefferies, Burlingame California, infielder, New York Mets, Royals, Phillies 1967 Birthday Elizabeth Wurtzel, New York City, actress, Prozac Nation 1967 Event 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1967 Event Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in New York 1967 Birthday Vin Diesel, born in New York City, New York, actor, director, producer, appeared in 'The Fast and the Furious', 'Pitch Black', founder of One Race Films production company 1967 Event Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1967 Birthday Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center for the New York Jets 1967 Event "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 608 performances 1967 Birthday Jason R Rich, Irvington, New York, writer, Celebrity Teen Talk 1967 Event "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances 1967 Death Oskar Maria Graf, pseudonym Oskar Graf-Berg, writer, president, wrote autobiographical, socialist-anarchist novels, dies at 72 in New York 1967 Event Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) 1967 Birthday Joan Smith, born in Rochester, New York, biathelete 1994 Olympics 1967 Event Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time 1967 Event Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game 1967 Birthday John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Birthday Robert Reading, born in Buffalo, New York, 110m hurdler 1967 Event New York Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1 1967 Birthday Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1967 Birthday Mike Stanton, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox 1967 Event "Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 65 performances 1967 Birthday Jean Bartholomew, Queens, New York, LPGA golfer, 1989 Duke U Champ 1967 Event "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 14 performances 1967 Event "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances 1967 Death Elmer Rice, New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74 1967 Birthday Patrick F. Manning, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, rower 1992 Olympics 1967 Birthday Brad Baxter, NFL fullback for the New York Jets 1967 Birthday John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze 1967 Event New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game 1967 Birthday Rachel Williams, born in Greenwich Village, New York, model, Absolut Vodka, Elle 1967 Event "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances 1967 Event Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City 1967 Event Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City 1967 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 1967 Birthday Dar Williams, born in Mount Kisco, New York, singer, songwriter, guitarist, pop folk genre, albums include, 'The Honesty Room', 'End of The Summer' 1967 Event Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1967 Event "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances 1967 Event "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances 1967 Event "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances 1967 Event Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Birthday Kay Whitmore, born in Sudbury, NHL goalie for the New York Rangers 1967 Event "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances 1967 Event Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1967 Birthday Graeme Lloyd, born in Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers 1967 Birthday Juliana "Juli" Furtado, born in New York City, cyclist, 1996 Olympics 10th 1967 Event WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances 1967 Birthday Talisa Soto, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, License to Kill 1967 Birthday Chris Luongo, born in Detroit, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1967 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1967 Event Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday Curt Schreiner, born in Albany, New York, biathelete, 1994 Olympics 1967 Event Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday Juli Furtado, born in New York City, mountain cyclist, world champion 1991, 92 1967 Event John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City 1967 Event Barbara Garson's "MacBird," premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday John Valentin, Mineola, New York, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Birthday Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders 1967 Birthday Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer, New York Jets, St. Louis 1967 Birthday Jason Morris, born in Scotia, New York, half-middleweight judoka, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1967 Event "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 107 performances 1967 Birthday Stacey Dash, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Dionne-Clueless 1967 Birthday M C Tab, Sharon Richard, New York City, rapper 1967 Birthday Peter Cox, Jr., Bronxville, New York, fencer-sabre 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Gregory Caccia, Bayshore, New York, team handball right back 1996 Olympics 1967 Event New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments 1967 Birthday Trini Alvarado, born in New York City, New York, actor, known for playing role of Meg in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Lucy Lynskey in film, The Frighteners 1967 Birthday Willie Anderson, U.S., NBA guard, New York Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988 1967 Death Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Cards, New York Yankees), dies at 55 1966 Event "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 105 performances 1966 Event "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 12 performances 1966 Birthday Robert MacNaughton, New York City, actor, ET 1966 Birthday Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star 1966 Event "Joyful Noise" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 12 performances 1966 Birthday Anthony Mason, NBA forward, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets 1966 Event "I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 561 performances 1966 Event In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants 72-41 1966 Event "Walking Happy" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 161 performances 1966 Birthday Sue Wicks, WNBA forward, New York Liberty 1966 Birthday Mark Whiten, Pensacola, Florida, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 Birthday Brian Robbins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eric-Head of the Class 1966 Event "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1166 performances 1966 Birthday Jeff Nelson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher, New York Yankees 1966 Birthday Tricia Cast, Medford, New York, actress, Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young and Restless 1966 Birthday David Schwimmer, Queens, New York, actor, Ross-Friends 1966 Event "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances 1966 Event Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah," premieres in New York City 1966 Birthday Andy Tomberlin, Monroe, North Carolina, outfielder for the New York Mets 1966 Birthday Tracey Fuchs, born in Centereach, New York, field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Tim Bogar, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, infielder for the New York Mets 1966 Birthday Wendel Clark, Kelvington, NHL left wing, Toronto, New York Islanders 1966 Birthday Fred Coury, Johnston, New York, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1966 Event Yardbird 1st U.S. tour (New York City) 1966 Birthday Amy Linker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Lewis and Clark, Lauren-Square Pegs 1966 Event "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 463 performances 1966 Birthday Archi Cianfrocco, Rome, New York, infielder for the San Diego Padres 1966 Birthday Julianne McNamara, Flushing, New York, gymnast 1984 Olympics gold 1966 Birthday Bernard Gilkey, born in St. Louis, Missouri, outfielder for the New York Mets 1966 Birthday Pete Harnisch, Commack, New York, pitcher for the New York Mets 1966 Event Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in New York City 1966 Birthday Mike Richter, Abington, Pennsylvania, NHL goalie, New York Rangers, Team USA 1998 1966 Event 5" of rain falls on New York City 1966 Event Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center 1966 Event Beatles arrive in New York City 1966 Birthday John Wetteland, San Mateo California, pitcher, New York Yankees, Rangers, Expos 1966 Birthday Gerald Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, outfielder, New York Yankees 1966 Event Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York 1966 Event "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances 1966 Event "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 512 performances 1966 Birthday Kristoff St. John, born in New York City, actor, Adam-Generations, Young and Restless 1966 Event New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents 1966 Birthday Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset, New York, tennis star 1966 Birthday Mike Tyson, born in Brooklyn, New York, professional boxer, youngest man to win WBC, WBA IBF world heavyweight titles, nickname 'Iron Mike' 1966 Birthday Jason Patric, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boys, Solar Babies 1966 Event "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Birthday David Williams, NFL tackle, Houston Oilers, New York Jets 1966 Event "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 280 performances 1966 Event "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 248 performances 1966 Birthday Brian Williams, NFL center for the New York Giants 1966 Birthday Julianna Margulies, born in Spring Valley, New York, actress, Carol Hathaway-ER 1966 Event New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 1966 Birthday Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Event Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1966 Birthday Dave Hollins, Buffalo, New York, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1966 Event "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances 1966 Birthday Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing for the Calgary Flames 1966 Event "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 41 performances 1966 Birthday Charlie Schlatter, New York City, actor, 18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel 1966 Birthday Mark Coogan, Manhaset, New York, marathoner 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday David Meggett, NFL running back, New York Giants, New England Patriots 1966 Birthday Jim Poole, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1966 Event Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 1966 Birthday Cynthia Nixon, born in New York City, actress, Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief 1966 Birthday Nancy McKeon, born in Westbury, New York, actress, Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life 1966 Event 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1966 Birthday Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Brooklyn, New York, team handball left wing 1996 Olympics 1966 Event "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances 1966 Birthday Mike Remlinger, born in Middletown, New York, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds 1966 Birthday Mike Remlinger, born in Middletown, New York, pitcher, for the Cincinnati Reds 1966 Event "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 3 performances 1966 Event "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 3 performances 1966 Birthday Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1966 Event "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 569 performances 1966 Event "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 457 performances 1966 Event James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in New York City 1966 Birthday Hope Marie Carlton, born in Riverhead, New York, playmate July, 1985 1966 Birthday Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets 1966 Birthday Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth 1966 Birthday Brent Severyn, Vegreville, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders 1966 Birthday Justine Bateman, Rye, New York, actress, Mallory-Family Ties, Satisfaction 1966 Birthday Matthew Ryan, Port Jefferson, New York, team handball circle 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Luc Robitaille, Montreal, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Pitts Penguins 1966 Birthday Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1966 Birthday Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center for the New York Islanders 1966 Birthday Stephen Gregory, New York City, actor, Chase-Young and Restless 1966 Event "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 608 performances 1966 Birthday Carlton Haselrig, NFL guard for the New York Jets 1966 Birthday Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians 1966 Birthday Matt Brock, NFL defensive end/tackle for the New York Jets 1966 Birthday Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets 1966 Event 12 day New York City transit strike ends 1966 Event 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1965 Event "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 7 performances 1965 Birthday Chris Jones, Utica, New York, outfielder for the New York Mets 1965 Event "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 7 performances 1965 Birthday Craig Biggio, Smithtown, New York, infielder for the Houston Astros 1965 Event Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St. and Amsterdam Ave New York City 1965 Event "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 16 performances 1965 Event "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 3 performances 1965 Event "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 3 performances 1965 Event Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in New York City 1965 Birthday Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1965 Event "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert New York City after 232 performances 1965 Event 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) 1965 Birthday Ben Stiller, New York City, actor, Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy 1965 Event "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 16 performances 1965 Birthday Neill Barry, New York City, actor, Old Enough, Heat 1965 Birthday Danielle Ammaccapane, Babylon, New York, LPGA golfer, 1991 Register PING 1965 Event "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City for 2329 performances 1965 Birthday R Duncan Douglas, New York City, biathelete 1994 Olympics 1965 Event "Pickwick" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 56 performances 1965 Event WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Birthday Mike Diamond, born in New York City, New York, rap vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1965 Birthday Erik Wilhelm, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets 1965 Event "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances 1965 Event George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th New York City, demolished 1965 Event "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances 1965 Event William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City 1965 Birthday Brian Wilson, New York City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1965 Event 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis 1965 Event 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout) 1965 Birthday Charnele Brown, East Hampton, New York, actress, Kim-A Different World 1965 Birthday Al Leiter, Toms River, New Jersey, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Mets 1965 Birthday Marvin Washington, NFL defensive end, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers 1965 Birthday Otis Smith, NFL cornerback for the New York Jets 1965 Event Vivian Beaumont Theater (New York City) opens 1965 Event Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents ) 1965 Event "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in New York City for 280 performances 1965 Event "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 8 performances 1965 Event Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in New York City 1965 Event "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 8 performances 1965 Event William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City 1965 Birthday Cynthia Meyer, New York, Canadian trap shooter 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees 1965 Birthday Penny Baker, Buffalo, New York, playmate, January, 1984 1965 Event "Pickwick" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 56 performances 1965 Event Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets 1965 Event "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 220 performances 1965 Birthday Mark Guthrie, Buffalo, New York, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 Birthday Bryan Singer, born in New York, New York, film director, producer, known for work on the 'X-Men', 'Superman Returns', 'The Usual Suspects' films 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Event Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game 1965 Birthday Charlie Sheen, New York City, actor, Wall St, Platoon 1965 Birthday Kevin Dillon, New York, actor, Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon 1965 Birthday Dottie Mochrie Pepper, born in Saratoga Springs, New York, golfer, 1992 Dinah Shore 1965 Birthday Mark Lemke, born in Utica, New York, infielder, Atlanta Braves 1965 Event Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City 1965 Birthday John Starks, NBA guard for the New York Knicks 1965 Birthday Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher, New York Yankees 1965 Birthday Trena Trice, WNBA forward and center, New York Liberty 1965 Event "Flora, the Red Menace" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 87 performances 1965 Event Casey Stengel resigns as manager of New York Mets 1965 Birthday Doug Riesenberg, NFL tackle for the New York Giants 1965 Event New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1965 Birthday Kirt Manwaring, born in Elmira, New York, catcher for the San Francisco Giants 1965 Birthday Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd 1965 Birthday Glenn Scarpelli, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantasy 1965 Birthday Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers 1965 Event Kinks arrive in New York City beginning their 1st U.S. tour 1965 Event Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11, 1-0 1965 Event "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 232 performances 1965 Event "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 199 performances 1965 Event "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1965 Birthday Robert Platus, born in New York City, lip syncher, Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This 1965 Birthday Karen Sillas, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Prime Suspect 1965 Birthday Brooke Shields, New York City, model/actress, Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan 1965 Birthday Tammy Parks, Rockville Centre, New York, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold 1965 Birthday Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees 1965 Birthday Christa Miller, New York City, actress, Kate-Drew Carey Show 1965 Event "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances 1965 Event WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, New York (TEL) begins broadcasting 1965 Birthday Jeff Rochlin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps 1965 Event "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 87 performances 1965 Event "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 52 performances 1965 Event "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances 1965 Birthday Kevin James, born in Stony Brook, New York, actor, comedian, appeared on ''The Late Show with David Letterman', films include, 'Hitch', 'Grown Ups', '50 First Dates' 1965 Event "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances 1965 Event New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager 1965 Birthday Mike Blowers, born in Wurlzburg, Germany, infielder, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 Event New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season 1965 Birthday Gary Grant, NBA guard for the New York Knicks 1965 Event 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Event James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City 1965 Event 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1965 Birthday Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School 1965 Birthday John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle, New York Giants, New York Jets 1965 Birthday Jeff Beukeboom, Ajax, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1965 Birthday Richard Grieco, born in Waterton, New York, actor, 21 Jump Street, Booker 1965 Event "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 220 performances 1965 Event T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in New York City 1965 Birthday Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star 1965 Event "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances 1965 Birthday Alexandra Harbold, New York City, sprint kayak, 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders 1965 Event "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 375 performances 1965 Birthday Brittany York, born in London, England, playmate, Oct, 1990 1965 Birthday Chris Dudley, NBA center, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers 1965 Birthday Pat LaFontaine, born in St. Louis, Missouri, NHL center, New York Islanders, New York Rangers 1965 Death Malcolm X, Little, black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York City at 39 1965 Event "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 72 performances 1965 Event "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances 1965 Event "Kelly" opens and closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City 1965 Birthday Dave Attell, born in Queens, New York, comedian, host, appeared on television show, 'The Gong Show with Dave Attell' and 'Insomnia with Dave Attell' 1965 Event "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances 1965 Death Lorraine Hansberry, U.S. playwright, dies in New York City, dies at 34 1965 Event New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath 1965 Birthday Diane Lane, New York City, actress, Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove 1965 Birthday Andrew O Valmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m runner 1964 Event Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Colleen Dion, Newburgh, New York, actress, Search for Tomorrow 1964 Birthday Mark Valley, Odgensvurg, New York, actor, Days of Our Lives 1964 Event "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 199 performances 1964 Birthday Eric Brown, born in New York City, actor, Buzz-Mama's Family 1964 Birthday Luis Polonia, Santiago City, Dominican Republic, outfielder, New York Yankees, Orioles 1964 Birthday Marisa Tomei, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, My Cousin Vinny 1964 Birthday Robin Givens, Mrs Mike Tyson, New York City, Darlene-Head of the Class 1964 Birthday Kevin Jackson, Highland Falls, New York, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1964 Event "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances 1964 Event "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances 1964 Event "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances 1964 Event World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City) 1964 Birthday Dwight Gooden, born in Tampa, Florida, pitcher, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1964 Event "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 199 performances 1964 Event "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances 1964 Event "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 774 performances 1964 Birthday Erik Howard, NFL defensive tackle/end for the New York Jets 1964 Event Murray Schisgal's "Luv," premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Philip McKeon, Westbury, New York, actor, Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High 1964 Event "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances 1964 Birthday Kenny Rogers, born in Savannah, Georgia, pitcher, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees 1964 Birthday Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ 1964 Event "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances 1964 Birthday Michael D'Asaro II, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer-sabre 1964 Event Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York 1964 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 215 performances 1964 Birthday Vencie Glenn, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1964 Event "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1964 Event "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances 1964 Death Herbert Hoover, 31st president of U.S. (1929-33), dies in New York at 90 1964 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series 1964 Event New York Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series 1964 Birthday Joe Girardi, Peoria, Illinois, catcher, New York Yankees 1964 Birthday Darrick Heath, Hempstead, New York, team handball left back 1996 Olympics 1964 Death Charles Hodge, New York Univeristy professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69 1964 Event New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series 1964 Event "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1964 Birthday Michael Brooks, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1964 Birthday Roberto Kelly, born in Panama, outfielder, New York Yankees, for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins 1964 Event "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances 1964 Birthday Brad Lohaus, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks 1964 Birthday Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1964 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Diane Dixon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1964 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 3242 performances 1964 Event Paramount Theater (New York City) presented the Beatles with Steve and Eydie 1964 Birthday Kim Richards, LI, New York, actress, Nanny and Professor, James at 15 1964 Event Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (New York Mets) 1964 Birthday Stephen Baker, NFL receiver for the New York Giants 1964 Event "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 965 performances 1964 Birthday Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup team 1964 Event Phillies triple-play New York Mets 1964 Birthday Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law 1964 Birthday Jay Buhner, Nassau, Texas, outfielder, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees 1964 Event Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City 1964 Birthday Andy Stankiewicz, born in Inglewood, California, infielder, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos 1964 Event Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings 1964 Event "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 330 performances 1964 Birthday B. J. Surhoff, born in Bronx, New York, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles 1964 Birthday Dave Alexander, NFL center for the New York Jets 1964 Birthday Jeremy Piven, born in New York City, actor, Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank 1964 Event "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 338 performances 1964 Event Race riot in Rochester, New York 1964 Birthday Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward for the New York Knicks 1964 Birthday Maryalice Demler, born in New York, Miss NY-America 1991 1964 Event 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York 1964 Birthday Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns 1964 Event Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X 1964 Event WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1964 Birthday Joss Whedon, born in New York City, New York, screenwriter, producer, director, head writer for 'Dollhouse', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 'Angel' television programs 1964 Birthday Boris Johnson, New York City, New York, politician, journalist, Mayor of London, formerly served as a Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames 1964 Event "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances 1964 Event San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 minutes) 1964 Birthday Scotti Hill, Manhasset, New York, rock guitarist, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1964 Event "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 673 performances 1964 Event Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games 1964 Event "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances 1964 Event Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses," premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Pat Verbeek, Sarnia Ont, NHL forward, Team Canada, New York Rangers 1964 Birthday Ron Hextall, Winnipeg, NHL goalie, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders 1964 Birthday Hank Azaria, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, director, voice actor in 'The Simpsons', appeared in films, 'Godzilla', 'The Birdcage', 'Huff' 1964 Event James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City 1964 Event New York State Theater opens 1964 Event World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens 1964 Birthday Scott Kamienicki, pitcher, New York Yankees 1964 Event "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 3 performances 1964 Event "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances 1964 Event "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 3 performances 1964 Event "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances 1964 Event 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 1964 Birthday Jose Rijo, pitcher, New York Yankees, for the Cincinnati Reds 1964 Event "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances 1964 Event "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances 1964 Event Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City 1964 Event "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances 1964 Birthday Ulf Samuelsson, born in Fagersta SWE, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, New York Rangers 1964 Event Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section 1964 Event "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances 1964 Birthday Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle for the New York Jets 1964 Event SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Peter Berg, born in New York City, New York, actor, film director, producer, known for role as Dr. Billy Kronk on television medical drama 'Chicago Hope', directed films 'The Kingdom', 'Hancock' 1964 Birthday Felicia Collins, born in Albany, New York, guitarist, David Letterman 1964 Event Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1964 Event "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 28 performances 1964 Event "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances 1964 Birthday Jim Wicek, New York City, actor, Ben-Ryan's Hope 1964 Event Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in New York City 1964 Birthday Matt Dillon, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas 1964 Event "Foxy" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 72 performances 1964 Event Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall 1964 Birthday Maurice Douglass, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1964 Event New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV 1964 Event Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour 1964 Event "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 28 performances 1964 Birthday Laura Linney, born in New York City, New York, actress, film, theater, appeared in 'The Truman Show', 'Mystic River', 'The Nanny Diaries', 'Love Actually' 1964 Event Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools 1964 Event "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert New York City after 556 perf 1964 Birthday Kaitlin Hopkins, New York City, actress, Kelsey-Another World 1964 Birthday Bob Sweeney, Concord, NHL center, New York Islanders, Calgary Flames 1964 Event Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City 1964 Event Plans for World Trade Center announced (New York City) 1964 Event "Hello, Dolly!" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 2,844 performances 1964 Birthday Mark Collins, NFL cornerback and safety, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers 1964 Event Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City 1964 Birthday Sergei Nemchinov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, New York Islanders, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1964 Event "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 302 performances 1963 Event "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances 1963 Event "Jennie" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 82 performances 1963 Birthday Jim Leyritz, Lakewood, Ohio, catcher, New York Yankees 1963 Event "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances 1963 Birthday Charles Oakley, NBA forward for the New York Knicks 1963 Birthday Helen Slater, New York City, actress, Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People 1963 Birthday Doug Henry, Sacramento California, pitcher for the New York Mets 1963 Event "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances 1963 Event New York Jets 1st shutout, beat Kansas City 17-0 1963 Birthday Walt Weiss, Tuxedo, New York, shortstop, Oakland A's, Colorado Rockies 1963 Event "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater New York City after 24 performances 1963 Birthday Helen Reale, New York City, WPVA volleyballer, Manhattan Beach-7th-1994 1963 Birthday Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1963 Event "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances 1963 Birthday Anthony Bowie, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1963 Event New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP 1963 Event "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances 1963 Birthday Tony Casillas, NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys 1963 Event "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 330 performances 1963 Event Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in New York City 1963 Event "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 82 performances 1963 Event New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition 1963 Event "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 16 performances 1963 Event Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series 1963 Event "Here's Love" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 338 performances 1963 Birthday Patrick Flatley, Ontario, right winger, New York Islanders, 4 Gold Medals 1998 Olympics 1963 Event "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 16 performances 1963 Event Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio 1963 Event 1st edition of New York City Review of Books 1963 Birthday Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees 1963 Birthday Eric Plunk, born in Wilmington, California, pitcher, Oakland A's, New York Yankees, Indians 1963 Birthday Reyna Thompson, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1963 Event Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle 1963 Birthday Pamela Jean Stein, born in Syracuse, New York, playmate, Nov, 1987 1963 Event New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends 1963 Birthday Thomas Bohrer, U.S. West Islip, New York, rower 1992 Olympics 1963 Event "No Strings" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 580 performances 1963 Birthday Chris Mullin, born in Brooklyn, New York, NBA forward, Warriors, Pacers, Olympics gold 92 1963 Birthday Alexandra Paul, born in New York City, actress, Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet 1963 Birthday Kadeem Hardison, born in New York City, actor, Dwayne-Different World 1963 Birthday Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback for the New York Jets 1963 Birthday Denise Miller, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Billie-Archie Bunker's Place 1963 Birthday Phoebe Cates, born in Manhattan, New York, actress, Fast Times at Ridgemount High 1963 Birthday Shari Headley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mimi Reed-All My Children 1963 Birthday Lance Johnson, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, outfielder for the New York Mets 1963 Birthday Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1963 Event "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 257 performances 1963 Birthday Mike Stanley, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, catcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox 1963 Event New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1963 Birthday Jeff Musselman, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams 1963 Birthday Mike Sherrard, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1963 Event "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances 1963 Event New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th home run 1963 Event "Cleopatra" premieres in New York City 1963 Event Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York 1963 Event "Mr. President" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 265 performances 1963 Birthday John Restino, born in Westchester, New York, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Tommy Armour 1963 Event "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 43 performances 1963 Birthday Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem, New York, dancer/actor, Leroy-Fame 1963 Birthday David Wells, Torrance, California, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees 1963 Event "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 4 performances 1963 Birthday Marty McSorley, Hamilton, NHL defenseman, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers 1963 Event Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in New York, to become WWF champ 1963 Event "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 4 performances 1963 Event Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0 1963 Birthday Mark Breland, born in Brooklyn, New York, welterweight boxer 1984 Olympics gold 1963 Event "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances 1963 Event Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City 1963 Event "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances 1963 Event "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 43 performances 1963 Event "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1963 Event "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1963 Event New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000 1963 Event New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 1963 Event AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets 1963 Birthday Shawon Dunston, born in Brooklyn, New York, infielder for the San Francisco Giants 1963 Event 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) 1963 Birthday Paul Annacone, born in Southampton, New York, tennis star 1963 Event "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 264 performances 1963 Birthday Vanessa L. Williams, born in Millwood, New York, 1st black Miss America 1983 and singer 1963 Event Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York beatified (canonized in 1975) 1963 Event Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City 1963 Birthday Mariano Duncan, S P de Macoris, Dominican Republic, infielder, New York Yankees 1963 Birthday John Cangelosi, born in Brooklyn, New York, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1963 Birthday Robert James Affuso, born in Newburgh, New York, rock drummer, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1963 Event Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1963 Birthday Bobby Bonilla, New York City, outfielder, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Marlins 1963 Birthday William Baldwin, New York, actor, Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners 1963 Birthday Jessica Tuck, New York City, actress, Megan-1 Life to Live 1963 Birthday Zach Galligan, New York City, actor, Gremlins 1963 Birthday Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder, New York Met, Philadelphia Phillies 1963 Event 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7") 1963 Birthday Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside, New York, rocker, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1963 Event "Milk and Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 543 performances 1963 Event "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances 1963 Event "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances 1963 Event "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances 1963 Birthday David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees 1963 Birthday Edgar Martinez, New York City, baseball 1st baseman for the Seattle Mariners 1963 Birthday Lance Smith, NFL guard for the New York Giants 1962 Event Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game 1962 Birthday Barbara Crampton, Levittown, New York, actress, Body Double, Young and Restless 1962 Event New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) 1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert New York City after 300 performances 1962 Event 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City 1962 Birthday Andrew McCarthy, New York City, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class 1962 Birthday Jon Stewart, born in New York City, New York, entertainer, political satirist, fake news reporter, host of 'The Daily Show' 1962 Event Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City 1962 Birthday Charlie Benante, born in Bronx, New York, rock drummer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1962 Event WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast 1962 Birthday Randy Velarde, born in Midland, Texas, infielder, New York Yankees, California Angels 1962 Event SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in New York City 1962 Birthday Jodie Foster, Bronx New York City, actress, Taxi Driver, Accused 1962 Event "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 257 performances 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 Event Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in New York City 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Death Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in New York City 1962 Birthday Kym Hampton, WNBA forward, New York Liberty 1962 Event WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Danny Tartabull, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1962 Event New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34) 1962 Event "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 673 performances 1962 Event "Mr President" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 265 performances 1962 Birthday Vincent Spano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers 1962 Event New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series 1962 Event Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17 1962 Birthday Sid Fernandez, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, pitcher, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies 1962 Birthday Ken Noda, New York City, pianist, Rivalry 1962 Death John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79 1962 Event "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert New York City for 886 performances 1962 Birthday Esai Morales, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bad Boys, La Bamba 1962 Event New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 1962 Birthday Dave Magadan, born in Tampa, Florida, 1st baseman, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1962 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 2,715 performances 1962 Event Bob Dylan plays New York City Carnegie Hall 1962 Birthday Rob Morrow, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dr. Fleishman-Northern Exposure 1962 Event Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City 1962 Birthday Julie Larsen Piers, born in Westchester, New York, LPGA golfer, 1995 Edina Realty 1962 Event "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 76 performances 1962 Event WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont, New York, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 Event WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants 1962 Birthday Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University 1962 Birthday Glenn Healy, Pickering, NHL goalie for the New York Rangers 1962 Birthday Kyle Clifton, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1962 Birthday Michael J Massimino, born in Oceanside, New York, PhD/astronaut 1962 Birthday Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback, New York Jets, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 1962 Birthday Patrick Ewing, born in Jamaica, NBA center, New York Knicks, Gold Medal 1984, 1992 Olympics 1962 Birthday William Roberts, NFL guard, New York Jets, New England Patriots 1962 Event New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games 1962 Birthday Wesley Snipes, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Passenger 57, Money Train 1962 Birthday Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees 1962 Birthday Campbell Scott, born in New York City, actor, Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky 1962 Birthday Taylor Dayne, New York, vocalist, Tell it to My Heart 1962 Event Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0 1962 Event Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1962 Event Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history 1962 Event "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St. James New York City after 205 performances 1962 Birthday Paul LaGreca, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Big Trouble 1962 Birthday Ally Sheedy, born in New York City, actress, Wargames, Breakfast Club 1962 Birthday Duane Sutter, NHL player, New York Islander 1962 Event Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City 1962 Event Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York 1962 Event "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1962 Birthday Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse, New York, comedian, Police Academy 1962 Birthday Karen Duffy, Duff, New York City, MTV VJ/actress, Meet Wally Sparks 1962 Birthday Lydia Cheng, New York City, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder, 1982, Pumping Iron 2 1962 Event "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances 1962 Birthday Amy Benz, born in Rochester, New York, LPGA golfer, 1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd 1962 Birthday Emilio Estevez, New York City, actor, Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks 1962 Event "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 965 performances 1962 Event WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester, New York, actress, Amadeus, Funhouse 1962 Birthday Bruce Driver, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1962 Event New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1962 Event New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season 1962 Birthday Wilber Marshall, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1962 Event New York Mets make a losing debut 1962 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run 1962 Birthday Cathy Turner, born in Rochester, New York, short track skater 1994 Olympics gold 1962 Event Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City 1962 Birthday Ava Fabian, born in Brewster, New York, playmate, Aug, 1986, actress, Cafe Nostra 1962 Event "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances 1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert New York City for 300 performances 1962 Birthday Matthew Broderick, born in New York City, actor, WarGames, Biloxi Blues 1962 Event "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1962 Event "No Strings" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 580 performances 1962 Event Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in New York City 1962 Birthday Terrence Trent D'Arby, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Wishing Well 1962 Birthday Taylor Dayne, Leslie Wunderman, born in New York, vocalist, I'll Always Love You 1962 Event American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1962 Event WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 1962 Event Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs. New York 1962 Event "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 28 performances 1962 Event "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 167 performances 1962 Birthday David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1962 Birthday Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants 1962 Birthday Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1962 Birthday Gary Reasons, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants 1962 Death Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 1962 Birthday Alexa Kenin, New York City, actress, Mousie-Coed Fever 1962 Event "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances 1962 Event "New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances 1962 Birthday Nicholas Turturro, Queens, New York, actor, James Martinez-NYPD Blue 1962 Birthday Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown, New York, actor, Noah Keefer-All My Children 1962 Event "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances 1962 Death Charles "Lucky" Luciano, New York City Mafia gangster, dies at 65 1962 Event "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances 1962 Event Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1962 Event "Do Re Mi" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 400 performances 1962 Birthday Kevin Mitchell, U.S. baseball outfielder, New York Met, San Francisco Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1962 Birthday Kim Coles, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Synclaire-Living Single 1962 Birthday Jim Lindeman, U.S. baseball outfielder for the New York Mets 1962 Birthday Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker for the New York Giants 1962 Event 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City) 1961 Event "lrma La Douce" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 527 performances 1961 Event Green Bay Packers shutout New York Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game 1961 Event Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City 1961 Event "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 205 performances 1961 Event "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances 1961 Event "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 87 performances 1961 Event "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 68 performances 1961 Birthday Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)' 1961 Event Smallest New York Knick, 49th St. MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) 1961 Birthday Randy Milligan, born in San Diego, California, professional baseball player, first baseman, played for New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds 1961 Event Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13) 1961 Event "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances 1961 Event "Kwamina" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 32 performances 1961 Event Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in New York City 1961 Event India's premier Nehru arrives in New York 1961 Birthday Ralph Macchio, Huntington, New York, actor, Karate Kid, 8 is Enough 1961 Birthday Kari Michaelsen, New York City, actress, Katie-Gimme a Break 1961 Event "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances 1961 Event "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 796 performances 1961 Event Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets 1961 Event "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City for 55 performances 1961 Event "Kwamina" opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 32 performances 1961 Birthday Leonard Marshall, NFL defensive end, New York Giants, New York Jets 1961 Event "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St. New York City for 1415 performances 1961 Birthday Derek Harper, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1961 Event "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 68 performances 1961 Event "Milk and Honey" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 543 performances 1961 Event Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets 1961 Event New York Yankees beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series 1961 Event "Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 607 performances 1961 Event "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 167 performances 1961 Event "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 87 performances 1961 Birthday Catherine Oxenberg, New York City, princess/actress, Dynasty, Overexposed 1961 Birthday Nancy Travis, New York City, actress, Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out 1961 Event Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City 1961 Event Bob Dylan's 1st New York performance 1961 Birthday Franny Michel, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Patricia-Apple's Way 1961 Birthday Brian Thomas Kamm, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, 1994 Bell Canadian-6th 1961 Birthday Linda Mantz, New York City, actress, Frankie-Dorothy 1961 Birthday John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live 1961 Birthday Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007 1961 Birthday Leila Kenzle, New York, actress, Fran Devanow-Mad About You 1961 Event "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 68 performances 1961 Birthday Bruce Braman, born in Greene, New York, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1961 Event "Happiest Girl in the World" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 97 performances 1961 Event New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs 1961 Event "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 8 performances 1961 Event "Billy Barnes People" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 8 performances 1961 Event "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 172 performances 1961 Birthday Ralph Carter, New York City, actor, Michael Evans-Good Times 1961 Birthday Cathy Silvers, New York City, actress, Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square 1961 Event "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 68 performances 1961 Birthday Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless 1961 Event "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 27 performances 1961 Event 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) 1961 Event "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances 1961 Event "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 216 performances 1961 Birthday Jeff Hostetler, NFL quarterback, New York Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl 1961 Birthday Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles 1961 Birthday Don Mattingly, born in Indiana, 1st baseman, New York Yankees/MVP 1985 1961 Birthday Boomer Esiason, NFL quarterback, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals 1961 Birthday [Norman] Boomer Esiason, NFL quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets 1961 Event "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances 1961 Event "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 719 performances 1961 Event "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances 1961 Event "Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 97 performances 1961 Birthday Eddie Murphy, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw 1961 Event "13 Daughters" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 28 performances 1961 Event "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 702 performances 1961 Event New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1961 Birthday Kathy Guadagnino, born in Albany, New York, LPGA golfer, 1985 U.S. Women's Open 1961 Event New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players 1961 Event George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets 1961 Event Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in New York City 1961 Birthday Zeke Mowatt, NFL tight end for the New York Giants 1961 Birthday Steven Weber, born in Queens, New York, actor, Brian Hackett-Wings 1961 Event "13 Daughters" opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 28 performances 1961 Birthday Christopher Atkins, Rye, New York, actor, Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon 1961 Birthday Michael Jordan, born in Brooklyn, New York, NBA guard and forward, Chicago Bulls 1961 Birthday Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1961 Birthday Carey Lowell, New York City, actress, Me and Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close 1961 Birthday Vern Fleming, LIC, New York, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold 1961 Event 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm)) 1961 Birthday Keith Gordon, New York City, actor, Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean 1961 Birthday Mike Aldrete, U.S. baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees 1961 Birthday Karen Velez, Rockville Ctr, New York, playmate, December, 1984 1961 Event Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City 1961 Event "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 8 performances 1961 Birthday Mark D Messier, born in Edmonton, Alberta, NHL Center, Edmonton, New York Rangers 1961 Event "Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 8 performances 1961 Birthday Julia Louis-Dreyfus, born in New York City, comedienne, SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll 1961 Event "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 100 performances 1961 Birthday Evan Handler, New York City, actor, Dear Mr. Wonderful 1961 Birthday Lee Curreri, New York City, actor, Bruno Martelli-Fame 1960 Event "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances 1960 Event Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Andy Van Slyke, born in Utica, New York, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, coached first base for the Detroit Tigers 1960 Birthday Roger McDowell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pitcher, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles 1960 Event "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances 1960 Event "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 448 performances 1960 Event "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 172 performances 1960 Event Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays 1960 Birthday Jasmina Perazic Gipe, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1960 Birthday Andrzej Chylinski, New York City, 50k walker, Olympics-26th-96 1960 Event "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 873 performances 1960 Event Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Carol Altman, born in Queens, New York, Mrs Ron Greshner, actress, Private Parts 1960 Birthday Carol Alt, born in Flushing, New York, supermodel, actress, appeared on over 500 magazine covers, known as 'The Face', contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice' 1960 Event Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Cathy Moriarty, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Raging Bull, Bless This House 1960 Birthday Ken O'Brien, quarterback for the New York Jets 1960 Birthday John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, magazine publisher, 'George' magazine 1960 Birthday Kasey Smith, Queens, New York, heavy metal artist, Danger Danger-Screw It 1960 Birthday Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big 1960 Event Elgin Baylor of NBA Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points vs New York Knicks 1960 Event Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499 1960 Event "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances 1960 Event Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Sharon Monplaisir, New York City, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1960 Event George Weiss, at 66, resigns as General Manager of New York Yankees 1960 Birthday David Valle, Bayside, New York, catcher for the Texas Rangers 1960 Birthday Brian Hansen, NFL punter for the New York Jets 1960 Event 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City 1960 Event John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City) 1960 Event Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) 1960 Birthday Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1960 Event "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 216 performances 1960 Event NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league 1960 Event "Laughs and Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 8 performances 1960 Event Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series 1960 Birthday Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest 1960 Event "Laughs and Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 8 performances 1960 Birthday Eric Martin, born in Long Island, New York, singer, hard rock genre, played with Mr. Big, rock band that produced hit song, 'To Be With You' 1960 Death Howard Glenn, New York Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game 1960 Birthday Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island, New York, actor, Thorne-Bold and Beautiful 1960 Event "lrma La Douce" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 527 performances 1960 Event New York Yankees clinch AL pennant 1960 Birthday James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS-90 1960 Event "Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances 1960 Birthday John Franco, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the New York Mets 1960 Event "Vintage '60" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances 1960 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Birthday Rex Hudler, born in Tempe, Arizona, outfielder, New York Yankees, California Angels 1960 Birthday Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher for the New York Mets 1960 Event Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo) 1960 Birthday David Duchovny, born in New York City, actor, Fox Mulder-X Files 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Event Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing 1960 Event Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises 1960 Birthday Nancy Giles, born in New York City, actress, Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie 1960 Birthday Kim Alexis, born in Lockport, New York, model, Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover 1960 Event 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 Birthday Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress, Sheila Price-One Life to Live 1960 Event Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City 1960 Event "Once Upon a Mattress" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 460 performances 1960 Birthday Evelyn "Champagne" King, born in Bronx, New York, disco singer, Shame, I'm in Love 1960 Birthday Mike Fitzgerald, born in Long Beach, California, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, California Angels Major League Baseball Teams, 1983 - 1992 1960 Birthday Brian Dillinger, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Brighton Beach Memoirs 1960 Birthday Tracy Pollan, born in New York City, actress 'Family Ties', aka Mrs. Michael J. Fox 1960 Event Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City) 1960 Event "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 472 performances 1960 Event "Psycho," opens in New York 1960 Birthday Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Event "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances 1960 Event "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 95 performances 1960 Birthday Benoat van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist, New York Post 1960 Event "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 12 performances 1960 Event WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (New York City) 1960 Birthday Jari Kurri, Helsinki Fin, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings 1960 Event "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances 1960 Event Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Potsdam, New York 1960 Event "Christine" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances 1960 Event "Flower Drum Song" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 602 performances 1960 Event "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 21 performances 1960 Event Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Jaron Lanier, born in New York City, New York, visual artist, author, computer scientist, popularized the term, 'virtual reality' 1960 Event "Christine" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 12 performances 1960 Event "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 21 performances 1960 Birthday Frank Viola, Hempstead, New York, pitcher, Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988 1960 Event "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 607 performances 1960 Event Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City 1960 Event DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) 1960 Birthday Haywood Nelson, born in New York City, actor, Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening 1960 Birthday Kelly LeBrock, born in New York City, actress, Weird Science, Woman in Red 1960 Birthday Terry Sweeney, born in St. Albans, New York, writer/comedian, SNL 1960 Event "Redhead" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 455 performances 1960 Event "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 95 performances 1960 Birthday Buck Williams, NBA forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks 1960 Birthday Russell Todd, born in Troy, New York, actor, Dr. Jamie Frame-Another World 1960 Event 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5" 1960 Event Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic," premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York 1960 Event "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances 1960 Event "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1960 Event "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances 1960 Birthday James Spader, born in New York City, actor, Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin 1960 Birthday Jane Geddes, Huntington, New York, LPGA golfer, 1987 Women's Kemper Open 1960 Event Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in New York City 1960 Birthday Steve Sax, 2nd baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1960 Event Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating 1959 Event Saul Levitt's "Andersonville Trial," premieres in New York City 1959 Birthday Everson Walls, NFL cornerback, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants 1959 Event Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game 1959 Birthday Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 Event 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7") 1959 Event Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of New York Titans (AFL) 1959 Birthday Burke Moses, New York City, actor, Sean Baxter-As the World Turns 1959 Event "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1959 Birthday Patty Jordan, Buffalo, New York, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean 1959 Birthday Jamie Rose, New York City, actress, Susan Birch-St. Elsewhere, Falcon Crest 1959 Event "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 460 performances 1959 Event "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 796 performances 1959 Event AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame 1959 Event William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof 1959 Event "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances 1959 Event "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances 1959 Birthday Vincent Irizarry, Queens, New York, actor, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara 1959 Event "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1959 Event WOV-AM in New York City changes call letters to WADO 1959 Event 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced 1959 Event "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 448 performances 1959 Event Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in New York City 1959 Birthday Todd Graff, New York City, actor, Five Corners, Dominic and Eugene 1959 Event William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City 1959 Event "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 87 performances 1959 Birthday Sarah Magaret Fergusson, Fergie, born in London, England, Duchess of York 1959 Birthday Abigail Kingsley Alling, New York City, executive, Biosphere 2 1959 Event "Happy Town" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 5 performances 1959 Birthday Michael Pare, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights 1959 Event "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances 1959 Event "Happy Town" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 5 performances 1959 Event 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a New York team (LA vs Chic) 1959 Event 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2) 1959 Birthday Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner 1959 Birthday Rosanna Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hour 1959 Birthday Kurtis Blow, New York City, rapper, Krushgroove-The Breaks 1959 Birthday Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, singer, songwriter, released U.S. and UK hit single titled, 'Come Into My Life', 1987 1959 Event "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 87 performances 1959 Birthday Gary Springer, born in New York City, actor, Bernice Bobs Her Hair 1959 Event William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961 1959 Event Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in New York City 1959 Event "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances 1959 Event 59th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 282 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1959 Birthday Timothy Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, White Shadow, Master 1959 Birthday Colin Quinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', host of 'Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn' 1959 Event "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 84 performances 1959 Event "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater New York City after 23 performances 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances 1959 Event "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 702 performances 1959 Birthday Bronson Pinchot, New York City, actor, Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop 1959 Birthday Peter Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, producer, After Midnight 1959 Event "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances 1959 Event Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in New York City 1959 Birthday Martha Quinn, born in Albany, New York, MTV VJ, Tracey-Bradys 1959 Birthday Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut 1959 Event "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 472 performances 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances 1959 Event New York Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard 1959 Birthday Kevin Lowe, Lachute, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1959 Birthday Elissa Leeds, New York City, actress, Cissy-Dorothy 1959 Event "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances 1959 Birthday Brian Setzer, born in Massapequa Park, New York, rock guitarist and vocalist, Stray Cats 1959 Death Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 89 1959 Birthday David Hyde Pierce, born in New York, actor, Niles Crane-Fraiser 1959 Birthday Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, born in New York City, 5K runner 1959 Event WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances 1959 Event "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 84 performances 1959 Birthday Irene Cara, born in Bronx New York City, actress/singer, Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury 1959 Event Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City 1959 Event "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances 1959 Birthday Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan 1959 Event "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 925 performances 1959 Event "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances 1959 Birthday Joel Rifkind, New York serial killer 1959 Death Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's New York Giants, dies 1959 Event Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One," premieres in New York City 1959 Event $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City 1959 Birthday Nancy Remy, reporter, New York City's Shadow Traffic 1959 Event "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 56 performances 1959 Event "Redhead" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 455 performances 1959 Birthday Lawrence Taylor, LT, NFL's greatest linebacker for the New York Giants 1959 Event American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1959 Birthday Thomas Calabro, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Michael Mancini-Melrose Place 1959 Birthday Mike Horan, NFL punter for the New York Giants 1959 Event 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to New York for $301) 1959 Event "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances 1959 Event "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 332 performances 1959 Birthday Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Birthday Brandon Clark, New York City, actor, Sean-The Fitzpatricks 1958 Event Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game 1958 Event "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances 1958 Event "Whoop-Up" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 56 performances 1958 Birthday Bart Oates, NFL center, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers 1958 Birthday Clark Brandon, New York City, actor, Fast Food 1958 Event Archibald MacLeish's "JB," premieres in New York City 1958 Birthday John J York, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mac Scorpio-General Hospital 1958 Event Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia 1958 Event "Flower Drum Song" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 602 performances 1958 Event WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Birthday Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners 1958 Death Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49 1958 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Event "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 835 performances 1958 Event "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 5 performances 1958 Event "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances 1958 Birthday Rachel Ticotin, New York City, actress, Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall 1958 Event PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip - New York to Paris 1958 Birthday Viggo Mortensen, born in New York City, New York, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings' film trilogy, 'Eastern Promises', 'A History of Violence', 'Hidalgo' 1958 Event Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong," premieres in New York City 1958 Event "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 161 performances 1958 Event New York Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series 1958 Event New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series 1958 Birthday Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving 1958 Event Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits New York Yankees 1-0 1958 Birthday Orel Hershiser, born in Buffalo, New York, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians 1958 Birthday Don Slaught, born in Long Beach, California, catcher, California Angels, New York Yankees 1958 Birthday Steve Guttenberg, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Academy, Short Circuit 1958 Birthday Angela Bassett, born in New York City, actress, What's Love Got to Do With It 1958 Birthday Alberto Salazar, marathoner, New York City Marathon Winner 1958 Event "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances 1958 Event "Li'l Abner" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 693 performances 1958 Event William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York 1958 Birthday Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96 1958 Birthday Leslie Browne, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1958 Event Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London 1958 Birthday Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted 1958 Birthday Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color 1958 Birthday Christopher Marcantel, born in Smithtown, New York, actor, Chip-Nurse, Loving 1958 Event Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio 1958 Event "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances 1958 Event New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple 1958 Birthday Walt Terrell, born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, professional baseball player, starting pitcher, played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates 1958 Event Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City 1958 Birthday Giancarlo Esposito, actor, Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York 1958 Birthday Michael Patrick Hulbert, born in Elmira, New York, PGA golfer, 1989 BC Open 1958 Birthday Ken Griffy, baseball player, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees 1958 Event "Say, Darling" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 332 performances 1958 Birthday Alec Baldwin, born in Amityville, New York, actor, Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice 1958 Birthday Susan Molinari, born in Staten Island, New York, Representative-R-New York 1990 - 1997 1958 Event "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 60 performances 1958 Birthday Rick Lazio, born in Amityville, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 - 2001 1958 Birthday Mark Pavelich, NHLer for the New York Rangers 1958 Event "Portotino" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 3 performances 1958 Event "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 3 performances 1958 Birthday Herb Williams, NBA center, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks 1958 Event 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York 1958 Birthday Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart 1958 Event "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 192 performances 1958 Birthday Rafael Santana, shortstop, New York Mets, New York Yankees 1958 Event Dore Schary's "Sunrise at Campobello," premieres in New York City 1958 Birthday Dinah Manoff, New York City, actress, Elaine-Soap, Carol Weston-Empty Nest 1958 Event "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 60 performances 1958 Event Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City (doesn't happen) 1958 Birthday Miguel Alejandro, New York City, actor, Popi 1958 Event William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in New York City 1958 Event New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV 1958 Event BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m 1958 Birthday Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message 1957 Event New York Giants win NFL championship 1957 Birthday Matt Lauer, born in New York City, New York, television host, Today Show co-anchor, television journalist 1957 Birthday Patricia Kalember, Schnectady, New York, actress, Georgie Whitsig-Sisters 1957 Birthday Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease 1957 Birthday Ray Romano, born in Queens, New York, actor, Ray Barone-Everybody Loves Raymond 1957 Event "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances 1957 Birthday Bob Ojeda, pitcher for the New York Mets 1957 Event "Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 678 performances 1957 Event "Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 45 performances 1957 Birthday Steve Buscemi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, studied at Lee Strasberg Institute, known for role of Carl Showalter in 'Fargo', Mr. Pink in 'Reservoir Dogs', cast member of 'The Sopranos' 1957 Event William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Event "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 413 performances 1957 Event "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets 1957 Event Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Otis J Anderson, NFL running back, New York Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP 1957 Birthday Sharon Farrah, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Jenny Burton, New York City, rocker, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do 1957 Event "Copper and Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances 1957 Birthday Christopher Knight, New York City, actor, Peter-Brady Bunch 1957 Event "Rumple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 45 performances 1957 Event WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 558 performances 1957 Event "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,022 performances 1957 Event "Copper and Brass" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances 1957 Birthday Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road 1957 Event "Mask and Gown" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 39 performances 1957 Event "Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 62 performances 1957 Event Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series 1957 Event Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (New York City) 1957 Event New York Yankees appear in their 25th World Series 1957 Birthday Fran Drescher, Queens, New York, actress, Cadillac Man, Nanny 1957 Birthday Gladys Portugues, New York City, Mrs. Jean-Claude Van Damme/actress, It's Alive 3 1957 Event New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts) 1957 Event "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances 1957 Event Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Jeffrey George Sluman, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, 1988 PGA Champ 1957 Event "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 39 performances 1957 Birthday Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89 1957 Birthday Janice Thomas, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Event "Simply Heavenly" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 62 performances 1957 Event New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958 1957 Event 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) 1957 Birthday Bill Cartwright, basketball player, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls 1957 Birthday Jeff Blatnick, born in Schenectady, New York, wrestling, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1957 Birthday Ron Duguay, born in Canada, hockey player, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings 1957 Birthday Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1957 Birthday Laura Branigan, born in Brewster, New York, vocalist, Gloria 1957 Birthday Patty Smyth, New York City, rock vocalist, Scandal-Warrior 1957 Event "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf 1957 Birthday Scott Raymond Adams, born in Catskill, New York, cartoonist, Dilbert 1957 Event New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1957 Birthday Jeff Hawkins, born in Huntington, New York, founder of Palm Computing, inventor of the Palm Pilot, founder of Handspring, inventor of Trio, author of, 'On Intelligence' 1957 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast 1957 Event NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast 1957 Event "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances 1957 Event "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 432 performances 1957 Event Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1957 Birthday Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Jesse Orosco, born in Santa Barbara, California, pitcher, New York Mets, Orioles, Dodgers 1957 Event "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances 1957 Birthday Saundra Santiago, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Gina-Miami Vice 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1957 Event New York City ends trolley car service 1957 Birthday Peter Deutsch, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1993 - 2005 1957 Death Gene Lockhart, New York City actor (Going My Way), dies at 65 1957 Birthday Paul Reiser, born in New York City, actor, My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You 1957 Birthday Amanda Plummer, born in New York City, actress, Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker 1957 Event Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City 1957 Event Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating New York Rangers 14-1 1957 Birthday Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Event "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances 1957 Birthday Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1957 Event "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 383 performances 1957 Event NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president 1957 Event 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York) 1957 Event "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 73 performances 1957 Event Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Mike Bossy, NHL forward for the New York Islanders, 1st 50 goals in 50 game 1957 Birthday Ottis "O J" Anderson, NFL running back for the New York Giants 1957 Death Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89 1957 Event Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants 1956 Birthday Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58 1956 Event New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game 1956 Birthday Gail Tatterson, WBL center, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Karen Smith, WBL forward, New York Stars 1956 Event "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances 1956 Birthday Kevin Burnham, Hollis, New York, 470 yachter, Olympics-8th-1992, 96 1956 Birthday Blanche Baker, born in New York City, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter, French Postcard 1956 Birthday Alice Barrett, born in New York City, actress, Frankie Frame-Another World 1956 Event Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer 1956 Event "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 888 performances 1956 Birthday Dale Berra, baseball infeilder, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees 1956 Event "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 413 performances 1956 Event Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in New York City 1956 Birthday Bernard King, basketball player, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets 1956 Event "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 73 performances 1956 Event "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 925 performances 1956 Event "Pajama Game" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1063 performances 1956 Birthday Mark Gastineau, NFL end, New York Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85 1956 Birthday Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Birthday Glynnis O'Connor, New York City, actress, California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe 1956 Event "Li'l Abner" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 693 performances 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City 1956 Event Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City 1956 Birthday Randi Brooks, New York City, actress, Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope 1956 Event Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service 1956 Event Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City 1956 Event On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yankees beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7 1956 Event Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn 1956 Birthday James Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bo-Chisholms 1956 Birthday Stephanie Zimbalist, New York City, actress, Remington Steele, Centennial 1956 Event New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season 1956 Birthday Kevin R Kregel, born in New York City, New York, Pilot/astronaut, STS-70, 78, 87 1956 Birthday Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy 1956 Event WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast 1956 Birthday Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Philadelphia '76ers 1956 Event To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yankees release Phil Rizzuto 1956 Birthday Meg Whitman, born in Long Island, New York, formerly, CEO of eBay, billionaire, Republican, 2010 candidate for Governor of California 1956 Birthday Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center for the New York Islanders 1956 Birthday Joe Satriani, born in Westbury, New York, instrumentalist, guitarist, Grammy-Award nominee, recruited by Mick Jagger to play lead guitar for The Rolling Stones' tour, in 1988, lead guitarist for Deep Purple in 1994, performed in annual G3 Jam Concerts, influenced by Eric Clapton 1956 Birthday Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock 1956 Birthday Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye 1956 Birthday Matt Bahr, NFL kicker, New England Patriots, New York Giants 1956 Event "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 245 performances 1956 Event "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances 1956 Birthday Anthony Bourdain, born in New York City, New York, chef, author, 'Kitchen Confidential', host of television show, 'Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations' 1956 Event "New Faces of 1956" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances 1956 Event "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances 1956 Birthday Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS-58 alt, sk: 90 1956 Birthday Nick Lowery, NFL kicker for the New York Jets 1956 Birthday Althea Gwyn, WBL center, New York Stars 1956 Event Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0 1956 Event New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat 1956 Event "Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 678 performances 1956 Event Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in New York City 1956 Birthday Faye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars 1956 Birthday Kaye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars 1956 Event "Plain and Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 476 performances 1956 Event "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 461 performances 1956 Event "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 383 performances 1956 Event Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis, Jr. premieres in New York City 1956 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances 1956 Birthday Dana Delany, born in New York City, actress, Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden 1956 Birthday Timothy Daly, born in Sufferin, New York, actor, Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven 1956 Birthday Howard Edward Davis, Jr., Glen Cove, New York, lw boxer 1976 Olympics silver 1956 Birthday Kathleen Beller, Queens, New York, actress, Ft. Apache the Bronx, Touched 1956 Event New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1956 Event NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium 1956 Event "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances 1956 Birthday Bob Brill, New York City, drummer, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away 1956 Birthday David Caruso, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, producer, known for television series, 'CSI: Miami', appeared in films, 'First Blood', 'China Girl', 'An Officer and a Gentleman' 1956 Birthday Mel Gibson, born in Peekskill, New York, actor, Mad Max, Mrs. Soffel, Lethal Weapon 1955 Event "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances 1955 Event 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) 1955 Event Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic 1955 Birthday Stu Jackson, Reading, Pennsylvania, NBA coach, New York Knicks, 1989-90 1955 Event New York psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing 1955 Birthday Brian Prout, Troy, New York, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1955 Event "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 245 performances 1955 Event "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 483 performances 1955 Birthday Jay Howell, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Oakland A's 1955 Birthday Wayne Tolleson, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, professional baseball player, switch hitter, played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1955 Birthday Oliver Conant, New York City, actor, Summer of '42 1955 Event "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances 1955 Event Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City 1955 Birthday Phil Simms, NFL quarterback, New York Giants, Superbowl 1986 1955 Birthday Frank Gilligan, Queens, New York, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around 1955 Death Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (New York Yankees), dies at 85 1955 Event 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) published 1955 Event WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event Ira Levin's "No Time for Sergeants," premieres in New York City 1955 Birthday Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward, New York Knick, Seattle Supersonics 1955 Birthday Tanya Roberts, Leigh, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Charlie's Angels, Sheena 1955 Event Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City 1955 Event 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (New York Yankees beat Dodgers) 1955 Event "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1955 Event "Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 176 performances 1955 Event "Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1955 Birthday Jay Acovone, Mahopac, New York, actor, Det Rado-Hollywood Beat 1955 Birthday Peter Gallagher, Armonk, New York, actor, Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild 1955 Birthday Roberta Wallach, New York City, actress, Civil Wars 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 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1955 Birthday Julia Lyndon, born in Buffalo, New York, playmate, August, 1977 1955 Birthday Matt Keough, baseball player, Oakland A's, New York Yankees 1955 Event "7th Heaven" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 44 performances 1955 Event "Almost Crazy" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 16 performances 1955 Event "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 892 performances 1955 Event "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances 1955 Event "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 85 performances 1955 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce 1955 Event "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 44 performances 1955 Event "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances 1955 Birthday Ed Whitson, pitcher, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres 1955 Event "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1022 performances 1955 Event "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances 1955 Event J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City 1955 Event "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances 1955 Event "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 176 performances 1955 Birthday Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love 1955 Event "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances 1955 Birthday Dee Snider, born in Massapequa, New York, Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It 1955 Death Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City 1955 Event William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City 1955 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances 1955 Event "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 461 performances 1955 Birthday Charlie Puleo, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Major League Baseball player, pitcher, played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Red and Atlanta Braves 1981 - 1989 1955 Birthday Damaso Garcia, born in Moca, Dominican Republic, Major League Baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos 1978 - 1989 1955 Birthday Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto' 1955 Event "Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 476 performances 1955 Birthday Jeff Koons, born in York, Pennsylvania, artist, known for large reproductions of ordinary objects, including brightly colored balloon animals made of stainless steel 1955 Event Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) 1954 Event "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances 1954 Event Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City 1954 Birthday Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere 1954 Event "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances 1954 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City 1954 Birthday Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change 1954 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in New York City 1954 Event WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Miles Chapin, New York City, actor, French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse 1954 Event "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances 1954 Event "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 64 performances 1954 Event "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 4 performances 1954 Event "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 270 performances 1954 Event Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed 1954 Birthday Gail Marquis, WBL forward, New York Stars, Olympics silver 1976 1954 Event "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 888 performances 1954 Event N Richard Nash' "Rainmaker," premieres in New York City 1954 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances 1954 Event WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City) 1954 Event RP Smith/M Shulman's "Tender Trap," premieres in New York City 1954 Event "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 64 performances 1954 Birthday Al Sharpton, born in Brooklyn, New York, African American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, 2004 candidate for President, host of 'Keepin' It Real' radio show 1954 Event New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series 1954 Birthday Richard Schlesinger, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1954 Event "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 483 performances 1954 Event Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game 1954 Birthday Shari Belafonte Harper, New York City, actress, Julie-Hotel 1954 Event Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1954 Birthday Peter Scolari, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Jerry-Newhart, Bosom Buddies 1954 Event Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio 1954 Event WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show 1954 Event Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania 1954 Birthday Al Roker, Queens, New York, weatherman, NBC, Today 1954 Birthday Theresa Saldana, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Rachel Scali-Commish 1954 Event WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins 1954 Event "Golden Apple" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 125 performances 1954 Birthday Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Bx, New York, Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It 1954 Birthday Denise Craig, WBL forward, Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars 1954 Birthday Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987 1954 Birthday Jay Jay French, born in New York City, guitarist, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Birthday Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1954 Event "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances 1954 Birthday Robert Davi, born in Astoria, New York, opera singer and actor, Gangster Chronicles 1954 Birthday Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1954 Event "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" closes at Imperial New York City after 229 performances 1954 Birthday Freddie Prinze, New York City, comedian/actor, Chico and the Man 1954 Birthday Robert Pastorelli, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eldin-Murphy Brown 1954 Event "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 115 performances 1954 Birthday Harvey Fierstein, born in Brooklyn, New York, playwright, Torch Song Trilogy, ID4 1954 Event "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1063 performances 1954 Event 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 1954 Birthday Bill Paxon, born in Akron, New York, Representative-R-New York 1989 - 1999 1954 Event "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances 1954 Event "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances 1954 Birthday Gary Carter, catcher, Montreal Expos, New York Mets 1954 Birthday John Schneider, born in Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Bo-Dukes of Hazzard 1954 Birthday Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out 1954 Event "Me and Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 358 performances 1954 Event "King and I" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1246 performances 1954 Event 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1954 Event 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York City (Castro Decorators) 1954 Birthday Keven Wade, born in Chappaqua, New York, screen writer, Working Girls 1954 Event "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 115 performances 1954 Event WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Birthday Richard Manitoba, born in The Bronx, New York, born Richard Blum, nicknamed 'Handsome Dick', musician, punk rock genre, vocalist, radio personality, lead singer for The Dictators, MC5 1954 Event 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City) 1954 Event "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances 1954 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe 1954 Birthday Howard Stern, born in Roosevelt, New York, Radio's Bad Boy 1954 Birthday Ross Friedman, born in New York City, New York, Ross Funicello, Ross The Boss, guitarist, rocker, founding member of The Dictators punk band and Manowar heavy metal band 1954 Event Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday Jane Badler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V 1953 Birthday John Callahan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest 1953 Birthday Bernnadette Stanis, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Thelma-Good Times 1953 Birthday Elliot Easton, Elliot Shapiro, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock guitarist, Cars 1953 Event "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial New York City for 229 performances 1953 Birthday Wil Shriner, New York City/Indiana, talk show host, Wil Shriner Show 1953 Event "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 583 performances 1953 Event "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 597 performances 1953 Event "Guys and Dolls" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1200 performances 1953 Birthday Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1953 Death Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade), dies in New York at 39 1953 Event 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) 1953 Event WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Kathleen Cody, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Charley and the Angel 1953 Birthday Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, New York Islander defenseman, Norris trophy 1953 Birthday Keith Hernandez, born in San Francisco, California, 1st baseman, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets 1953 Event John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday Larry Miller, New York City, comedian/actor, Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness 1953 Event WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Christopher Norris, New York City, actress, Summer of '42, Eat My Dust 1953 Event 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yankees win record 5th consec WS 1953 Event "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf 1953 Birthday Greta Andersen Waitz, born in Oslo, Norway, marathoner, New York City - 1984 1953 Event Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor 1953 Event "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 190 performances 1953 Event "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 6 performances 1953 Event "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater New York for 6 performances 1953 Birthday Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, born in New York City, actor, Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter 1953 Event Future New York City mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City 1953 Event "Me and Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 358 performances 1953 Birthday Donny Most, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ralph Malph-Happy Days 1953 Death Robert Taft, Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, dies in New York at 63 1953 Event New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens 1953 Event 1st helicopter passenger service, New York City 1953 Birthday Jonathan Segal, born in New York City, actor, Jonathan-Paper Chase 1953 Birthday Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist 1953 Birthday Alynne Beth Amkraut, born in Amityville, New York, entertainer 1953 Death Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage at 37 1953 Event New York City Transit Authority forms 1953 Birthday Linda Lingle, born in St. Louis, Missouri, politician, Republican, 6th Governor of Hawaii, chairman, 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City 1953 Event Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving 1953 Birthday John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1953 Birthday Rick Rhoden, pitcher, New York Yankees 1953 Event "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 892 performances 1953 Birthday James Russo, born in New York City, actor, My Own Private Idaho, China Girl 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1953 Event "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 542 performances 1953 Event "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City) 1953 Event 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1 1953 Birthday Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night 1953 Event "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 365 performances 1953 Birthday Nydia M. Velazquez, born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Representative-D-New York 1993 - 1953 Event Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday Margaret L. Augustine, born in Buffalo, New York, project manager, Biosphere 2 1953 Birthday Richard Stallman, born in New York City, New York, computer programmer, software freedom activist, set up the Free Software Foundation 1953 Event "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 90 performances 1953 Event WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission 1953 Birthday Paul Krugman, born in New York, economist, liberal, political columnist, author, op-ed columnist for 'The New York Times', wrote, 'The Conscience of a Liberal' 1953 Event "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances 1953 Birthday Sallie L. Baliunas, born in New York, New York, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, cited as one of America's outstanding women scientists 1953 Event "Maggie" closes at National Theater New York City after 5 performances 1953 Event William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in New York City 1953 Event "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York 1953 Event "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances 1953 Event Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City) 1953 Birthday Janice Dickinson, born in Brooklyn, New York, model, Vogue 1953 Birthday Mike Ford, New York City, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Port Jefferson Open 1953 Event "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 190 performances 1953 Event J. Styne/B. Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in New York City 1953 Event "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, New York City 1953 Event New York, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues 1953 Birthday Pat Haden, Westbury, New York, NFL quarterback, Los Angeles Rams 1953 Event Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in New York City 1953 Event "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances 1953 Birthday Pat Benatar, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Hell Is for Children 1952 Event 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York 1952 Birthday Ray Knight, 3rd baseman, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles 1952 Event WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 Event "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 90 performances 1952 Event Jackie Robinson charges New York Yankees with racism 1952 Birthday James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astr, STS-32, 52, 63, 86 1952 Birthday Lorna Luft, Scarsdale, New York, singer and actress, Where the Boys Are-1980 1952 Event George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in New York City 1952 Birthday Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx 1952 Birthday Ray Sharkey, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear 1952 Event "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 89 performances 1952 Event "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 7 performances 1952 Event Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in New York City 1952 Event "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 7 performances 1952 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series 1952 Event "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances 1952 Birthday James Keane, Buffalo, New York, actor, Willis Bell-Paper Chase 1952 Birthday Christopher Reeve, New York City, actor, Superman, Somewhere in Time 1952 Birthday Tommy Norden, New York City, actor, Flipper 1952 Birthday Rhys Chatham, born in New York City, New York, composer, trumpet player, guitarist, minimalist, avant garde music 1952 Birthday Nile Rodgers, born in Bronx, New York, rock guitarist, Honeydrippers 1952 Birthday Karen Wyman, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Long and Winding Road 1952 Event New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1952 Birthday Paul Reubens, born in Peekskill, New York, born Paul Rubenfeld, actor, comedian, famous character, Pee-Wee Herman, creator of 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' 1952 Birthday Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One 1952 Birthday Gianna Rolandi, New York City, soprano, Der Rosenkavalier 1952 Birthday Ashley Putnam, born in New York City, soprano, New York City Opera 1978 1952 Birthday Janis Siegel, born in New York City, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction 1952 Event "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 289 performances 1952 Birthday Stephen Lang, born in New York City, actor, Another You, Death of a Salesman 1952 Birthday John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET 1952 Event "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances 1952 Event "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 597 performances 1952 Event "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 94 performances 1952 Birthday Gary Bettman, born in Queens, New York City, commissioner, National Hockey League, formerly, general counsel and president, National Basketball Association 1952 Event "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 365 performances 1952 Event "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 4 performances 1952 Death Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York City at 45 1952 Event "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 72 performances 1952 Event "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 4 performances 1952 Birthday Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut 1952 Event "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 644 performances 1952 Birthday Christine Baranski, Buffalo, New York, actress, Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage 1952 Event "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances 1952 Event 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1952 Birthday Cory Day, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist 1952 Event New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run 1952 Event Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City 1952 Birthday Andy Shernoff, born in Bronx, New York, pen name Adny Shernoff, rocker, musician, singer, songwriter, founding member of The Dictators, punk band, bassist with The Fleshtones 1989 - 1990 1952 Event "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 15 performances 1952 Birthday Sam McMurray, born in New York City, New York, actor, television, film, voice actor, appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show, movie roles include Raising Arizona, LA Story 1952 Birthday Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol 1952 Birthday Chick Vennera, born in Herkimer, New York, actor, High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War 1952 Birthday Bob Costas, born in Queens, New York, sportscaster/talk show host, Later 1952 Event "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 94 performances 1952 Birthday Alice Hoffman, born in New York City, New York, author, known for novel, 'Practical Magic', adapted for film 1952 Event "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 276 performances 1952 Birthday Wayne John Levi, Little Falls, New York, PGA golfer, 1983 Buick Open 1952 Event "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City 1952 Birthday Ed Gagliardi, New York City, rock bassist, Foreigner-Cold As Ice 1952 Event 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1952 Event SN Behrman's "Jane," premieres in New York City 1952 Birthday Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1952 Event 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly New York Yankees 1952 Event NFL takes control of New York Yankees 1952 Birthday Roberta Baskin, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours 1952 Event "Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 542 performances 1952 Birthday Wendy Phillips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Executive Suite, Promised Land 1951 Birthday Nancy LaMott, born in New York City, New York, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 1951 Birthday Caren Kaye, New York City, actress, My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties 1951 Event "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 267 performances 1951 Event Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in New York City 1951 Event "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 90 performances 1951 Event John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Bucky Dent, all star shortstop, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1951 Event "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances 1951 Event "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 Event New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year 1951 Event "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performances 1951 Birthday Lou Ferrigno, born in Brooklyn, New York, body builder/actor, Incredible Hulk 1951 Event New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards 1951 Event New York Giants and New York Yankees score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns 1951 Event "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances 1951 Event Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist, Soliste New York 1951 Event Jan de Hartog's "4 Poster," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Annie Golden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Forever Lulu, Hair 1951 Event "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances 1951 Birthday Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins 1951 Birthday Dave Rajsich, pitcher, New York Yankees 1951 Birthday Bruce Arena, born in Brooklyn, New York, soccer coach, 1996 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing, Montreal, New York Rangers 1951 Event "Borscht Capades" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 90 performances 1951 Event "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Ziegfeld New York City after 740 performances 1951 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0 1951 Birthday Robert Desiderio, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Det Kennedy-Heart of the City 1951 Event Pirates snap New York Giants 16 game win streak 1951 Birthday Bobby Caldwell, New York City, rocker 1951 Event New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa 1951 Event New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant 1951 Birthday Martin Brest, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1951 Birthday Marcel Dionne, born in Quebec, NHL center, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers 1951 Event "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 1077 performances 1951 Birthday Terry Davis, born in New York City, actress, Stacey Winthrop-Another World 1951 Event "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 276 performances 1951 Event "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater New York City after 37 performances 1951 Event "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances 1951 Birthday Didi Conn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Denise-Benson, Grease 1951 Event New York Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0 1951 Birthday Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Birthday Pamela Bellwood, born in New York City, actress, Ellen-W.E.B., Claudia-Dynasty 1951 Event 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities 1951 Event "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Event "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 40 performances 1951 Event "Courtin' Time" opens at National Theater New York City for 37 performances 1951 Birthday Richard Thomas, born in New York City, John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda 1951 Event New York Times reports the New York City subway will auction off things found 1951 Birthday Maren Seidler, born in Brooklyn, New York, shot putter, Olympics-11th-1968 1951 Event New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 1951 Event Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants 1951 Event U.N. moves headquarters to New York City 1951 Birthday James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island 1951 Event "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 40 performances 1951 Event Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Seasan Hubley, Susan, New York City, actress, Vice Squad, Hardcore 1951 Event "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 157 performances 1951 Event New York Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th) 1951 Birthday Ace Frehley, born in Bronx, New York, heavy metal rocker, Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet 1951 Event Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City 1951 Death Stanley Ridges, actor, 'Possessed', 'Sergeant York', 'Mr. Ace', dies at 59 1951 Event 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1951 Birthday Luther Vandross, born in New York City, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love 1951 Event "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 267 performances 1951 Event "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances 1951 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1951 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 1951 Birthday Jack Quinn, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 - 2005 1951 Birthday Janis Ian, born in New York City, lesbian and folk rocker, At 17 1951 Birthday Dean Kamen, born in Rockville Centre, New York, inventor, entrepreneur, created the Segway, the AutoSyringe - a mobile dialysis system, and the insulin pump 1951 Birthday Ed Marinaro, born in New York City, actor, Joe-Hill St. Blues, Sonny-Laverne and Shirley 1951 Event "King and I" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1246 performances 1951 Birthday Caren Kaye, born in New York City, actress, My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties 1951 Event "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 Event Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Gwen Welles, born in New York City, actress, Desert Hearts, Sticky Fingers 1951 Event "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf 1951 Event "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 84 performances 1951 Event 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes 1951 Event New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing 1951 Birthday Melissa Manchester, born in Bronx, New York, vocalist, Don't Cry Out Loud 1951 Birthday Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing 1951 Birthday Benny Ayala, born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Benigno Ayala Felix, Major League Baseball player, played outfield, first base, designated hitter for New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals 1951 Birthday Elizabeth Swados, Buffalo, New York, composer/playwright, 1972 TONY 1951 Event Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City 1951 Event "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 56 performances 1951 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 320 performances 1951 Birthday Scott Lane, New York City, actor, Gary-McKeever and the Colonel 1951 Birthday Margaret Johnson Bailes, born in Bronx, New York, 4X100 runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1951 Event World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City) 1951 Birthday John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1951 Event "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances 1951 Event Philip Barry's "Second Threshold," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Nadia Cassini, Gianna Lou Muller, Woodstock, New York, model, Oui 1950 Birthday Victoria Racimo, New York City, actress, Corene-Falcon Crest 1950 Event "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 157 performances 1950 Event Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in New York City 1950 Birthday Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight 1950 Event "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1950 Event New York City's Port Authority opens 1950 Event "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 84 performances 1950 Event "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1950 Birthday Billy Smith, Ontario, NHL goaltender for the New York Islanders 1950 Birthday Christine Onassis, Andreadis, New York City, Aristotle's daughter 1950 Birthday Rick Baker, Binghamton, New York, special effects makeup artist, Exorcist 1950 Birthday Merrill Ashley, St. Paul, Minnesota, ballerina, New York City Ballet 1950 Event "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 245 performances 1950 Event "Guys and Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1200 performances 1950 Birthday Chuck Schumer, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New York 1981 - 1999, Senator-D-New York 1999 - 1950 Event Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards 1950 Event Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City 1950 Birthday Jack Scalia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Berrengers, Hollywood Beat 1950 Event "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances 1950 Event "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances 1950 Event "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances 1950 Birthday Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Event "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 644 performances 1950 Event New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series 1950 Event "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances 1950 Birthday Jeff Conaway, New York City, actor, Bobby-Taxi, Loving 1950 Event Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0 1950 Event New York Yankees clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel 1950 Birthday John Sayles, born in Schenetady, New York, actor, Brother from Another Planet 1950 Event Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City for heavyweight boxing title 1950 Birthday Alan Colmes, born in New York City, New York, radio and television host, liberal political commentator, host of 'The Alan Colmes Show', runs 'Liberaland' blog 1950 Event For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game 1950 Event "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 293 performances 1950 Event "Where's Chartev?" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 792 performances 1950 Event 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) 1950 Birthday Willy Deville, New York City, rock vocalist and guitarist, Mink Deville 1950 Event New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa 1950 Birthday Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1950 Birthday Alan Keyes, born in Long Island, New York, politician, Republican party, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for international Organization Affairs 1950 Birthday Doug Tract, born in Bronx, New York, radio DJ, Greaseman 1950 Birthday Frank Stallone, New York City, Sylvestor's brother/actor, Barfly, Outlaw Force 1950 Birthday Kaity Tong, news anchor, WABC-TV New York City 1950 Event New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes 1950 Birthday Camille Saviola, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Nightlife 1950 Birthday Eric Carr, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss 1950 Event 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) 1950 Event 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) 1950 Birthday Huey Lewis, born in New York City, vocalist, & the News-Need a New Drug 1950 Event "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances 1950 Event New York City bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents 1950 Event "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances 1950 Event "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 12 performances 1950 Event New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple 1950 Birthday Nancy Allen, born in New York City, actress, Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill 1950 Birthday Joey Kramer, born in New York City, hard rock drummer, Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic 1950 Birthday Wayne Powers, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Laverne and Shirley, 13 East 1950 Event "Arms and the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 134 performances 1950 Event Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City 1950 Event New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain 1950 Event "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 12 performances 1950 Birthday Janis Ian, Fink, New York City, rock vocalist, At 17, Society's Child 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances 1950 Birthday Lou Gramm, born in Rochester, New York, given name Loyis Grammatico, rocker, singer, songrwriter, drummer, lead vocalist for Foreigner 1950 Birthday Willie Colon, born in born in Bronx, New York, actor, Last Flight 1950 Event "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances 1950 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 320 performances 1950 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 1950 Birthday Ron Perlman, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Quest for Fire, Beauty and the Beast 1950 Birthday David Cassidy, New York City, singer and actor, Keith-Partridge Family 1950 Event "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances 1950 Event 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 Event City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1950 Event "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances 1950 Birthday James Conlon, born in New York City, conductor, Cincinnati May Festival-1979 1950 Event "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 269 performances 1950 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in New York City 1950 Event New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1950 Event Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City 1950 Event "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances 1950 Birthday Ilene Graff, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Marsha-Mr Belvedere 1950 Event Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City 1950 Birthday Ellen Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, vocalist/actress, Little Shoppe of Horrors 1950 Birthday Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward, Virg Squirers, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers 1950 Birthday Julius Irving, born in Roosevelt, New York, basketball, helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame 1950 Event Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour 1950 Birthday Walter Becker, New York City, rock bassist, Steely Dan-Peg 1950 Event "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances 1950 Event 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York 1950 Event WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in New York City 1950 Event WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 Birthday Rich Glover, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, athlete, American football player, played in the NFL's New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles 1950 Event "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances 1950 Event "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances 1950 Event T. S. Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City 1950 Event "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances 1950 Event "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances 1950 Event "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1950 Birthday David Johansen, New York, singer, Hot! Hot! Hot! 1950 Event "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 3 performances 1950 Event "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances 1950 Event Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City 1949 Birthday Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Manhattan Transfer 1949 Birthday Lenny White, born in New York City, New York, musician, drummer, performed on Miles Davis' 'Bitches' Brew', recorded 'No Mystery', 'Romantic Warrior' with Return to Forever 1949 Event "Regina" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 86 performances 1949 Birthday Ricardo Luis Carreras, New York City, bantamweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze 1949 Event "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 740 performances 1949 Event Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in New York City 1949 Birthday Bruce E Melnick, New York City, Commander USCG/astronaut, STS-41, STS-49 1949 Event WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 293 performances 1949 Birthday Ray Vitte, New York City, actor, Doc, Cody-Quest 1949 Birthday Ted Sator, Utica, New York, NHL coach, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres 1949 Birthday Whoopi Goldberg, Caryn Johnson, New York City, actress, Color Purple, Burglar 1949 Event "Regina" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 86 performances 1949 Event "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances 1949 Event Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City 1949 Birthday Bruce Jenner, born in Mount Kisco, New York, decathalete 1976 Olympics gold 1949 Event "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances 1949 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series 1949 Birthday Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos 1949 Birthday Kieran Kane, Queens, New York, singer, O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too 1949 Event WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins 1949 Event United Nations' permanent New York City headquarters is dedicated 1949 Birthday Armand Assante, New York City, actor, Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours 1949 Birthday Lorraine Bracco, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, actress 1949 Birthday Mimi Kennedy, born in Rochester, New York, actress, Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof 1949 Event Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City 1949 Event "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway New York City after 76 performances 1949 Event 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1949 Event Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York 1949 Birthday Barbara Bach, Goldbach, Queens, New York, actress, Spy Who Loved Me 1949 Birthday John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers 1949 Birthday Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A 1949 Birthday Joe Regalbuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown 1949 Event "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 121 performances 1949 Birthday John Riggins, NFL running back, New York Jets, Washington Redskins 1949 Event "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 308 performances 1949 Event Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants 1949 Event "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway New York City for 76 performances 1949 Event New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1949 Event "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater New York City after 727 performances 1949 Birthday Eric Goetz, New York City, U.S. shipbuilder, America's Cup 1995 1949 Birthday Jimmie Walker, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, JJ-Good Times, At Ease 1949 Birthday Kene Holliday, born in New York City, actor, Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country 1949 Event "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances 1949 Birthday Peppy Castro, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Balance 1949 Event WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Rick Reuschel, pitcher, New York Yankees 1949 Event "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances 1949 Birthday Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash 1949 Event 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City 1949 Birthday Michael Brown, born in New York City, keyboardist, Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee 1949 Birthday Patti LuPone, born in Northport, New York, actress and singer, Evita, Life Goes On 1949 Birthday John Oates, born in New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Hall and Oates-Rich Girl 1949 Birthday Michael Shea, born in Glendale, New York, actor, Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show 1949 Event "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances 1949 Birthday Jane Actman, born in New York City, actress, Barbara-Paul Lynde Show 1949 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City 1949 Birthday Starr Danias, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1949 Birthday Sara Lane, born in New York City, actress, Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian 1949 Birthday Donald York, rocker, Sha Na Na 1949 Birthday Eddie Money, Mahoney, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight 1949 Event "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater New York City after 339 performances 1949 Birthday Edward Hardin, New York City, rock guitarist, Spencer Davis Group 1949 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances 1949 Birthday Len Randle, baseball player for the New York Mets 1949 Event Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City 1949 Birthday Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers 1949 Event Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees) 1949 Event New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1949 Birthday Thomas Downey, born in Queens, New York, Representative-D-New York 1975 - 1993 1949 Event "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 121 performances 1949 Birthday Andy Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian/actor, Latka Gravas-Taxi 1949 Birthday Christine Belford, Amityville, New York, actress, Banacek, Empire, 90210 1949 Event "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances 1949 Event "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances 1949 Event "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 95 performances 1949 Event "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances 1948 Event "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 1077 performances 1948 Birthday Tovah Feldshuh, New York City, actress, Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky 1948 Birthday Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman, New York Yankee 1948 Birthday Carol Potter, New York City, actress, Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI 1948 Event 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3") 1948 Event "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances 1948 Event Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury 1948 Event WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Ron Vawter, Latham, New York, actor, Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister 1948 Event "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances 1948 Event New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions 1948 Event "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 48 performances 1948 Event 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) 1948 Birthday Storm Field, Elliot, New York, weatherman, WABC TV, WCBS TV 1948 Event Dr. Frank G Back (New York City) patents lens to provide zoom effects 1948 Birthday Bruce Vilanch, born in New York City, New York, comedy writer, appeared regularly with Whoopi Goldberg on Hollywood Squares, appeared in Bosom Buddies, Law & Order, wrote for show Billy Crystal, Academy Awards host 1948 Birthday Richard Masur, New York City, actor, David-One Day at a Time 1948 Birthday Andrea Marcovicci, New York City, actress, Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John 1948 Birthday Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire 1948 Event "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Birthday Sheila Frazier, New York City, actress, Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome 1948 Birthday Alan Gratzer, Syracuse, New York, rock drummer, Reo Speedwagon 1948 Event "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 95 performances 1948 Event "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 831 performances 1948 Event "Love Life" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 252 performances 1948 Event "Where's Chartev?" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 792 performances 1948 Birthday Johnny Ramone, New York, pop guitarist, Ramones-Love Live 1948 Event "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 113 performances 1948 Birthday Sal Viscuso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Soap, Montefuscos 1948 Event "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 725 performances 1948 Birthday Donna Karan, Forest Hills, New York, fashion designer, Coty Award-1977 1948 Birthday John M. McHugh, born in Watertown, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 - 1948 Event "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 36 performances 1948 Event "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances 1948 Event "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 48 performances 1948 Event "Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 14 performances 1948 Event "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances 1948 Event "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 134 performances 1948 Event WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WMGM 1948 Event "Hilarities (of 1949)" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 14 performances 1948 Event Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 1948 Event 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0) 1948 Event "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 308 performances 1948 Birthday Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman, New York Yankees, 1st designated hitter 1948 Event U.S. expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin 1948 Death Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53 1948 Event ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) 1948 Event WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances 1948 Event "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 581 performances 1948 Event President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York 1948 Event Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1948 Event "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances 1948 Event Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1948 Birthday Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll 1948 Event "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 318 performances 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances 1948 Event "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 188 performances 1948 Birthday Brad Park, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins 1948 Event New York City subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents 1948 Event Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey 1948 Event WPIX TV channel 11 in New York City, New York (IND) begins broadcasting 1948 Event "Hold It!" closes at National Theater New York City after 46 performances 1948 Event "Sleepy Hallow" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 12 performances 1948 Event "Sally" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances 1948 Event "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 12 performances 1948 Event New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances 1948 Event WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1948 Birthday Lindsay Ann Crouse, New York City, actress, Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart 1948 Event "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances 1948 Birthday Richard Cox, New York City, actor, Mark-Executive Suite 1948 Event "Inside USA" opens at Century Theater New York City for 339 performances 1948 Birthday Marcia Strassman, born in New York City, actress, Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter 1948 Birthday Frank Abagnale, born in Bronxville, New York, security consultant and former forger 1948 Event New York City hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents 1948 Birthday Catherine Malfitano, born in New York City, soprano, Metropolitan Opera 1948 Event New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents 1948 Birthday Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969 1948 Birthday Bud Cort, New Rochelle, New York, actor and director, Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H 1948 Birthday Steven Tyler, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun 1948 Event Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City 1948 Birthday Bernadette Peters, Queens, New York, actress, Jerk 1948 Birthday Mercedes Ruehl, Queens, New York, actress, Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People 1948 Birthday Priscilla Lopez, born in Bronx, New York, actress, In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien 1948 Birthday Carolyn B. Maloney, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Representative-D-New York 1993 - 1948 Event "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater New York City after 34 performances 1948 Birthday Christopher Guest, born in New York City, actor, SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap 1948 Death Herb Pennock, pitcher (New York Yankees)/General Manager (Phillies), dies 1948 Event "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 188 performances 1948 Event "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances 1948 Event Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City 1948 Birthday John Carpenter, born in Carthage, New York, director, Halloween, The Thing 1948 Event "Call Me Mister" closes at National Theater New York City after 734 performances 1948 Event WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins 1947 Event 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1947 Event "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34 performances 1947 Event Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 Birthday Bill Rodgers, marathon runner, Boston, New York 1947 Birthday Susan Lucci, born in Scarsdale, New York, actress, All My Children, Mafia Princess 1947 Birthday Peter Crisscoula, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Kiss-Beth 1947 Event Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game 1947 Event "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International New York City after 11 performances 1947 Event "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 308 performances 1947 Event Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City 1947 Event "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater New York City for 11 performances 1947 Event Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City 1947 Event "Medium and The Telephone" closes at Barrymore New York City after 211 performances 1947 Birthday Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus 1947 Event "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 27 performances 1947 Event Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Joe Morton, New York City, actor, Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World 1947 Birthday Michael McKean, New York City, actor, Laverne and Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap 1947 Event "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 318 performances 1947 Event Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in New York City 1947 Event "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances 1947 Event Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1947 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series 1947 Event "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 27 performances 1947 Event "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances 1947 Event William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in New York City 1947 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised 1947 Birthday Jeffrey Jones, born in Buffalo, New York, actor, Beetlejuice, Ferris Bueller 1947 Event "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 288 performances 1947 Birthday Liz Torres, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Mahalia Sanchez-John Larroquette Show 1947 Birthday Michael R. McNulty, born in Troy, New York, Representative-D-New York 1989 - 2009 1947 Birthday Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens, New York, singer, Sha Na Na 1947 Event New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 1947 Event New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) 1947 Birthday Peggy Lipton, Lawrence, New York, actress, Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks 1947 Birthday Alice Playton, New York City, actress, Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name 1947 Birthday Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy 1947 Event "Medium and The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 211 performances 1947 Event Cincinnati Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4 1947 Birthday Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi 1947 Birthday Ayn Rumen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Janet-McLean Stevenson Show 1947 Birthday Kurt Mann, Roslyn, New York, actor, Bad Penny 1947 Event Demolition begins for United Nations HQ in New York City 1947 Event "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 Birthday Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities 1947 Birthday Larry David, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, Seinfeld 1947 Birthday Richard Lewis, born in New York City, comedian, Marty Gold-Anything But Love 1947 Birthday David L. Lander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Squiggy-Laverne and Shirley 1947 Birthday James T. Walsh, born in Syracuse, New York, Representative-R-New York 1989 - 2009 1947 Event 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City 1947 Birthday Jerrold Nadler, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1992 - 1947 Birthday Ken Singleton, born in Mount Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles 1947 Birthday Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain, New York Yankees 1947 Event "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances 1947 Event "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater New York City for 4 performances 1947 Birthday Mark Nelson, born in Brooklyn, New York, crew member, Biosphere 2 1947 Birthday Candice Azzara, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fatso 1947 Event "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 148 performances 1947 Birthday Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1947 Event "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater New York City after 69 performances 1947 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Jeffrey DeMunn, born in Buffalo, New York, actor, Blaze, Frances, Windy City 1947 Birthday Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988 1947 Event Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated in New York City 1947 Birthday Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey 1947 Event "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 108 performances 1947 Birthday Camille Paglia, born in Endicott, New York, actress, Female Misbehavior, It's Pat 1947 Event "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances 1947 Event John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N. 1947 Birthday Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There 1947 Birthday Vince Martino, born in Schenectady, New York, WLAF offensive asst, Barcelona Dragons 1947 Birthday Billy Crystal, born in Long Beach, New York, comedian, Soap, SNL, City Slickers 1947 Event "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances 1947 Event "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances 1947 Birthday Lewis J. Stadlen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, John-Benson, Savages, Windy City 1947 Event 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land 1947 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Eliot L. Engel, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1989 - 1947 Event "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances 1947 Birthday Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB 1947 Birthday Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-B, STS-30 1947 Event Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Nedra Telley, New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Little Baby 1947 Birthday Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos 1947 Event "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 288 performances 1947 Event "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 831 performances 1947 Birthday Jane Elliot, New York City, actress, Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing 1947 Event "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 725 performances 1947 Event "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 148 performances 1947 Event "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances 1947 Event "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances 1946 Event "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances 1946 Event "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances 1946 Birthday Larry Csonka, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants 1946 Event Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) 1946 Event "Bal Negre" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 54 performances 1946 Event Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game 1946 Event "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater New York City after 20 performances 1946 Birthday Josh Mostel, New York, actor, Windy City, Animal Behavior, Money Pit 1946 Event Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game 1946 Event "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 323 performances 1946 Event U.N. General Assembly votes to establish United Nations HQs in New York City 1946 Birthday Patty Duke, Anna Marie, born in Elmhurst, New York, actress, Miracle Worker 1946 Birthday Gloria Loring, New York City, actress and singer, Days of our Life 1946 Birthday Susan Spencer, New York, correspondent, 48 Hours, 1946 approx] 1946 Event "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 79 performances 1946 Event Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Carmine Appice, New York City, rock drummer, Vanilla Fudge 1946 Event New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chicago Stags 1946 Event "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 54 performances 1946 Event "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 72 performances 1946 Event New York Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 1946 Event WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City 1946 Event WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) 1946 Birthday Andrea Mitchell, New York City, newscaster, NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA 1946 Birthday Robert L "Hoot" Gibson, Cooperstown, New York, USN/ast, STS-41B,61C,27,47,71 1946 Event U.N. General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st New York City-Flushing Meadows) 1946 Event Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs New York Giants 1946 Birthday Gary Mallaber, Buffalo, New York, rocker, Steve Miller Band-Abracadbra 1946 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Iceman Cometh," premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Gary Gentry, baseball player for the New York Mets 1946 Event "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 36 performances 1946 Birthday Susan Sarandon, born in Jackson Hgts, New York, actress, Bull Durham 1946 Birthday Peter H. Kostmayer, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1981 and 1983 - 1993 1946 Event "Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater New York City for 79 performances 1946 Event "If the Shoe Fits," opens at Century Theater New York City for 20 performances 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 Event San Francisco 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to New York Yankees 21-7 1946 Birthday Alfa Anderson, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist, Chicago 1946 Event "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 36 performances 1946 Birthday David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others 1946 Birthday Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1946 Birthday Lesley Ann Warren, New York City, actress, Cinderella, Mission Impossible 1946 Birthday Antonio Fargas, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Huggy Bear-Starsky and Hutch 1946 Birthday Douglas H. Bosco, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1991 1946 Event Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 1946 Event "Tidbits of 1946" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 8 performances 1946 Event "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 8 performances 1946 Birthday Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co 1946 Event "St. Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 113 performances 1946 Birthday Fred Dryer, born in Hawthone, California, NFLer, New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, actor, Hunter 1946 Birthday Sylvester Stallone, born in New York City, actor and director, Rocky, Rambo, Cobra 1946 Birthday Ron Silver, born in New York City, actor, Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends 1946 Event "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater New York City after 264 performances 1946 Event "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances 1946 Birthday Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 1946 Event New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line 1946 Birthday Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs 1946 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances 1946 Birthday Donald Trump, born in New York City, New York, billionaire, master builder, Trump Towers 1946 Birthday Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, New York City, newspaper publisher 1946 Event New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st manager ejected from both games of a doubleheader 1946 Event "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 142 performances 1946 Birthday Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano, New York City Opera 1946 Event Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Chazz Palminteri, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale 1946 Birthday Danny Klein, New York City, rock bassist, J Geils Band-Centerfold 1946 Birthday Jerry Weiss, New York City, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears 1946 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0 1946 Birthday Talia Shire, Coppola, Lake Success, New York, actress, Adrienne-Rocky 1946 Event "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater New York City for 734 performances 1946 Event Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in New York City 1946 Event "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances 1946 Birthday Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music 1946 Birthday Gabe Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Welcome Back Kotter 1946 Event "St. Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 113 performances 1946 Birthday Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1946 Event "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 77 performances 1946 Birthday Erik Estrada, born in New York City, actor, CHiPs, Cross and Switchblade, Lightblast 1946 Event 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City) 1946 Event "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances 1946 Birthday Martin Kove, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Victor-Cagney and Lacey 1946 Birthday James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1946 Event 4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (New York City) 1946 Birthday J[erome] Geils, New York City, rock guitarist, J Geils Band-Centerfold 1946 Birthday Zina Bethune, New York City, actress, Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door 1946 Event "Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 5 performances 1946 Event "Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 5 performances 1946 Event "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 142 performances 1946 Event Garson Kanin's "Born Yesterday," premieres in New York City 1946 Event "Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 16 performances 1946 Birthday Glynn Turman, New York City, actor, Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial 1946 Birthday Renne Jarrett, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Nancy 1946 Event "Nellie Bly" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 16 performances 1946 Event "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 113 performances 1946 Event "Would-Be Gentleman" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 77 performances 1946 Event "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances 1945 Event Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City 1945 Event "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 219 performances 1945 Event Gould/Comden/Green's "Billion Dollar Baby," premieres in New York City 1945 Event Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in New York City 1945 Birthday Laura Dean, Staten Island New York City, composer/choreographer, Drumming 1945 Birthday Steve Landesberg, born in Bronx, New York, comedian/actor, Barney Miller 1945 Event "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Event "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 12 performances 1945 Birthday Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1945 Event H Lindsay and R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in New York City 1945 Birthday Denise Alexander, New York City, actress, General Hospital, Another World 1945 Birthday Vince Martell, New York City, rock guitarist, Vanilla Fudge 1945 Event "Are You with It?" opens at Century Theater New York City for 264 performances 1945 Event "Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 12 performances 1945 Birthday Robert J. Mrazek, born in Newport, Rhode Island, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1993 1945 Birthday Henry Winkler, New York City, actor, Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift 1945 Birthday Melba Moore, Beatrice, New York City, singer and actress, Ellis Island 1945 Event "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 36 performances 1945 Birthday John Lithgow, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Harry and Hendersons, Pelican Brief 1945 Birthday Jim Palmer, New York City, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman 1945 Birthday Karen Akers, New York City, singer, On Stage at Wolf Trap 1945 Birthday Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent 1945 Birthday Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher 1945 Birthday John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera 1945 Event "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances 1945 Birthday Ron Dante, Staten Island, New York, rock vocalist, Archies-Sugar, Sugar 1945 Birthday Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers 1945 Event Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from New York Yankees 1945 Birthday Alton Maddox, New York black activist/attorney, Tawana Brawley case 1945 Birthday Jeffrey Kramer, born in New York City, actor, Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning 1945 Event 17-day newspaper strike in New York begins 1945 Birthday Jane Harman, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1999 and 2001 - 1945 Birthday Norma Kamali, born in New York City, dress designer, Costumes for the Wiz 1945 Birthday Carly Simon, born in New York City, singer, Anticipation, You're So Vain 1945 Birthday Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 1945 Birthday Margaret Impert, Horseheads, New York, actress, Maggie, Spencer's Pilots 1945 Birthday Priscilla Presley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun 1945 Birthday Jim Moran, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-D-Virginia 1991 - 1945 Birthday Steve Katz, New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1945 Birthday Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World 1945 Birthday Stefan Grossman, born in New York City, country blues singer, Yazoo Basin Boogie 1945 Event William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City 1945 Event Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City 1945 Birthday Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard for the New York Knicks 1945 Birthday Pat Riley, born in Schenectady, New York, NBA coach, Lakers, Knicks, Heat 1945 Event Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York 1945 Birthday Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1945 Event New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1945 Birthday Anna Maria Horsford, New York City, actress, Thelma Frye-Amen 1945 Birthday Rob Reiner, born in Bronx New York, actor and director, All in the Family, Stand By Me 1945 Birthday Jaime Tirelli, born in New York City, actor, Orlando Lopez-Ball Four 1945 Birthday Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach 1945 Birthday Gregory Hines, born in New York City, actor/dancer, White Nights, Taps 1945 Birthday Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1945 Event S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City 1945 Event Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for $2.8 mil 1945 Event New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, & 1945 Birthday Andrew Stein, President of New York City council, D 1945 Event "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances 1945 Event Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room 1945 Event John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City 1944 Event Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Jared Martin, New York City, actor, Varian-Fantastic Voyage, Dusty-Dallas 1944 Birthday Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People 1944 Birthday Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Birthday John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams 1944 Birthday Stan Bahnsen, pitcher, New York Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year 1944 Event Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Felix Cavaliere, Pelham, New York, rock keyboardist, Rascals-Lonely too Long 1944 Birthday Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA Guard, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets 1944 Birthday Tom Seaver, pitcher, New York Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young 1969, 1973, 1975 1944 Event New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4) 1944 Birthday Jesse Colin Young, New York City, rock vocalist, Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy 1944 Birthday Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler, New York Yankees 1944 Event Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama 1944 Event Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City 1944 Event John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Robert Lamm, New York City, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1944 Birthday Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League 1944 Birthday Bruce Morrison, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Connecticut 1983 - 1991 1944 Event Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1944 Event Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep New York Yankees in DH 1944 Birthday Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center, New York, dancer/actress, Bluebeard 1944 Event Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Anthony Heald, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Orphans, Silence of Lambs 1944 Event Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians 1944 Birthday Smokey Bear, named after New York City fireman Smokey Joe Martin 1944 Birthday John Glover, born in Kingston, New York, actor, 52 Pick-Up, Something Special 1944 Birthday Estelle Bennett, born in New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Baby 1944 Birthday Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher, New York Yankees, Cy Young 1944 Event New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe 1944 Birthday Jonelle Allen, born in New York City, actress, Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers 1944 Birthday Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster, New York Yankees, New York Mets 1944 Birthday Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1944 Event 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in U.S., Cathedral of St. Sava, New York City 1944 Birthday Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People 1944 Birthday Michael Clarke, born in New York City, rock drummer, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 Birthday Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line 1944 Event Polo Grounds host 1st New York City night game since 1941 1944 Birthday Marcie Blane, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name, Marcia Blank, singer, pop music, known for hit song 'Bobby's Girl' 1944 Event WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1944 Event New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs 1944 Event New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time 1944 Birthday Jill Clayburgh, born in New York City, actress, Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough 1944 Birthday David O'Brien Martin, born in New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1944 Birthday Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records 1944 Event Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in New York City 1944 Event Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Peter T. King, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 - 1944 Birthday Tony Orlando, born in New York City, singer, Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon 1944 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 8th Symphony, premieres in New York 1944 Birthday Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors 1944 Birthday John Sebastian, born in New York City, singer, Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter 1944 Birthday Carole Bayer Sager, born in New York, aka Mrs. Burt Bachrach, singer, Arthur 1944 Birthday Sheila Larkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Deborah-Storefront Lawyer 1944 Birthday Jonathan Demme, born in Baldwin, New York, actor and director, Caged Heat, Swing Shift 1944 Event "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1944 Birthday Lew Soloff, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1944 Birthday Stockard Channing, born in New York City, actress, Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace 1944 Birthday Daniel A. Mica, born in Binghamton, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1989 1944 Event Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action 1944 Event Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC 1944 Birthday Lynn Harrell, New York City, cellist 1944 Birthday Brian Keenan, New York City, rock drummer, Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today 1944 Event Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in New York City 1944 Event Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0 1944 Birthday Dan Reeves, NFL Coach, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons 1944 Birthday York Georg Holler, composer 1944 Event 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City 1943 Event New York City's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater 1943 Event 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1943 Birthday Theodore Wilson, New York City, actor, That's My Mama, Sanford Arms 1943 Birthday Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Event John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Mary Woronov, Brooklyn Hgts, New York, actress, Eating Raoul, Terror Vision 1943 Birthday Nicholas Peter Negroponte, New York City, founder/director, Media Lab at MIT 1943 Birthday Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1943 Birthday Susan Sullivan, New York City, actress, Dharma and Greg, Falcon Crest 1943 Event Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7) 1943 Birthday John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads 1943 Birthday Brian Hyland, Queens, New York, rocker, She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini 1943 Birthday John Maus, New York City, rock vocalist, Walker Brothers 1943 Birthday Wallace Shawn, New York City, actor, My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride 1943 Event Detroit Lions 0, New York Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL 1943 Birthday Jose Serrano, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Representative-D-New York 1990 - 1943 Birthday Allen James Coage, New York City, HW judo 1976 Olympics bronze 1943 Birthday Paul Zukofsky, born in Brooklyn, New York, violinist, Cappricio 1943 Event Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York) 1943 Event New York Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series 1943 Birthday Chevy Chase, born in New York City, comedian/actor, SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack 1943 Event Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Michael Durrell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs 1943 Birthday Lou Piniella, outfielder/manager, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners 1943 Birthday Robert Walden, New York City, actor, Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors 1943 Birthday Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, New York, singer, Midnight at the Oasis 1943 Event New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1943 Birthday Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears 1943 Birthday [Susan] Tuesday Weld, New York City, actress, Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country 1943 Birthday Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver 1943 Birthday Ronnie Spector, born in New York City, New York, singer, 'Be My Little Baby' 1943 Birthday Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls 1943 Event Race riot in Harlem New York City 1943 Birthday Susan Flannery, New York City, actress, Leslie Stewart-Dallas 1943 Birthday Roz Kelly, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days 1943 Birthday Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa 1943 Birthday David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House 1943 Event Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, New York wins, 10-6 1943 Birthday Lynn Loring, born in New York City, actress, Patty-Fair Exchange, Barbara-FBI 1943 Birthday Emerson Boozer, NFL running back, New York Jet, sportscaster 1943 Birthday Geraldo Rivera, born in New York City, news personality, 20/20, Geraldo 1943 Birthday Jimmy Castor, born in New York City, New York, musician, saxophonist, pop, funk, disco, hip hop genres, known for hit single 'Troglodyte' 1972 1943 Birthday Joan Van, born in Arkansas, New York City, actress, Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing 1943 Birthday Marv Albert, New York City, "Yes!" sportscaster, NBC-TV, back biter 1943 Birthday Jeff Greenfield, born in New York City, media commentator, Firing Line, Nightline 1943 Birthday Joe Namath, Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets, $400,000 man, 1969 Superbowl 1943 Birthday Leslie Uggams, New York City, singer and actress, Leslie Uggams Show, Roots 1943 Birthday Jon Jost, director, All the Vermeers in New York 1943 Event James Gow and A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Charles Ludlam, New York City, playwright/actor, Big Easy 1943 Birthday Spencer Dryden, born in New York City, rock drummer, Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice 1943 Event Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Kevin Dobson, born in Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon 1943 Event F. Hugh Herbert's "Kiss and Tell," premieres in New York City 1943 Event F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Jada Rowland, New York City, actress, Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm 1943 Birthday Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns 1943 Birthday David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum 1943 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army 1943 Birthday Robert J Murphy, Jr., born in Brooklyn, New York, PGA golfer, 1968 Philadelphia Classic 1943 Birthday Tina Sloan, New York, actress, Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow 1943 Birthday Davy Johnson, baseball manager for the New York Mets 1943 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in New York City 1943 Event Chicago Blackhawks beats New York Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals 1943 Death Carlo Tresca, New York's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered 1943 Event 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) 1942 Birthday Paul Horowitz, New York City, physicist, META project, Sloan Award 1971-3 1942 Birthday Jerry Koosman, pitcher for the New York Mets 1942 Birthday Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1942 Birthday Joe McGinniss, Rye, New York, author, Selling of President 1968 1942 Birthday Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1942 Birthday Harry Chapin, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Taxi, Cat's in the Craddle 1942 Birthday Peter Kalikow, Queens New York City, real estate developer/publisher, New York Post 1942 Event Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system 1942 Event "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, New York City 1942 Birthday Calvin Klein, born in Bronx, New York, fashion designer, Calvin Klein Jeans, CK 1942 Birthday Gary Ackerman, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1942 Event Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Bob Gaudio, born in Bronx, New York, rocker, Four Seasons-Sherry 1942 Event Philip Barry's "Without Love," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Johnny Rivers, Ramistella, New York City, singer, Secret Agent Man 1942 Birthday Annette Funicello, born in Utica, New York, actress, Mickey Mouse Club 1942 Event Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Penny Marshall, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley 1942 Birthday Peter Coyote, Cohon, New York City, actor, Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET 1942 Event Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St. Mark," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist, Buy and Cell 1942 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series 1942 Event New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season 1942 Birthday Frankie Lymon, New York City, rocker, & Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love 1942 Birthday Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher, 1972 New York Yankees, Phillies 1942 Event New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down 1942 Birthday Linda G Miller, born in New York City, actress, Night of the Juggler, Mississippi 1942 Birthday Dave Bargeron, born in New York City, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1942 Event Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief 1942 Birthday Patricia McBride, Teaneck, New Jersey, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1942 Birthday Peter York, rock drummer, Spencer Davis Group 1942 Event Race riots in Harlem, New York 1942 Birthday John Pleshette, New York City, actor, Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue 1942 Event Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man 1942 Birthday Chuck Negron, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist, 3 Dog Night-Joy to the World 1942 Event 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York 1942 Birthday William Carney, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-R-New York, 1979 - 1987 1942 Event Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) 1942 Event FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island 1942 Birthday Willis Reed, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach for the New York Knicks 1942 Birthday Kevin Conway, New York City, actor, Flash Point, Cage of Angels 1942 Event New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1942 Birthday Taj Mahal, New York City, singer and songwriter, Real Thing 1942 Birthday Barbra Streisand, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actress 1942 Birthday Brandon De Wilde, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jamie, Wild in the Sky 1942 Event A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City 1942 Event Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City) 1942 Birthday Michael York, born in England, actor, Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers 1942 Birthday Raymond J. McGrath, born in Valley Stream, New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1993 1942 Birthday Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying 1942 Birthday Jerry Jeff Walker, born in Oneonta, New York, country singer, Mr. Bojangles 1942 Birthday Peter Eyre, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Hedda', 'Dragonslayer', 'The Affair of the Necklace' 1942 Birthday Michael Eisner, born in Mount Kisko, New York, CEO, Walt Disney 1942 Birthday Lou Reed, Firbank, Freeport, New York, rock vocalist in the Velvet Underground 1942 Birthday Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, actor, Rich Man Poor Man 1942 Event New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games 1942 Birthday Carol Lynley, New York City, actress, Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal 1942 Birthday Carole King, Klein, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry 1942 Birthday Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1942 Birthday Cory Wells, born in Buffalo, New York, born Emil Lowendowski, musician, rocker, toured with Sonny and Cher, formed Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton 1942 Event Musical "Star and Garter," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York 1941 Birthday Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Jeff's Collie-Lassie 1941 Event New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens 1941 Event Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Largest roller skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill NY 1941 Event New York Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry 1941 Event Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in New York City 1941 Birthday Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher, New York Yankee, pitching coach, New York Met 1941 Event WOV-AM and WNEW-AM in New York City swaps call letters 1941 Death Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed 1941 Birthday Art Garfunkel, New York City, singer and actor, Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge 1941 Event Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in New York City 1941 Event New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series 1941 Event H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in New York City 1941 Birthday Linda Eastman McCartney, born in New York City, New York, Mrs. Paul McCartney, rocker, Wings-Ram 1941 Birthday Jim McBride, born in New York City, director/actor, Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy 1941 Birthday Alan Feinstein, New York City, actor, Max-Berrengers, Family Tree 1941 Birthday Bernie Sanders, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-Vermont 1991 - 2007, Senator-R-Vermont 2007 - 1941 Event New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season) 1941 Birthday Bill Parcells, NFL coach, New York Giants, New York Jets, New England Patriots 1941 Birthday Matt Snell, NFL running back, New York Jets, Super Bowl III 1941 Birthday Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant 1941 Event New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yankees 9, St. L 0) 1941 Birthday Count Desmond, Edward Benjamin, Binghamton, New York, sword swallower 1941 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland 1941 Birthday Robert Forster, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Lady in Red, Alligator 1941 Birthday Robert Pine, born in Scarsdale, New York, actor, Joe Getraer-CHiPs 1941 Birthday Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co 1941 Event New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield 1941 Event 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), New York City 1941 Event WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1941 Event WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in New York City (NBC) begins broadcasting 1941 Birthday Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing for the New York Rangers 1941 Death Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80 1941 Birthday Michael Lerner, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 8 Men Out, Harlem Nights 1941 Birthday Marlene Warfield, born in Queens, New York, actress, Victoria-Maude 1941 Birthday Harry Nilsson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/guitarist, Midnight Cowboy 1941 Birthday Robert Forester, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Banyon, Nakia 1941 Birthday Tom Hallick, born in Buffalo, New York, actor, Search 1941 Death Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale New York at 37 1941 Event New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th home run and his 1,500th RBI 1941 Birthday Kenneth Cooper, New York City, harpsichordist/professor, Barnard, Bkln 1941 Event New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium 1941 Birthday Nora Ephron, New York, novelist/screenwriter/director, Michael, Heartburn 1941 Birthday Fred J. Eckert, born in Rochester, New York, Representative-D-New York, 1985 - 1987 1941 Birthday Howie Komives, NBA star, New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves 1941 Event "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York 1941 Birthday Lawrence J. Smith, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1993 1941 Birthday Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House 1941 Event Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Richard Wright and Paul Green's "Native Son," premieres in New York City 1941 Event 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1") 1941 Birthday Susan Browning, Baldwin, New York, actress, Pat-Mary Hartman 1941 Birthday William Hjortsberg, New York City, writer, Gray Matters, Fallen Angel 1941 Event 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel 1941 Birthday Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto' 1941 Birthday Carol Mann, Buffalo, New York, golfer, LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 U.S. Open 1941 Birthday Jessica Walter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss 1941 Birthday Neil Diamond, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Jazz Singer 1941 Event WOR-AM in Newark New Jersey moves to New York City 1941 Event Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City 1941 Event Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City 1941 Birthday Susannah York, London, actress, A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones 1940 Event JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in New York City 1940 Event Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Pal Joey," premieres in New York City 1940 Event John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Steve Harmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts 1940 Birthday Steve Alaimo, born in Rochester, New York, rocker, Mashed Potatoes 1940 Birthday Chuck Mangione, born in Rochester, New York, jazz hornist, Chasing the Clouds Away 1940 Birthday Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees 1940 Event New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic 1940 Birthday Barbara Boxer, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-California, 1983 - 1992 and Senator-D-CA, 1993 - 1940 Event Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Ed Lauter, Long Beach, New York, actor, Sheriff Cain-BJ and the Bear 1940 Event Duke, Latouche and Felter's musical premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Edison Pele, Brazil, soccer player extraordinaire, New York Cosmos 1940 Birthday Donald L. Ritter, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1993 1940 Birthday Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Event Kaufman and Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, last ABA commissioner 1940 Birthday Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee 1940 Birthday Jean Ratelle, NHL center, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins 1940 Birthday Joseph J. DioGuardi, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1985 - 1989 1940 Event Elmer Harris' "Johnny Belinda," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach for the New York Knicks 1940 Birthday Stephen J. Solarz, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1975 - 1993 1940 Birthday Valerie Harper, born in Sufferin, New York, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie 1940 Birthday Martin Sheen, born in New York, actor, Subject Was Roses, Wall St 1940 Birthday Stan Ross, born in New York City, actor, New Bill Cosby Show 1940 Birthday Jack Acker, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees 1940 Birthday Mariette Hartley, born in New York City, actress, Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned 1940 Birthday Jim Albus, born in Staten Island, New York, PGA golfer, 1991 Mazda Senior Players 1940 Birthday Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1940 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City 1940 Event 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) 1940 Event New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds 1940 Event New York World's Fair reopens 1940 Birthday Peter Benchley, New York City, novelist, Jaws, The Deep 1940 Birthday Burt Young, New York City, actor, Convoy, Rocky 1940 Event Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Al Pacino, born in New York City, actor, And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio 1940 Event New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1940 Birthday Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver 1940 Birthday Patricia Bruder, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Ellen-As the World Turns 1940 Event Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2 1940 Event R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher and Higher," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Bijan, born in Iran, mens apparel designer, Beverly Hills, New York City, London 1940 Birthday Jerry Lucas, born in Middletown, Ohio, NBA center, 1960 Olympics gold, New York Knicks 1940 Birthday J Michael Plumb, born in Islip, New York, equestrian, 1976, 1984 Olympics 1940 Event Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City 1940 Event 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci 1940 Event 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City 1940 Event 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City 1940 Event U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York 1940 Event 1st televised (W2XBS, New York City) hockey game (Rangers vs. Canadians) 1940 Birthday Billy Packer, Wellsville, New York, basketball sportscaster, CBS 1940 Event Lewis and Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in New York City 1940 Event Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York City) 1940 Birthday Fran Tarkenton, born in Richmond, Virginia, NFL QB, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings 1940 Birthday Martina Arroyo, New York City, soprano 1940 Event C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1940 Birthday Carol Heiss Jenkins, New York City, figure skater, Olympic-gold/silver-56, 60 1940 Event J Thurber and E Nugent's "Male Animal," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Novella Nelson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Nellie Cole-Chiefs 1939 Birthday Marilyn Cooper, New York City, actress, Broadway Bound, Survivors 1939 Event Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat New York Giants 27-0 1939 Event Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady," premieres in New York City 1939 Event Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in New York City 1939 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Susan Anspach, New York City, actress, Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love 1939 Birthday Dick Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brothers' Show 1939 Birthday Brenda Vaccaro, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls 1939 Event Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's "Very Warm for May," premieres in New York City 1939 Event H Lindsay and R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in New York City 1939 Event WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), 1st coml TV station, begins service 1939 Event WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, New York (CBS) 1st broadcast 1939 Event Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in New York City 1939 Event George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in New York City 1939 Event William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Birthday Tony Roberts, New York City, actor, Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show 1939 Event R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in New York City 1939 Event LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City 1939 Event Gertrude Lawrence's "Skylark," premieres in New York City 1939 Event New York Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win 1939 Birthday Doug Bereuter, born in York, Nebraska, Representative-R-Nebraska 1979 - 2004 1939 Birthday John J. LaFalce, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-D- New York 1975 - 2003 1939 Event 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1939 Event New York Yankees clinch their 11th and 4th successive pennant 1939 Birthday Greg Mullavey, Buffalo, New York, actor, Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals 1939 Event Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission 1939 Event 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456) 1939 Event New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 Event 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) 1939 Birthday Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame 1939 Birthday Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain 1939 Birthday Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show 1939 Event New York Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win 1939 Event 1st black woman judge, Jane Matilda Bolin, New York City 1939 Event Clara Adams, New York City, is 1st woman to complete round world flight 1939 Event 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees 1939 Event New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement 1939 Birthday Steny Hoyer, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Maryland 1981 - 1939 Event Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1939 Event New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning 1939 Event New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1939 Birthday Phil Linz, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees 1939 Event 1st regular transatlantic airmail (New York to Marsseille France) 1939 Birthday Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove, New York, 4x100m runner 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Birthday Johnny Maestro, New York rock vocalist, Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge 1939 Event NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1939 Event New York World's Fair opens 1939 Birthday Ellen Weston, born in New York City, actress, Betty-SWAT 1939 Event SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in New York City 1939 Event W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Louise Lasser, New York City, actress, Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman! 1939 Birthday Daniel Oliver, born in New York City, CEO, Federal Trade Commission 1939 Birthday Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus 1939 Birthday Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves 1939 Event Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather 1939 Event NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the 3rd period 1939 Birthday Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1939 Birthday Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four 1939 Birthday Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage 1939 Birthday Steve Barber, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees 1939 Birthday Harold Kalin, born in Port Jervis, New York, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin 1939 Event Lillian Hellman's "Little Foxes," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Gerry Goffin, Queens, New York, rock lyricist, married Carole King 1939 Event George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Wolfman Jack, Bob Smith, born in Brooklyn, New York, DJ, Midnight Special 1939 Birthday Bernard Glassman, New York, Zen teacher/head, Zen Center of New York 1939 Event 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field 1939 Death Jacob Ruppert, CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies 1939 Birthday Sal Mineo, New York City, actor, Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause 1938 Birthday Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year 1938 Birthday Jon Voight, born in Yonkers, New York, actor, Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy 1938 Event New York Giants win NFL championship 1938 Event Philip Barry's "Here Come the Clowns," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in New York City 1938 Birthday Hank Medress, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight 1938 Event 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York 1938 Birthday James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins 1938 Birthday Maurice Hinchey, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1993 - 1938 Event Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City 1938 Birthday Jim McMullan, Long Beach, New York, actor, Dr. McDaniel-Ben Casey 1938 Event New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win 1938 Event G Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in New York City 1938 Birthday Carlo Mastrangelo, born in Bronx, New York, rocker, Dion and The Belmonts 1938 Event 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City 1938 Event Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1938 Birthday George J. Hochbrueckner, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1987 - 1995 1938 Birthday Tom Tresh, New York Yankee, 1962 AL Rookie of Year 1938 Birthday Tatiana Troyanos, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier 1938 Birthday Joan Tower, born in New Rochelle, New York, composer, Breakfast Rhythms 1938 Birthday Leonard Frey, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Best of West, Mr. Smith 1938 Birthday Alan Dershowitz, born in New York City, attorney, Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson 1938 Birthday George Maharis, Astoria, New York, actor, Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game 1938 Birthday Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry, New York, newscaster, Monitor 1938 Birthday Elliott Gould, Queens, New York, actor, M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice 1938 Birthday Francine York, Aurora, Minnesota, actress, Slattery's People 1938 Birthday Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law 1938 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1938 Birthday Paul Bartel, born in Brooklyn, New York, director/actor, Eating Raoul 1938 Birthday George Memmoli, New York City, actor, Earl-Hello Larry 1938 Event New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1938 Birthday Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Birthday Richard Jordan, born in New York City, actor, Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors 1938 Event Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California 1938 Event Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 Birthday Neil Abercrombie, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-D-Hawaii, 1986 - 1987, 1991 - 1938 Event New York City Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway 1938 Birthday Joyce Carol Oates, born in New York, novelist, Garden of Earthly Delights 1938 Birthday Charles Wuorinen, New York City, composer, Pulitzer 1980 1938 Birthday Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger, New York Yankees 1938 Birthday Peter Yarrow, New York City, Peter, Paul and Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon 1938 Birthday Richard Benjamin, New York City, director/actor, Goodbye Columbus, He and She 1938 Birthday Susan Strasberg, New York City, actress, In Praise of Older Women, Manitou 1938 Birthday David Groh, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day 1938 Birthday Don Dolan, Staten Island, New York, actor, Guy Lewis- General Hospital 1938 Event Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in New York City 1938 Event New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1938 Birthday Jeff Barry, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock writer, Tell Laura I Love Her 1938 Event Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1938 Birthday Christopher Glenn, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Nightwatch 1938 Event New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 1938 Birthday James Farentino, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dead and Buried, Final Countdown 1938 Birthday Barry Primus, New York City, actor, Sergeant McKenna-Cagney and Lacey, Boxcar Bertha 1938 Birthday John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles 1938 Birthday Lee Chamberlin, New York City, actor, Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale 1938 Event Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in New York City 1937 Birthday John Hartford, born in New York City, country singer, Gentle on My Mind 1937 Birthday Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Event Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic 1937 Birthday Jane Fonda, New York City, actress, Barbarella, Klute, physically fit 1937 Event Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in New York City 1937 Event John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in New York City 1937 Birthday Yaphet Kotto, New York City, actor, Brubaker, Alien, Raid on Entebbe, Homicide 1937 Birthday Ina Balin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Danger in Paradise 1937 Birthday Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, New York City, rocker, Cadillacs, Coasters 1937 Birthday Michael Landon, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Bonanza, Highway to Heaven 1937 Birthday Sean Garrison, New York City, actor, Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass 1937 Event A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1937 Birthday Ron Leibman, New York City, actor, Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and Beast 1937 Event New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series 1937 Event 1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York 1937 Event 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3 1937 Birthday William Devane, born in Albany, New York, actor, Family Plot, Missles of October 1937 Birthday Ron O'Neal, Utica, New York, actor, Superfly 1937 Event Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August 1937 Birthday James Florio, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1990, Governor-D-New Jersey,1990 - 1994 1937 Birthday Lorraine Gary, New York City, actress, Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4 1937 Birthday Ronnie Flippo, born in Florence, Alabama, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1991 1937 Birthday Al D'Amato, born in Brooklyn, New York, Senator-R-New York 1981 - 1999 1937 Birthday Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra 1937 Birthday Richard Roundtree, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Getting Even, Shaft 1937 Birthday Nita Lowey, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1989 - 1991 1937 Birthday Jay Rockefeller, born in New York City, New York, Governor of West Virginia 1977 - 1985, Senator-D-West Virginia 1985 - 1937 Event Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in New York 1937 Birthday Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story 1937 Birthday Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life 1937 Event World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily 1937 Birthday Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Event Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak 1937 Event 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to New York 1937 Event John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in New York City 1937 Birthday Judith Somogi, New York City, conductor, Frankfurt Opera-1982 1937 Birthday Zohra Lampert, New York City, actress, Doctor's Hospital 1937 Birthday George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1937 Birthday Gerry Studds, born in Mineola, New York, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 1997 1937 Birthday Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield 1937 Event 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City) 1937 Event New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1937 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 1937 Birthday Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter, New York Times 1937 Birthday Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back 1937 Birthday Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State 1937 Birthday Jed Allan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara 1937 Birthday Susan Oliver, New York City, actress, Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage 1937 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in New York City 1937 Birthday Stuart Damon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital 1937 Birthday Martina Arroyo, New York City, opera soprano, New York Met 1937 Birthday Tom Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brother Show, Serial 1937 Birthday Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You 1937 Birthday Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show 1937 Birthday Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1937 Birthday Don Maynard, NFL receiver for the New York Jets, #13 1937 Event Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Hector Elizondo, New York City, actor, American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love 1936 Birthday Roland Sheldon, pitcher, New York Yankees 1936 Event John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1936 Event King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI 1936 Event Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley 1936 Birthday Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4 1936 Birthday David Nelson, New York City, actor, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1936 Birthday Tony Lo Bianco, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner! 1936 Birthday Cliff Gorman, Jamacia, New York, actor, Boys in the Band, Angel 1936 Birthday Tony Kubek, shortstop, New York Yankees, sportscaster, NBC-TV, MSG 1936 Birthday Rona Barrett, New York City, gossip columnist, Tomorrow Show 1936 Event New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series 1936 Birthday Steve Reich, New York City, composer 1936 Event New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4 1936 Birthday Charles G Fullerton, born in Rochester, New York, astronaut, STS-3, 51F 1936 Birthday Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet 1936 Birthday Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat 1936 Birthday Sherwood Boehlert, born in Utica, New York, Representative-R-New York 1983 - 2007 1936 Birthday Art Metrano, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi 1936 Birthday Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw 1936 Birthday Stan Williams, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers 1936 Event Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history 1936 Birthday Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1936 Birthday Ralph Taeger, born in Richmond Hill, New York, actor, Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo 1936 Birthday Kathryn Hays, New York City, actress, Kim Hughes-As the World Turns 1936 Event 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York 1936 Event New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1936 Birthday David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1936 Birthday Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007 1936 Event "Lux Radio Theater" moved from New York City to Hollywood 1936 Event Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York 1936 Birthday Arlene McQuade, New York City, actress, Rosalie-Goldbergs 1936 Event RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage 1936 Birthday Louis Gossett, Jr., born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Officer and Gentleman, Deep 1936 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits 1936 Birthday Michael Rabin, New York City, violinist, In Memorium 1936 Birthday April Stevens, born in Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple 1936 Birthday Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1936 Event Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Marty Ingels, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, I'm Dickens He's Fenster 1936 Event 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York 1936 Event NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24) 1936 Event SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees 1936 Birthday Alan Alda, Alphonso D'Abruzzo, New York City, actor, Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H 1936 Birthday Troy Donahue, New York City, actor, Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye 1936 Birthday Jerry Fogel, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow 1936 Event Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants 1936 Death Charles A Stoneham, President (New York Giants), dies 1936 Event 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune 1936 Birthday Eve Queler, New York City, conductor 1935 Event W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City 1935 Event Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in New York City 1935 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in New York City 1935 Birthday Jerry Ohrbach, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Law and Order, Dirty Dancing 1935 Event Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in New York City 1935 Event "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere 1935 Birthday Peter Brown, New York City, actor, Lawman, Laredo, Bold and Beautiful 1935 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in New York City 1935 Birthday Frank Yablans, New York City, writer, North Dallas Forty 1935 Birthday Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1935 Birthday Bobby Richardson, South Carolina, 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1935 Birthday Jack Kemp, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-R-New York 1971 - 1989, U.S. Secretary of Housing, 1989 - 1993 1935 Birthday Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook 1935 Birthday Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post 1935 Birthday Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1935 Birthday Len Weinrib, New York City, comedian, Spike Jones Show 1935 Birthday Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee 1935 Event 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York 1935 Event Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York) 1935 Birthday M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 1935 Birthday Renee Taylor, born in New York City, actress, Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny 1935 Event New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1935 Event Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing," premieres in New York City 1935 Event 1st U.S. airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, New York 1935 Event Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty," premieres in New York City 1935 Birthday Bob Denver, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island 1935 Event Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City 1935 Birthday Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple 1934 Event Vernon Duke and James Hanley's musical premieres in New York City 1934 Event Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in New York City 1934 Event 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany New York) 1934 Event Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St. New York City 1934 Event New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship 1934 Birthday Judi Dench, York England, actress, Henry V, Wetherby 1934 Event SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in New York City 1934 Event New York Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1934 Event Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Garry Marshall, New York City, producer, Laverne and Shirley 1934 Birthday Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, actress, Edge of Night 1934 Birthday Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show 1934 Birthday Willie Naulls, NBA star for the New York Knicks 1934 Birthday Sam Huff, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Washington Redskins 1934 Event John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City 1934 Event G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies 1934 Event Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife 1934 Event New York Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game and beats Phillies 21-4 1934 Birthday Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company 1934 Event 1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, New York 1934 Birthday Edolphus Towns,born in Chadbourn, North Carolina, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1934 Event New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Event 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York 1934 Event 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York 1934 Birthday John V. Tunney, born in New York City, New York, heavyweight boxing champion, Representative-D-California 1965-1971 and Senator-D-California 1971 - 1977 1934 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1934 Birthday Joe Santos, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus 1934 Event 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (New York City) 1934 Birthday Jim Hutton, Binghamton, New York, actor, Ellery Queen 1934 Birthday Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York 1934 Birthday James Drury, New York City, actor, Virginian 1934 Birthday David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Birthday Don Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns 1934 Birthday Alan Arkin, born in New York City, actor, Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark 1934 Birthday Mark Rydell, born in New York City, actor, Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye 1934 Birthday Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show 1934 Event Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Willie Bobo, New York City, jazz drummer, Cos 1934 Death John McGraw, manager (New York Giants), dies at 60 1934 Event "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1934 Birthday Thomas Paul, born in Chicago, Illinois, bass, New York City Opera 1963-70 1934 Event Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in New York City 1934 Birthday Tina Louise, New York City, actress, Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas 1934 Event Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; 1st unperforated ungummed U.S. stamp 1934 Event Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in New York City 1934 Event Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City 1934 Event -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City 1934 Event 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by U.S. government, New York City 1934 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in New York City 1934 Event Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants 1934 Event New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract 1934 Birthday Shari Lewis, born in Bronx, New York, ventriloquist/puppeteer, Lamb Chop 1934 Birthday Charles Lamont Jenkins, New York City, 400m runner 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Cicely Tyson, born in Harlem, New York City, actress, Roots, Miss Jane Pittman 1933 Event Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Larry King, New York City, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi", Larry King Show, CNN 1933 Birthday Guy Stockwell, New York City, actor, Chris-Adventures in Paradise 1933 Event Langston Hughes' "Mulatto," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0 1933 Event New York Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series 1933 Event Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Bob Banas, New York City, choreographer, Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show 1933 Event New York Giants clinch the pennant 1933 Birthday Henry Darrow, New York City, actor, Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show 1933 Birthday Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Birthday Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano, Owen Wingrave 1933 Birthday Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso 1933 Birthday Robert Fuller, Troy, New York, actor, Laramie, Wagon Train 1933 Event 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), New York City 1933 Birthday Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, owner for the New York Mets 1933 Event 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York 1933 Birthday Dick Kallman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Borned to Be Loved, Verboten! 1933 Birthday Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl 1933 Birthday Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days 1933 Event 1st sodium vapor lamps installed, Schenectady, New York 1933 Birthday Jud Strunk, born in Jamestown, New York, singer/comedian, Laugh-In 1933 Birthday John Karlen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Harvey Lacey-Cagney and Lacey 1933 Birthday Danny Aiello, New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing 1933 Event New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0 1933 Event Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 1933 Birthday Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orchestra leader, Bert Convy Show 1933 Event Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1933 Birthday Bob Dornan, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1983 and 1985 - 1997 1933 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Henderson, DeSylva and Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in New York City 1933 Event New York City premiere of "King Kong" 1933 Birthday Lee Radziwell Ross, born in New York City, princess, Jackie O's sister 1933 Event "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City 1933 Birthday Joan Hackett, born in New York, actress, Will Penny, One Stone Pony 1933 Birthday Malcolm Wallop, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-Wyoming 1977 - 1995 1933 Birthday Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1933 Event Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co New York City) 1933 Birthday Nick Georgiade, New York City, actor, Untouchables, Run Buddy Run 1933 Event Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1933 Birthday Robert Garcia, born in Bronx, New York, Representative-D-New York 1978 - 1983 1933 Birthday Charles Osgood, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Weekend News 1933 Birthday Elliot Kastner, New York City, producer, Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes 1932 Event John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York City 1932 Event Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City) 1932 Event S N Behrmans "Biography," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Wynn Irwin, New York City, actor, Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time 1932 Event Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday John Gary, Watertown, New York, singer 1932 Birthday Robert Vaughn, New York City, actor, Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy 1932 Birthday Richard Mulligan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus 1932 Birthday Al Levitt, born in New York City, New York, drummer, American jazz artist, studied under Irv Kuger, played in Europe with Peter Ind, Slide Hampton, Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, James Moody 1932 Birthday Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North 1932 Birthday Thomas J. Manton, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1985 - 1999 1932 Birthday Anthony C. Beilenson, born in New Rochelle, New York, Representative-D-California 1977 - 1997 1932 Event George Kaufman and Edna Ferbers "Dinner at 8," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle for the New York Giants 1932 Birthday Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York 1932 Event 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1932 Birthday Felicia Farr, Westchester, New York, actress, Charley Varrick, Kotch 1932 Event New York Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series 1932 Event New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 1932 Event New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA 1932 Birthday Anne Francis, Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Pancho Villa 1932 Event New York Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant 1932 Event Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City 1932 Event Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed) 1932 Birthday Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely 1932 Birthday Richard Tyler, New York City, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family 1932 Event New York City Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) 1932 Birthday Andy Bathgate, Canada, New York Ranger, 1958 NHL MVP 1932 Birthday Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People 1932 Birthday Eydie Gorme, Edithe Gormezano, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Bossa Nova 1932 Birthday Roosevelt Grier, born in Cuthbert, Georgia, NFLer for the New York Giants/actor, Movin' On 1932 Birthday Ken McMillan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Malone, Concrete Beat 1932 Event New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago 1932 Event New York newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt 1932 Birthday Martin Mailman, born in New York City, New York, composer, teacher, guest conductor-composer at over 90 colleges across the U.S. and Europe 1932 Event Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland) 1932 Event Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (New York City) 1932 Birthday Mario Cuomo, born in New York City, Gov-D-NY, 1982-94 1932 Birthday Gardner McKay, born in New York City, actor, Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles 1932 Event John McGraw, who came to New York in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants 1932 Event "We Want Beer!" parade in New York 1932 Event Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1932 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games 1932 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison 1932 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City 1932 Event 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1932 Event John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City 1932 Event U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York 1932 Birthday John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops 1932 Event 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) 1932 Event 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1932 Birthday Louis Woodard Jones, New Rochelle, New York, 4X400m relayer, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1932 Event Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in New York City 1931 Event George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in New York City 1931 Event Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum 1931 Event Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City 1931 Event W2XB TV channel 1 in New York City, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1931 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Hank Garrett, Monticello, New York, actor, Car 54 Where Are You 1931 Event George Washington Bridge connecting New York to New Jersey opens 1931 Birthday Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown 1931 Birthday Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist, New York debut 1957 1931 Event Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in New York City 1931 Event 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York 1931 Event Paul Green's "House of Connelly," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1931 Event Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yankees 1931 Birthday Ray Danton, New York City, actor and director, Longest Day, Psychic Killer 1931 Event 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed 1931 Event Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City) 1931 Birthday Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum 1931 Birthday Joan Vohs, St. Albans, New York, actress, Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina 1931 Birthday Perry Lopez, born in New York City, actor, Chinatown, Death Wish 4 1931 Event New York Giants beat Phillies 23-8 1931 Birthday Jerry Vale, born in New York City, singer, Arriverderci Roma 1931 Birthday Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC 1931 Birthday Tab Hunter, born in New York City, actor, Tab Hunter Show 1931 Birthday Bill Virdon, 2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals/mgr, New York Yankees 1931 Birthday Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1931 Birthday John Gabriel, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Cat Gang, Fantasies 1931 Event Empire State Building opens in New York City 1931 Birthday Alex Webster, football coach for the New York Giants 1931 Event Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager 1931 Birthday Ivan Dixon, born in New York City, actor, Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes 1931 Birthday Norman F. Lent, born in Oceanside, Long Island, Representative-R-New York 1971 - 1993 1931 Event 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1931 Birthday Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX 1931 Birthday Taina Elg, born in Helsinki, Finland, actress, Hercules in, New York, Les Girls 1931 Birthday Gavin MacLeod, Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat 1931 Event Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game 1931 Birthday Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers 1931 Event Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1931 Birthday Vic Morrow, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie 1931 Event Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts premieres in New York City 1931 Event U.S. opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera New York City 1931 Event Philip Barry's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," premieres in New York City 1931 Event Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Thomas Hoving, New York City, news correspondent, 20/20 1931 Birthday Charles Nelson Reilly, born in New York, American actor, director, comedian, drama teacher, game show panelist 1931 Birthday May Wynn, Donna Lee Hickey, New York City, actress, Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark 1931 Birthday E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow, New York City, novelist, World's Fair 1930 Event Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Event Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City 1930 Event New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game 1930 Event Bank of the United States opens in New York City 1930 Birthday Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart 1930 Event Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York City 1930 Event Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Bobby Van, Robert King, New York City, singer, Hollywood Palace 1930 Birthday Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg, West Virginia, soprano, New York City Opera 1930 Event 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 Event New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage 1930 Event Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City 1930 Event Musical "Sweet and Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Whitman Mayo, New York City, actor, Grady-Sanford and Son 1930 Event WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1930 Event 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama 1930 Birthday Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1930 Event Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Jimmy Breslin, born in New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday 1930 Event George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill 1930 Event New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1930 Event Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it," premieres in New York City 1930 Event New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6 1930 Event New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1930 Birthday Sonny Rollins, born in New York City, jazz saxophonist, Blue Room 1930 Birthday Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII 1930 Event Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City) 1930 Birthday Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1930 Birthday Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man 1930 Birthday Frank Gifford, born in California, NFL halfback for the New York Giants/ABC sportscaster 1930 Birthday Gerald B. H. Solomon, born in Okeechobee, Florida, Representative-R-New York 1979 - 1999 1930 Birthday Nita Talbot, born in New York City, New York, actress, Supertrain, Here We Go Again 1930 Event Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Birthday James Komack, born in New York City, writer/director/actor, Courtship of Eddie's Father 1930 Birthday Julie Bovasso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Willie and Phil, Just Me and You 1930 Birthday Anne Francis, born in Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Forbidden Planet 1930 Event Sarnoff reports in New York Times "TV would be a theater in every home" 1930 Birthday George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, ship builder/horse owner 1930 Birthday June Valli, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Your Hit Parade 1930 Birthday Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown 1930 Birthday Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle, New York Yankees, Cleveland, Philadelphia 1930 Event Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in New York City 1930 Birthday Charles B. Rangel, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1971 - 1930 Birthday Marvin Kalb, born in New York City, educator/newscaster, CBS/NBC, Meet the Press 1930 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers 1930 Birthday Stanley L Elkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/professor, Living End 1930 Birthday Pat Summerall, NFLer for the New York Giants/sportscaster, CBS 1930 Birthday Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met 1930 Birthday Herbie Mann, born in Brooklyn, New York, jazz flute/sax, Just Wallin' 1930 Event Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Jay Robinson, born in New York City, actor, Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop 1930 Birthday John Reardon, born in New York City, baritone, Falke-Die Fledermaus 1930 Event 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City) 1930 Birthday Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company 1930 Birthday Maurice Peress, born in New York City, conductor, KC Philharmonic 1974-80 1930 Event 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York 1930 Birthday Scoey Mitchill, born in Newburgh, New York, comedian, Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda 1930 Event Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1930 Event 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) 1930 Birthday Johnny Seven, New York City, actor, Ironside, Amy Prentiss 1930 Event Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday John Frankenheimer, New York City, director, Birdman of Alcatraz 1930 Event Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Norman Podhoretz, born in Brooklyn, New York, author/editor, New York Post 1930 Event Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Vic Tayback, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper 1930 Birthday Sorrell Booke, Buffalo, New York, actor, Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me 1930 Birthday Eddie Egan, Bronx New York City, actor, Joe Forrester 1930 Birthday Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air 1929 Event Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly 1929 Birthday Mary Higgins Clark, born in Bronx, New York, author, Cry in the Night, Stillwatch 1929 Birthday William Safire, political columnist, New York Times, speech writer, Nixon 1929 Birthday John Cassavetes, New York City, actor, Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby 1929 Birthday King Moody, New York City, actor, Shtarker-Get Smart 1929 Event 1st U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City) 1929 Birthday Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra 1929 Birthday Dick Shawn, Buffalo, New York, actor, Producers, Maid to Order, Angel 1929 Birthday Emily McLaughlin, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Jessie-General Hospital 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV Host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet 1929 Death Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at 58 1929 Event New York City Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building 1929 Event Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City 1929 Event John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea 1929 Birthday S. William Green, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1929 Event G Kaufman and R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in New York City 1929 Death Miller Huggins, manager (New York Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49 1929 Event Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight 1929 Birthday Anne Meara, Brooklyn, New York comedian/actress, Stiller and Meara, Archie's Place 1929 Event Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James 1929 Event WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network 1929 Birthday Louise Slaughter, born in Lynch, Kentucky, Representative-D-New York 1987 - 1929 Birthday Pat Harrington, Jr., New York City, actor, Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time 1929 Birthday Don Larsen, pitcher, New York Yankees, on what must have been a perfect day 1929 Event Jones Beach in New York opens 1929 Birthday Bethel Leslie, New York City, entertainer, Captain Newman, Maryland, Rabbit Trap 1929 Birthday Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York, 1st lady, 1961-63 1929 Event New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 Event 1st color TV demo, New York City 1929 Birthday Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, 'Cool Hand Luke', '5 Easy Pieces', 'Roots' 1929 Event Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) 1929 Event 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch 1929 Event George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie in Rochester, New York 1929 Event 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (New York City) 1929 Birthday Beverly Sills, born in New York, opera singer, popularized opera, called "America's Queen of Opera" by Time magazine 1929 Event Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City 1929 Event New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates 1929 Event New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0 1929 Event New York to San Francisco footrace begins 1929 Event New York Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers 1929 Birthday Shirley Stoler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties 1929 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games 1929 Birthday James Coco, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death 1929 Birthday Peter Breck, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji 1929 Birthday Joan Shawlee, born in Forest Hills, New York, actress, Prehistoric Women 1929 Birthday Elston Howard, Yankee catcher, 1st black New York Yankee/1963 AL MVP 1929 Birthday Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher, New York Yankees 1929 Event Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1929 Birthday Chaim Potok, New York City, novelist, Promise 1929 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, author, Little Murders 1929 Birthday Francesco Scavullo, Staten Island, New York, celebrity photographer 1929 Event Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in New York City 1929 Event BG DeSylva and Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru," premieres in New York City 1929 Event CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City 1928 Birthday Jack Lord, New York City, actor, Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre 1928 Event George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) opens at 152 W 54th St. New York City 1928 Event Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St. New York City 1928 Event George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York City) 1928 Event Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Helen Frankenthaler, New York, abstract expressionist artist, Arden 1928 Birthday Dick Van Patten, Queens, New York, actor, Tom Bradford-8 is Enough 1928 Event Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in New York City 1928 Event Philip Barry's "Holiday," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Guy Molinari, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1989 1928 Event Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie" 1928 Birthday Norma Crane, born in New York City, New York, actress, 'Tea and Sympathy', 'Fiddler on the Roof' 1928 Event George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Kyle Rote, NFL halfback, New York Giants 1951-61 1928 Birthday Anthony Franciosa, Papaleo, New York City, actor, Jeff-Name of the Game 1928 Birthday Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees 1928 Birthday Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award 1928 Event New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game 1928 Event New York Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series 1928 Event Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in New York City 1928 Event 25th World Series begins, New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals 1928 Birthday Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire 1928 Event New York Yankees (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10 1928 Event New York Yankees clinch pennant #6 1928 Event Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City 1928 Event Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater New York City) 1928 Birthday Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse, New York, actress, Thin Man, Red Button's Show 1928 Event Stothard, Kalmar and Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in New York City 1928 Event Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1928 Event Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Dick York, Fort Wayne, Indiana, actor, Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind 1928 Event 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1928 Birthday Ann Blyth, Mount Kisko, New York, actress, Kismet, Mildred Pierce 1928 Event Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Janice-Lee York Romary, born in California, fencer, Olympics-1948-68 1928 Birthday Stanley Kubrick, born in Bronx, New York, director, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita 1928 Birthday Vince Edwards, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse 1928 Event 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York) 1928 Event New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader 1928 Birthday Judith Raskin, born in New York City, soprano, Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro 1928 Birthday Martin Landau, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 'Mission Impossible', 'Space 1999', 'Ed Wood' 1928 Birthday Nancy Marchand, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant 1928 Birthday Maggie McNamara, born in New York City, actress, 3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal 1928 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7 1928 Birthday Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1928 Birthday George Deukmejian, born in Menands, New York, Gov-Cal 1928 Birthday Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds 1928 Birthday Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman and manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's 1928 Event General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, New York) 1928 Birthday Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in New York and California 1928 Event Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2 1928 Event Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" 1928 Event 44-yr old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1928 Birthday Bill Ryan, born in Brooklyn, New York, newscaster, Smithsonian 1928 Event Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) 1928 Birthday Patrick McGoohan, born in New York, American actor of Irish descent, appeared in films, theater, television 1928 Event Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Albert Salmi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue 1928 Event "Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles to New York City begins; It is won by Andy Payne 1928 Birthday Al Lettieri, New York City, actor, Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr. Majestyk, Getaway 1928 Birthday Conrad Janis, New York City, actor, Mork and Mindy, Quark, Bonino 1928 Event 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, New York 1928 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1928 Birthday Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer 1928 Birthday Garry Winogrand, born in New York City, New York, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations' 1928 Birthday David Sheiner, New York City, actor, Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana 1928 Event Philip Barry and Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin," premieres in New York City 1928 Event G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in New York City 1928 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Judith Krantz, born in New York City, author, Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle 1928 Birthday William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1927 Birthday Bernard Barrow, New York City, actor, Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving 1927 Event George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City 1927 Event Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in New York City 1927 Event Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me 1927 Birthday Rubert Crosse, New York City, actor, Det Robinson-The Partners 1927 Event J McHugh and D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in New York City 1927 Event George Gershwin's "Funny Face," premieres in New York City 1927 Event Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St. New York City 1927 Birthday Joseph Campanella, New York City, actor, Dr. Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix 1927 Event 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens 1927 Event Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City 1927 Death Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in New York City at 32 1927 Birthday Lee Grant, Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, New York City, actress, Shampoo, Landlord 1927 Birthday Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint 1927 Event New York Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series 1927 Event "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City) 1927 Birthday Al Hansen, born in New York City, New York, Norwegian American artist, member of the 1960's Flexus art movement that blended different artistic media and disciplines 1927 Event St. James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St. New York City 1927 Birthday Carl Braun, basketball player for the New York Knicks 1927 Birthday Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71 1927 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry 1927 Birthday Joyce Brothers, New York City, pop psychiatrist, $64,000 question winner 1927 Event 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1927 Birthday Theodore S. Weiss, born in Gava, Hungary, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1992 1927 Birthday Peter Falk, born in Ossining, New York, actor, Colombo, Scared Straight 1927 Event Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in New York City 1927 Event B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 Event Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park 1927 Event 4th Pan-African Congress meets (New York City) 1927 Event 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 1927 Event 1st iron lung installed, Bellevue hospital, New York 1927 Event Bellevue Hospital in New York installs 1st iron lung 1927 Event Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis) 1927 Birthday Carmen Zapata, born in New York City, actress, Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man and the City 1927 Birthday Brock Peters, born in New York City, actor/singer, Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird 1927 Birthday Bob Keeshan, born in Lynbrook, New York, aka Captain Kangaroo/Clarabelle, Good Morning 1927 Birthday Robert Casey, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Henry-Aldrich Family Show 1927 Event Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles Lindbergh to New York City 1927 Birthday Henry Slesar, born in Brooklyn, New York, headwriter, Edge of Night 1927 Birthday Jerry Stiller, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank Constanza-Seinfeld 1927 Birthday Dick Noel, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, It's a Small Wonder 1927 Birthday Robert Ludlum, New York City, spy novelist, Bourne Identity 1927 Event At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1927 Event New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home 1927 Birthday Clive Barnes, drama critic, New York Times, New York Post 1927 Birthday Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms 1927 Birthday Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama 1927 Birthday Gloria Jean, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1927 Event Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington D.C. to New York City 1927 Birthday William Daniels, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Mark Craig-St. Elsewhere, 1776 1927 Event Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City 1927 Birthday Anthony Lewis, columnist New York Times and author, Gideon's Trumpet 1927 Birthday George Plimpton, New York City, sports writer, Paper Lion 1927 Birthday Daniel Patrick Moynihan, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001 1927 Birthday Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus 1927 Event Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City) 1927 Birthday Harry Belafonte, Harlem New York City, calypso singer, Buck and the Preacher 1927 Event John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St. New York City 1927 Event Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City 1927 Event Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St. New York City 1927 Birthday Doretta Morrow, New York City, actress, Because You're Mine 1927 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday William Redfield, New York City, actor, Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage 1927 Event Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers 1927 Event Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City 1927 Birthday Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen 1927 Event Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London 1926 Event Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in New York City 1926 Event Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday George Savalas, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Kojak 1926 Event W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in New York City 1926 Event Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in New York City 1926 Event New York Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0 1926 Event AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City) 1926 Event George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in New York City 1926 Event Arthur Goodrich's "Caponsacchi," premieres in New York City 1926 Event Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach and General Manager of New York Rangers 1926 Birthday Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL quarterback, Baltimore, SF, New York Giants, MVP 1963 1926 Event Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City 1926 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series 1926 Birthday Richard Jaeckel, New York, actor, 3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Event 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury Golf Club Westbury, New York 1926 Event Philip Dunning and George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday Don Messick, born in Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm 1926 Death Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31 1926 Birthday Amo Houghton, born in Corning, New York, Representative-R-New York, 1987 - 2005 1926 Event New York's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 1926 Event 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York 1926 Birthday Tony Bennett, born in Queens, New York, singer, Left a body part in SF 1926 Event 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record) 1926 Birthday Meyer Kupferman, New York City, composer, In Fimi Tres 1926 Birthday Fred Gwynne, born in New York City, actor, Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters 1926 Birthday Mel Brooks, born in New York City, comedian/actor and director, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs 1926 Birthday Tom Wicker, columnist, New York Times 1926 Birthday Hamilton Fish, Jr., born in Washington, D.C., Representative-R-New York 1969 - 1995 1926 Birthday Rick Jason, New York City, actor, Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn 1926 Birthday Beatrice Arthur, Frankel, New York, actress, Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls 1926 Birthday Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey 1926 Birthday Val Bisoglio, New York City, actor, Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME 1926 Birthday Ann B. Davis, Schenectady, New York, actress, Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch 1926 Birthday Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner for the New York Giants 1926 Birthday Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out 1926 Birthday Harris Wofford, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1991 - 1995 1926 Birthday Ted Bessell, born in Flushing, New York, actor, Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle 1926 Event Richard Rodgers and L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in New York City 1926 Event 1st transatlantic telephone call, London - New York 1926 Event Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St. New York City 1926 Event St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees 1926 Birthday Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times 1926 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday Michael Higgins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 1918, Wanda, Black Stallion 1926 Birthday Frank Aletter, Long Island, New York, actor, Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy 1926 Birthday Morton Feldman, New York City, composer 1926 Birthday Evelyn Lear, Shulman, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano 1926 Birthday Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl 1925 Event George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in New York City 1925 Event NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 1925 Event New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 1925 Birthday Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues 1925 Birthday Gunther Schuller, New York City, jazz composer 1925 Event 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 1925 Event Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 1925 Birthday Dina Merrill, New York City, actress, Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8 1925 Birthday Sammy Davis, Jr., New York City, singer/dancer/actor, Ocean's 11, Candy Man 1925 Event Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St. New York City 1925 Event Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in New York City 1925 Event Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7 1925 Birthday Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end, Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants 1925 Birthday Maurice Binder, New York City, photographer/film titler, James Bond 1925 Birthday Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943 1925 Event Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City 1925 Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Birthday Gunther Schuller, New York City, hornist/composer, Visitation 1925 Birthday Charles Mackerras, Schenectady, New York, Australian conductor 1925 Event Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actress, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder 1925 Birthday Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper 1925 Event Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers 1925 Event Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Art Buchwald, born in New York City, wrote political satire and commentary, had column in The Washington Post 1925 Event New York Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0 1925 Birthday Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist, 60 Minutes 1925 Birthday Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln 1925 Event George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Justin Kaplan, born in New York, New York, writer, editor, Pulitzer-prize winner and National Book Award-winner for biography on Mark Twain, edited Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition 1925 Event Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) 1925 Birthday Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Virginia, columnist/humorist, New York Times 1925 Birthday Doc Pomus, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name Jerome Solon Felder, blues singer, songwriter, inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Blues Hall of Fame 1925 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers 1925 Birthday Alan Dale, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Alan Dale Show 1925 Event New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7 1925 Birthday Cara Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Pete and Gladys, Cara Williams Show 1925 Birthday June Lockhart, New York City, actress, Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction 1925 Birthday Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas 1925 Birthday Maureen Stapleton, born in Troy, New York, actress, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite 1925 Birthday Barbara Bush, Rye, New York, 1st lady, 1989-93 1925 Birthday Tony Curtis, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Some Like It Hot 1925 Birthday John Simon, theater critic, New York Times 1925 Birthday Richard C. Sarafian, New York City, director/actor, Foley Square 1925 Birthday Hugh O'Brian, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wyatt Earp, Search 1925 Birthday Bob Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, McHale's Navy, All in the Family 1925 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery 1925 Event NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1925 Birthday Rod Steiger, born in West Hampton, New York, actor, Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker 1925 Event Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St. New York City 1925 Birthday Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1925 Birthday Bert Remsen, Glen Cove, New York, actor, Mario-It's a Living 1925 Event Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1925 Birthday George Kennedy, born in New York City, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight 1925 Event Kaufman and Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Anthony George, Endicott, New York, actor, Untouchables, Checkmate 1925 Birthday Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant 1925 Event John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York 1925 Event Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City 1925 Event James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Rod Serling, born in Syracuse, New York, writer/host, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery 1924 Event Richard Rodgers Theater (46th St. Chanin's) opens at 226 W 46th New York City 1924 Event Philip Barry's "Youngest," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Frank Corsaro, New York harbor, opera director 1924 Event 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York 1924 Birthday Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Event George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Shirley Chisholm, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New York 1969 - 1983 1924 Birthday George Segal, New York, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures, Bus Driver 1924 Birthday Phyllis Avery, New York City, actress, Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak 1924 Event Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St. New York City 1924 Event White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend 1924 Event Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, New York Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen) 1924 Birthday Colin Romoff, New York City, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1924 Birthday Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour 1924 Birthday Edward D Wood, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, director, Plan 9 from Outer Space 1924 Event 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News 1924 Event New York Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series 1924 Birthday Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II 1924 Event Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats New York Giants to win 300th game 1924 Birthday Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo 1924 Birthday Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres 1924 Birthday Scott Brady, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar 1924 Birthday Tom Landry, NFL player for the New York Giants/coach for the Dallas Cowboys 1924 Birthday Leonard Rosenman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV composer, Marcus Welby MD 1924 Event L Stallings and M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in New York City 1924 Event Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City 1924 Birthday Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1924 Birthday Vincent Canby, critic, New York Times 1924 Event New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games 1924 Birthday Bess Myerson, born in Bronx, New York, 1st Jewish Miss America, 1945 1924 Birthday Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic 1924 Birthday Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 1924 Event Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, New York City-SF 1924 Birthday Ezra Laderman, born in New York City, composer, Jacob and the Indians 1924 Birthday Frank F. Mankiewicz, New York City, columnist, Perfectly Clear 1924 Birthday Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large 1924 Birthday Marilyn Erskine, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Fran-Tom Ewell Show 1924 Birthday Daniel Melnick, born in New York City, producer, Get Smart 1924 Birthday Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets 1924 Birthday Bill Wendell, born in New York City, TV announcer, Late Night With David Letterman 1924 Event 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) 1924 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Mark Bucci, New York City, composer, 1959 Arts and Letters Award 1924 Birthday Lee Marvin, born in New York City, actor, Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou 1924 Event George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City) 1924 Event George Kaufman's "Beggar on Horseback," premieres in New York City 1924 Event George Kelly's "Show-Off," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Marvin Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Top Cat, Henry-Alice 1924 Birthday Guy Williams, New York City, actor, Zorro, Lost in Space 1923 Event H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City 1923 Event George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan," premieres in New York City 1923 Event Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St. New York City 1923 Birthday Leonard Stern, New York City, producer/TV writer, Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart 1923 Birthday Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Starland Vocal Band Show 1923 Birthday Sully Boyar, New York City, actor, Car Wash 1923 Birthday Harold Gould, Schenectady, New York, actor, He and She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus 1923 Birthday Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam, New York, CEO, Avon 1923 Event Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in New York City 1923 Birthday Roy Lichtenstein, born in New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels 1923 Birthday Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower 1923 Event New York Yankees 1st World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to 2 1923 Event New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series 1923 Event New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium 1923 Birthday William Windom, New York City, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote 1923 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs 1923 Event ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1923 Event New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0 1923 Event Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in New York City 1923 Event 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1923 Birthday Larry Rivers, Grossberg, New York City, painter, Washington crossing Delaware-1953 1923 Birthday Rose Marie, born in New York City, actress, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show 1923 Event New York State Golf Association formed 1923 Birthday Jackie Kelk, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Homer-Aldrich Family 1923 Birthday William B. Williams, born in Babylon, New York, DJ, WNEW, Sammy and Company 1923 Birthday Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls' 1923 Event 27th U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in New York 1923 Birthday Frances Lear, Larchmont, New York, Woman's magazine publisher, Lears 1923 Birthday Nancy Reagan, New York City, 1st Lady, 1981-89 1923 Event 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass) 1923 Birthday Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Event New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning 1923 Birthday Diane Arbus, New York City, photographer, Vogue/Harper's Bazaar 1923 Event New York state revokes Prohibition law 1923 Event 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York - San Diego) completed 1923 Birthday Joseph Heller, born in Brooklyn, New York, novelist, Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award 1923 Event General harbor strike begins in New York City 1923 Event 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) 1923 Event 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1923 Event Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party 1923 Birthday Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential 1923 Birthday Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild 1923 Birthday Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle, New York Yankees, Giants 1923 Birthday Laurence A. Tisch, born in New York City, CEO, Loews Corp 1923 Event Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) 1923 Event Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City 1923 Birthday James L. Buckley, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-New York 1971 - 1977 1923 Birthday Charles Durning, Highland Falls, New York, actor, Fury, Sting, Tootsie 1923 Event Philip Barry's "You and I," premieres in New York City 1923 Event Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in New York City 1923 Birthday Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera 1923 Birthday Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Eddie Ryder, New York City, actor, Slick Jones-General Hospital 1923 Birthday Jean Stapleton, New York City, actress, Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family 1923 Birthday Larry Storch, New York City, comedian, F Troop, Larry Storch Show 1923 Birthday Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House 1922 Birthday Paul Winchell, New York City, ventriloquist, Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith 1922 Birthday Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Birthday Grace Paley, born in New York, short story writer, political activist, pacifist, poet 1922 Event 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York 1922 Event 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1922 Birthday Paul Picerni, New York City, actor, Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables 1922 Event Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called 1922 Birthday Adele Jergens, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man 1922 Event Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in New York City 1922 Birthday Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II 1922 Event George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City 1922 Event Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in New York City 1922 Event Karel and Josef Capek's "World We Live In," premieres in New York City 1922 Birthday Barbara Bel Geddes, New York City, actress, Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught 1922 Event Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the New York Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 and is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) 1922 Birthday Ralph Kiner, home run hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates/sportscaster for the New York Mets 1922 Event Channing Pollock's "Fool," premieres in New York City 1922 Event 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City 1922 Event 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in New York City 1922 Event New York Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series 1922 Event New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 1922 Event Goodman and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1922 Event Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush 1922 Birthday Sid Caesar, Yonkers, New York, comedian, Your Show of Shows 1922 Event 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1) 1922 Event New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" 1922 Birthday Regina Resnik, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Sieglinde-Bayreuth 1922 Event Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City 1922 Event WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercia, Queensboro Realty, $100 for 10 minutes 1922 Event AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) 1922 Birthday Carroll O'Connor, New York City, actor, All in the Family, Heat of the Night 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Event 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo 1922 Birthday Roy Elihu Travis, born in New York City, composer, Passion of Dedipus 1922 Birthday Francis Thorne, born in Bay Shore, New York, composer, Burlesque Overture 1922 Birthday Judy Holliday, born in New York City, comedienne/actress, Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib 1922 Birthday Donald L. Keene, born in New York City, Japanese translator/critic 1922 Birthday Joan Copeland, Miller, New York City, actress, Roseland, A Little Sex 1922 Birthday Judith Crist, New York, movie critic, TV Guide 1922 Event Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1922 Event New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0 1922 Birthday Abraham Rosenthal, editor, New York Times 1922 Birthday Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster 1922 Birthday Harding Lemay, born in North Bangor, New York, headwriter, Another World 1922 Event WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions 1922 Event George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in New York City 1922 Birthday Vinnette Carroll, born in New York City, actress, Alice's Restaurant, Reivers 1922 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in New York City 1922 Event Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract 1922 Event GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in New York City 1922 Death Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City 1922 Event G. B. Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in New York City 1922 Birthday Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City DJ, 5th Beatle 1922 Event Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's "To the Ladies," premieres in New York City 1922 Event WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions 1922 Event John Willard's "Cat and the Canary," premieres in New York City 1922 Event WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions 1922 Birthday Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist 1922 Birthday Jason Evers, New York City, actor, Wrangler, Channing 1921 Birthday Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show 1921 Birthday Gerald S O'Loughlin, New York City, actor, Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels 1921 Event Z Parenteau and Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Rodney Dangerfield, John Cohen, Babylon, New York, comedian, Caddyshack 1921 Birthday Gene Saks, New York, actor and director, One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave 1921 Event Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in New York City 1921 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts, New York, actor, Delvecchio, Hill St. Blues 1921 Birthday Mario Puzo, born in New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake 1921 Event New York Giants beat New York Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series 1921 Event Century Theater opens at 7th Ave and 59th St. New York City (demolished 1962) 1921 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Birthday James Whitmore, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Give 'em Hell Harry 1921 Event Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St. New York City 1921 Event 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0) 1921 Event Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St. New York City (Billy Rose, Trafalgar) 1921 Event Simon Kaufman and Marc Connelly's "Dulcy," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Richard Adler, born in New York City composer, Pajama Game, Damn Yankees 1921 Birthday Elaine Dundy, born in New York, American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress, playwright 1921 Birthday Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman 1921 Birthday Joan Tetzel, born in New York City, actress, Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning 1921 Birthday Gene Barry, born in New York City, actor, Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law 1921 Birthday Clifton James, New York City, actor, Buster and Billie, David and Lisa 1921 Event "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City 1921 Birthday Warren Spahn, born in Buffalo, New York, left-handed pitcher, Boston/Milwaukee Braves 1921 Birthday Jack Fletcher, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show 1921 Event Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Chuck Connors, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa 1921 Birthday Frankie Thomas, born in New York City, actor, Tom Corbett Space Cadet 1921 Birthday Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show 1921 Birthday Harry Landers, born in New York City, actor, Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey 1921 Event Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity 1921 Event Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 1921 Event Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City 1921 Birthday Paul Coates, born in New York City, columnist, Tonight! America After Dark 1921 Birthday Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1921 Birthday Diana Barrymore, born in New York City, actress in Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife 1921 Birthday Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, New York 1921 Birthday Abe Vigoda, New York City, actor, Barney Miller, Fish 1921 Event 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco 1921 Birthday Amanda Blake, Beverly, Buffalo, New York, actress, Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke 1921 Event Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St. New York City 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1921 Event William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday John Henry Davis, Jr., Smithtown, New York, weightlifter, Olym-gold-1948, 52 1921 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in New York City 1920 Event Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City) 1920 Event Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in New York City 1920 Birthday David Susskind, New York City, TV host, Open End, David Susskind Show 1920 Event Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City 1920 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City 1920 Birthday Tod Andrews, New York City, actor, From Hell it Came, Outrage 1920 Birthday Lewis Charles, New York City, actor, Feather and Father Gang 1920 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in New York City 1920 Event Ed Barrow appointed General Manager of New York Yankees 1920 Birthday Mitzi Green, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Little Orphan Annie 1920 Event "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in New York City 1920 Event Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City 1920 Birthday Walter Matthau, New York City, actor, Odd Couple, Bad News Bears 1920 Event Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St. New York City 1920 Birthday Bob Lemon, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, manager, New York Yankees, 1978 1920 Birthday Bud Palmer, born in Hollywood, California, NBAer for the New York Knicks/sportscaster 1920 Birthday Irene Dailey, New York City, actress, Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang 1920 Event U.S. Air Mail service begins (New York City to San Francisco) 1920 Birthday Craig Claiborne, food columnist, New York Times Cookbook 1920 Birthday James Lanphier, New York, actor, Flight of Lost Balloon 1920 Event M R Rinehart and A Hopwood's "Bat," premieres in New York City 1920 Birthday William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976 1920 Birthday William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach, New York Knickerbockers, 754 wins 1920 Event Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City 1920 Event 1st transcontinental airmail flight from New York to SF 1920 Birthday Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe 1920 Birthday Bella Abzug, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977 1920 Birthday Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1920 Birthday Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket 1920 Birthday Sid Melton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas 1920 Birthday Harriet Van Horne, Syracuse, New York, columnist/panelist, Leave it to Girls 1920 Birthday Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo 1920 Birthday Christopher Dark, born in New York, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot 1920 Event Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1920 Birthday Billy Halop, New York City, actor, Bert Munson-All in the Family 1920 Birthday Eddie Bracken, born in Astoria, New York City, actor, Summer Stock, Young and Willing 1920 Birthday James H. Scheuer, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1920 Event 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins publication 1920 Birthday Nora Kaye, New York City, prima ballerina 1920 Birthday Elliot Reid, New York City, actor, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1920 Event New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly 1920 Event Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees 1920 Event New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth 1920 Event New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 1919 Event Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in New York City 1919 Event H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday Carol Bruce, Shirley Levy, Great Neck, New York, actress, Lillian-WKRP 1919 Birthday Martin Balsam, New York City, actor, Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22 1919 Birthday Bert Freed, New York City, actor, Rufe-Shane 1919 Event B. C. Hilliams musical "Buddies," premieres in New York City 1919 Event Romberg and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday Rita Hayworth, born in New York, Marguerita C Casino, actress, Gilda, Pal Joey 1919 Event Fritz Kreisler and F Jacobi's "Apple Blossoms," premieres in New York City 1919 Event Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday Patricia Neway, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano, Consul, Maria Golovia 1919 Birthday Dayton Allen, New York City, comedian, Steve Allen Show 1919 Birthday Jack Russell, born in Saratoga Springs, New York, singer, Your Show of Shows 1919 Event Booth Tarkington's "Clarence," premieres in New York City 1919 Event Guy Bolton and George Middleton's "Adam and Eve," premieres in New York City 1919 Event New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers 1919 Event Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 1919 Birthday Howard Morris, New York City, comedic actor, High Anxiety 1919 Birthday Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game 1919 Event President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference 1919 Event British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hours) 1919 Event Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees 1919 Birthday Pauline Kael, movie critic, New York Times, For Keeps 1919 Birthday Mel Brandt, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Faraway Hill 1919 Birthday Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York 1919 Birthday Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski, Tennessee, sportscaster for the New York Mets 1919 Event 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 Event America's 1st passenger flight (New York - Atlantic City) 1919 Birthday Pete Seeger, New York City, folk singer, Weaver, Goodnight Irene 1919 Birthday Than Wyenn, New York City, actor, Pete Kelly's Blues 1919 Birthday Celeste Holm, born in New York City, actress, Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve 1919 Birthday Hugh Carey, New York Governor, Democrat 1919 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City 1919 Event Louis Hirsch and Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in New York City 1919 Event American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (New York City) 1919 Birthday Mason Adams, New York City, actor, Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season 1919 Birthday Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants 1919 Birthday Joan Edwards, New York City, vocalist, Joan Edwards Show 1919 Birthday Red Buttons, Aaron Chwatt, Bronx New York City, comedian/actor, Sayonara 1919 Event Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07, 1919 Birthday Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1919 Birthday Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily 1919 Birthday Alex Nicol, Ossining, New York, actor, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet 1919 Event W Collison and O Harbach's "Up in Mabel's Room," premieres in New York City 1919 Event John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants 1919 Birthday Andy Rooney, born in Albany, New York, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1919 Death Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901 - 1909, dies in New York at 60 1919 Birthday Al "Jazbo" Collins, New York City, DJ, Tonight! America After Dark 1919 Birthday Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid 1918 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in New York City 1918 Event Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1918 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Efren Zimbalist, Jr., New York City, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples 1918 Birthday Madeleine L'Engle, born in New York City, American writer, known for "A Wrinkle in Time" 1918 Birthday Claiborne Pell, born in New York, sponsor of the Pell Grant, U.S. State Senator from Rhode Island 1918 Birthday Stubby Kaye, New York City, actor, Guys and Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou 1918 Birthday Howard Shanet, born in Brooklyn, New York, conductor, Night of the Tropics 1918 Birthday Art Carney, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Ed Norton-Honeymooners 1918 Event 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn 1918 Birthday Teresa Wright, New York City, actress, Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees 1918 Birthday Jerome Robbins, Rabinowitz, New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1918 Event 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more 1918 Event Sergeant Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans 1918 Event Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in New York City 1918 Event Selwyn Theater opens at 229 W 42nd St. New York City 1918 Birthday Phil Rizzuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, Major League Baseball player, shortstop for the New York Yankees 1918 Event W Smith and F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in New York City 1918 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Mort Marshall, New York City, actor, Cully-Dumplings 1918 Event Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in U.S., launched to carry oil, New York 1918 Birthday Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51 1918 Birthday Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy 1918 Birthday Stuart Foster, born in Binghamton, New York, singer, Galen Drake Show 1918 Event White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1918 Event 1st airmail postal service (New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.) 1918 Event 1st regular airmail service (between New York and Washington) inaugurated 1918 Birthday Kirby Stone, born in New York City, jazz combo leader, Baubles Bangles and Beads 1918 Birthday John Baragrey, born in Haleyville, Alabama, actor, Creeper, Colossus of New York 1918 Birthday Peanuts Hucko, born in Syracuse, New York, dixieland clarinetist, Lawrence Welk Show 1918 Event Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St. New York City 1918 Birthday Jack Barry, born in Lindenhurst, New York, game show emcee, Joker's Wild 1918 Birthday Marguerite Chapman, born in Chatham, New York, actress, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars 1918 Birthday Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury 1918 Event H. Carroll and J. McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in New York City 1918 Event New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia A's 1918 Birthday Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H 1918 Event H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Joey Bishop, born in New York, entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack", guest on talk, comedy and game shows 1918 Event Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada 1918 Birthday Gertrude Belle Elion, New York City, biochemist/drug researcher, Nobel 1988 1918 Birthday Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party 1917 Event "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in New York City 1917 Event Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City 1917 Event Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo, New York, TV host, Howdy Doody 1917 Birthday George O'Hanlon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson 1917 Event New York state allows women to vote 1917 Event Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday Mario Biaggi, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1969 - 1990 1917 Event Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series 1917 Event Plymouth Theater opens at 236 W 45th St. New York City 1917 Birthday Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1917 Birthday Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister 1917 Event Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St. New York City 1917 Birthday Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence, New York, lawyer/novelist, Watchfires 1917 Birthday Isabel Sanford, New York City, actress, Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family 1917 Event Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1917 Birthday Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go 1917 Birthday Lena Horne, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress and singer, Stormy Weather, Wiz 1917 Birthday Katharine Graham, born in New York City, newspaper publisher, Washington Post 1917 Birthday Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera 1917 Birthday Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival 1917 Birthday Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse, New York, president, Notre Dame 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father 1917 Birthday Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, New York Giants, 8th best won-lost pct 1917 Event 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2 1917 Event Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St. New York City (Demolished 1982) 1917 Event Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox 1917 Birthday Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show 1917 Birthday Dante Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1955 - 1993 1917 Birthday Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery 1917 Event Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday Herbert A Hauptman, New York City, x-ray crystallographer, Nobel 1985 1917 Birthday Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975 1917 Event Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St. New York City (demolished 1982) 1917 Birthday Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor 1917 Event Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1917 Birthday Stanley Prager, New York City, comedian, College Bowl 1917 Birthday Vernon Walters, New York City, U.S. permanent rep to the UN 1916 Birthday Hal Hastings, New York City, orchestra leader, Chevrolet on Broadway 1916 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City 1916 Event I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes 1916 Event Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York 1916 Birthday Walt W. Rostow, New York City, economist, Politics and Stages of Growth 1916 Birthday Samuel S. Stratton, born in Yonkers, New York, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989 1916 Event Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak 1916 Birthday Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston 1916 Death Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Birthday Michael Burke, sports executive, New York Yankees, New York Knicks 1916 Birthday Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story 1916 Birthday David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes 1916 Birthday Kennan Wynn, born in New York City, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor 1916 Birthday Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 1916 Birthday Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville, New York, singer, Jimmy Dorsey Band 1916 Event Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0 1916 Birthday Irwin Allen, born in New York City, director, Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure 1916 Event New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game 1916 Birthday Harold Robbins, New York City, author, Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy 1916 Birthday Richard Bolling, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Missouri 1949 - 1983, U.S. civil-rights leader 1916 Birthday Bill Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Starlit Time, Date With the Angels 1916 Birthday Stanley Kauffmann, born in New York City, playwright, Red Handkerchief Man 1916 Event Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata 1916 Birthday Sidney Clute, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey 1916 Birthday Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader, Patti Page Olds Show 1916 Event Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City 1916 Birthday George Wyle, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show 1916 Birthday Jackie Gleason, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Ralph Kramden on the 'Honeymooners' 1916 Birthday Paul Tripp, New York City, TV host, Mr I Magination 1916 Event Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in New York City 1916 Event New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500 1916 Birthday Edward Platt, Staten Island, New York, actor, Chief-Get Smart 1916 Event Opera "Goyescas," premieres (New York City) 1916 Event Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City 1916 Birthday Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Don Rickles Show 1916 Birthday Betty Furness, New York City, actress/consumer activist, Studio 1 1915 Event Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City 1915 Event J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1915 Birthday Eli Wallach, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door 1915 Birthday Angier Biddle Duke, New York City, U.S. Ambassador, Spain 1915 Birthday John Dehner, Forkum, Staten Is, New York, actor, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence 1915 Birthday Moe Biller, New York City, labor union officer, AFL-CIO, Postal Workers 1915 Birthday Michael Denison, York England, actor, Importance of Being Ernest 1915 Event 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote 1915 Birthday Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible 1915 Birthday Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer 1915 Event Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York 1915 Event Louis Kaufmans "Unchastened Woman," premieres in New York City 1915 Event Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in New York City 1915 Birthday Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage 1915 Death Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in New York City 1915 Birthday Douglas Kennedy, born in New York, actor, Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold 1915 Birthday Athena Lorde, New York, actress, Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek 1915 Birthday Edmond O'Brien, New York City, actor, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight 1915 Event Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 1915 Birthday Irving Fields, New York City, pianist, Ilona Massey Show 1915 Event 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings 1915 Birthday Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills, New York, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends 1915 Birthday David Leo Diamond, born in Rochester, New York, composer, Paderewski Prize-1943 1915 Birthday Leo Gorcey, born in New York City, actor, Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar 1915 Birthday Walter Tetley, born in New York City, animation voice, Sherman-Bullwinkle Show 1915 Birthday John Randolph, New York City, actor, King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie 1915 Birthday Herman Wouk, New York City, novelist, Caine Mutiny, Winds of War 1915 Birthday Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show 1915 Event New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time 1915 Event New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0 1915 Birthday Henry Morgan, born in New York City, comedian/TV panelist, I've Got a Secret, Arena 1915 Birthday Ray Evans, born in New York, lyricist, composer, Oscar-winner, worked with Jay Livingston, wrote "Mona Lisa" 1915 Birthday William Hopper, New York City, actor, Paul Drake-Perry Mason 1915 Event Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF 1915 Event Giordano, Sardou and Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gane" premieres in New York City 1915 Event Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to SF) 1915 Birthday Alan Hewitt, New York City, actor, Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian 1915 Birthday Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show 1915 Event Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City 1915 Birthday Anita Louise, New York City, actress, My Friend Flicka 1914 Event Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 1914 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City 1914 Birthday Howard Fast, New York City, screenwriter, Rachel and the Stranger, Spartacus 1914 Event Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete," New York City) 1914 Event V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in New York City 1914 Birthday Jonas Salk, born in New York City, medical reseacher, polio vaccine 1914 Birthday Frank, Bruiser, Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle, Bkln, New York Yankees 1914 Birthday Alfred Drake, Capurro, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Kiss Me Kate 1914 Birthday Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story 1914 Birthday Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1914 Birthday Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera 1914 Birthday Kay Medford, born in New York City, actress, Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love 1914 Event New York Post Office Building opens to public 1914 Event Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City 1914 Event Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in New York City 1914 Event Harris Theater (Candler, Coan and Harris) opens at 226 W 42nd St. New York City 1914 Birthday Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., born in Campobello Island, Canada,Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1914 Event 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) 1914 Birthday Jeff Corey, born in New York City, actor, Getting Straight, Superman and Mole Men 1914 Birthday David Brian, New York City, actor, Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco 1914 Event 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF 1914 Event 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York 1914 Birthday Harry Lauter, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Waterfront 1914 Birthday William Lundigan, born in Syracuse, New York, actor, Climax 1914 Birthday Gerald Mohr, born in New York City, actor, Christopher-Foreign Intrigue 1914 Birthday Charles McGraw, New York City, actor, Michael-Falcon, Smith Family 1914 Birthday Frank Lovejoy, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw 1914 Birthday Budd Schulberg, born in New York City, novelist, On the Waterfront 1914 Birthday Richard Denning, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actor, Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0 1914 Event New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated 1914 Birthday Robert Alda, New York City, actor, Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand 1914 Event Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks," premieres in New York City 1914 Birthday Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46 1914 Event American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City 1914 Event James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in New York City 1914 Event New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1914 Event 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City) 1914 Event Opera "Madeleine," premieres in New York City 1914 Event Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in New York City 1913 Event 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World 1913 Birthday Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1913 Birthday Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun 1913 Birthday Eleanor Holm, New York City, 100m backstroke swimmer 1932 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday Robert Strauss, New York City, actor, Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey 1913 Birthday John McGiver, New York City, actor, Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show 1913 Birthday Burt Lancaster, New York City, actor, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry 1913 Event Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. New York City 1913 Birthday Alice Pearce, New York City, comedienne/actress, Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched 1913 Event Philadelphia A's beat New York Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series 1913 Birthday Johnny Downs, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Manhattan Showcase 1913 Birthday Walter Schumann, New York City, choral director, Ford Show, composer, Rhenish 1913 Event Phillies beat New York Giants 2 games out of 3 in a tripleheader 1913 Event Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St. New York City 1913 Birthday Stanley E Kramer, New York City, producer/director, Inherit the Wind 1913 Event George Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate," premieres in New York City 1913 Event 1st U.S. milch goat show held, Rochester, New York 1913 Birthday Richard Tucker, Reuben Ticker, born in Brooklyn, New York, Tenor, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Noah Beery, Jr., New York City, actor, Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot 1913 Birthday Axel Stordahl, born in Staten Island, New York, orchestra leader, Frank Sinatra Show 1913 Birthday Jerome Moross, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Frankie and Johnny 1913 Birthday Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer for the New York Rangers 1913 Birthday Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo 1913 Birthday Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Dave Garroway, born in Schnectady, New York, TV host, Today Show 1913 Birthday Walter Kerr, New York drama critic, Sad Clowns 1913 Birthday Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller 1913 Event New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-10, Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves 1913 Birthday Harry Wismer, born in Port Huron, Michigan, AFL owner, New York Titans 1913 Birthday William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969 - 1973 1913 Birthday Rise Stevens, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera, actor, Going My Way 1913 Birthday Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone 1913 Event Actors' Equity Association forms (New York City) 1913 Birthday Carlyle Blackwell, Jr., California, actor, Docks of New York 1913 Birthday Carmen Cavallaro, New York City, actor, Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe 1913 Event Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St. New York City 1913 Birthday Phil Foster, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley 1913 Event Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn 1913 Event Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City 1913 Birthday Max Youngstein, born in New York City, producer, United Artists 1913 Event New York Yankees are 1st to train outside U.S. (Bermuda) 1913 Event French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York City 1913 Event New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to U.S. public 1913 Event 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City 1913 Birthday Mel Allen, born in Birmingham, Alabama, sportscaster, voice of New York Yankees 1913 Event Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City 1913 Birthday John Lund, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wackiest Ship in the Army 1913 Event Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City 1913 Event New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens 1913 Birthday William Prince, Nichols, New York, actor, City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac 1913 Birthday Norman Dello Joio, Dello Ioio, New York City, composer 1913 Birthday Danny Kaye, born in Brooklyn, New York, UNICEF/comedian/actor, Danny Kaye Show 1913 Birthday Jeff Morrow, New York City, actor, Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising 1913 Event 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City) 1913 Birthday Tom Brown, New York City, actor, Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky 1912 Birthday Doris Duke, New York City, heiress, American Tobacco Co 1912 Event J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in New York City 1912 Event R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in New York City 1912 Birthday Minoru Yamasaki, architect, World Trade Center, New York 1912 Birthday Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life 1912 Birthday Doris Duke, New York City, multi-millionaire, American Tobacco heiress 1912 Birthday Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback for the New York Giants 1912 Event Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St. New York City 1912 Event Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series 1912 Birthday Jerry Wald, New York City, producer, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda 1912 Birthday Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News 1912 Event New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0 1912 Birthday Barry Sullivan, New York City, actor, Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man 1912 Event New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians 1912 Birthday Richard Reeves, born in New York City, actor, Murph-Date With an Angel 1912 Birthday Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1912 Birthday Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show 1912 Event 1st foreign feature film exhibited in U.S. - "Queen Elizabeth" - New York City 1912 Event New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 1912 Event New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) 1912 Event New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12 1912 Birthday Jerry Jerome, born in Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist, Words and Music 1912 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game 1912 Birthday Barbara Pepper, New York City, actress, Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern 1912 Birthday Studs Terkel, born in New York, author, historian, broadcaster, Pulitzer Prize winner 1912 Event Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended 1912 Birthday Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order 1912 Birthday Phil Silvers, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show 1912 Birthday Bill Quinn, New York City, actor, Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family 1912 Birthday Alice Faye, Ann Leppert, New York City, actress, Barricade, State Fair 1912 Birthday Lou Brown, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show 1912 Event Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 1912 Event 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2 1912 Event The RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg at 11:40pm about 375 miles south of Newfoundland; it was the fourth day of her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City 1912 Event Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York 1912 Event Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City 1912 Birthday John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez 1912 Event Isabella Goodwin, 1st U.S. woman detective, appointed, New York City 1912 Birthday Willard Parker, New York City, actor, Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman 1912 Birthday "Professor" Irwin Corey, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Car Wash, Doc 1912 Birthday Cora Baird, New York City, puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie 1912 Event World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) 1911 Birthday Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party 1911 Event Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City 1911 Birthday James Gregory, Bronx New York City, actor, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller 1911 Birthday Hortense Calisher, New York City, novelist, Arts and Letters 1967 1911 Birthday Lee J Cobb, New York City, actor, Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront 1911 Event Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in New York City 1911 Event New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy 1911 Birthday William Tannen, New York City, actor, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull 1911 Event Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (84 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17) 1911 Event Philadelphia A's beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series 1911 Event RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in New York City 1911 Event Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St. New York City 1911 Birthday Will Rogers, Jr., New York, actor, Down to Earth 1911 Birthday George Cates, New York City, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1911 Event New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning 1911 Event Louis Napoleon Parker's "Disraeli," premieres in New York City 1911 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times 1911 Birthday Henry Kulky, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, actor, Otto-Life of Riley 1911 Birthday Rosetta LeNoire, New York City, actor, Grandma Winslow-Family Matters 1911 Birthday Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame 1911 Birthday Gertrude Niesen, born in New York, actress, Start Cheering 1911 Birthday Mitch Miller, born in Rochester, New York, sing along with Mitch, Yellow Rose of Tx 1911 Birthday Bernard Herrmann, New York City, composes film music 1911 Event NAACP incorporates in New York 1911 Birthday Douglas Fowley, New York City, actor, Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats 1911 Event New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft 1911 Birthday Sigrid Gurie, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Algiers, Sofia, Refugee 1911 Event New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 1911 Birthday Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976 1911 Birthday Leonard Warren, born in New York City, baritone, Metropolitan Opera 1939 - 1960 1911 Birthday George Huntington Hartford II, born in New York City, heir, A&P 1911 Event Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St. New York City 1911 Event Harry James Smith' "Mrs. Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in New York City 1911 Event National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1911 Event Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City 1911 Birthday Pete Piute, Morris Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian, Village Barn 1911 Event Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City 1911 Event Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in New York City 1911 Event Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in New York City 1911 Birthday Cy Feuer, New York City, Bdwy producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1911 Birthday Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact 1910 Event Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (New York City) 1910 Birthday Abe Burrows, born in Brooklyn, New York, Broadway composer, Guys and Dolls 1951 TONY 1910 Birthday John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1910 Birthday Hayden Rorke, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie 1910 Birthday Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God 1910 Birthday Fran Lee, New York City, actress, Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway 1910 Event George Cohan's "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," premieres in New York City 1910 Birthday Sylvia Sidney, born in Bronx, New York, actress, WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon 1910 Event New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1910 Birthday William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1910 Birthday Lou Zara, New York City, writer, Stump the Authors 1910 Event "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal 1910 Event Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia 1910 Event Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City 1910 Birthday Laurance S Rockefeller, New York City, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1910 Birthday Artie Shaw, Arthur Arshawsky, New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House 1910 Event 2nd NAACP conference (New York City) 1910 Birthday Arnie Herber, born in NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants 1910 Event 1st opera by an U.S. composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City 1910 Birthday Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun 1910 Birthday Michael Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, director/writer/actor, Woman of the Year 1910 Event Opera "Germania," premieres in New York City 1910 Birthday Patsy Kelly, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars 1910 Event Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City 1909 Birthday Barney Ross, New York City, Welterweight Boxing Champ, 1934 1909 Birthday Alan Carney, David Boughal, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Zombies on Broadway 1909 Event Clyde Fitch' "City," premieres in New York City 1909 Event Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1909 Event 1st U.S. monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, New York) 1909 Birthday Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., New York City, actor, Ghost Story 1909 Birthday James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Clydebank Scotld, journalist, New York Times 1909 Birthday Whit Bissel, New York City, actor, Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel 1909 Event Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant 1909 Birthday Everett Sloane, New York City, actor, Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer 1909 Birthday [Rose] Joan Blondell, New York City, actress, Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides 1909 Birthday Mel Hein, NFL center for the New York Giants 1909 Birthday Joey Faye, born in New York City, comedian, Joey Faye's Follies 1909 Birthday Madge Evans, born in Manhattan, New York City, TV panelist, Masquerade Party 1909 Birthday Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC 1909 Birthday Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey 1909 Birthday William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 1909 Event 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, New York City) 1909 Birthday Richard Maibaum, New York City, screenwriter, Goldfinger 1909 Event New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers 1909 Birthday Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, born in New York City, film producer, James Bond 1909 Event Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time 1909 Birthday Jay Blackton, born in New York City, conductor/arranger, Guys and Dolls 1909 Birthday Claire Trevor, Wemlinger, born in New York City, actress, Marjorie Morningstar 1909 Birthday Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building 1909 Birthday Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer for the New York Giants 1909 Event 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City 1909 Event Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City 1909 Birthday Elie Siegmeister, New York City, composer, Plough and the Stars 1908 Birthday Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., New York City, composer, Tom and Lily 1908 Birthday Halsey Stevens, Scott, New York, composer, Triskelion 1908 Birthday Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., born in New Haven, Connecticut, Representative-D-New York, 1945 - 1972 1908 Event Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera 1908 Event Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City 1908 Birthday Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love 1908 Birthday John Waldo Green, New York City, composer, Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger 1908 Event New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) 1908 Birthday Bernie Green, born in New York City, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show 1908 Birthday Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Your Hit Parade 1908 Birthday Paul Lavalle, born in Beacon, New York, bandleader, Cities Service Band of America 1908 Birthday Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter 1908 Birthday Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds' 1908 Event New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG 1908 Event B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City 1908 Birthday Gene Raymond, New York City, actor, Paris 7000, Fireside Theater 1908 Birthday Karl Swenson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lara-Little House on the Prairie 1908 Birthday Milton Berle, born in Harlem, New York City, comedian, Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television 1908 Event Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City for north pole 1908 Event New York Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn 1908 Event Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0 1908 Birthday Bud Collyer, born in New York City, TV emcee, Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth 1908 Event Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City 1908 Event 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1908 Event Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 1908 Event 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43.2 1908 Birthday Arthur O'Connell, born in New York City, actor, Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years 1908 Birthday Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen 1908 Birthday Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline 1908 Birthday Inez Courtney, born in New York City, actress, 13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven 1908 Event Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York 1908 Birthday Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1908 Event New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public 1908 Birthday Lionel Stander, New York City, actor, Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours 1908 Birthday Ben Grauer, New York City, newscaster, Big Story 1907 Event Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) 1907 Event George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City 1907 Event Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St. New York City 1907 Event David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1907 Event Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, New York) opens 1907 Event Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 1907 Event Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits New York Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game 1907 Birthday Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone 1907 Birthday Shirley Booth, Thelma Booth Ford, New York City, actress, Hazel 1907 Birthday Benny Carter, born in New York City, musician/composer, Easy Money, King Carter 1907 Birthday Ben Carter, born in New York City, actor, Dark Alibi, Dressed to Kill 1907 Birthday Jack Gilford, New York City, actor, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2 1907 Birthday Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood 1907 Event Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in New York City 1907 Event Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st 'Follies' on New York Theater roof 1907 Birthday Bill Stern, born in Rochester, New York, sportscaster, Saturday Night Fights 1907 Birthday Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1907 Birthday Bill Dickey, New York Yankee hall-of-fame catcher, 1928 - 1943, manager, 1946 1907 Event Taxis 1st began running in New York City 1907 Event Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game 1907 Birthday Carleton Young, New York, actor, Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery 1907 Birthday Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach, Baltimore Colts, New York Jets 1907 Birthday Paula Trueman, New York City, actress, Gran-Billy 1907 Birthday Beatrice Kay, born in New York City, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin and Col 1907 Event Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in New York City 1907 Event Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive 1907 Event New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards 1907 Birthday Kent Smith, born in New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Invaders 1907 Birthday Edgar Barrier, born in New York, actor, Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered 1907 Birthday Canada Lee, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boundaries 1907 Birthday Sheldon Leonard, New York City, actor and director, Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie 1907 Birthday Alec Wilder, born in Rochester, New York, composer, 1973 ASCAP award 1907 Birthday Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man 1907 Event 1st U.S. fox hound association forms in New York City 1907 Birthday James A. Michener, New York City, writer, South Pacific, Hawaii, Space 1907 Birthday Dan Duryea, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Pride of the Yankees 1907 Event Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday William C Pahlmann, interior decorator, 4 Season restaurant, New York City 1906 Birthday Lee Patrick, New York City, actress, Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon 1906 Event Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in New York City 1906 Event Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst 1906 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday Gertrude Ederle, New York City, swimmer 1924 Olympics gold 1906 Death William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at 67 1906 Birthday Paul Creston, Giuseppe Guttoveggio, New York, composer, Creative Harmony 1906 Event Henry Mathewson (New York Giants, Christy's brother) walks 14 men 1906 Event William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1906 Event V Herbert and H Blossom's musical "Red Mill," premieres in New York City 1906 Event New York Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader 1906 Event New York Highlanders win 6th game in 3 days from Washington (3 straight DHs) 1906 Event New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs 1906 Birthday June Collyer, New York City, actress, Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt 1906 Birthday Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback, Staten Island, New York Yankees, New York Giants 1906 Birthday Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 1906 Birthday Frank Parker, born in New York City, actor, Shawn-Days of our Life 1906 Event Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0 1906 Event Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City 1906 Event New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning 1906 Birthday Marion Lloyd Vince, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer, National champ 1928, 31 1906 Birthday Bea Benaderet, born in New York City, actress, Kate-Petticoat Junction 1906 Birthday Abraham Beame, Mayor-D-NYC, New York City's 1st Jewish mayor 1906 Birthday Warren Hymer, New York City, actor, Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob 1906 Event George Cohan's musical "George Washington," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday John Carradine, Greenwich Village, New York, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Howling 1906 Birthday William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Event V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in New York City 1905 Event David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in New York City 1905 Event G.B. Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession," premieres in New York City 1905 Event Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City 1905 Birthday Constance Bennett, New York City, actress, Easiest Way, Ladies in Love 1905 Event England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds 1905 Birthday Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1905 Event New York Giants beats Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series 1905 Birthday Agnes De Mille, New York City, choreographer, Oklahoma 1905 Birthday Carl David Anderson, New York City, physicist, 1936 Nobel Prize for physics 1905 Birthday John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67 1905 Birthday Thomas Gomez, born in New York City, actor, Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout 1905 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 1905 Event Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 1905 Birthday Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle, Balt, New York Yankees, Dallas 1905 Birthday Leila Hyams, New York City, actress, Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap 1905 Birthday Charles K. Feldman, Gould, New York City, producer, Casino Royale 1905 Event 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 1905 Event Hippodrome arena opens in New York City 1905 Birthday John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata 1905 Birthday Mollie Parnis, born in New York City, fashion designer, Mollie Roberts Collection 1905 Birthday Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey 1905 Birthday Thelma Ritter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Miracle on 34th Street 1905 Birthday Eddie Foy, Jr., New Rochelle, New York, actor, Eddie-Fair Exchange 1905 Birthday Chick Chandler, Kingston, New York, actor, Barney-One Happy Family 1905 Event Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in New York City 1904 Event Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan) 1904 Birthday Albert Van Dekker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Cyclops, Beau Gesture 1904 Birthday Paul Cadmus, New York City, etcher/painter, Sailors and Floozies 1904 Event CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna," premieres in New York City 1904 Birthday Kay Johnson, Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Real Glory, Of Human Bondage 1904 Birthday Nancy Carroll, Ann V LaHiff, New York City, actress, Alice-Aldrich Family 1904 Event George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in New York City 1904 Birthday Marya Mannes, New York City, author, The Reporter 1904 Birthday Selena Royale, New York City, actress, Date With Judy, Misleading Lady 1904 Event IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (New York City) opens 1904 Event 1st New York subway opens 1904 Birthday Moss Hart, born in Bronx, New York, playwright, You Can't Take it With You, Act 1 1904 Birthday A. J. Liebling, born in New York City, New York, American journalist and writer 1904 Event Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St. New York City 1904 Event 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York) 1904 Event New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12) 1904 Birthday John Hoyt, Bronxville, New York, actor, Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary 1904 Event 1st day of New York City subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks 1904 Event Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City 1904 Event Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City 1904 Event GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City 1904 Event George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in New York City 1904 Event Mounted police 1st used in New York City 1904 Event Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1904 Birthday Maxie Rosenbloom, born in New York City, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-34 1904 Birthday Vera Vague, Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Follow the Leader 1904 Birthday Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach for the New York Giants 1904 Birthday Rod Redwing, New York, actor, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory 1904 Birthday W. Sterling Cole, born in Painted Post, New York, Representative-R-New York 1935 - 1957 1904 Event New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1904 Birthday Arthur Daley, sportswriter, New York Times-Pulitzer 1956 1904 Birthday Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59 1904 Event Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 1904 Event Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die) 1904 Event Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits New York Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0 1904 Birthday Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1904 Event NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants) 1904 Birthday Robert Montgomery, Beacon, New York, actor/dir, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack 1904 Birthday Russell Hardie, Buffalo, New York, actor, Sequoia, In Old Kentucky 1904 Birthday Jacob K. Javits, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-New York 1957 - 1981, Representative-R-New York 1947 - 1954 1904 Birthday Clifton Fadiman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, Information Please, Quiz Kids 1904 Birthday Charles "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher, hitter, 1930-46 1904 Event New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year 1904 Birthday J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project 1904 Event 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 1904 Birthday Joseph Ford McGuinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dick Tracy's G-Men 1904 Birthday Peter Arno, New York City, cartoonist, New Yorker 1903 Event Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in New York City 1903 Event Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers 1903 Birthday Adele Simpson, New York City, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1946 1903 Event Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter 1903 Event George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City 1903 Event Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto" 1903 Event V Herbert and H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in New York City 1903 Event Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St. New York City 1903 Event New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City 1903 Event Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland," premieres in New York City 1903 Event Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St. New York City 1903 Event 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City) 1903 Birthday "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, New York City, light-heavyweight box champ, 1932-34 1903 Birthday Ted de Corsia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon 1903 Event New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game 1903 Birthday Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout 1903 Birthday Muriel Kirkland, Yonkers, New York, actress, Fast Workers, Hold Your Man 1903 Birthday Tom Tyler, Vincent Markowsky, Port Henry, New York, actor, Mummy's Hand 1903 Birthday Helen Kane, Schroeder, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Heads Up, Pointed Heels 1903 Birthday Ken Murray, born in New York City, comedian, Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show 1903 Event George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 1903 Birthday Anthony Veiller, born in New York City, writer, Night of Iguana, Moulin Rouge 1903 Birthday Carl Hubbell, born in Carthage, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA 1903 Birthday Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees 1903 Event 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later 1903 Event 1st automobile trip across U.S. from San Francisco to New York, ended April 1 1903 Event Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio 1903 Birthday Luther Adler, New York City, actor, Dr. Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2 1903 Birthday Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party 1903 Birthday Mike Michalske, NFL guard, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 1903 Event New York Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth and Washington 1903 Event Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid in New York City 1903 Birthday Ilka Chase, born in New York City, actress, Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale 1903 Birthday Mike Mansfield, born in New York City, New York, Senator-D-Montana 1953 - 1977, Representative-D-Montana 1943 - 1953 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL 1903 Birthday Dorothy Schiff, publisher, New York Post 1903 Event Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City 1903 Birthday Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables 1903 Birthday Frank Howley, Hampton, New York, Brigadier General, Answers for Americans 1903 Event "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City 1903 Event International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle New York City 1903 Birthday Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World 1903 Event Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees) 1902 Event 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City) 1902 Birthday Mortimer J Adler, New York City, author, Encyclopedia Brittanica 1902 Event Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in New York City 1902 Birthday Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and New Jersey 1902 Birthday Max Lerner, U.S., columnist, New York Post 1902 Birthday Lillian Bronson, Lockport, New York, actress, Next Voice you Hear 1902 Birthday Alice Tully, born in Corning, New York, singer/patroness, Carnegie Hall 1902 Birthday Ogden Nash, born in Rye, New York, humorous poet, I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1902 Birthday Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist, New York Phil-1939 1902 Event 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2) 1902 Birthday Judson Laire, born in New York City, actor/singer, Papa-Mama, Admiral Broadway Revue 1902 Event Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City) 1902 Event New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw 1902 Event John McGraw named manager of New York Giants 1902 Birthday Raymond Hackett, born in New York City, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor, Faithless Lover 1902 Event John McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years) 1902 Birthday Richard Rodgers, born in Hammels Station, New York, composer, Rodgers and Hammerstein 1902 Birthday Jack Larue, New York City, actor, Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette 1902 Birthday Kitty Kelly, born in New York City, actress, Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors 1902 Event 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1902 Birthday Quentin Reynolds, New York City, newscaster, Its News to Me, author, FBI 1902 Birthday Lucie Rie, born in Vienna, Austria, born Luzie Gomperz, potter, works displayed in collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York 1902 Birthday Gene Sarazen, Harrison, New York, PGA golfer, Masters 1935, U.S. Open 1922, 32 1902 Birthday Nydia Westman, New York City, actress, Going My Way, Young Mr. Bobbins 1902 Birthday Stella Adler, New York, actress, My Girl Tisa 1902 Birthday Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford, New York, 100m swimmer, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics 1902 Event Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1902 Event 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) 1902 Birthday Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1902 Birthday Rudolph Bing, opera manager, New York Metropolitan Opera 1901 Birthday Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, New York City, anthropologist/novelist 1901 Event Anne Russell's "Girl and the judge," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday Ted Husing, New York City, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights 1901 Event Clyde Fitch' "Way of the World," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life 1901 Event Justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I were King," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday Frank X. Boucher, Ottawa, All-star NHL center, Ottawa, New York Rangers 1901 Birthday Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night 1901 Event Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange 1901 Birthday Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist, New York Herald Tribune 1901 Birthday Roger Pryor, New York City, actor, Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown 1901 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 1901 Birthday George Tobias, born in New York City, actor, Abner Kravitz-Bewitched 1901 Birthday Jimmy Dale, born in Bronx, New York City, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher 1901 Event New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13 1901 Event Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York 1901 Birthday Gary Cooper, Montana, actor, 2 Academy Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon 1901 Event New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) 1901 Birthday Paul Fix, born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, actor, Rifleman 1901 Event George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, New York City, comedian/actor, Marx Brothers 1901 Birthday Chester Morris, New York City, actor, Diagnosis: Unknown 1901 Birthday Connie Gilchrist, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives 1901 Event Clyde Fitch's "Climbers," premieres in New York City 1900 Birthday Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58 1900 Event Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1900 Event 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City) 1900 Event 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City 1900 Event After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens 1900 Birthday Jay Irving, New York City, cartoonist, Draw Me a Laugh 1900 Event Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City 1900 Birthday Estelle Brody, New York City, actress, Safari, Kitty, Plaything 1900 Birthday Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on New York stock exchange 1900 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas 1900 Birthday Laura Hobson, New York City, TV writer/panelist, I've Got a Secret 1900 Birthday Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press 1900 Event Associated Press News Service forms in New York 1900 Event Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative 1900 Birthday Billie Dove, Lilian Bohny, New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride 1900 Event 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1899 Birthday Humphrey Bogart, born in New York City, actor, Here's looking at you, kid, Casablanca 1899 Birthday Raphael Soyer, artist, Depression Scenes in New York City 1899 Birthday John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1899 Birthday Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City 1899 Birthday Lilyan Tashman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bulldog Drummond 1899 Birthday Gertrude Berg, Harlem New York City, actress, Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs 1899 Birthday Winnie Lightner, Greenport, New York, comedienne, Sit Tight, Side Show 1899 Death Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (New York City) 1899 Birthday Olga Baclanova, born in Moscow, Russia, actress, Freaks, Docks of New York 1899 Event 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York 1899 Birthday Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist, New York City cabinet 1899 Birthday Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York 1899 Birthday Randall Thompson, born in New York City, composer, Trip to Nahant 1899 Event Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1899 Birthday Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, born in Long Island, New York, founder, Pan Am Airways 1899 Event 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in U.S. begins, MSG, New York City 1899 Birthday Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging 1898 Birthday Vincent Lopez, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Welcome Aboard 1898 Event City of New York established 1898 Event Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City 1898 Birthday Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931 1898 Birthday Queenie Smith, New York City, actress/dancer, Funny Side 1898 Birthday Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, New York City, bandleader, Jerry Colonna Show 1898 Birthday Molly Picon, New York City, Yiddish actress, Milk and Honey 1898 Birthday Armand Hammer, New York City, millionaire industrialist, Occidental Petroleum 1898 Birthday Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach for the New York Giants 1898 Birthday Constance Talmadge, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne/actress, Intolerance 1898 Birthday Nita Naldi, born in New York City, actress, Blood and Sand 1898 Event Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City 1898 Event 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, New York City (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 1898 Birthday Art Baker, New York City, TV host, You Asked For It 1897 Event Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into New York City (1/1/1898) 1897 Event Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal 1897 Event Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater 1897 Birthday Wilbur, Pete, Henry, NFL tackle, Canton, New York Giants, Pottsville 1897 Birthday Jerome Cowan, New York City, actor, Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show 1897 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Devil's Disciple," premieres in New York City 1897 Birthday Teddy Hart, New York City, actor, 3 Men on a Horse 1897 Event New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1897 Event Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City 1897 Birthday Doris Kenyon, Syracuse, New York, silent screen actress, Alexander Hamilton 1897 Birthday Luella Gear, New York City, actress, Joe and Mabel 1897 Event John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City 1897 Birthday Paul Gallico, New York, novelist 1897 Birthday Moe Howard, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, 3 Stooges 1897 Event New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game 1897 Event New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active) 1897 Event 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10 1897 Birthday Walter Winchell, born in Harlem, New York City, newscaster and columnist, Untouchables 1897 Event 1st U.S. orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York 1897 Birthday Betty Compson, actress, Big City, Docks Of New York 1897 Event White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1897 Birthday J Carrol Naish, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan 1897 Event Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York 1896 Birthday Tom Keene, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Our Daily Bread 1896 Birthday Roger Huntington Sessions, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Black Masks 1896 Birthday Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, New York City Mafia gangster 1896 Event William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in New York City 1896 Event John Mcdermott wins 1st U.S. marathon (New York City) 1896 Event Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in New York City 1896 Event Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1896 Event Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times 1896 Event George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (New York to England) 1896 Event G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 1896 Event George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic 1896 Event 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) 1896 Event Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) 1896 Event Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1896 Event 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1896 Event John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City) 1896 Event Volunteers of America forms (New York City) 1896 Birthday George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God 1896 Birthday Rolfe Sedan, New York City, actor, Mailman-George Burns Show 1896 Event 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in U.S. (New York City) 1896 Event AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City 1895 Event David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City 1895 Birthday Dave Franklin, New York City, composer, Hop-a-long Cassidy 1895 Birthday Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder, New York Yankees, 1922-25 1895 Birthday George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot 1895 Birthday Alice Lake, born in Brooklyn, New York, silent screen actress, Glamour, Wicked 1895 Event American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) 1895 Birthday Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1895 Event 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City) 1895 Birthday Richard Barthelmess, New York City, actor, Broken Blossoms, Noose 1895 Birthday Bert I Gordon, New York 1895 Birthday Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1895 Birthday Louis Calhern, New York City, actor, Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle 1895 Birthday Anita Stewart, New York, actress, South of Hell Mountain 1895 Birthday Nick Kenny, Astoria New York City, columnist/songwriter, Nick Kenny Show 1895 Event Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba 1895 Birthday Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor 1894 Event United States Golf Association forms (New York City) 1894 Event 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) 1894 Birthday Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans 1894 Birthday Cliff Hall, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Crime Photographer 1894 Birthday Gladys Brockwell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Pants, Oliver Twist 1894 Event In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1894 Birthday George Meany, New York City, labor leader, headed AFL-CIO 1894 Birthday Bill Wirges, born in Buffalo, New York, orchestra leader, Growing Paynes 1894 Birthday George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books 1894 Birthday Norman Kerry, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Phantom of the Opera 1894 Event Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1894 Birthday Cleo Ridgely, New York, silent screen actress, I Remember Mama 1894 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in New York City 1894 Birthday William Harrigan, New York City 1894 Event New York passes 1st state dog license law 1894 Birthday Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men 1894 Birthday Robert Nathan, New York City, poet, novelist, Portrait of Jennie 1893 Birthday Fred Hillebrand, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Martin Kane 1893 Event Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall New York City 1893 Event 1st newspaper color supplement (New York World) 1893 Event C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in New York City (27 seasons) 1893 Birthday Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love 1893 Birthday Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue, New York, composer, Good Night Harvard 1893 Event 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York 1893 Event Great stock crash on New York stock exchange 1893 Birthday Donald McBride, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Mr Clyde-My Friend Irma 1893 Birthday Norma Talmadge, New York, actress, Sign on Door, Camille 1893 Event Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange 1893 Birthday Robert Harron, born in New York City, actor, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance 1893 Birthday Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page 1893 Birthday Jimmy Durante, New York City, long-nosed comedian, and goodnight Mrs. Calabash 1893 Birthday Bernard Rogers, New York City, composer, Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion 1892 Event Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City) 1892 Birthday Walter Hagen, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1914, 19 1892 Event Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York 1892 Birthday Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia 1892 Birthday Elmer Rice, New York City, playwright/director/novelist, Pulitzer-Street Scene 1892 Event New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1892 Birthday Charles Delaney, New York City, actor, Air Police, Lonesome Trail 1892 Birthday John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City 1892 Birthday Joseph Dunninger, born in New York City, mentalist, Amazing Dunninger 1892 Event General Electric Company, forms and is incorporated in New York 1892 Birthday Ferde, Ferdinand Rudolf von, Grofe, born in New York, composer 1892 Event 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City) 1892 Event New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1892 Birthday Raoul Walsh, born in New York City, director, Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry 1892 Birthday Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama 1892 Birthday Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater 1891 Birthday Fanny Brice, born in New York City, singing comedienne, Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks 1891 Event 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) ends 1891 Event 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins 1891 Event 1st international 6-day bicycle race in U.S. (MSG, New York City) begins 1891 Birthday Irene Rich, Luther, Buffalo, New York, actress, Beau Brummell, Champ 1891 Event "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1891 Event 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) 1891 Birthday Gene Lockhart, New York City, actor, Going My Way, Christmas Carol 1891 Birthday Harry Seymour, New York, actor, Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot 1891 Birthday Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher, New York Yankees 1911-15, lived to 103+ 1891 Event Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1891 Birthday Sam Jaffe, born in New York City, actor, Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey 1891 Event Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in New York City 1891 Birthday Marjorie Gateson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Man's Family 1890 Event Ellis Island, in New York City, opens as a U.S. immigration depot 1890 Birthday Edwin Armstrong, born in New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1890 Birthday Paul Strand, New York City, photographer, Native Land-1942 1890 Birthday Groucho Marx, born in New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, 'You Bet Your Life' 1890 Event 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City 1890 Birthday Casey Stengel, baseball manager, Yankees, 1949 - 1960, New York Met's 1st 1890 Event United States Polo Association forms, New York City 1890 Birthday Dorothy Heyward, New York City, playwright, Porgy 1890 Birthday Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun 1890 Event Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel," premieres in New York City 1890 Birthday Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1890 Event New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1890 Birthday Edward Arnold, New York City, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Washington 1890 Event Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in New York City 1889 Event New York World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip 1889 Event New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6 1889 Event New York Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 1889 Event 1st all New York City World Series New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn (AA) 1889 Birthday Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1889 Birthday Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany 1889 Birthday Robert [Harriot] Barrat, New York City, actor, Go West, Distant Drums 1889 Event John T. Reid opens 1st U.S. golf course in Yonkers, New York 1889 Birthday Howard Lindsay, born in Waterford, New York, playwright, actor and director, State of Union 1888 Birthday Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads 1888 Birthday Harpo Marx, Adolph, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers 1888 Birthday Burnet Corwin Tuthill, New York City, composer, Laurentia 1888 Birthday Eugene O'Neill, born in New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936 1888 Birthday Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top 1888 Birthday Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar' 1888 Birthday Monty Wooley, New York City, actor, Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner 1888 Event New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record 1888 Event New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 1888 Birthday Emmanuel Celler, Representative-D-New York, 1923 - 1973 1888 Event 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") 1888 Event John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York 1887 Birthday John Davidson, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat 1887 Event Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in U.S. (New York City) 1887 Event Opera "Trumpeter of Sackingen" 1st American production (New York City) 1887 Death Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at 38 1887 Birthday Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls, New York, actor, Ken Murray Show 1887 Event Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with New York Giants! 1887 Birthday Timothy Mara, NFL owner for the New York Giants 1887 Birthday George Abbott, born in Forestville, New York, producer, Damn Yankees, Pajama Game 1887 Event New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 29-1 1887 Birthday Hank Mann, New York City, actor, City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road 1887 Event Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state 1887 Birthday Mabel Taliaferro, New York City, actress, Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back 1887 Birthday Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's 1887 Birthday Lillian Walker, born in Brooklyn, New York, entertainer 1887 Birthday Chico Marx, born in New York City, New York, comedian, Marx Brothers 1887 Event 1st newspaper convention in Rochester, New York 1887 Birthday Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I 1886 Event 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City) 1886 Death Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-85), dies in New York at 56 1886 Birthday Crane Wilbur, Athens, New York, dir/writer, Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo 1886 Event 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo) 1886 Birthday James Burke, New York City, actor, Mystery Theater, Great Guy 1886 Event 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine 1886 Birthday David Steinman, New York City, bridge designer, Hudson, Triborough 1886 Birthday Edward Everett Horton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor/narrator, Bulwinkle Show 1886 Event 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City 1885 Birthday Joseph Deems Taylor, New York City, composer, Peter Ibbetson 1885 Birthday Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met 1885 Birthday Louis Untermeyer, New York City, poet and critic, Immortal Poems, Story Poems 1885 Birthday Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1905 1885 Event 1st cafeteria opens (New York City) 1885 Birthday Elsie Ferguson, New York, actress, Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages 1885 Birthday Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By 1885 Death Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. president, dies in Mount McGregor, New York, at 63 1885 Birthday Virginia Pope, New York Times 1885 Event Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City 1885 Birthday George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso 1885 Event Yiddish theater opens in New York with Golldfaden operetta 1885 Birthday Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family 1885 Birthday Jerome Kern, New York City, Broadway composer, Showboat, Roberta 1884 Birthday Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44 1884 Event T Thomas Fortune starts New York Freeman (New York Age) newspaper 1884 Event Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in New York City 1884 Event 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps New York Mets (AA) in 3 1884 Event 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats New York Mets (AA) 6-0 1884 Event Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1884 Birthday Thomas Chalmers, New York City, actor, Blind Alleys, Outrage 1884 Event Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in New York City 1884 Birthday Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira, New York, composer, White Peacock 1884 Event Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City) 1884 Birthday Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1884 Event 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston - New York 1884 Birthday Alice Roosevelt Longworth, born in New York City, New York, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt 1883 Event Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in New York City 1883 Event 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden) 1883 Event Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1883 Event New York Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies 1883 Event 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (New York Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2) 1883 Event New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1883 Event 1st telephone call between New York and Chicago 1882 Birthday John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall 1882 Birthday Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59 1882 Birthday Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman, 1917-18 New York Yankees 1882 Event 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1882 Birthday Ralph Morgan, Wupperman, New York City, actor, Creeper, Imposter, Jack London 1882 Event Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City 1882 Birthday James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool 1882 Event David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in New York City 1882 Event 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City) 1882 Event New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1882 Event With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24 hour race and $100 prize 1882 Event New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1882 Birthday Franklin D. Roosevelt, born in Hyde Park, New York, 32nd President, D, 1933 - 1945 1881 Birthday Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees 1881 Birthday James Schneider, New York, actor, Keystone Kops 1881 Birthday Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang 1881 Birthday Charlie Dell, New York City, actor, Pickle in the Middle 1880 Event Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater 1880 Birthday Grantland Rice, sportswriter, New York Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37 1880 Event American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York 1880 Event Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1880 Birthday Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment 1880 Birthday Victor Schertzinger, composer and director, Uptown New York 1880 Birthday Michael Jacobs, born in New York City, boxing promoter 1880 Event New York Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan 1880 Event American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (New York City) 1880 Event Steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in New York City 1879 Event Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in New York City 1879 Event Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York City) 1879 Birthday Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1879 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City 1879 Event Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden 1879 Event 1st 5 and 10 store opened by Frank W. Woolworth (Utica New York) 1879 Event 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City) 1879 Event January record 13" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996) 1878 Event American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York 1878 Birthday Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible' 1878 Event New York installs 1st firehouse pole 1878 Death Boss Tweed, born in New York City, New York, American Politician, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall 1878 Birthday Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1877 Event American Chemical Society chartered in New York 1877 Birthday Claire McDowell, New York City, actress, Big Parade 1877 Event 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club) 1877 Event Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1877 Event 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (New York City) 1876 Birthday Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1876 Event 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1876 Event Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 Event Lambs Club in New York forms 1875 Event William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, New York City - Tammany Hall, escapes from jail 1875 Event National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1875 Event Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City 1875 Event Latest date for measurable snow in New York City (3") 1875 Birthday Samuel S. Hinds, born in Brooklyn, New York 1874 Event William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall in New York City convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment 1874 Birthday Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father 1874 Event Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York 1874 Birthday Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees - won 41 in 1904 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1874 Event Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1874 Event Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried 1874 Event New York City annexes the Bronx 1873 Event American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money 1873 Event P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City) 1873 Event P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City) 1873 Event Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1873 Birthday John McGraw, born in Truxton, New York, MLB player and manager of the New York Giants, nicknamed 'Little Napoleon' 1873 Birthday Lee Shubert, producer, theatres in New York and LA named after him 1872 Event 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18") 1872 Death Horace Greeley, U.S. founder/publisher (New York Tribune), dies at 61 1872 Event U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month 1872 Event Bloomingdale's department store in New York opens 1872 Event Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City 1872 Birthday Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1871 Event Albert L Jones (New York City), patents corrugated paper 1871 Event National Rifle Association organized in New York City 1871 Event Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (New York City) 1871 Event Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1871 Event Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, New York City 1871 Birthday Henry Stephenson, British WI, actor, Conquest, Little Old, New York, Mr. Lucky 1871 Birthday Willem Mengelberg, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1922-30 1871 Birthday Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants 1871 Event Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York 1870 Event New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1870 Event Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing New York treasury 1870 Event Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City 1870 Event 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered) 1870 Event YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City) 1870 Event Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, New York 1869 Birthday Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees 1869 Event 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, New York) 1869 Event Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York 1869 Event American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) 1869 Event Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in New York City (Romeo and Juliet) 1868 Birthday Eugenie Besserer, Watertown, New York, actress, Jazz Singer 1868 Event 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) 1868 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City 1868 Event Cornell University (Ithaca New York) opens 1868 Event New York Athletic Club forms 1868 Event 1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City 1868 Event Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms (New York) 1867 Event 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York 1867 Event 1st U.S. elevated railroad begins service, New York City 1867 Birthday Joe Howard, New York City, vocalist, Gay Nineties Revue 1866 Event New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health 1866 Birthday Harry Davenport, New York City, actor and director, Her Unborn Child, My Sin 1865 Event Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered 1864 Event Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails 1864 Event 1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York 1864 Event National black convention meets (Syracuse New York) 1864 Death James P McMahon, U.S. Union colonel (164th New York), dies in battle 1864 Death Peter A Porter, U.S. Union colonel (8th New York), dies in battle 1864 Event New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee 1863 Birthday Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City 1863 Birthday John Huston Finley, Illinois, editor of the New York Times, 1937-38 1863 Event 5 Russian warships welcomed in New York City 1863 Event Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in New York 1863 Event Saratoga Racetrack, New York, opens 1863 Event Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in New York City; about 1,000 die 1863 Event Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in New York is 1st orthopedic hospital 1863 Event P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City) 1863 Event Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1862 Death Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook New York at 79 1862 Death Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves 1861 Birthday Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur 1861 Event 79th New York troops mutinies 1861 Event Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York 1861 Event 7th New York arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. 1861 Event London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating 1861 Birthday Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City 1861 Event New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S 1861 Event 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter 1860 Event Joseph Jefferson's "Rip Van Winkle," premieres in New York City 1860 Birthday Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket 1860 Event Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City 1860 Event Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in New York City 1860 Birthday Thomas Hastings, born in New York City, architect, New York Public Library 1860 Event 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City 1859 Event Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in New York City 1859 Birthday Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal 1859 Birthday William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1858 Event 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra 1858 Event Macy's Department store opens in New York City 1858 Birthday Theodore Roosevelt, born in New York City, R, 26th President, 1901 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 1858 Event John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York) 1858 Event 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets 1858 Event Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) 1858 Event Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in New York City 1857 Event American Chess Association formed (New York City) 1857 Event American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1857 Birthday Roger Connor, 1st baseman for the New York Giants 1857 Event Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City) 1857 Event National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York 1857 Event Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in New York City 1856 Event John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die 1855 Birthday Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise' 1855 Event George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in New York City 1855 Event Castle Clinton in New York City opens as 1st U.S. receiving station for immigrants 1855 Event New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration 1855 Birthday William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine 1854 Event Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in U.S., incorporated in New York City 1854 Event U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opens 1854 Birthday George Eastman, born in Waterville, New York, inventor, Kodak camera 1854 Event Astor Library opens in New York City 1853 Birthday Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, 60-12 in 1884 1853 Event Women's Right's Convention met (New York City) 1853 Event 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs New York) 1853 Event 1st U.S. World's fair opens, Crystal Palace New York 1853 Event National Black convention meets, Rochester New York 1853 Event Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard Advance 1853 Event Franconi's Hippodrome opens (New York City) 1853 Event U.S. Assay Office in New York City authorized 1853 Birthday August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1852 Event George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, New York 1852 Event Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1852 Birthday [James] Burner Matthews, U.S. playwright/critic, New York Times 1852 Event 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City 1851 Event New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy 1851 Event 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1851 Birthday David Starr Jordan, New York, biologist/university President, Leland Stanford 1850 Event 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office 1850 Event Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York 1850 Event 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City 1850 Birthday J C Arthur, Lowville, New York, botanist, studied rusts 1849 Event 1st passenger train service to Peekskill New York (New Haven Railroad) 1849 Event New York Herald reports gold discovery in California 1849 Event Memmon is 1st clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York 1849 Event Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed) 1849 Birthday Hambletonian, Chester, New York, greatest standardbred horse 1849 Birthday Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun 1849 Event Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 1848 Event 1st Woman's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York 1848 Event 1st U.S. women's rights convention (Seneca Falls New York) 1848 Event 1st telegraph link between New York City and Chicago 1847 Birthday James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1847 Event Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City 1847 Event 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City 1847 Event New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1847 Event George B. Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar 1847 Birthday Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World 1847 Event 1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City 1845 Event 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1845 Event New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta 1845 Event 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, New York City 1845 Event Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many 1845 Birthday William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1845 Event Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 1845 Event Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (New York City) 1844 Event 1st U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club 1844 Event New York Yacht Club forms 1844 Event U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City 1843 Event 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City) 1843 Event National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) 1843 Event It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio 1843 Event Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist 1842 Event 1st adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City 1842 Event 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City 1841 Event Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) 1841 Event N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver 1841 Event Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1841 Event New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1841 Event 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City 1840 Event Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York 1840 Event 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City 1839 Event 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City 1839 Birthday Frances E C Willard, New York, founder, Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1838 Event English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 Event English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing 1838 Event Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1837 Event 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York 1837 Event Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria 1837 Event Riot in New York over high price of flour 1836 Event 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, New York 1836 Event Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1835 Event Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City 1835 Event Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York) 1835 Event 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents ) 1834 Event Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents 1834 Event 5th national black convention meet, New York City 1834 Event 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified 1834 Event 1st U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City 1833 Event New York Anti-Slavery Society organized 1833 Birthday Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1833 Event Phoenix Society forms (New York) 1832 Event 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (New York City) (12 cent fare) 1832 Event 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets 1832 Birthday Julius Sterling Morton, born in Adams, New York, Governor of Nebraska 1893 - 1897, started Arbor Day 1831 Event Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City 1831 Event 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) 1831 Event 1st U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000) 1831 Birthday Philip Henry Sheridan, born in Albany, New York, Major General, Union Army 1831 Birthday Mary Mapes Dodge, New York City, writer, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates 1830 Event Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1830 Event Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York 1830 Event New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1829 Event Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage 1827 Event 1st U.S. black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City), begins publishing 1827 Event Ballet (Deserter) introduced to U.S. at Bowery Theater (New York City) 1827 Death Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63 1826 Event USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1825 Event 1st Italian opera in U.S., "Barber of Seville" premieres (New York City) 1825 Event 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York)) 1825 Event Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City 1825 Event 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City 1825 Event Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar 1825 Event 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York 1824 Birthday Thomas Starr King, New York, Unitarian clergyman, Christianity and Humanity 1824 Event New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business 1823 Birthday Boss Tweed, corrupt Democratic political boss, Tammany Hall in New York City 1822 Event New York Horticultural Society founded 1822 Event Charles Graham of New York patents artificial teeth 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City) 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1821 Event Mercantile Library of City of New York opens 1820 Event 1st U.S. eye hospital, the New York Eye Infirmary, opens in New York City 1820 Event 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone) 1819 Birthday Zebulon York, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Event 1st savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors 1819 Birthday Walt Whitman, West Hills, New York, poet, Leaves of Grass 1819 Event 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in U.S. introduced in New York City 1818 Event 1st successful U.S. educational magazine "Academician," begins (New York City) 1817 Event 1st sword swallower in U.S. performs (New York City) 1816 Event American Bible Society forms in New York 1816 Event American Bible Society organized in New York 1815 Birthday John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas 1815 Birthday Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, New York, suffragist, 80 Years and More 1814 Event Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1814 Event British attack Ft. Ontario, Oswego, New York 1814 Birthday Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1814 Event 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City 1813 Event British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1813 Event "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) 1813 Event British invade Plattsburgh, New York 1812 Event Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York 1811 Birthday James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York 1810 Birthday Asa Gray, Sauquoit, New York, botanist, Flora of North America 1810 Birthday [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, New York Tribune 1810 Event "Converse," 1st U.S. opera, premieres in New York 1809 Event 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1802 Event U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York 1802 Event Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1802 Birthday Richard Upjohn, U.S., gothic architect, Trinity Chapel, New York 1801 Event 1st edition of New York Evening Post 1800 Event Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City) 1800 Birthday Millard Fillmore, Locke, New York, Whig, 13th president, 1850-53 1799 Event Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1799 Event Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1799 Event William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York 1799 Event New York State abolished slavery 1797 Event 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead) 1797 Event Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY 1794 Event New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1793 Event Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva 1793 Event Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen 1792 Event 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1791 Event New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1790 Event New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1790 Event Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State 1790 Event Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City) 1789 Event 1st loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks) 1789 Event Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1789 Event 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in New York City) 1789 Event President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1789 Event 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City 1789 Event House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker 1788 Event New York City becomes 1st capital of US 1788 Event New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 1787 Event 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens 1787 Event Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers 1787 Event 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City 1787 Event 1st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London 1786 Event Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1786 Event Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City 1785 Event Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1784 Event 1st U.S. ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York 1783 Event General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York City 1783 Event Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1783 Birthday Hannah Hoes Van Buren, New York, wife of President Martin, 1837-41, died 1819 1782 Birthday Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, New York, D, 8th President, 1837-41 1779 Event U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1778 Event Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre 1777 Event Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance 1777 Event Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia 1777 Event New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1777 Event New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1776 Event In a New York bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" 1776 Event 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1776 Event U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City 1776 Event Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York 1768 Event 1st Methodist church in U.S. initiated (Wesley Chapel, New York City) 1768 Event 1st U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City) 1765 Event Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties 1765 Event Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York 1763 Birthday Frederick of York, English duke/bishop of Osnabruck 1762 Event 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City 1762 Event Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City 1760 Event Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught" 1760 Event New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1758 Event English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1757 Event English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1756 Event French capture Fort Oswego, New York 1756 Event St. Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in New York City at Crown and Thistle Tavern 1755 Event Ft. Ticonderoga, New York opens 1754 Event Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) 1754 Event Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City) 1751 Event 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, New York City (admission 1cent) 1750 Event 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City 1745 Event French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York 1743 Event 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (New York Weekly Journal) 1739 Birthday George Clinton, New York, D-R, 4th Vice President, 1805-12 1735 Event Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1734 Event John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted 1732 Event 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City 1730 Event 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1727 Event New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath 1720 Birthday Frederick Philipse III, New York City, land owner, Bronx, Westchester and Putnam 1704 Event Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York 1704 Event Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City 1695 Event New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties 1693 Event New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies 1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1689 Event Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York 1688 Event Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York 1686 Event City of Albany, New York chartered 1682 Event William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1682 Event Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn 1675 Event 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) 1674 Event Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English) 1674 Event English reconquer New York from Netherlands 1673 Event Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York 1673 Event Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674 1673 Event Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City 1673 Event Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Event Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated 1673 Event Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston 1672 Event New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston 1665 Event English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1665 Event Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft 1664 Event Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English 1664 Event 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston 1664 Event New Amsterdam renamed New York City 1660 Event 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam) 1660 Event Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York 1657 Event 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York) 1653 Event New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City 1652 Event New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1642 Event Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city 1583 Death Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 1568 Event Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart 1524 Event Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay 1514 Event Thomas Wolsey appointed archbishop of York 1503 Death Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday 1468 Event Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York 1465 Birthday Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII 1461 Event Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses 1461 Event Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1460 Event Wars of Roses: Richard of York defeats King Henry VI at Northampton 1459 Event Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated 1455 Event Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 1415 Death Eduard, duke of York, dies at 45 1190 Event Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England 1190 Event Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 1140 Death Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies 804 Death Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 709 Death Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
