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New York was part of the middle colonies
New York still has a griss mill from the mid 1600 -
henry hudson found new york bay
The native have claimed the land there before henry Hudson found it 1609. -
1756 the population of the city is 13,046
The city’s population since 1552 has grown fast. -
St. Paul’s chapel was built in 1776
It was the tallest building in new your city -
Cholera outbreak begins, its spread initially limited by winter weather.
By June 1849, 5071 city residents are killed -
Central Park opens in 1858
There 886 Acers in central park -
last major outbreak of yellow fever in the city occurs.
About 5020 people died. -
Museum of Natural History building opens
This museum is one of the biggest ones in the world -
1900 the population is about 3,437,202
A lot of them are criminals -
First transcontinental telephone call occurs (San Francisco-New York).
2,905.9 miles. Francisco to new York city -
1923 New York Yankees won their 1st World Series championship
the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in six games -
1925 New York Giants football team
founded by original owner Tim Mara) was one of the five teams to join the NFL -
1937 Heavy rains cause a tenement in New Brighton to collapse
killing 19 people -
Lincoln Tunnel opens
The three tubes comprise six traffic lanes in total and carries a combined total of almost 108,000 vehicles per day. -
Kew Gardens train crashes
kills 78 people, injuring 363 people. -
1963 New York magazine begins publication
Credit Melissa Lyttle for The New York Times. -
Pettit’s high wire stunt performed atop World Trade Center.
It took him 45 min to him across -
Six-year-old Ethan Patz vanishes
after leaving his apartment to walk to his school bus alone. Despite a massive search by the NYPD the boy is never found, and was declared legally dead in 2001. -
1984 Cosby Show (television program) begins broadcasting
The show was the most popular show in the 1980s -
New York giants won the super bowl XXI in 1987
The score was 20 to 36 they played the Denver broncos -
September 11: The two World Trade Center twin towers and several surrounding buildings are destroyed by two plains in part of a terrorist attack by l terrorists,
killing 2,606 people who were in the towers and on the ground. -
Time square bombing.
They don’t know who bombed it yet -
National 9/11 Memorial open in 2011
They have over 1,000,000 people a year visit the memorial -
2012 empire state building shooting
He had a 911 9mm pistol in his coat pocket. -
Historic Saratoga Race Course celebrates its 150th Anniversary.
With over 5000 people attending it -
November 6, 2012: For the first time in the city’s recorded history, there are no reported shootings, stabbings, or murders on this day.
This is the first time in 25 years. -
2013 topped out, becoming the tallest building in New York City by roof height
The building was 1396 feet tall -
2015 Subway Extension opens, making 34th Street–Hudson Yards the first new station in 25 years
It is 500 million dollars -
2016 Anti-Trump post-election protest begins.
440,000 to 500,000 people in the march -
2017 Women's protest against U.S. president Trump.
Surprisingly there was no damage done
