New York City in History (Part 6)

Historical Events

Events 501 - 600 of 844

• 1968-04-24 Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC
• 1969-05-01 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
• 1969-06-17 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
• 1969-12-02 Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
• 1969-12-14 "La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
• 1970-01-04 NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
• 1970-01-22 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, Pan American World Airways flies from New York City to London in 6½ hours
• 1970-03-05 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in NYC
• 1970-05-08 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
• 1970-05-14 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
• 1970-05-20 2 die and 70 injured when 2 NYC subway trains crash in Queens

• 1970-07-17 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
• 1970-09-13 1st NYC Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
• 1970-10-13 Angela Davis arrested in NYC

• 1970-12-23 NYC World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
• 1971-01-09 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 performances
• 1971-05-05 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)

• 1971-06-28 Rock venue Fillmore East closes in New York City

• 1971-09-03 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
• 1971-09-19 1st NYC Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22
• 1971-09-19 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54

• 1972-01-05 NYC transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
• 1972-04-27 NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported

• 1972-06-12 John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish"
• 1972-10-01 2nd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
• 1972-10-01 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
• 1973-04-03 The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
• 1973-04-04 World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories)

• 1973-09-28 ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
• 1973-09-30 3rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
• 1973-09-30 4th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54
• 1973-10-20 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR & moves station from NYC to Scituate Mass
• 1973-11-06 Abe Beame elected 1st Jewish mayor of NYC

• 1974-08-23 John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in NYC
• 1974-09-28 John Lennon appears as guest DJ on WNEW-FM (NYC)
• 1974-09-29 4th NYC Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29
• 1974-09-29 5th NYC Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30
• 1974-10-17 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
• 1974-10-20 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center NYC
• 1974-11-28 John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in Madison Square Garden NYC)
• 1975-09-01 NYC transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents

• 1975-09-28 5th NYC Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14
• 1975-09-28 6th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27

• 1975-12-29 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC
• 1976-01-13 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NYC Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
• 1976-04-26 Pan Am begins non-stop flights NYC-Tokyo

• 1976-07-29 In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in first of a series of attacks
• 1976-10-24 6th NYC Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11
• 1976-10-24 7th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10
• 1976-12-22 35 Unification church couples wed in NYC
• 1977-01-03 "The Police Tapes" premiere on New York City TV station WNET, based somewhat on 1960s NYPD officers who worked in its South Bronx
• 1977-02-18 Kiss play their first concert in Madison Square Garden (NYC)
• 1977-02-21 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC
• 1977-05-16 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in NYC
• 1977-05-26 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
• 1977-05-27 New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed of the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York
• 1977-07-13 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
• 1977-10-19 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
• 1977-10-23 7th NYC Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
• 1977-10-23 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
• 1977-11-10 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
• 1978-02-11 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
• 1978-04-07 Guttenberg bible sells for $2,000,000 in New York City
• 1978-10-20 Police's 1st US concert (NYC's CBGBs)
• 1978-10-22 8th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
• 1978-10-22 9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12

• 1978-12-11 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry
• 1979-02-09 New York City premiere of Paul Schrader's allegedly fact based film "Hardcore"
• 1979-02-13 Formation of Guardian Angels crime fighters in New York City
• 1979-02-26 CBS' premiere of NYC sitcom "Flatbush", which received many derision phone calls about it from Brooklynites to CBS
• 1979-05-13 "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
• 1979-05-30 Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
• 1979-05-31 Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
• 1979-06-01 Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from Los Angeles to New York City
• 1979-06-19 In NYC 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as manager of the New York Yankees
• 1979-08-23 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
• 1979-09-14 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC & back to Yates Center, Ks
• 1979-09-18 The Who opens NYC concerts at Madison Square Garden

• 1979-10-10 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park NYC
• 1979-10-15 1st Monday night game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad)
• 1979-10-21 10th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:42
• 1979-10-21 9th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:33
• 1979-10-21 Greta Weitz wins woman participation in NYC marathon (02:27:33)
• 1979-10-22 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NYC for medical treatment

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 501 - 600 of 1,258

• 1923-08-15 Rose Marie [Mazzetta], American actress, comedienne and singer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Doris Day Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1923-08-17 Larry Rivers, [Grossberg], American painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-08-24 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
• 1923-09-28 William Windom, American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1923-10-27 Roy Lichtenstein, Pop art painter (painted comic book panels), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
• 1923-12-02 Maria M Callas, American soprano (Carmen), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-12-14 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (d. 2001)
• 1923-12-23 Leonard Stern, American producer/TV writer (Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-01-14 Guy Williams [Armando Joseph Catalano], American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)

• 1924-02-20 Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, artist, heiress and socialite, born in Manhattan, NYC, New York
• 1924-02-26 Mark Bucci, American composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-03-22 Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-04-21 Daniel Melnick, American producer, Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-04-28 Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, born in NYC, New York
• 1924-05-09 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-05-16 Frank F Mankiewicz, American columnist (Perfectly Clear), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-06-29 Ezra Laderman, American composer (Jacob & the Indians), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-07-06 Robert Michael White, American test pilot (X-15), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-08-02 Carroll O'Connor, American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
• 1924-09-07 Hugh Aitken, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1924-10-15 Colin Romoff, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-11-14 Phyllis Avery, American actress (Ruby Gentry, George Gobel Show, Mr Novak), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
• 1924-11-21 Joseph Campanella, American character actor (Guiding Light, Mannix), born in NYC, New York
• 1924-12-12 Ed Koch, lawyer and politician (NY Mayor (D) 1977-89), Judge (People's Court), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1925-01-20 Edwin Gordon, VOA correspondant, born in NYC, New York
• 1925-02-08 Alvin Brehm, American musician and composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
• 1925-02-18 George Kennedy, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)

• 1925-06-25 June Lockhart, American actress (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-09-05 Justin Kaplan, editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer Price 1967), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
• 1925-10-06 Shana Alexander, American journalist (60 Minutes), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-10-20 Theodore Hall, American Physicist and atomic spy for the Soviet Union, born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
• 1925-10-29 Geraldine Brooks, American actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-10-31 Lee Grant [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal], American actress (Shampoo, Mulholland Drive), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-11-22 Gunther Schuller, hornist/ jazz composer (Visitation), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
• 1925-11-26 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-12-04 Maurice Binder, American photographer/film titler (James Bond), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-12-08 Samuel "Sammy" Davis Jr., American singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man), born in NYC, New York (d. 1990)
• 1925-12-19 Robert Sherman, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1925-12-23 Harry Guardino, American actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues), born in NYC, New York
• 1925-12-27 Allan Blank, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1925-12-29 Dina Merrill, American actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1926-01-12 Morton Feldman, American composer, born in NYC, New York
• 1926-02-05 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (NY Times), born in NYC, New York

• 1926-05-07 Val Bisoglio, American actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME), born in NYC, New York
• 1926-05-21 Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)

• 1926-07-01 Robert Fogel, American economic historian and Nobel laureate, born in NYC, New York
• 1926-07-10 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
• 1926-07-13 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (In Fimi Tres), born in NYC, New York
• 1926-08-10 Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner (1984-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
• 1926-08-15 Lewis T Preston, American banker (President of the World Bank 1991-95), born in NYC, New York
• 1926-09-07 Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer (The Weavers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
• 1927-01-26 William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
• 1927-01-27 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
• 1927-03-16 Olga San Juan, American actress, dancer and comedian (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
• 1927-03-18 George Plimpton, sports writer (Paper Lion), born in NYC, New York

• 1927-04-21 Robert Brustein, American dean, Yale School of Drama), born in NYC, New York
• 1927-05-05 Charles Rosen, American pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms), born in NYC, New York
• 1927-05-25 Robert Ludlum, American spy novelist (Bourne Identity), born in NYC, New York
• 1927-07-02 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1927-07-10 David Dinkins, (1st African American Mayor-D- 1990-93), born in NYC, New York
• 1927-07-15 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
• 1927-10-05 Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
• 1927-10-20 Joyce Brothers, American pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1927-11-29 Rupert Crosse, American actor, 1st African-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (The Reivers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)
• 1927-12-30 Bernard Barrow, American actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)

• 1928-01-09 Judith Krantz, American author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle), born in NYC, New York
• 1928-01-13 David Sheiner, American actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana), born in NYC, New York
• 1928-02-11 Conrad Janis, American jazz trombonist and actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino), born in NYC, New York
• 1928-02-11 Raoul Cita, R&B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
• 1928-02-24 Al Lettieri, American actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)
• 1928-03-19 Alam Thomas "Tom" Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1928-04-08 Fred Ebb, American composer, born in Manhattan, NYC (d. 2004)
• 1928-04-09 Tom Lehrer, American musician, satirist and mathematician (That Was The Week That Was), born in NYC, New York

• 1928-06-10 Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1928-06-18 Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, American actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), born in NYC, New York (d. 1978)
• 1928-06-21 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), born in NYC, New York

• 1928-08-23 Marian Seldes, American actress (A Delicate Balance, Father's Day), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York (d. 2014)
• 1928-10-04 Alvin Toffler, author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
• 1928-10-14 Gary Graffman, American pianist (Leventritt Award), born in NYC, New York

• 1928-10-25 Anthony "Tony" Franciosa [Papaleo], American actor (Career, Ben-Hur, Jeff-Name of the Game), born in NYC, New York
• 1928-11-07 Norton Zinder, biologist (genetic transduction), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1929-01-26 Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist (Passionella)/author (Little Murders), born in NYC, New York
• 1929-02-14 Vic Morrow, American actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie), born in NYC, New York
• 1929-02-17 Chaim Potok, American novelist (Promise), born in NYC, New York
• 1929-08-03 Bethel Leslie, American entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap), born in NYC, New York
• 1929-08-13 Pat Harrington Jr, actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time), born in NYC, New (d. 2016)

• 1929-09-15 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist who predicted quarks (the theory of elementary particles), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York
• 1929-11-02 Harold Farberman, American conductor and composer (Medea), born in NYC, New York
• 1929-11-17 Sumner White, US yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)

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