New York City in History (Part 7)

Historical Events

Events 601 - 700 of 931

• 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 American rock band KISS play their first concert in their hometown venue of Madison Square Garden in New York City

• 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 the South Tower of NYC's World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
• 1977-07-13 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
• 1977-10-19 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
• 1977-10-23 New York City Marathon: defending champion Bill Rodgers wins in 2:11:38; Miki Gorman retains women's title in 2:43:10
• 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 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12

• 1978-12-11 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8m 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 begins 5,193 mile roller skate from Los Angeles to New York City

• 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 New York City Marathon: Bill Rodgers wins 4th straight men's title in 2:11:42; defending champion Grete Waitz of Norway takes out women's event in 2:27:33

• 1979-11-17 NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC
• 1979-12-03 Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.

• 1980-03-23 18 year old American tennis star Tracey Austin wins her only WTA Tour Championship; upsets Martina Navratilova in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 in NYC
• 1980-04-01 New York City's Transit Worker Union 100 begins a strike lasting 11 days.
• 1980-05-01 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 performances

• 1980-06-28 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents

• 1980-10-05 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale, the Bronx NYC
• 1980-10-26 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins for 3rd straight year in 2:25:41.3; Alberto Salazar claims men's event in 2:09:41

• 1980-12-14 "Onward Victoria" opens and closes at Martin Beck NYC after 1 performance
• 1981-01-18 Swedish tennis star Björn Borg claims his second straight ATP Masters Grand Prix title with a 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 win over Ivan Lendl at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1981-01-21 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York City subway train
• 1981-03-28 Martina Navratilova beats 16 year old American tennis prodigy Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1981-06-23 NYC Mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
• 1981-07-03 NYC transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token
• 1981-09-19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
• 1981-10-25 New York City Marathon: defending champion Alberto Salazar retains crown in 2:08:13; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes out women's race in 2:25:29
• 1982-01-01 MTA launches a 5 year capital program to upgrade the NYC subway system

• 1982-02-22 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
• 1982-04-12 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot

• 1982-05-30 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 performances
• 1982-06-12 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
• 1982-07-01 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC

• 1982-10-24 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
• 1982-10-24 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29

• 1982-12-12 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances
• 1982-12-12 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
• 1982-12-30 US Assay Office in New York City, NY closes
• 1983-01-23 Ivan Lendl scores a 6–4, 6-4, 6–2 win over American John McEnroe to claim back-to-back ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1983-02-11 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))
• 1983-03-20 In a clash of tennis legends, Martina Navratilova outclasses Chris Evert Lloyd 6-2, 6-0 to win her first of 5 straight WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1983-06-18 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
• 1983-09-15 Police officers beat Michael Stewart to death for graffiting NYC subway
• 1983-10-23 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
• 1983-10-23 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
• 1984-01-01 NYC transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
• 1984-01-15 John McEnroe reverses previous year's result with a 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 win over Ivan Lendl to claim his second season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis title at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1984-02-26 Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC "Hymietown"
• 1984-03-04 Tennis legend Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship in NYC; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 for her 5th overall Championship title
• 1984-10-28 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
• 1984-10-28 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
• 1984-12-11 "Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
• 1984-12-22 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
• 1984-12-31 NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH
• 1985-01-13 John McEnroe repeats previous year's result with a 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 win over Ivan Lendl to claim back-to-back season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• 1985-02-07 "New York, New York" becomes the official anthem of New York City
• 1985-03-24 Third straight WTA Tour Championship for tennis legend Martina Navratilova; beats Helena Suková 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 at Madison Square Garden, NYC

• 1985-04-20 Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean & jerk lift
• 1985-06-27 First hotel strike in New York City
• 1985-09-08 US Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins his first US title; beats NYC home town favourite John McEnroe 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 1985-09-22 The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
• 1985-10-27 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
• 1985-10-27 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
• 1985-11-18 Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons)

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 601 - 700 of 1,829

• 1919-08-15 Henry "Huntz" Hall, American actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
• 1919-09-04 Howard Morris, American comedic actor and director (The Andy Griffith Show, High Anxiety), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1919-09-14 Kay Medford [Margaret Kathleen Regan], American actress (Dean Martin Show; To Rome With Love), born in NYC, New York (d. 1980)
• 1919-09-24 Dayton Allen, American comedian (Steve Allen Show, The Cotton Club), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
• 1919-10-02 Shirley Clarke, American film director, born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
• 1919-10-07 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
• 1919-11-03 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
• 1919-11-04 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
• 1919-11-26 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1919-12-19 Benedict Freedman, novelist and mathematician (Mrs Mike), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1920-01-16 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1920-01-17 Nora Kaye, American prima ballerina, born in NYC, New York (d. 1987)
• 1920-02-11 Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
• 1920-02-12 Robert "Bob" Shad [Abraham Shadrinsky], American record producer and record label owner (Big Brother and the Holding Company), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
• 1920-03-13 Ralph J Roberts, American businessman and founder of Comcast, born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
• 1920-04-05 Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
• 1920-04-21 Christopher Dark [Alfred Francis DeLeo], American actor, (World Without End, The Time Tunnel), born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
• 1920-05-08 Saul Bass, American graphic designer of logos and film titles, born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
• 1920-05-29 Clifton James, American actor (Live and Let Die, Silver Streak), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2017)
• 1920-06-11 Irving Howe, American writer and critic (World of Our Fathers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
• 1920-06-17 Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (US Representative 1960-1971), born in The Bronx, NYC, New York (d. 1981)
• 1920-07-04 Norm Drucker, American basketball referee, born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)

• 1920-07-18 Adolphus "Dolph" Sweet, American actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
• 1920-07-24 Alexander H. Cohen, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
• 1920-07-24 Bella Abzug "Battling Bella", American politician, feminist and activist (Rep-D-NY, 1970-74), born in New York City (d. 1998)
• 1920-08-03 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player, born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
• 1920-08-25 Leonard Gaskin, American jazz bassist (Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis), born in New York City (d. 2009)
• 1920-09-12 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
• 1920-10-01 Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)

• 1920-11-02 Lewis Charles [Cholost], American actor (Topaz, Feather & Father Gang), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)
• 1920-11-10 Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)

• 1920-12-19 David Susskind, American TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), born in NYC, New York
• 1920-12-30 Jack Lord, American actor (Steve McGarrett in Hawaii FIVE-O, God's Little Acre), born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
• 1921-01-14 Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
• 1921-01-25 Alfred Reed, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1921-02-24 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller, The Godfather), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
• 1921-03-03 Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), born in NYC, New York (d. 1960)
• 1921-03-06 Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (NYC Opera, 1944-79), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2014)
• 1921-03-10 Paul Coates, American columnist (Tonight! America After Dark), born in NYC, New York
• 1921-04-03 Robert Karvelas, American actor (Get Smart), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
• 1921-04-09 Frankie Thomas, American actor and author (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
• 1921-06-21 Joan Tetzel, American actress (Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning), born in NYC, New York (d. 1977)

• 1921-07-19 Rosalyn Yalow, American medical physicist (Nobel 1977), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
• 1921-08-03 Richard Adler, American composer and songwriter (Pajama Game; Damn Yankees), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• 1921-08-23 Kenneth Arrow, American economist, (Nobel Prize 1972), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1921-09-03 Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1921-09-07 Arthur Ferrante, American pianist and composer (Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
• 1921-10-16 Michael Conrad, American actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues), born in NYC, New York (d. 1983)
• 1921-11-02 Shepard Menken, American voice and character actor (The Wild Wild West), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
• 1921-11-08 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
• 1921-11-20 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
• 1921-12-03 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (NYC Opera, 1953-64), born in Clarksburg, West Virginia (d. 2016)
• 1921-12-23 Gerald S O'Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)

• 1922-01-02 Jason Evers, American actor (Wrangler, Channing), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1922-01-08 Abbey Simon, American pianist, born in NYC, New York
• 1922-02-05 Bernard Kalb, American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, NYT, Times), born in NYC, New York
• 1922-02-08 Audrey Meadows [Cotter], American actress (The Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
• 1922-02-14 Murray the K [Kaufman], American disk jockey (5th Beatle), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
• 1922-03-11 Vinnette Carroll, American actress and 1st African-American woman to direct on Broadway (1972: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
• 1922-03-25 Tobias Schneebaum, American writer, anthropologist and explorer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1922-04-04 Elmer Bernstein, American film music composer (The Magnificent Seven; To Kill A Mockingbird; The Age Of Innocence; Thoroughly Modern Millie), born in New York City (d. 2004)
• 1922-05-13 Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (Maude, The Golden Girls), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
• 1922-05-22 Quinn Martin, American television producer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1987)
• 1922-05-28 Lou Duva, American boxing trainer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• 1922-06-01 Joan Copeland [Miller], American actress (Roseland, A Little Sex), born in NYC, New York
• 1922-06-18 Donald L Keene, American Japanese translator/critic, born in NYC, New York
• 1922-06-24 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Dedipus), born in NYC, New York

• 1922-07-15 Leon M. Lederman, American experimental physicist (1982 Nobel Prize for research on quarks and leptons) and author (The God Particle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
• 1922-08-30 Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1922-09-20 William Kapell, American pianist and recording artist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1953)
• 1922-10-30 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
• 1922-10-31 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (Vertigo, Dallas, Caught), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• 1922-11-16 Royal Dano, American actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
• 1922-12-01 Paul Picerni, American actor (The Untouchables), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
• 1922-12-11 Grace Paley, American poet, political activist and teacher (1970 Arts & Letters Award), born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)
• 1922-12-14 Don Hewitt, American CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes), born in NYC, New York
• 1922-12-21 Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith), born in NYC, New York
• 1922-12-26 Norman Orentreich, American dermatologist known as "the father of modern hair transplantation", born in NYC, New York (d. 2019)

• 1922-12-29 William Gaddis, American novelist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
• 1923-01-05 Robert L. Bernstein, American publisher (Random House), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-01-08 Larry Storch, American comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-01-19 Jean Stapleton, American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
• 1923-01-31 Eddie Ryder, American actor (General Hospital, Up Yours), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)

• 1923-02-02 Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (These Three, Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
• 1923-02-12 Mel Powell, American composer (Pulitzer Prize Music 1990), born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
• 1923-03-02 Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records label, born in The Bronx, New York
• 1923-03-09 James L. Buckley, American politician, Senator from New York (1971-77), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-03-15 Laurence A Tisch, American CEO (Loews Corp), born in NYC, New York
• 1923-04-03 Jan Sterling [Jane Adriance], American actress (Ace in the Hole, The High and the Mighty), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
• 1923-04-11 Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2019)
• 1923-04-13 Don Adams, American actor and comedian (Get Smart), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)

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