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Top half of the front page of Scientific American’s first edition published on Thursday, August 28, 1845. Image source
Little known New York City fact: New York became Dutch again for about seven months. The city formally known as
A sketch of the Clermont making its first voyage up the Hudson River. Source: Wikipedia Commons. On August 17, 1807
On August 8, 1885 New York City played host to a grieving nation as nearly a quarter of million people
On August 5, 1884 the cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was ceremoniously placed on Bedloe’s Island.
On July 25, 1647, New York City’s first zoning law was put into place. The law came from the
On June 27, 1971 the Fillmore East closed its doors after three years of ground breaking concerts which helped to
In 1853 US Commodore Matthew Perry steamed his way into Tokyo Bay (then called Edo Bay) and pretty much bullied
Switchback Railway at Coney Island. Image via Wikimedia Commons. On June 16, 1884, America’s first roller coaster opened on
On Tuesday, October 19, 1847 thousands attended a ceremony in New York’s Hamilton Square (a lost public square on
On an otherwise calm September 16th in 1903, only a day and a half before the massive “Vagabond” hurricane devastated
Kissing the War Goodbye, photo by Lt. Victor Jorgensen from National Archives and Records Administration. Today, August 14th, is the
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