Saturday Night Live was originally known as NBC’s Saturday Night to avoid any confusion with the ABC show Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell.
12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
12th July 2019
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
On the 17th June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbour on board the French steam ship Isère.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York.
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to Congress.
At 10:50pm on the 8th December 1980, former Beatle and political activist John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment block in New York.
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018