Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Cadets sought to continue the annual tradition of drinking homemade eggnog on Christmas Eve.
On the 23rd December 1823, the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” was published anonymously in the New York Sentinel.
On the 21st December 1913, the first modern crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World newspaper.
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.
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.
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