Corrigan later claimed that a navigational error, caused by a faulty compass and poor weather conditions, had led him to fly east to Ireland instead of west to California.
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.
The band landed at New York’s Kennedy Airport on 7 February to be greeted by 3,000 screaming fans.
Alderman Timothy Sullivan proposed the ordinance that made it illegal for proprietors or managers of hotels, restaurants, and other public places to allow women to smoke on their premises. Despite public opposition, the New York City Board of Aldermen voted for it unanimously.
American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to Congress.
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.
The first transatlantic yacht race, from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to the Needles off the coast of the Isle of Wight in England, was the result of a drunken wager between three prominent New York businessmen: James Gordon Bennett Jr., Pierre Lorillard, and George Osgood.
Organized by the department store R.H. Macy & Co., the inaugural event was called the “Macy’s Christmas Parade” and was intended to be a way for Macy’s to attract customers and kick off the holiday shopping season.
Although the scale of panic selling on Wall Street did slow down, the market continued its downward trajectory for over 2 years.
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