Cities of the Underworld: New York

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York

English dynasty founded by Richard, Duke of York (1411–60). He claimed the throne through his descent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence (1338–68), third son of Edward III, whereas the reigning monarch, Henry VI of the rival house of Lancaster, was descended from the fourth son, John of Gaunt. The argument was fought out in the Wars of the Roses. York was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460, but the following year his son became King Edward IV. Edward was succeeded by his son Edward V and then by his brother Richard III, with whose death at Bosworth the line ended. The Lancastrian victor in that battle was crowned Henry VII, and consolidated his claim by marrying Edward IV's eldest daughter, Elizabeth, thus founding the House of Tudor.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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War of the Roses
Origins Of Terrorism
Global Warming
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe)
Nazi Spies In America
Sea Spies
Tin Town
The Negotiator
The True Story Of Seabiscuit
The Trial Of Louise Woodward
Isaac's Storm
The Hillside Stranglers
Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker
Captain Cook
Origins Of Terrorism
Global Warming
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
2 January 1979

Sid Vicious (real name Simon John Ritchie-Beverly), the lead singer of the punk-rock band The Sex Pistols, goes on trial in New York for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Having been released on bail, Vicious dies from a drugs overdose.

5 January 1981

In Britain, Peter Sutcliffe, the 'Yorkshire Ripper', who killed 13 women in four years, is formally charged in court.

6 January 1925

On the same day and within one hour, the ‘Flying Finn’, Finnish long distance runner Paavo Nurmi, breaks two world indoor running records at New York’s Madison Square Gardens.

8 January 1790

George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.

17 January 1938
The first jazz concert takes place at Carnegie Hall in New York, U.S.A.
23 January 1849

In New York, Elizabeth Blackwell is granted a medical degree from Geneva College, becoming the first female to be officially recognized as a physician in America.

1 February 1790
In America, the Supreme Court of the United States meets for the first time in New York City.
2 February 1979
Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious dies from a heroin overdose in New York, USA.
4 February 1974
In England, eleven people are killed and twelve are injured as a bomb explodes on a coach carrying soldiers and civilians on its way to an army base in North Yorkshire.
6 February 1820
In the US, the first organised immigration of freed slaves to Africa departs from New York City.
10 February 1962
US spy plane pilot Gary Powers, shot down by the Soviet Union, is exchanged in Berlin for KGB agent Rudolf Abel, arrested in New York in 1957.
20 February 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.

26 February 1993

Six people are killed and hundreds injured as a bomb explodes in the World Trade Centre in New York, U.S.A.

28 February 2001

In Selby, North Yorkshire a train crashes into a car which had veered off the motorway, killing ten people.

4 March 1789
The first U.S. Congress meets New York, putting into effect the American constitution.
12 March 1888
The most severe winter storm ever to hit the New York City region, U.S.A. reaches blizzard proportions, costing hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in property damage.
15 March 1783
In New York, General George Washington puts an end to the Newburgh Conspiracy, by convincing a n assembly of army officers to remain loyal to Congress.
16 March 1802
The U.S. military academy is established at West Point in New York.
17 March 1762
In New York City, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade is held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army.
19 March 1992
In Britain, The Duke and Duchess of York announces they are to separate.
27 March 1953
Starring Gene Kelly, the film, Singing in the Rain, premiers in New York, America. 
29 March 1461
The War of the Roses: in England the House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Towton.
31 March 1909
Austro-Hungarian musician and composer Gustav Mahler conducts the New York Philharmonic for the first time.
2 April 1992
In America, the trail of New York Mafia boss John Gotti for amongst many other charges, murder, begins. 
6 April 1830
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints is founded by Joseph Smith-Fayette in New York. The followers are known as Mormons.
8 April 1904
In New York, America Longacre Square is renamed Times Square. 
10 April 1916
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is established in New York City, America.
14 April 1471
War of the Roses: In England, The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Barnet.
23 April 2001
The trial of Jane Andrews, a former personal assistant to the Duchess of York, for the murder of her boy friend begins at the Old Bailey in London. Andrew’s is subsequently found guilty and sentenced to life. 
30 April 1789
George Washington is inaugurated in New York City as the first President of the United States of America.
1 May 1941
Orson Welles' landmark film, Citizen Kane, premiers in New York, America.
8 May 1978
In New York, America David Berkowitz, who become known as “Son of Sam”, pleads guilty to killing six people. He is later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
9 May 1969
The Vietnam War: The New York Times exposes America’s secret bombing of Cambodia.
15 May 1990
Vincent Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Doctor Gachet' is sold for $82.5 million at Christies' Auction House in New York, setting a new world record for a single painting.
17 May 1792

In America, 24 brokers meet on Wall Street in New York to sign an agreement to fix uniform rates of commission for the sale of stocks and bonds - effectively establishing the city's first stock exchange.

20 May 1927
American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York on the world's first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 
22 May 1981
In England, Peter Sutcliffe, “the Yorkshire Ripper” is found guilty of killing 13 women and the attempted murder of 7 others. He is sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail.
24 May 1989
Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, is awarded £600,000 by the High Court in London after successfully suing the satirical magazine Private Eye for libel. The figure is later reduced to £60,000 after the magazine appealed.
27 May 1936
In England, RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York with more than 1800 passengers.
1 June 1911
Britain's first electric trolley buses begin operating in the Yorkshire cities of Leeds and Bradford
3 June 1975
Brazilian footballer Pele signs for New York Cosmos for $7million.
6 June 1882
In New York, Henry Seely patents the electric iron.
9 June 1899
Boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, the first British world heavyweight champion, loses his title to American James Jeffries at Coney Island, New York.
12 June 1839
Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing the game of baseball by drawing up the official rules in Cooperstown, New York - now the site of the United States National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
14 June 1971
In America, the New York Times begins printing extracts from top secret Pentagon papers covering the Vietnam War.
15 June 1904
In New York harbour, the steamship General Slocum catches fire and sinks - killing at least 1,000 - mostly women and children on a church outing.
16 June 1487
The last major battle in the War of the Roses in England between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. At least 6,000 are killed during the Battle of Stoke.
19 June 1953
In New York, the execution in the electric chair of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg - found guilty of spying for the Russians.
20 June 1960
American Floyd Patterson becomes the first boxer to regain the world heavyweight championship - knocking out Sweden's Ingemar Johansson in New York.
22 June 1990
Freed South African ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations during a trip to New York.
25 June 1959
Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson stops American Floyd Patterson in the third round of their title bout in Madison Square Garden, New York, to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
26 June 1997
Dresses belonging to Diana, Princess of Wales are auctioned for more than £2million in New York.
30 June 1960
In New York, the film premiere of the latest Alfred Hitchcock thriller 'Psycho'.
2 July 1956
In New York, American rock 'n roll star Elvis Presley records Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel.
6 July 1928
In New York, the screening of the first film to include sound - 'The Lights of New York'.
7 July 1890
In America, the first execution by electric chair is carried out in New York.
8 July 1907
The first of the Ziegfeld Follies - spectacular music and dancing shows - is performed on Broadway at the Jardin de Paris, New York, produced by Florence Ziegfeld.
9 July 1984
In Britain, lightning sets fire to York Minister - the 700 year old building suffering severe damage.
10 July 1460
War of the Roses: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and capture Henry VI at the Battle of Northampton.
12 July 1932
Yorkshire cricketer Hedley Verity takes 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county championship match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley, Leeds.
13 July 1977
Police arrest more than 4,000 looters during a massive blackout caused by a power failure in the city of New York.
15 July 1968
Both Pan American and Aeroflot begin direct air services between New York, USA and Moscow, USSR.
18 July 1997
All 230 passengers and crew on board a TWA Jumbo Jet are killed when it explodes over the Atlantic Ocean shortly after leaving New York bound for Paris.
19 July 1962
The first trans-Atlantic telephone call is made between London and New York via the Telstar communications satellite.
21 July 1960
English yachtsman Francis Chichester docks in New York in his boat Gypsy Moth II - setting a new record of 40 days for a solo crossing of the Atlantic.
23 July 1986
Queen Elizabeth II's son, Prince Andrew, marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminister Abbey in London. They become the Duke and Duchess of York following the 600 year old tradition for naming the second son of the reigning monarch.
26 July 1788
New York State becomes the 11th state of the Union.
28 July 1907
Fire destroys hundreds of buildings in the seaside resort of Coney Island New York .
5 August 1884
The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbour.
6 August 1926
19 year old American Gertrude Ederle from New York becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel - in 14 hours 34 minutes.
10 August 1889
Englishman Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Barnsley, Yorkshire patents the screw bottle top.
14 August 1928
The world's first scheduled television programmes are broadcast by WRNY in New York.
15 August 1969
At least 400,000 are at the opening of the Woodstock Pop Festival on a dairy farm in New York state.
17 August 1483
The date presumed that two young princes, the uncrowned Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York, were killed in the Tower of London.
18 August 1939
In America, the film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, opens in New York.
20 August 1998
229 people are killed when a Swissair plane crashes into the Atlantic near the coast of Nova Scotia en route from New York to Geneva.
22 August 1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. Richard III is killed as he tries to reach the usurper of his crown, Henry Tudor. It's the last battle in the War of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York.
24 August 1981
American Mark Chapman is given a 20 year life sentence for shooting John Lennon - the former member of the British group, The Beatles - in New York.
2 September 1979
In England, police discover the body of Barbara Leach, the 12th victim of the Ian Sutcliffe, the “Yorkshire Ripper.”
6 September 1970
The Palestinian militant group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, hijacks four airplanes all on their way to New York, America. 
7 September 1776
American Revolution: The American submarine Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of the British flagship Eagle in New York Harbour. It is the first use of a submarine in warfare.
8 September 1664
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam is seized by the English and renamed New York in honour of the Duke of York, who organised the mission.
9 September 1971
In America, prisoners riot and seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York.
11 September 1951
In America, crime boss Salvatore Maranazano is shot and stabbed to death in New York City by four men working for Charles “Lucky” Luciano.
13 September 1971
Thirty-nine people are killed, including 29 prisoners and 10 prison guards and employees, when police storm the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, bringing to an end the four day siege.
16 September 1920
In America, at least 30 people are killed and a further 200 injured when a bomb explodes on Wall Street, New York. It is not known who planted the explosive.
18 September 1960
In America, Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
21 September 1984
In Britain, during the course of the miners strike, police clash with a miners picket in South Yorkshire.
22 September 1776
In New York City, Nathan Hale, a schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying.
25 September 1066
King Harold Godwinson of England defeats the Viking Army of King Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire.
26 September 1957
The first production of West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein’s musical based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, goes on stage at the Winter Garden in New York, America.
29 September 1960
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev voices his disapproval of the UN handling of the troubles in the Congo making several interruptions during the course of a UN debate on the issue in New York.
2 October 1780
American Revolution: British Major John Andre is hanged as a spy by U.S. military forces in Tappan, New York.
4 October 1965
Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the U.S.A. when he addresses the United Nations in New York.
8 October 1919
The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins, with 63 planes competing in the round-trip aerial derby between California and New York.
11 October 1776
American Revolution: A British fleet defeats 15 American gunboats at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York.
12 October 1978
In America, the former Sex Pistol front man Sid Vicious is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in New York. Vicious never faced trail dying from a heroin overdose in February 1979.
13 October 1843
In New York City, America, Henry Jones and 11 others establish B'nai B'rith, one of the oldest Jewish charity organisations in the world.
16 October 1916

In New York, U.S.A. Margaret Sanger opens her first birth control clinic.

17 October 1777
American Revolution: British military commander General Burgoyne surrenders his troops to the American Colonists led by General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga in New York. 
18 October 1976
The funeral of the so-called “Boss of Boss” Mafia boss Carlo Gambino takes place in New York, U.S.A.
19 October 1781
The American War of Independence comes to an end when British commander Lord Cornwallis surrenders his 8,000 troops to George Washington at Yorktown in Virginia after a three week siege
21 October 1959
In America, the world renowned art museum the Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City. 
22 October 1883
In New York, America the Metropolitan Opera House opens with a performance of Gounod’s ‘Faust.’
24 October 1929
A week before the Wall Street Crash in America, stock prices plummet and investors on the New York Stock Exchange dump13 million shares, in what is known as “Black Thursday.”
27 October 1904
In America, New York officially opens the first section of its subway.
29 October 1976
In England, the Duchess of Kent opens the first coalfield to be developed in the country in 70 years in Selby, Yorkshire.
30 October 1470
Lancastrian King Henry VI is returned to the English after the Yorkists are defeated.
7 November 2000
Hilary Clinton is elected as a Senator for New York making her the only ever First Leader to win an elected office in American history.
9 November 1965
The Great Northeast Blackout, the biggest power failure in U.S. history, occurs as all of New York State, portions of seven neighbouring states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness.
11 November 1987
Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Irises fetches £27 million at auction in New York, America.
12 November 2001
An American Airlines plane crashes in the Queens neighbourhood off New York after takeoff killing 265 people.
14 November 1851
Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick is published by Harper & Brothers in New York, America.
15 November 1956
Elvis Presley’s first film, Love Me Tender, premiers in New York, America.
18 November 2000
Film stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones get married in New York, U.S.A.
20 November 1966
In America, The classic Broadway musical Cabaret opens in New York.
21 November 1934
Cole Porter’s musical, Anything Goes, opens in New York, U.S.A.
22 November 1977
In America, the world’s first supersonic airliner, Concorde, is given permission to fly into New York’s Kennedy Airport following an agreement over noise levels.
25 November 1783
American Revolution: Following the end of the war, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City, their last military position in the United States.
27 November 1924
In America, New York City’s Macy’s department store holds its first Thanksgiving Day parade, in what is to become an annual event. 
5 December 1876
In America, a fire breaks out in the Brooklyn theatre in New York killing nearly 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
7 December 1993
In America, Colin Ferguson shoots dead six people on the Long Island Rail Road in New York. 
16 December 1960
In America, two planes collide in mid-air during a server snowstorm in New York killing 134 people.
21 December 1913
The first crossword puzzle is published in the New York World in America. The puzzle was compiled by Liverpool-born Arthur Wynne.
27 December 1932
At the height of the Great Depression, thousands turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent Art Deco theatre in New York City, U.S.A.
30 December 1879
The Gilbert and Sullivan opera, ‘The Pirates of Penzance’, premiers at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, U.S.A.
31 December 1909
The Manhattan Bridge opens in New York City, U.S.A.
2 December 2001
The Enron Corporation files for bankruptcy protection in a New York court, sparking one of the largest corporate scandals in U.S. history.
 

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