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Years commemorated. The 1954 unveiling of a stained-glass depiction of Peter Stuyvesant in Butler Library at Columbia University, a gift of the Netherlands Antilles. It commemorated the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam, though it was actually dedicated on its 329th anniversary according to the date on the Seal of New York City ...
United States Semiquincentennial. The United States Semiquincentennial, [a] also called the Bisesquincentennial, the Sestercentennial or the Quarter Millennial, will be the 250th anniversary of the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will be scheduled to mark various events leading up to the anniversary on July 4, 2026.
On January 9, 2019, Lang announced that the official Woodstock 50th anniversary festival would take place on August 16–18, 2019 in Watkins Glen, New York. [ 141 ] On March 19, 2019, the proposed line-up for Woodstock 50 was announced.
Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was a series of LGBTQ events and celebrations in June 2019, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was also the first time WorldPride was held in the United States. [1][2][3] Held primarily in the metropolitan New York City area, the theme for the celebrations and educational events was ...
50 years ago today: Lakers win record-setting 33rd game in a row. January 7, 2022 at 7:30 AM. Jerry West and the Lakers won their 25th consecutive game of the 1971-72 season with a 154-132 victory ...
An estimated 4 million attended the parade in 2019, [9] coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, which drew 5 million visitors to Manhattan on Pride weekend. [10] The 2020 (51st) and 2021 (52nd) editions of NYC Pride March were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. NYC Pride March returned in 2022 for the first time ...
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states, and nearly 350 American companies.
Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: [filip pəti]; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in August 1974.