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October 30: New York Yankees lose game 5 of the 2024 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers; December 4: UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson (businessman) is shot and killed in a premeditated murder. The shooting occurred in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, where UnitedHealth Group was hosting an investor event. The words "deny ...
The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland.As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was decidedly split in its loyalties.
The first Dutch fur trading posts and settlements were in 1614 near present-day Albany, New York, the same year that New Netherland first appeared on maps. Only in May 1624 did the Dutch West India Company land a number of families at Noten Eylant (today's Governors Island ) off the southern tip of Manhattan at the mouth of the North River ...
The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
The history of New York City (1784–1854) started with the creation of the city as the capital of the United States under the Congress of the Confederation from January 11, 1785, to Autumn 1788, and then under the United States Constitution from its ratification in 1789 until moving to Philadelphia in 1790.
1700 Washington Revolutionary headquarters; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rockland County Ezra Carll Homestead: South Huntington, Long Island: 1700 Jarvis-Fleet House: Huntington, Long Island: 1700 Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport House: New Rochelle: 1700 Tobias van Steenburgh House: Kingston: 1700 c.
Last season's New York Fashion Week: Our recap of more than 20 NYFW shows. NYFW 2024 schedule. Here's a selection of the shows taking place during NYFW 2024, Sept. 6-11. Friday, Sept. 6. Area ...
In 1617, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland created a settlement at present-day Albany, and in 1624 founded New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island.The Dutch colony included claims to an area comprising all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine in addition to eastern ...