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1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
Cover of The New York Times reporting on the Wall Street bombing.. The Wall Street bombing was an act of terrorism on Wall Street at 12:01 pm on Thursday, September 16, 1920. . The blast killed 30 people immediately, and another 10 later died of wounds that they sustained in the bla
On one particularly virulent October day, 851 people died in New York City alone. November 1: The actions of a substitute motorman filling in during a strike lead to a subway crash in Flatbush. The Malbone Street Wreck kills 97 people heading home from work and injures a hundred more. [95] Okeh Records in business. Selwyn Theatre opens. 1919
Pages in category "1920s deaths" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aleksey Afanas'ev; B.
Last words reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". A statue is in NYC's "City Hall Park". Jacob Middagh [6] 12 May 1777 Levying war against the state of New York [7] John André: 2 October 1780 British spy who recruited Benedict Arnold; assisted in attempted surrender of West Point, New York
The Dual Contracts resulted in the expansion of New York City; people moved to the newly built homes along the newly built subway lines. These homes were affordable, about the same cost as the houses in Brooklyn and Manhattan. [82]: 7 The population in Manhattan below 59th Street decreased between the years of 1910 and 1920. [90]
1966 New York City smog: Smog incident New York City and New York metropolitan area, including parts of New Jersey and Connecticut: Fatalities estimated 168-169 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Terrorism Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Deadliest act of domestic terrorism, and deadliest domestic bombing, in U.S. history 165–173 1946 1946 Aleutian Islands ...
During the years of 1898–1945, New York City consolidated. New York City became the capital of national communications, trade, and finance, and of popular culture and high culture. More than one-fourth of the 300 largest corporations in 1920 were headquartered there. [1]