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1524: Giovanni da Varrazano of France, sailed into New York Harbor 1609: Henry Hudson explored Hudson River; Samuel de Champlain exlored northeastern New York 1621: Dutch West Indian Company established New Netherland 1626: Dutch purchased Manhattan Island from local Indians 1664: English conquered New Netherland, changed name to New York 1673: Anglo-Dutch war occurred; Dutch captured New Amsterdam 1674: English recaptured New Amsterdam; English and Dutch arrived at peace agreement; New Amsterdam named New York City 1702: Yellow fever epidemic killed over 500 1765: Conference held in New York City regarding Stamp Act 1774: Colonists disguised as Indians dumped load of tea into harbor 1775: American Revolution began; Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold took Fort Ticonderoga; New York City shelled by British man-of-war 1776: New York declared independence from England; Nathan Hale hung for spying; Declaration of Independence endorsed; fire in New York City destroyed 1,000 homes 1777: First constitution adopted; George Clinton elected governor 1783: Battle of Saratoga occurred; British troops left New York City; Revolutionary War ended 1785: New York City named nation's capitol 1788: New York became 11th state 1789: George Washington inaugurated as first U. S. president in New York City 1792: New York Stock Exchange founded 1795: Yellow fever epidemic killed 732 1796: Coffee House Slip Fire destroyed about 50 buildings near Murray Wharf 1797: Albany named state capitol 1798: Great epidemic killled 2,086 1802: West Point Military Academy opened 1812-15: War of 1812 occurred 1825: Erie Canal completed 1827: Slavery abolished in New York 1831: New York's first railroad opened 1835: Fire in NYC financial district destroyed more than 600 buildings 1871: Explosion on Staten Island Ferry Westfield II killed 125 1876: Stage fire at Booklyn Theater killed 276 1883: Brooklyn Bridge opened 1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated 1888: Great Blizzard of '88 paralyzed eastern seaboard 1896: Nine-day heatwave in NYC killed 420 1901: President William McKinley assassinated in Buffalo; Theodore Roosevelt elected president of U.S. 1904: Steamship General Slocum caught fire, killed over 1,000 passengers 1905: New York Giants won World Series 1918: Great Influenza Pandemic killed 851 1920: Wall Street bombing killed 40 1927: New York Yankees won World Series 1928: New York Yankees won World Series 1929: New York Stock Exchanged crashed; Great Depression began 1932: Lake Placid hosted Olympic Winter Games 1933: New York Giants won World Series 1935: Race riots in Harlem killed 3, injured 125 1936: New York Yankees won World Series 1937: New York Yankees won World Series 1938: New England Hurriane struck Long Island, 10 killed 1939: New York Yankees won World Series 1939: World's Fair opened in New York City; North Beach Airport LaGuardia: dedicated; New York Yankees won World Series 1941: New York Yankees won World Series 1943: Race riots in Harlem, several looters killed, 500 injured; New York Yankees won World Series 1945: B-25 bomber crashed into Empire State Building, killed 13 1947: New York Yankees won World Series 1948: New York International Airport JFK: opened 1949: New York Yankees won World Series 1950: New York Yankees won World Series 1952: United Nations Headquarters completed in New York City; New York Yankees won World Series 1953: New York Yankees won World Series 1954: New York Giants won World Series 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers won World Series 1957: New York Giants move to San Francisco, Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles 1958: New York Yankees won World Series 1958: New York Yankees won World Series 1959: St. Lawrence Seaway opened 1960: Fire on USS Constellation killed 50, injured 323, $75 million damages 1961: New York Yankees won World Series 1962: New York Yankees won World Series 1963: Brush fires on Staten Island destroyed 100 homes 1964: Race riots in Harlem, one person killed, 100 injured; World Fair opened in New York City 1965: Black nationalist leader, Malcom X, assassinated; Great Northeast Blackout power outage: 1966: Fire killed 12 members of NYC Fire Dept 1969: New York Mets won World Series 1973: 40 workers killed in LNG tank explosion 1975: Bomb exploded in TWA baggage claim area at LaGuardia, killed 11, injured 74 1977: Major blackout occurred, 9 million people without power for 25 hours; New York Yankees won World Series 1978: New York Yankees won World Series 1980: Ex-Beatle, John Lennon, murdered in front of home 1986: New York Mets won World Series 1993: Terrorist attack killed six, injured over 1000 at World Trade Center 1996: TWA Flight 800 crashed, killed 230; New York Yankees won World Series 1998: New York Yankees won World Series 1999: New York Yankees won World Series 2000: New York Yankees won World Series; former first lady Hillary Clinton elected to U.S. Senate 2001: 9/11 - Terrorists hijacked, then crashed two planes into World Trade Center, nearly 3,000 killed, with billions in property loss. Later in the year, American Airlines plane crash in New York City kills 260 2003: Power outage across eastern U.S. and Canada; Staten Island ferry crash kills 10, injures 43 2005: Strike by workers shut down New York City transit system 2006: Yankees pitcher, Cory Lidle and flight instructor, killed in airplane crash; first beam of the new Freedom Tower placed