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1970
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12.23.1970
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. |
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1972
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1973
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4.3.1973
The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States. |
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4.4.1973
The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. |
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9.28.1973
The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile. |
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1975
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2.13.1975
A fire breaks out in the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. |
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12.29.1975
A bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
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1976
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7.29.1976
In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. |
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1977
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5.26.1977
George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
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7.13.1977
New York City, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences a blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to wide-spread fires and looting.
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8.10.1977
In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year. |
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11.22.1977
British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. |
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1979
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5.25.1979
Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children's Day (in 1983).
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12.3.1979
Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.
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1980
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12.8.1980
John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is assassinated by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of the Dakota apartment building in New York City.
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1984
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12.22.1984
Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four would-be African-American muggers on an express train in Manhattan, New York City. |
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1985
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12.16.1985
Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.
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1987
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7.1.1987
The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
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1988
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8.7.1988
Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
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1989
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11.7.1989
David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City. |
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1990
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11.5.1990
Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
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1992
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3.22.1992
USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after liftoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
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1993
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2.26.1993
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
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1995
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8.1.1995
The first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
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1998
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2.18.1998
Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways. |
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1999
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2.4.1999
Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. |
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10.31.1999
EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board. |
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2001
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9.11.2001
The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
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2002
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5.30.2002
272 days following the September 11 attacks, closing ceremonies are held for the clean up and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The last remaining steel beam is removed and transported to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island. |
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2004
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7.4.2004
The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
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2006
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4.27.2006
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
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2007
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11.14.2007
The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
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2009
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1.15.2009
US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
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