Month: January 2017

January 23

393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming...

No News Is Good News

Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to reject an application by a Tribeca newsstand operator to open a second kiosk one block away from his current location. The applicant, Abdur Patwary, first came before CB1 in 2010, with a request to open a newsstand at the northwest corner...
The location of Abdur Patwary's current newsstand, at the northwest corner of Murray and Greenwich Streets.

January 20

250 – Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the “Houses of Parliament”. 1356 – Edward Balliol...

Trump Protests outside of Goldman Sachs

Dear editor: Your story about occupying Goldman Sachs in Tribeca motivated me to share my brief, previous observation about the future. Recitative: Trump’s appointments of partisan,corrupt billionaires as heads of key government agencies, together with GOP total control of the divisions of government, is a deadly, dramatic omen that does not require a Nostradamus to...

Student Struck by Taxi in FiDi

A female student whose name has not been released was injured in a hit-and-run accident outside of Millennium High School, in the Financial District, on Tuesday morning. The student was on South William Street when a taxi struck her, throwing her to the ground, inflicting severe bruising, and causing multiple injuries to her mouth. Sources...
Fears about traffic safety in Lower Manhattan have heightened in recent years, as pedestrians have been seriously injured (as shown here, from a 2011 incident) or killed in a series of vehicular accidents. These concerns were once again underscored on Tuesday morning, when a Millennium High School student (whose name has not been released) was struck by a taxi.

January 19

January 19 1419 – Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession...
Howard Hughes flying over New York City