1607 – An estimated 200 square miles along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths. 1649 – King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than...
MS Hans Hedtoft was a Danish liner that struck an iceberg and sank on January 30, 1959 on her maiden voyage off the coast of Western Greenland. The only piece of wreckage ever found was a lifebelt.
At the January 23 monthly meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in the United States House of Representatives, briefed local residents on national issues, including immigration reform, budget priorities, and the recent federal government shutdown. “Hopefully, we can do something about DACA now, without paying a price for DACA,”...
Nadler: "The big issue in this confrontation now is they want a major increase in defense spending, but don't want the increase in discretionary, non-defense spending. They want to break that parity principle, which will enable them, in the future, to keep increasing defense and reduce all other expenditures. That, plus DACA, is what's at stake now."
757 – An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu. 1790 – The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. 1834 – President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute....
A sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children, William Claude Dukenfield was born January 29. 1880. Better known as W. C. Fields
The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has approved a plan to demolish five structures in the Tribeca East Historic District that date from the early 1800s and allow construction of large apartment tower in their place. The LPC, which often ignores or contradicts the advisory opinions of local community boards, appeared to agree with Community...
The site of the five row houses (in recent years converted into market stalls) at 312-322 Canal Street, in the midst of the Tribeca East Historic District.
1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. 1531 – The Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. 1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1700 – The Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced...
The clink of wine glasses grows faint and the party scene seems to fade. We step to a marble countertop and adjust our aprons. We are at the Pizza Academy on Fulton Street. “Massage the dough,” encourages Giorgia Caporuscio, pressing our hands into floury rounds. “Don’t be scared to touch. Push the air bubbles to...
Giorgia Caporuscio, one of only two women ever to win first place in the "Classic Pizza" category of Naples' prestigious pizza competition of more than 500 competitors.
