1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. 1865 – President...
1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples. 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James. 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through...
A Lower Manhattan community leader was one of a select group honored Monday evening at the annual “50 Over 50” reception, which recognizes the contributions of made by two score and ten public servants who have reached the half-century mark. Ninfa Segarra, who stepped down last autumn as the chair of Community Board 1’s Battery...
A new report from a team of researchers in the School of Urban Planning at Canada’s McGill University finds that short-term apartment rentals, such as those brokered by Airbnb, are playing havoc with New York City housing, by increasing rents and decreasing the available supply of apartments. More specifically, the report (which was commissioned by...
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...
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,”...