Tucked away on the third floor of the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, above the National Museum of the American Indian, is an unassuming room filled with a few dozen computers, some printers, and a couple of staff members and volunteers. Give that this office is the National Archives at New York City, it...
The 16th annual River to River Festival — Lower Manhattan’s annual, free summer arts celebration — kicks off today (Wednesday, June 14) with an opening celebration at Pier A Harbor House (from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) and continues through Sunday, June 25. Between this evening and a week from Sunday, the festival will include more...
"A Body on Wall Street," a dramatic performance that took place on the steps of Federal Hall in the Financial District, during the 2016 River To River Festival. This year's events will include dozens of performances in venues that span Lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina. 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. 1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins...
The transit, or passage, of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004. The most recent transit of Venus before this was in 1882.
455 – King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome – Rome looted for 14 days 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1615 – First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. 1692 – Bridget Bishop is...
If you’re looking for locally-sourced vegetables, cheese, meat, baked goods, or even spirits, check out GrowNYC’s Water Street Greenmarket between Hanover and Broad Streets which will be opening today Thursday, June 1st. The Water Street Greenmarket began as a pop-up market through a partnership with the Downtown Alliance, but soon became a staple market place...
1334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus 760 – 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1570 – First atlas ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps 1803 – First free public...
On May 22, 1906, the Wright brothers were granted a patent for their flying machine, an aeroplane. Three years earlier, after extensive experimentation, they were successful in flying an aerplane they built. Their powered aircraft flew for 12 seconds above the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, making them the first men to pilot a heavier-than-air machine that took off on its own power, remained under control, and sustained flight.
