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July Historical Happenings in New York

July 1, 1863—Corporal Cyrus W. James of Company G 9th New York Volunteer Calvary is considered to be the first casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg.

July 1, 1898—Theodore Roosevelt leads Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill

July 2, 1947—Actor, writer, comedian, and television producer Larry David is born in Brooklyn, NY.

July 2, 1877 – Rhoda Fox Graves, the first female New York state senator (elected 1934), born in St. Lawrence County.

July 2, 1857—New York City’s first elevated railroad officially opened for business

July 2, 1979—The US Mint officially issued the Susan B. Anthony coin in Rochester, NY

July 3, 1782—Deborah Sampson, a woman who had disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution, is injured at the Battle of Tarrytown, NY.

July 3 + 4, 1924 – KKK held its convention (“Klorero”) in Binghamton, NY, with 2,500-4,000 attending.

July 4, 1609—Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the tone of French-Iroquois relations for the next 150 years

July 4, 1774—Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.

July 4, 1817—Governor Dwight Clinton breaks ground for the construction of the Erie Canal near Rome, NY

July 4, 1827 – Abolition of slavery in NYS.

July 4, 1839—The first meeting of tenant farmers who would later lead the Anti-Rent War, in Berne, NY.

July 4, 1855—Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass

July 4, 1857—The Dead Rabbit Riots in Five Points, Manhattan, NY begins between the Dead Rabbits gang and the Bowery Boys.

July 4, 1884—The Statue of Liberty was formally presented to US Minister to France Levi Parsons by Ferdinand Lesseps, representing the Franco-American Union.

July 4, 1940—FDR opens the country’s first presidential library

July 4, 1943—Journalist Geraldo Rivera is born in Brooklyn, NY

July 4, 1976—The New York State Museum opens at its current location at the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza

July 4, 2004—The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)

July 5, 1776-- New York's Fourth Provincial Congress meets in White Plains' Courthouse and endorses the Declaration of Independence. Four days later, on July 9th, New York declared independence from Britain.

July 5, 1813—War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.

July 5, 1852—Frederick Douglass delivers his “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” speech in Rochester

July 5, 1989—Premiere of Seinfeld

July 5, 2006—The Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.

July 6, 1777—British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolution

July 6, 1864—Elmira Prison opens to house Confederate prisoners

July 6, 1919—A British dirigible landed in New York at Roosevelt Field. It completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

July 6, 1928—“The Lights of New York" was previewed in New York's Strand Theatre. It was the first all-talking movie

July 6, 1988—Several popular beaches were closed in New York City due to medical waste and other debris began washing up on the seashores.

July 7, 1834—The Farren Riots, a series of anti-abolition riots in Five Points, Manhattan, NY, begins.

July 7, 1982 – Massive rally and strike by Chinatown local of the ILGWU in Columbus Park, NYC.

July 8, 1758—The Battle of Carillon (Ticonderoga)

July 8, 1839—John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, is born in Richford, NY

July 9, 1776 -- New York approved the Declaration of Independence and organized an independent government.

July 9, 1776—A group of Patriots pulled down a statue of King George III in what is today Bowling Green Park in NYC.

July 9, 1955—Actor Jimmy Smits, known for his roles in “NYPD Blue”, “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith”, and currently in the FX TV show “Sons of Anarchy” is born in Brooklyn.

July 9, 1966—The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) opens for the first time with a performance of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the New York City Ballet.

July 9, 1991—"Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 performances

July 10-15, 1834—The New York City Abolitionist Riot takes place when Arthur and Lewis Tappan intensified their campaign to end slavery in the state. Arthur Tappan invited Rev. Samuel Cornish, an African-American reverend, to sit in his pew. From there, controversy ensued and pro-slavery men rioted in the streets of the city, attacking African-Americans and abolitionists alike.

July 10, 1928—George Eastman demonstrates color motion pictures for the first time

July 5, 1989—Premiere of SeinfeldJuly 10, 1934—Second All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York

July 11, 1774—Sir William Johnson, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and the man who commanded forced during the Battle of Lake George, died at Johnson Hall in Johnstown, NY.

July 11, 1817—Samuel Stringer, Albany’s first professional physicians, died in Albany, NY

July 11, 1934—Seventh All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL manager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees.

July 11, 1946—Work begins on the New York State Thruway

July 11, 1936—Triborough Bridge opens (Robert Moses)

July 11, 1906 – Chester Gillette took his pregnant girlfriend Grace Brown out boating in the middle of Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks and clubbed her, leaving her to drown. The murder became the basis for Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel “An American Tragedy.”

July 12, 1984—Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman and the first Italian- American to run for Vice President of the US on a major party ticket

July 12, 1870 and 1871 – “Orange Riots” between Protestant and Catholic Irish in NYC.

July 13-16, 1863—The New York City Draft Riots; the riots were the largest American insurrection in history and the rioters were primarily working-class ethnic Irish who resented that wealthier men could afford to pay for a substitute to fight for them instead of being drafted into the Civil War.

July 13-16, 2002—Bethpage Black becomes the first publicly owned golf course to host the US Open (Tiger Woods won)

July 14, 1853—Dedication of NYC’s Chrystal Palace Exhibition

July 15, 1863—An anti-draft riot erupts in Troy, NY when 2,000 to 3,000 people described as “mechanics” destroyed the offices of the Troy Times, a pro-Lincoln newspaper.

July 15, 1903—Walter D. Edmond, author of Drums Along the Mohawk and The Matchlock Gun is born in Boonville, New York.

July 15, 1977 – I Love New York promotional campaign trademarked, including Milton Glaser’s I (heart) New York logo.

July 15, 1885—In New York, the Niagara Reservation State Park opened.

July 15, 1922—The duck-billed platypus arrived in America, direct from Australia. It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.

July 15, 1968—Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when the first plane, a Soviet Aeroflot jet, landed at Kennedy International Airport in New York.

July 16, 1779—American troops under General Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, NY.

July 16, 1845—The New York Yacht Club hosted the first American boating regatta.

July 16. 1893—John D. Alexander, Representative to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota, was born in Texas Valley, NY.

July 16, 1951—JD Salinger publishes The Catcher in the Rye

July 17, 1749—Peter Ganesvoort, a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger’s Seige of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby Dick author Herman Melville.

July 17, 1899—James Cagney is born in NYC

July 17, 1902 – The initial plans for what would become the first modern air conditioning system were submitted by Willis Haviland Carrier in Buffalo, NY.

July 17, 1967—John Coltrane dies at his Huntington, Long Island, home.

July 17, 1996—TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board

July 18, 1743—“The New York Weekly Journal" published the first half-page newspaper ad.

July 18, 1967—Actor Vin Diesel, known for his roles in the “Fast and the Furious” movie franchise, is born in New York City.

July 19, 1848 – First day of the women’s rights convention, Seneca Falls, NY.

July 19, 1726 – Deed in Trust from Three of the Five Nations to the King.

July 20, 1859—Brooklyn and New York played baseball at Fashion Park Race Course on Long Island, NY. The game marked the first time that admission had been charged for to see a ball game. It cost $0.50 to get in and the players on the field did not receive a salary (until 1863).

July 21, 1931—CBS aired the first regularly scheduled program to be simulcast on radio and television. The show featured singer Kate Smith, composer George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker.

July 21, 1998—Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, 17, was paralyzed after a fall while practicing for the women's vault competition at the Goodwill Games in New York. Spinal surgery 4 days later failed to restore sensation below her upper chest.

July 22, 1882—Artist Edward Hopper born in Nyack

July 22, 1686 – Albany chartered as a city by Royal Governor Thomas Dongan

July 22, 2010—Amy Whitbeck of Duanesburg, NY won a bronze medal for women’s wrestling at the Junior World Championships at Syma Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

July 23, 1759—The English capture Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY.

July 23, 1885—Ulysses S. Grant dies in Wilton, Saratoga County

July 24, 1899 – Newsboy strike, NYC.

July 24, 1920—Bella Abzug, a lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist, and a leader of the Women’s Movement was born in New York City.

July 24-27, 1964—Race riot in Rochester, New York, 4 killed

July 24, 1969—Singer Jennifer Lopez is born in New York City

July 24, 2011—New York State legalizes same sex marriage

July 25, 1686—The Dongan Charter is ratified, incorporating Albany, NY as a city.

July 25, 1759—British troops under Sir William Johnson and General John Prideaux capture Fort Niagara during the French & Indian War.

July 24, 1899 – Newsboy strike, NYC.July 25, 1939—W2XBS TV in New York City presented the first musical comedy seen on TV. The show was "Topsy and Eva."

July 26, 17788—New York ratifies the US Constitution, becomes a state.

Jul 27, 1777—The Massacre of Jane McCrea near Fort Edward, NY sparked an increase in Patriot military recruiting and outrage over the British’s inability to punish the killers.

July 27, 1958—William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961

July 27, 2011-- the United States Postal Service issued a Forever stamp honoring Owney (1887-1897), the Albany based “postal dog” and mascot of the Railway Post Office and the United States Postal Service.

July 28, 1917 – “Silent Parade” in NYC to protest lynching and the East St. Louis Riots.

July 28, 1927—Poet John Ashbery was born in Rochester, NY

July 28, 1929—Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born in Southampton, NY.

July 28, 1945 an Army Air Corps B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor level.

July 29, 1941 –S trike at the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

• July 29, 1953—Ken Burns, known for his documentaries about the Brooklyn Bridge, the Civil War, baseball, and jazz is born in Brooklyn, NY.

July 30, 1609—Samuel de Champlain, accompanied by Algonquin Indians, goes into battle against the Mohawks in what is now the Mohawk Valley in NY.

• July 30, 1777 - George Clinton was inaugurated as Governor at Kingston

July 31, 1918—The Onondagas, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, declare war on Germany

July 31, 1948—President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.

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