The EF2 tornado ripped through Brooklyn, New York, for 18 minutes, causing nine injuries and $20 million in damages.
A brand new design for Freedom Tower in Manhattan, New York, was publicly revealed.
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island is primarily located in the state of New Jersey and not New York like many think it does.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
The Hands Across America charity event was held.
The first edition of WrestleMania is held in New York.
A police detective offered to split a lottery ticket with his regular waitress at a pizzeria in Yonkers, NY. She ended up with a $3 million tip!
The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon in New York.
Etan Patz disappears.
Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens its doors to participants and spectators.
Beatlemania arrived in the United States when the Beatles landed in New York.
The comedy movie 'The Apartment' was released in New York, US.
The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.
The first-ever color 3D movie, 'House of Wax,' premiered in New York.
The 9th Street Art Exhibition opened.
Anti-Discrimination Bill was signed in New York, US.
Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.
New York became the first US court to allow blood test results to be used as evidence.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
The 'Armory Show' opens in New York.
The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
An Irish cook in New York, US, infected 53 people with typhoid.
Manhattan Bridge opens for traffic.
The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
The first historically Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, was founded.
Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York.
The famous elephant called Topsy was executed at Luna Park, Coney Island, in New York.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
Construction started on Chicago's first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
The musical 'Cordelia's Aspirations' was performed for the first time at Theatre Comique, New York, US.
President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland opened the Brooklyn Bridge.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
A 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk called 'Cleopatra's Needle' was erected in Central Park, New York, US.
The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested in New York State for illegally voting in the presidential race.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
