10 Apr 1875
United States
United States
- Frederic Harris was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Frederic Harris | New York | CPC]
11 Oct 1884
United States
United States
- Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
15 Nov 1891
United States
United States
- W. Averell Harriman was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Averell Harriman | New York | CPC]
17 Nov 1902
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt attended the Madison Square Garden Horse Show together in New York, New York, United States; later that night, Eleanor Roosevelt appeared for the first time in Franklin Roosevelt's diary. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
22 Apr 1904
United States
United States
- Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Robert Oppenheimer | New York | CPC]
17 Sep 1904
United States
United States
- Gaetano Faillace was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Gaetano Faillace | New York | CPC]
17 Mar 1905
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
24 Apr 1906
United States
United States
- William Joyce was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [William Joyce | New York | CPC]
9 Dec 1906
United States
United States
- Grace Murray was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Grace Hopper | New York | CPC]
22 Mar 1907
United States
United States
- James Gavin was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [James Gavin | New York | CPC]
23 Dec 1907
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt's son James was born in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
11 Sep 1911
United States
United States
5 Feb 1917
United States
United States
- Henry Arnold assumed command of 7th Aero Squadron in New York, New York, United States; the squadron was destined for the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | New York | CPC]
7 Jan 1918
United States
United States
- Joseph Stilwell boarded USMS New York at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | New York | CPC]
8 Sep 1918
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt arrived in New York, New York, United States via passenger ship Leviathan. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
1 Dec 1918
United States
United States
- Joseph Rochefort reported to the headquarters of the United States Naval Auxiliary Reserve at the ferry terminal in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | New York | CPC]
25 Dec 1918
United States
United States
26 Dec 1918
United States
United States
- USS Arizona participated in a fleet review in New York Harbor, New York, United States for US Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. ww2dbase [Arizona | New York | CPC]
- USS New Mexico participated in the naval review in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New Mexico | New York | CPC]
22 Jan 1919
United States
United States
27 Feb 1919
United States
United States
- USS New Mexico arrived at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New Mexico | New York | CPC]
5 Apr 1919
United States
United States
- Harold George married Vera McKenna in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Harold George | New York | CPC]
25 Apr 1919
United States
United States
- Douglas MacArthur arrived in New York, New York, United States via ocean liner Leviathan. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | New York | CPC]
30 Jun 1919
United States
United States
6 Jan 1920
United States
United States
- USS Arizona departed New York Navy Yard, New York, United States for Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Arizona | New York | CPC]
1 May 1920
United States
United States
17 May 1920
United States
United States
25 Jun 1920
United States
United States
4 Jan 1921
United States
United States
29 Apr 1921
United States
United States
15 Jun 1921
United States
United States
9 Jul 1921
United States
United States
28 Jul 1921
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt set sail aboard a yacht from New York, New York, United States for a Boy Scouts event further north up the Hudson River. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
28 Dec 1923
United States
United States
26 Jun 1924
United States
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech in support of Governor Alfred E. Smith during the Democratic Party National Convention in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
13 Jun 1927
United States
United States
- Aviator Charles Lindbergh received a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
31 May 1929
United States
United States
- Joseph Stilwell arrived at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | New York | CPC]
28 Oct 1929
United States
United States
29 Oct 1929
United States
United States
- Black Tuesday: In the United States, Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 12% on the stock market. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
13 Dec 1931
United States
United States
- While visiting New York City in the United States, Winston Churchill was struck by a car as he crossed the street, having looked the wrong way as he crossed. He suffered injuries to the head but would recover fully. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | New York | CPC]
27 Mar 1933
United States
United States
- 55,000 civilians staged a protest against Adolf Hitler in New York City, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
26 Jul 1935
United States
United States
- A group of anti-Nazi demonstrators boarded the German ship Bremen in New York harbour in eastern United States, tore down the Nazi flag and threw it in the Hudson river. A protest by the German consul was met by US officials declaring that the swastika flag was not the recognised national flag of Germany. ww2dbase [New York | AC]
24 Aug 1936
United States
United States
- The Cunard White Star liner RMS Queen Mary, arrived in New York, United States having made the Atlantic crossing in 4 days 27 minutes and taking the Blue Riband from the French liner Normandie. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | New York | AC]
14 Dec 1936
United States
United States
12 May 1938
United States
United States
- 12,000 Chinese-Americans held a parade in New York, New York, United States, raising money for the Chinese war effort. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
25 Jan 1939
United States
United States
- Uranium atom was split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | New York | CPC]
29 Apr 1939
United States
United States
7 Mar 1940
United States
United States
- RMS Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Queen Elizabeth | New York | CPC]
20 Mar 1940
United States
United States
- RMS Queen Mary departed New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | New York | CPC]
20 Jun 1940
United States
United States
30 Apr 1941
United States
United States
- Four old US Coast Guard Cutters were commissioned into British Royal Navy service at New York, New York, United States; they were christened HMS Banff, HMS Culver, HMS Fishguard, and HMS Hartland and were manned by crew members of battleship HMS Malaya, which was currently under repair. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
2 May 1941
United States
United States
- The British Royal Navy commissioned convoy escort ship HMS Lulworth, a former US Coast Guard Cutter, into service at New York, United States. She was manned by former crew members of battleship HMS Resolution, which was under repair in the US at the time. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
12 May 1941
United States
United States
- Three former US Coast Guard Cutters were commissioned into Royal Navy at New York, United States as HMS Sennen, HMS Walney, and HMS Totland. Like cutters commissioned shortly before them, they were manned by the crew of battleship HMS Malaya, which was currently under repair in the United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
13 Jul 1941
United States
United States
- The newspaper The New York Times reported that the famed Polish Jewish violinist Henri Czaplinski (aka. Genrikh Maksimovich Chaplinsky in Soviet documents) had escaped an NKVD prison in Lvov, Ukraine during a German bombing. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
1 Dec 1941
United States
United States
- Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signed Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
27 Mar 1942
United States
United States
21 Apr 1942
United States
United States
- The 7,417-ton neutral Argentinian motor tanker Victoria, hit by two torpedoes from German submarine U-201 200 kilometers east of Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States three days prior, arrived at New York, New York, United States after emergency repairs performed at sea. Although the German government would admit responsibility in Jun 1942, the matter of cost was difficult to determine as witnesses were scattered all over the world. In the meantime, Victoria was repaired at New York without a clear sense of who was going to pay for the repairs. ww2dbase [New York | HM]
18 May 1942
United States
United States
- The newspaper New York Times published an article in an inside page that Germans had killed 100,000 Jews in the Baltic states, 100,000 in Poland, and 200,000 in Russia. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
22 May 1942
United States
United States
20 Jun 1942
United States
United States
- Acting on information given by defected saboteur George Dasch, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents captured three German saboteurs in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
23 Jun 1942
United States
United States
- Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting on information provided by defected saboteur George Dasch, located and arrested two German saboeurs in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
2 Jul 1942
United States
United States
- The New York Times reported via the London Daily Telegraph that over 1,000,000 Jews had already been killed by Nazis. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
24 Jul 1942
United States
United States
7 Aug 1942
United States
United States
- British merchant ship Winchester Castle delivered the rescued survivors of civilian ship Honolulan, which was sunk by German submarine on 22 Jul 1942, to New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
25 Aug 1942
United States
United States
- 377 American civilians who had previously been held at Stanley Interment Camp in Hong Kong arrived in New York, New York, United States. They were released as a part of an internee exchange agreement with Japan and Thailand. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
25 Nov 1942
United States
United States
- The American newspaper New York Times published an announcement on page ten by Rabbi Wise about the slaughter of two million Jews. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
18 Dec 1942
United States
United States
- The American newspaper New York Times published a front page story on the Nazi extermination of European Jews. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
6 Jan 1943
United States
United States
- Robert Johnson departed New York, New York, United States for Britain aboard the Queen Elizabeth. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | New York | CPC]
13 Feb 1943
United States
United States
1 Mar 1943
United States
United States
- The American Jewish Congress sponsored an event at the Madison Square Garden in New York City where 20,000 people gathered and called for Allied and neutral nations to provide sanctuaries for refugees and called for the United States and United Kingdom (ie. the British mandate of Palestine) to relax immigration restrictions. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
9 Mar 1943
United States
United States
- 40,000 people attended an event at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States organized by Peter Bergson to raise awareness of the Nazi extermination of European Jews. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
13 Mar 1943
United States
United States
5 Sep 1943
United States
United States
8 Oct 1943
United States
United States
25 Nov 1943
United States
United States
- Russian Jew Jacob Golos died of a heart attack in his apartment in New York, New York, United States. Despite being under constant FBI surveillance, Golos and his long-time lover, Elizabeth Bentley, had built up the largest Soviet spy network in North America whose contacts and informers were able to furnish Moscow with large amounts of classified American material. After Golos' death Bentley was handled by NKVD agent Itzhak Akhmerov but after a while her increased alcohol consumption and signs of stress limited her further usefulness to the Communists. ww2dbase [New York | AC]
31 Dec 1943
United States
United States
- The Statue of Liberty in New York, New York, United States was lit briefly at night in celebration of the coming new year. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
20 Feb 1944
United States
United States
- USS Marblehead arrived in New York, United States. ww2dbase [Marblehead | New York | CPC]
20 Apr 1944
United States
United States
- USS Ranger arrived at the Army Base, Staten Island, New York and began loading P-38 Lighting aircraft for further transportation to Casablanca. ww2dbase [P-38 Lightning | Ranger | New York | DS]
22 Apr 1944
United States
United States
16 May 1944
United States
United States
18 May 1944
United States
United States
6 Jun 1944
United States
United States
- The Statue of Liberty in New York, New York, United States, usually blacked out due to war, flashed dot-dot-dot-dash, Morse code for "V", in celebration of the successful landings in Normandie, France. ww2dbase [New York | CPC]
5 Feb 1945
United States
United States
11 Feb 1945
United States
United States
- Loaded with 47 US Army P-47 Thunderbolts and 175 US Army and Navy personnel as passengers, escort carrier USS Card and the similarly loaded USS Bogue departed New York as part of Convoy CU-58 bound for Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [P-47 Thunderbolt | Card | Bogue | New York | DS]
28 Feb 1945
United States
United States
26 Apr 1945
United States
United States
19 Jun 1945
United States
United States
- General Dwight Eisenhower received a ticker tape parade at New York City, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Dwight Eisenhower | New York | CPC]
28 Jul 1945
United States
United States
- A B-25D bomber crashed into the 79th and 80th floor on the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, United States at 0940 hours in a weather related accident. The air crew of 3, along with 11 people in the building, were killed; the damage was estimated to be about US$1,000,000. ww2dbase [B-25 Mitchell | New York | CPC]
29 Sep 1945
United States
United States
17 Oct 1945
United States
United States
- USS Enterprise entered the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States in preparation of the Navy Day holiday celebrations. ww2dbase [Enterprise | New York | CPC]
23 Oct 1945
United States
United States
27 Oct 1945
United States
United States
- USS Missouri hosted US President Harry Truman for the annual Navy Day ceremonies at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Missouri | New York | CPC]
- On this Navy Day holiday in the United States, Harry Truman reviewed the fleet aboard USS Missouri on the Hudson River and then gave a speech in Central Park, New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Harry Truman | New York | CPC]
29 Nov 1945
United States
United States
14 Dec 1945
United States
United States
- William Halsey was honored with a ticker tape parade in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [William Halsey | New York | CPC]
23 Jan 1946
United States
United States
- USS Ancon arrived at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States for deactivation work. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Ancon | New York | CPC]
29 Jan 1946
United States
United States
- Harry Hopkins, one of Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisers and a key policy maker in creating the Lend-Lease Act, died of stomach cancer in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Harry Hopkins | New York | AC]
20 Jul 1949
United States
United States
- Frederic R. Harris died in New York City, New York, United States. He is buried alongside his first wife, Dena (Sperry) Harris, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. ww2dbase [Frederic Harris | New York | CPC]
22 Apr 1951
United States
United States
- Douglas MacArthur received a ticker-tape parade in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | New York | CPC]
17 Sep 1951
United States
United States
- Walter Schreiber arrived in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Walter Schreiber | New York | CPC]
3 Oct 1955
United States
United States
- Julius Adler passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Julius Adler | New York | CPC]
27 Jan 1960
United States
United States
- Douglas MacArthur collapsed as he suffered a severely swollen prostate; he was rushed into surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | New York | CPC]
7 Nov 1962
United States
United States
- Eleanor Roosevelt passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
7 Apr 1964
United States
United States
- Douglas MacArthur's body was moved to the 7th Regiment Armory in New York, New York, United States at 0400 hours where he laid in the Clark Room throughout the day. At 0915 hours, his family arrived for a private memorial service; during the service, dignitaries including Mayor of New York City Robert Wagner, Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller, and former Governor of New York Thomas Dewey waited to see the MacArthur family. Between 1000 and 2315 hours, the armory was opened to the public, and 35,000 people passed by the bier. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | New York | CPC]
29 Nov 1967
United States
United States
- Cheng Tianfang passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Cheng Tianfang | New York | CPC]
31 Jan 1978
United States
United States
- Harrison forman passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Harrison Forman | New York | CPC]
8 Apr 1981
United States
United States
- Omar Bradley passed away in New York, New York, United States from cardiac arrhythmia. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | New York | CPC]
14 Nov 1985
United States
United States
- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | New York | CPC]
4 Jul 1986
United States
United States
16 Feb 1997
United States
United States
- Wu Chien-Shiung suffered a stroke and passed away at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Wu Chien-Shiung | New York | CPC]
23 Oct 2003
United States
United States
- Song Meiling passed away in her sleep in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Song Meiling | New York | CPC]
16 Sep 2006
United States
United States
- Hélène Adams passed away in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Hélène Deschamps | New York | CPC]
30 Dec 2012
United States
United States
- Beate Sirota Gordon passed away from pancreatic cancer in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Beate Sirota | New York | CPC]
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