1 results, Show all
1945 - Ticker Tape Parade for Dwight Eisenhower - Celebration
New York, New York
Celebration
1 results, Show all
1865 - Abraham Lincoln Lying in State in City Hall's Rotunda - Honored
New York City, New York
Governance
1 results, Show all
1733 - Leased for 1 pepper corn a year - Documented
New York, New York
Infrastructure
2 results, Show all
1783 - Washington's farewell dinner at Fraunces Tavern - Celebration
President: George Washington
New York, New York
Celebration
1783 - Evacuation Day - Abandoned
New York, New York
Civil Rights
James Kaplan Historian
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13 results, Show all
2003 - Eloise at the Plaza
Eloise
New York, New York
Publication
1979 - America's Most Powerful Lunch
Esquire
New York City, New York
Publication
1957 - Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
New York, New York
Publication
1896 - The Cook Book by 'Oscar of the Waldorf'
Oscar Tschirky
New York, New York
Publication
1882 - New York Journal founded and burned
New York City, New York
Publication
1868 - The Revolution started
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New York City, New York
Publication
1867 - Harpers Bazaar founded
New York City, New York
Publication
1850 - Harpers New Monthly Magazine founded
New York City, New York
Publication
1845 - Scientific American started
Scientific American
New York City, New York
Publication
1834 - New Yorker Staats-Zeitung founded
New York City, New York
Publication
1833 - NY Sun started
New York World-Telegram and The Sun
New York City, New York
Publication
1734 - The New York Weekly Journal founded
John Peter Zenger
New York, New York
Publication
1725 - New York Gazette founded
William Bradford
New York, New York
Publication
26 results, Show all
2015 - July 4th Celebration in New York City
Lower Manhattan Historical Association
New York, New York
Culture
1989 - The fourth Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony at the Waldorf
Mick Jagger, Tina Turner
New York, New York
Culture
1988 - Frank Sinatra moves into the Waldorf Astoria
Frank Sinatra
New York, New York
Culture
1972 - Oscar's coffee shop at the Waldorf
Oscar Tschirky
New York, New York
Culture
1965 - Andy Warhol with Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi attending an exhibit of his work in the secret train tracks under the building 1965
Andy Warhol, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi
New York, New York
Culture
1964 - The Beatles arrive in America
The Beatles, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
New York, New York
Culture
1953 - Frank Lloyd Wright moves into the plaza to start work on the Guggenheim
Solomon R. Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright
New York, New York
Culture
1934 - Cole Porter moves into the Waldorf Astoria
Cole Porter
New York, New York
Culture
1934 - Famous performers at the Perisan Room
New York, New York
Culture
1931 - 1st hotel to offer 24 hour room service
Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel
New York, New York
Culture
1931 - "Fête Moderne - a Fantasie in Flame and Silver" Beaux Arts Ball
New York, New York
Culture
1924 - WNYC
New York City, New York
Culture
1923 - The Museum of the City of New York originally housed in Gracie Mansion
Archibald Gracie
Multiple Locations
Culture
1907 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell lights a cigarette and brings her dog
Mrs Patrick Campbell
New York, New York
Culture
1902 - Prince Henry of Prussia visits the Waldorf Astoria
Prince Henry of Prussia
New York, New York
Culture
1897 - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
New York City, New York
Culture
1883 - The 'New Colossus' fundraising
New York City, New York
Culture
1868 - Barnum's American Museum
P. T. Barnum
Multiple Locations
Culture
24 results, Show all
2002 - Canyon of Heroes
Downtown Alliance
New York City, New York
Celebration
Elizabeth H. Berger President
- Show Less
1991 - Ticker Tape Parade for Gulf War, Desert Storm
New York, New York
Celebration
1979 - Ticker Tape Parade for Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
New York, New York
Celebration
1969 - Ticker Tape Parade for the Mets' World Series Championship Win
New York, New York
Celebration
1969 - Ticker Tape Parade for Apollo 11
New York, New York
Celebration
1968 - First Daughter-elect Julie Nixon’s wedding to David Dwight Eisenhower II
Julie Nixon, David Dwight Eisenhower II
New York, New York
Celebration
1966 - Black and White Ball
Truman Capote
New York, New York
Celebration
1960 - Ticker Tape Parade for Frederick IX and Ingrid, King and Queen of Denmark
New York, New York
Celebration
1960 - Ticker Tape Parade for John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
New York, New York
Celebration
1957 - Queen Elizabeth II speaking at the Waldorf Astoria
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh
New York, New York
Celebration
1955 - 'April in Paris' Ball at the Waldorf Astoria
Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller
New York, New York
Celebration
1945 - Ticker Tape Parade for Dwight Eisenhower
New York, New York
Celebration
1931 - Herbert Hoover announces the opening of the Waldorf Astoria
Herbert Hoover
New York, New York
Celebration
1927 - Ticker Tape Parade for Charles Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight
New York, New York
Celebration
1919 - Ticker Tape Parade for John J. Pershing
New York, New York
Celebration
1919 - Ticker Tape Parade for King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
King Albert of Belgium
New York, New York
Celebration
1919 - Parade for Returning Home from WW1
New York, New York
Celebration
1905 - Mark Twain's 70th Birthday Dinner
Mark Twain
New York City, New York
Celebration
72 results, Show all
Jenny Lind
Musician
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
Everardus Bogardus
Reverend
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Inventor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Journalist
Susan B. Anthony
Journalist
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Entrepreneur
William J. Sharkey
Criminal
General William Howe
General
Samuel Fraunces
Restauranteur
James Kaplan
James Kaplan
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Abraham De Peyster
Governor
Jonathan Kuhn
Jonathan Kuhn
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William Bradford
Journalist
John Peter Zenger
Journalist
Peter Minuit
Governor
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Explorer
Jonathan Kuhn
- Show Less
Eloise
Heroine
Macaulay Culkin
Actor
David Dwight Eisenhower II
Writer
1 results, Show all
Drexel Burnham Lambert
Investment Bank
1 results, Show all
2013 - Cronut
New York City, New York
Invention
1 results, Show all
2002 - Canyon of Heroes
New York City, New York
Elizabeth H. Berger President
- Show Less
1 results, Show all
1953 - Frank Lloyd Wright moves into the plaza to start work on the Guggenheim
New York, New York
5 results, Show all
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Kuhn
Frank/ Kim Residence
Scott Uriu, B+U
Canyon of Heroes - History on Display in Lower Manhattan
Elizabeth H. Berger
Evacuation Day
James Kaplan
Battle of Long Island
James Kaplan
39 results, Show all
2011 - Occupy Wall Street
Vanity Fair
New York City, New York
2002 - Gangs of New York Movie
Miramax
New York City, New York
1990 - Drexel Burnham Lambert declares bankruptcy
Bloomberg
New York, New York
1988 - Trump is forced to resell the Plaza Hotel
Bloomberg
New York, New York
1979 - America's Most Powerful Lunch
Esquire
New York City, New York
1975 - Bombing at Fraunces Tavern
New York Daily News
New York, New York
1965 - Blackout of November 1965
New York Daily News
1964 - 1964 New York World's Fair
ArchDaily
Queens, New York
1957 - Atlas Shrugged
Associated Press
New York, New York
1946 - Plane crashes into 40 Wall Street
New York Times
New York City, New York
1929 - Stock Market Crash of 1929
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
East New York, New York
1925 - Houdini's Performance at Shubert Theatre
New York Public Library
New York, New York
1918 - Liberty Bonds
New York Times
Multiple Locations
1914 - 1st transcontinental telephone call
Public Domain
New York, New York
1912 - Harry Houdini’s underwater box escape in the East River
Library of Congress
Multiple Locations
1911 - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Cornell University
New York, New York
1907 - Houdini upside down hanging trick
Library of Congress
New York, New York
1905 - Mark Twain's 70th Birthday Dinner
New York Public Library
New York City, New York
