1639: First English Settlement in New York
1650: Peter Stuyvesant Negotiates the Treaty of Hartford
1665: Richard Nicolls Enacts “Duke’s Laws”
1784: New York State Charters Its First Private School
1873: Long Island Duck Introduced
1897: Bicycle Mania Sweeps Long Island
1898: Long Island’s Oldest Synagogue Dedicated
1904: Ice Floes Destroy Northville Iron Pier
1909: Long Island’s First Airport Opens
1919: Sir Barton Becomes First Triple Crown Winner
1924: Roslyn Millionaire Throws $1.5 Million Party for the Prince of Wales
1926: Louise Eldridge of Saddle Rock Becomes New York’s First Woman Mayor
1953: Sagamore Hill Opens To The Public
1957: Seven-Year-Old Boy Rescued from Manorville Well
1958: Garden City Man Walks from Long Island to Florida
1958: Lou Reed Cuts First Record
1959: Long Island Ducks Hit the Ice
1960: Hurricane Donna’s Fury Hits Long Island
1960: LIRR Launches Bar Car
1960: Madeline Kahn Graduates from Hofstra University
1960: Suffolk County Community College Opens
1960: Three Weeping Icons Discovered on Long Island
1964: Nixon’s Dog, Checkers, Buried in Wantagh
1966: Neil Diamond Writes “Solitary Man” at his Massapequa Home
1966: Suffolk County Bans Pesticide DDT Voluntarily
1972: "Sopranos" Star Graduates from Hicksville High School
1972: Jerry Seinfeld Graduates from Massapequa High School
1975: Vendor Handcuffed for Bad Coffee
1976: Eddie Murphy Hosts Roosevelt Talent Show
1977: “The Amityville Horror” Is Published
1977: First “Around Long Island Regatta” Held
1978: The Barefoot Contessa Opens in Westhampton Beach
1978: Tollbooths Close on the Southern State
1981: Suffolk County Passes New York’s First “Bottle Bill”
1983: “Zelig” Filmed in Long Beach
1987: $20,000 Pony Stolen from Oleg Cassini’s Oyster Bay Estate
1995: Fires Rage Through the Pine Barrens
1997: Paleontologist Confirms Discovery of LI’s First Dinosaur Fossil
2001: Long Island Lizards Form
Mid-1630s: Wampum Serves as Legal Tender on Long Island
Long Island It Happened
1650: Peter Stuyvesant Negotiates the Treaty of Hartford
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