Newsday

	1614: Adrian Block Explores Long Island Sound
	1665: Nation's First Racecourse Built in Garden City
	1683: Suffolk County Formed
	1700: William "Tangier" Smith Creates Poospatuck
	1750: Jeremiah Culver Builds the Canoe Place Inn
	1750: Noted Silversmith Elias Pelletreau Opens Shop in Southampton
	1775: Revolutionary War's First Amphibious Skirmish Takes Place on Plum
	1783: America’s First Purple Heart Awarded
	1790: George Washington Contributes to Cold Spring Harbor's First Schoolhouse
	1790: Long Island Measures Up in First U.S. Census
	1791: Long Island’s First Newspaper Published
	1791: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Visit the Ketcham Inn
	1794: Long Island’s First Post Offices Open
	1824: Marquis de Lafayette Visits La Grange Inn
	1827: Long Island's First Milk Delivery Service Begins
	1837: “Mexico” Wrecks Near Long Beach
	1838: Lady Suffolk Becomes America’s Most Famous Horse
	1838:Poet Walt Whitman Founds “The Long Islander”
	1842: Hildreth’s Department Store Opens
	1849: First Life-Saving Station Opens on Eaton’s Neck
	1851: Anarchists Found Utopian Community
	1853: Quaker Preacher Founds Hicks Nurseries
	1858: Current Fire Island Lighthouse Begins Operation
	1858: Surf Hotel Opens on Fire Island
	1863: Long Island Banks Issue Their Own Money
	1866: Bellport Carpenter Invents Ball Bearings
	1872: America’s First Amateur Regatta
	1874: Bellport Resident Invents the "Scooter" Iceboat
	1878: Tile Club Artists Popularize Long Island's East End
	1879: Oak Beach Cattle Displaced by Vacationers
	1883: Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery Opens
	1885: Nation’s First Black Professional Baseball Team Forms
	1885:Stony Brook Gristmill Serves as Winery
	1886: Long Island's First Fund-Raising Cookbook is Published
	1888: First Catholic Summer Camp Opens
	1895: Victorious America's Cup Captain Trains in Islip Bay
	1896: Long Island's First Not-for-Profit Hospital
	1897: U.S. Government Buys 150 Acres on Plum Island for Defense
	1898: Parrish Art Museum Opens in Southampton
	1899: Bicyclist Rides a Mile in One Minute
	1900: First American Submarine Base Opens in New Suffolk
	1900s: Entenmann's Opens Bakery in Bay Shore
	1902: Reckless Driver Clocked at 8 MPH
	1903: Maidstone Club Fundraiser Features Geese, Eggs and Mannequins
	1903: Mother Jones Leads Labor Crusade to Sagamore Hill
	1903: Theodore Roosevelt Gives July 4th Speech
	1904: First Vanderbilt Cup Race Held
	1906: “Typhoid Mary” Works as a Cook in Oyster Bay
	1906: Chteau and Casino des Beaux Arts Open in Huntington Bay
	1907: Elephants “Build” Long Beach Boardwalk
	1907: Whaling Ends on Long Island
	1908: Robert E. Peary Visits Sagamore Hill En Route to North Pole
	1909: World's Fastest Auto Race Runs from Riverhead to Mattituck
	1911: America’s First Airmail Delivery Made
	1911: America’s First Licensed Woman Pilot
	1911: Booker T. Washington Buys Summer House in Fort Salonga
	1911: Huntington Holds First Annual Bobsled Race
	1915: America’s First Station Wagon
	1918: First Guided Missiles Tested
	1919: Financier Otto Kahn Hides $1000 Bills in Easter Eggs
	1919: Glenn Curtiss Develops the Flying Boat in Garden City
	1923: "Yes, We Have No Bananas" Written in Lynbrook
	1923: Air Carnival Held at Mitchel Field
	1923: Patchogue Theatre Opens
	1923: Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audobon Center Established
	1925: Water Skis Invented in Huntington
	1927:Nassau County’s First Community Pool Opens
	1929: Fireworks by Grucci Moves to Bellport
	1929: Jackie O’s East End Childhood
	1930: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth Play Ball in Lindenhurst
	1932: Westbury Kennel Club Introduces Children’s Handling Class
	1933: Women's Swimming Championships Held at Jones Beach
	1935: Hofstra University Founded
	1936:Famous Race Car Driver Tazio Nuvolari Wins the Vanderbilt Cup
	1937: Boys & Harbor Founded on LI
	1937: Cole Porter Suffers Horseback Riding Accident on LI
	1939: Einstein Encourages Atomic Research
	1939: Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages Is Incorporated
	1940: Earthquakes Jar Long Island
	1940:Charles Lindbergh Resides at the Joseph Lloyd Manor House
	1941: Green Lantern Creator Moves to Huntington
	1941: Richard "Bull" Smith Monument Unveiled in Smithtown
	1941: Whirlaway Becomes the 5th Triple Crown Winner
	1942: Four Nassau County Women Join the WAVES
	1942: Rockville Centre Hosts War Bond Party
	1942: Tanker Torpedoed by WWII Enemy
	1943:Belmont Park Hosts “Back the Attack Day”
	1944: Hula Dancer Banished from Prom
	1944: Marlon Brando Plays Summer Stock in Sayville
	1945: German POWs Harvest Nassau County Potatoes
	1946: Long Island's First Parking Meters
	1946: Photographer Horst P. Horst Builds Oyster Bay Home
	1946: Top Newsday Carriers Attend Camp Newsday on Shelter Island
	1947: World War II Vets Move Into First Levitt Homes
	1948: Duke & Duchess of Windsor Vacation in Lattingtown
	1948: U.S. Government Cuts Potato Aid
	1949: First Artists & Writers Softball Game Played in Springs
	1950: Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Opens
	1950: UN Votes to Support South Korea
	1950s: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Visit Mount Sinai Estate
	1950s: Marvin Middlemark Invents TV Rabbit Ears
	1951: Gateway Playhouse Proclaimed Official International Theater of the United Nations
	1953: Cartoonist Rube Goldberg Designs Cover for Asharoken Village History
	1953: L.I. Firm Builds Classic Corvette
	1954: Guy Lombardo Begins Running Jones Beach Marine Theater
	1955: Molloy College Opens
	1955: State Department Declares Long Island Off-Limits to Soviets
	1956: Westbury Music Fair Opens
	1957: Adelphi Hosts First National Wheelchair Games
	1957: James Caan Attends Hofstra University
	1958: The World’s First Video Game Invented
	1959: Director Jonathan Demme Graduates from Baldwin Junior High School
	1959: Herricks District Parents File School Prayer Lawsuit
	1959: Long Islanders Report UFO Sightings
	1959: Nation's First Atomic Reactor for Medical Research Used at Brookhaven Lab
	1960: John F. Kennedy Campaigns on Long Island
	1960: Michael Crichton Graduates from Roslyn High School
	1960: Suffolk County Police Department Founded
	1962: Nor’easter Devastates Long Island
	1962: Willem de Kooning Breaks Ground on Springs Studio
	1963: New York Institute of Technology Opens at Vanderbilt Whitney Estate
	1963: Southampton College Founded
	1964: Lyndon Johnson Dedicates Proposed Cultural Center at Mitchel Field
	1966: Jack Benny is Opening Act at Westbury Music Fair's Indoor Theater
	1966: Long Island's First Puerto Rican Day Parade
	1967: Bill O’Reilly Is Chaminade Grad
	1967: Eddie Money is Island Trees High School Grad
	1967: Edward F. Albee Foundation Establishes Artists' Colony in Montauk
	1967: Martin Luther King, Jr. Tours Fire Island
	1968: Dowling College Established
	1968: Martin Luther King Speaks to Rockville Centre Crowd
	1968: Tony Danza Is Malverne High Grad
	1970: Bob Costas Graduates from Commack South H.S.
	1970: John Tesh is Garden City High Grad
	1972: Andy Kaufman Is “Discovered” In Roslyn
	1972: Andy Warhol Retreats to Montauk
	1972: Nassau Coliseum Hosts Its First Hockey Game
	1972: Oak Beach Inn Bartender Invents Long Island Iced Tea
	1973: Storm Devours 70% of Gilgo Beach
	1974: 55 MPH Speed Limit Set on LI Highways
	1974: Cyndi Lauper Joins Long Island Cover Band
	1974: Famed Racehorse Makes Her First Start at Belmont
	1974: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Belle Terre "Anti-Grouper" Ordinance
	1974: Woodbury Common Opens
	1975: Peter Frampton Records Songs for Hit Album at Commack Arena
	1976: Dee Snider Joins Twisted Sister
	1977: Billy Joel Immortalizes Syosset Restaurant in Song
	1977: Long Island Pine Barrens Society Founded
	1977: Right Turns on Red Lights Legalized
	1977: Seattle Slew Wins the Triple Crown
	1979: Female Conducting Crew Mans the LIRR
	1979: Harry Chapin Helps Found the Long Island Philharmonic
	1979: Joan Jett Moves to Long Beach
	1979: Winter Freeze Paralyzes Long Island
	1980: Banfi Vintners Establishes Headquarters in Old Brookville
	1980: Taylor Dayne Graduates from Baldwin
	1981: "Tony n' Tina" Graduate from Hofstra University
	1981: Women on the Job Founded on Long Island
	1982:Oyster Bay Ordinance Prohibits Dangerous Animals
	1983: First Christmas Tree Lights Up EAB Plaza
	1983: First Oyster Festival Held In Oyster Bay
	1985: Director Judd Apatow is Syosset High Grad
	1985: Dutch Government Names Tulip for Hofstra University
	1985: First Corporate Challenge Race is run at Jones Beach
	1985: First Marty Lyons Foundation Celebrity Classic Is Held
	1985: Hurricane Gloria Strikes Long Island
	1986: Long Island's First Bison Ranch Established in Riverhead
	1986: Ronald McDonald House Opens on L.I.
	1986: The US Open Returns to Shinnecock Hills
	1987: Cicadas Invade Long Island
	1987: Clinton Kelly is Comsewogue High Grad
	1987: Mariah Carey Is Harborfields High Grad
	1988: “Crocodile Dundee II” Filmed at Vanderbilt Museum
	1988: Dolan DNA Learning Center Is Established
	1988: Suffolk County Adopts the Big Duck
	1989: Scenes from "Fletch Lives" Filmed on Long Island
	1992: “UFO Crash” Reported in Southaven Park
	1993: "Wolf" Filmed at Old Westbury Gardens
	1993: Adman Arrested for Displaying Pumpkins
	1993: Ed Burns Writes “The Brothers McMullen”
	1993: LI’s First Green Cactus Grill Opens in Stony Brook
	1993: National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Established
	1994: "Famous Amos" Makes Comeback on Long Island
	1994: D’Addario Moves String Business into Farmingdale Facility
	1994: Jimmy Buffet Performs at “Back at the Ranch” Concert
	1995: First Annual July 4th Fireworks Celebration Held at Jones Beach
	1995: First Tornado Since 1978 Hits Nassau County
	1995: Nine Days Debuts at the Village Pub in Port Jefferson
	1996: Asian Long-horned Beetle Spotted in Amityville
	1996: Lindsay Lohan Launches Career
	1996: Rocker Ryan Star is Half Hollow Hills West High Grad
	1997: Port Jefferson Dentist Invents Bubble Machine
	1998: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Hosts His First Annual White Party
	1999: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Graduates from Jericho High School
	1999: Suffolk County Gets a New Area Code
	20,000 B. C.: Wisconsinin Glacier Forms Long Island
	2000: American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport Opens
	2000: Long Island Ducks Play Ball in Central Islip
	2000: Singer Marc Anthony Buys $3.7 Million Brookville Mansion
	2001: Grumman Carousel Gets New Home at Mitchell Park
	2002: "Men in Black II" Filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse
	2002: Shaggy Releases “Lucky Day,” Recorded in Valley Stream
	2002: Tiger Woods Wins US Open at Bethpage Black
	2002: Valley Stream Student Reunited with Her Twin
	2003: Julie Andrews Directs 'The Boy Friend' in Sag Harbor
	2003: Julie Andrews Directs “The Boy Friend” in Sag Harbor
	c. 1658: Quaker Martyr Mary Dyer Finds Religious Freedom on Shelter Island
	C. 1776: Mastic Home of Declaration of Independence Signer Occupied by British Troops
	c. 1795 Land Pirates Lure Cargo Ships onto Fire Island
	c. 1898: H.J. Heinz Opens Pickle Factory in Hicksville
	C. 1910: Tenor Enrico Caruso Sings in Northport Church
	C. 1913: Rudolph Valentino is Gardener on Long Island Estate
	c. 1926: Permanent Wave Machine Inventor is Biltmore Shores Resident
	C. 1960s: Designer Liz Claiborne Buys Saltaire Home
	c. 2003: Nikki Blonsky Enrolls in the Village School in Great Neck
	C.1990:Criss Angel Earns $15 for Performing Magic Tricks