{"slug": "hudson-river", "label": "Hudson River", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140", "qid": "Q3140", "description": "river in New York State, United States", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1609, 2009], "span_label": ["1609 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 5}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-jersey", "label": "New Jersey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "atlantic-ocean", "label": "Atlantic Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-lakes", "label": "Great Lakes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Henry Hudson in the Halve Maen sails into Upper New York Bay, and begins a journey up the Hudson River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#July–September", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – The North River Steamboat, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat, leaves New York City for Albany on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733939#July–September", "title": "1807", "revid": 1362733939, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins in the U.S. to link the Hudson River to Lake Erie, with the long-range goal of making the first navigable waterway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes, and reducing the amount of time and costs for transporting goods westward past the Appalachian mountains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#July–September", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic, as the first vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River, linking New Jersey with New York City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#November", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – The George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River in the United States is dedicated; it opens to traffic the following day. At 3500 ft m, it nearly doubles the previous record for the longest main span in the world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#October", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – The Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, in New York State, opens to traffic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#December", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – In New York City, WNBC Radio's traffic helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker. The last words heard on-the-air are Dornacker's screams of terror, \"Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#October", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States. (CNN)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#August", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches in the Hudson River in an accident that becomes known as the \"Miracle on the Hudson\", as all 155 people on board are rescued.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#January", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › January"}}]}