{"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384", "qid": "Q1384", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 15, "years": 15, "span": [1609, 2020], "span_label": ["1609 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "democratic-party-united-states", "label": "Democratic Party (United States)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "new-jersey", "label": "New Jersey", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vermont", "label": "Vermont", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-department-of-justice", "label": "United States Department of Justice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhode-island", "label": "Rhode Island", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-hampshire", "label": "New Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connecticut", "label": "Connecticut", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maine", "label": "Maine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-lady-of-the-united-states", "label": "First Lady of the United States", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain and his entourage of 60 men in 24 canoes become the first Europeans to enter Lake Champlain, located between the modern-day U.S. states of Vermont and New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#July–September", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Edmund Andros arrives in Boston to become the British Governor of the newly created Dominion of New England, which includes most of the what are now the U.S. states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and much of the eastern portion of New York. The unpopular Andros, who reigns as a dictator after being appointed by King James II, is driven out of office in 1689 after the overthrow of James, and the Dominion of New England is broken up into its constituent colonies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#October–December", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1691, "year_label": "1691 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Leisler's Rebellion: A new governor arrives in New York – Jacob Leisler surrenders, after a standoff of several hours.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356137934#January–March", "title": "1691", "revid": 1356137934, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – The British Province of New Jersey, encompassing all of the modern-day U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of New York, is created as proprietary owners in the provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey surrender their rights to the Crown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#April–June", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Philip Schuyler, general in the American Revolution, United States Senator from New York, father of Angelica Schuyler Church and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (d. 1804)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#Births", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Almost all merchants and traders in the British colony of New York sign a pact not to import British manufactured goods as long as the Townshend Acts are in effect, nor to do business with nonassociators to the pact.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#July–September", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – American Revolutionary War – Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349829024#July–December", "title": "1777", "revid": 1349829024, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December", "text": "December – New York toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe popularizes Bingo after coming across the game of \"Beano\" in Atlanta, Georgia. After someone accidentally yells \"bingo\" instead of \"beano\" with a group of friends in Brooklyn, New York, he begins production of the game, going on to develop more than 6,000 card combinations under the E. S. Lowe company, as the popularity of the game grows to become a national pastime.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#December", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1932, "year_label": "1932 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – 1932 United States presidential election: Democratic governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican president Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory, having promised a New Deal and repeal of Prohibition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370718676#November", "title": "1932", "revid": 1370718676, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Hillary Clinton, American politician, First Lady, US Senator (D-Ny.), Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#October", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Births › October"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – The second trial of Alger Hiss for perjury begins in New York, again with Whittaker Chambers as principal witness.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#November", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"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": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – The religious Focolare Movement opens its first North American center in New York (state).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#September", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Forty-four tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, including a rare and powerful F5. 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