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Staten Island

borough of New York City, New York, United States of America

7 dated entries naming Staten Island, drawn from 6 separate years between 1776 CE and 1960 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1776August 15 – American Revolution: The first Hessian troops land on Staten Island, to join British forces.source
  • 1776September 11 – American Revolutionary War: An abortive peace conference takes place between the British and Americans, on Staten Island.source

19th century

  • 1824August 15 – The visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States begins at Staten Island. He will remain for more than a year before departing on September 7, 1825.source
  • 1887August – The earliest constituent of the U.S. National Institutes of Health is established at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island, as the Laboratory of Hygiene.source
  • 1898January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.source

20th century

  • 1948May 16 – New York City Fire Department Rescue 5 is founded for Staten Island.source
  • 1960December 16 – New York mid-air collision: A United Air Lines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City. All 128 passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the ground, are killed.source

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