Location:
United States
Coordinates:
40.7128, -74.0060
Events at New York (34)
1643
ID: 5644
Dutch colonist Johannes Megapolensis Jr. writes about skunks in New Netherland
ID: 5644
1667
ID: 5748
Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg island Run - keeping tiny Banda island worth more than New Amsterdam to Dutch
ID: 5748
1781
ID: 5677
Thomas Jefferson grows tomatoes at Monticello - helps popularize tomatoes in America despite lingering poisonous reputation
ID: 5677
1830
ID: 5785
Temperance movement targets apple cider - hard cider seen as gateway to alcoholism, orchards begin being destroyed
ID: 5785
1842
ID: 5648
John James Audubon publishes detailed skunk illustrations in 'The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America'
ID: 5648
1850
ID: 883
New York had 8,141 cellars sheltering 18,456 people
ID: 883
1862
ID: 5649
First commercial skunk fur farm established in New York state
ID: 5649
1866
ID: 954
NYC creates municipal board of health, closes basement dwellings
ID: 954
1874
ID: 5709
Synthetic vanillin first produced from pine bark - now 99% of vanilla flavoring is artificial
ID: 5709
1879
ID: 1018
William Tebb founds Anti-Vaccination Society of America in New York; Vaccination Inquirer founded
ID: 1018
1880
ID: 1025
American Association of Public Accountants founded in New York - predecessor to AICPA
ID: 1025
1882
ID: 1039
Edison's Pearl Street Station opens in New York City - first central power plant
ID: 1039
1885
ID: 1066
Anti-Vaccination League of New York City formed; Montreal mob attacks health board over mandatory vaccination
ID: 1066
1893
ID: 5681
Tomato declared legally vegetable by U.S. Supreme Court - Nix v. Hedden case about tariffs, though botanically fruit
ID: 5681
1896
ID: 1125
First CPA law passed in New York State - legal recognition of accounting as licensed profession
ID: 1125
1898
ID: 5630
December 10, 1898
Treaty of Paris signed - Spain cedes the Philippines to the United States for $20 million after the Spanish-American War
ID: 5630
1899
ID: 5631
February 4, 1899
Philippine-American War begins as Filipino forces resist American colonization following independence declaration
ID: 5631
1901
ID: 5632
March 23, 1901
Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic, captured by American forces, effectively ending organized Filipino resistance
ID: 5632
1904
ID: 1155
Bella Dodd born to Italian-immigrant parents in New York
ID: 1155
1912
ID: 5707
Wilbur Scoville develops heat scale for chili peppers - Scoville Organoleptic Test measures capsaicin concentration
ID: 5707
1920
ID: 5787
Prohibition destroys American cider tradition - FBI burns countless orchards, cider-making knowledge lost
ID: 5787
1928
ID: 5651
Peak year for skunk fur harvest, with over 2 million pelts traded in North America
ID: 5651
1930
ID: 5682
Hybrid corn revolutionizes agriculture - yields increase dramatically, U.S. production dominates world markets
ID: 5682
1942
ID: 5633
April 9, 1942
Fall of Bataan - largest surrender in American and Filipino military history, followed by the Bataan Death March
ID: 5633
1944
ID: 5635
October 1944
General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines at Leyte, fulfilling his promise 'I shall return'
ID: 5635
1946
ID: 5636
July 4, 1946
The Philippines gains full independence from the United States, becoming the Republic of the Philippines
ID: 5636
1950
ID: 5788
Red Delicious dominates American market - bred for appearance not taste, represents triumph of marketing over flavor
ID: 5788
1957
ID: 5683
High-fructose corn syrup developed - maize derivative transforms food industry, becomes ubiquitous sweetener
ID: 5683
1967
ID: 5656
B.J. Verts publishes 'The Biology of the Striped Skunk,' still a standard reference
ID: 5656
1973
ID: 5657
First successful use of oral rabies vaccine baits tested on skunks
ID: 5657
1990
ID: 5789
Apple variety revival begins - from 20 commercial varieties to hundreds of heirlooms rediscovered, craft cider returns
ID: 5789
2003
ID: 5660
Complete classification revision officially separates skunks from Mustelidae family into Mephitidae
ID: 5660
2019
ID: 5662
CDC reports skunks as second-most common rabid wildlife in U.S. (after bats)
ID: 5662
2019
ID: 5791
Cosmic Crisp apple released after 20 years development - attempt to create perfect apple, massive marketing campaign
ID: 5791