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The 1964 New York World's Fair took place at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States, during 1964 and 1965. The fair included 139 pavilions with exhibits by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states, and 350 corporations.
Operation Pastorius. The trial of the captured Germans, July 1942. Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II. The operation was staged in June 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets. The operation was named by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris ...
Rachel Sharp. November 16, 2023 at 12:12 PM. Two upstate New York properties connected to the notorious Gambino crime family are now being searched for human remains – days after 10 alleged mob ...
On the same day as Ulysses's death, William Russell Grace, the mayor of New York City, sent a telegram to Julia offering New York City as the burial ground for both Grants. [11] [19] [20] Grace gave Julia a list of city parks where her husband could be buried, [10] [12] and she agreed to have Ulysses's remains interred in New York City. [21]
November 20 – Amatuna associate and bodyguard Abraham "Pete the Peddler" Goldstein is shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while in a drug store on Blue Island Avenue in Chicago, although witnesses, including Goldstein's 14-year-old sister, later stated that they saw several members and associates of the West Side O'Donnell Gang in the ...
31. Hawaii, U.S. Aikau, a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer, disappeared on 17 March 1978 when he was lost at sea while attempting to reach the island of Lanai on a surfboard. The long-distance Hawaiian outrigger, the Hōkūleʻa, on which he was a crew member, began taking on water 20 miles off Molokai.
Greektown is a social and dining district, located on the Near West Side of Chicago. Today, Greektown consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum [1] and an annual parade and festival [2] still remain in the neighborhood. The district can be found along Halsted Street, between Van Buren and Madison Streets .
Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. A suburb of Rochester, New York, it is the largest town by population in Monroe County, and the second-largest municipality by population in the county, behind only the City of Rochester. As of April, 2023, the town has a population of 94,591.