In honor of the 188th anniversary of this notable event, enjoy this entry from the Inside the Apple  archives. * * * When workers ar...

On March 7, 1876, the US Patent Office granted Alexander Graham Bell the patent for his brand-new telephone or "harmonic telegraph....

One of the most complicated legacies in presidential history is that of John Tyler, our tenth president. Elected to the vice presidency i...

On February 14, 1849 -- 170 years ago today -- President James K. Polk sat down in the photography studio of Mathew Brady in New York C...

On February 7, 1964 -- fifty-five years ago today -- four lads from Liverpool landed at JFK airport and took America by storm. Coming j...

Jackie Robinson rookie card, 1947 100 years ago today Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. On April 15, 1947, he broke base...

Ramblin' outa the wild West, Leavin' the towns I love the best. Thought I'd seen some ups and down, ‘Til I come into New Yo...

Benjamin Franklin on the facade of the Brooklyn Historical Society On January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin -- printer, author, inventor,...

James has a story in today's New York Post that examines many of the hidden homes in New York City that were once carriage houses,...

On January 3, 1959--sixty years ago today--Alaska was admitted to the union as the forty-ninth state. There had been some jockeying in ...