April 22, 1777: New York State begins
February 4, 1826: fiction trumps history
July 4, 1839: the farmers' rebellion
July 20, 1848: a demand for equal rights
October 1, 1851: striking a blow for freedom
March 30, 1899: pollution and politics
April 15, 1903: intervening for the children
May 29, 1910: first in the air
March 25 and 29, 1911: fires change history
February 14, 1924: leading into the information age
April 15, 1947: breaking the color line
June 24, 1954: a new enterprise for moving around New York
April 22, 1964: the World's Fair opens in New York
August 2, 1978: environmental crisis and citizen activism
September 11, 2001: New York's resilience.
