Video: 'History of the Times Square New Year's Eve party'
(Saturday, December 31, 1904, late evening local time) — New York’s Times Square saw its first New Year’s Eve celebration tonight, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. Continue reading Times Square hosts first New Year’s Eve celebration, drawing 200,000 revelers 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 31 1904)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1904'
(Tuesday, November 8, 1904, during the 1904 presidential campaign) — Republican U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was elected to a full term today, defeating Democratic challenger Alton B. Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Continue reading U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt elected to full term, defeating Alton B. Parker 120 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1904)
Video: '1904 Opening Ceremonies of New York City Subway'
(Thursday, October 27, 1904, 2:35 p.m. EST) — New York City entered a new era of urban transportation today with the grand opening of its first subway line. Continue reading New York City celebrates historic opening of first subway line 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1904)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1904'
(Saturday, July 9, 1904, 5:45 a.m. local time) — Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York was nominated for president of the United States today by delegates at the 1904 Democratic National Convention meeting at the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall. Continue reading Democrats nominate Alton B. Parker to challenge U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in general election 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 9 1904)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1904'
(Thursday, June 23, 1904, 1:30 p.m. CST) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was unanimously nominated for a full second term today by delegates at the 1904 Republican National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt for second term 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (June 23 1904)
Video: 'The General Slocum Disaster'
(Wednesday, June 15, 1904, 10:00 a.m. local time) — More than 1,000 people died today when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. Continue reading 1,021 people killed when fire breaks out on steamboat in New York City 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1904)
Video: 'The Wright brothers first aeroplane flight (1903)'
(Thursday, December 17, 1903, 10:35 a.m. EST) — Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights today four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Continue reading Wright brothers become first humans in history to successfully pilot an engine-powered airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 120 years ago this hour (Dec 17 1903)
Video: '1903 World Series Game 1: Pirates vs Americans/Red Sox'
(Thursday, October 1, 1903, 3:00 p.m. EST; during the 1903 World Series) — The first modern World Series, the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada contested between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), began today between the Boston Americans (the team that would later be known as the Boston Red Sox) and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston. Continue reading First modern World Series opens at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1903)
Video: '20th Century Limited - Decades TV Network'
(Sunday, June 15, 1902, 2:45 p.m. EST) — The 20th Century Limited, an express passenger train service between New York and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad’s “Water Level Route,” began service this afternoon, pulling out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Continue reading 20th Century Limited express passenger train service between New York and Chicago inaugurated 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1902)
Video: 'Guglielmo Marconi Wireless Telegraphy' (Dec. 12, 1901, at 7:05)
(Thursday, December 12, 1901, 12:30 p.m. Newfoundland Standard Time) — Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean today, sent 1,700 miles from Poldhu in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It was the letter “S” (“…” in Morse code). Continue reading Guglielmo Marconi receives first radio transmission across Atlantic Ocean 120 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1901)
