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	1657: East Hampton Woman Accused of Witchcraft
	1665: Nation's First Racecourse Built in Garden City
	1680: Van Nostrand-Starkins House is Built in Roslyn
	1683: Suffolk County Formed
	1700: William "Tangier" Smith Creates Poospatuck
	1750: Jeremiah Culver Builds the Canoe Place Inn
	1750: Noted Silversmith Elias Pelletreau Opens Shop in Southampton
	1775: Revolutionary War's First Amphibious Skirmish Takes Place on Plum
	1777: Patriots Fight the Battle of Setauket
	1790: George Washington Contributes to Cold Spring Harbor's First Schoolhouse
	1790: Long Island Measures Up in First U.S. Census
	1791: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Visit the Ketcham Inn
	1794: Long Island’s First Post Offices Open
	1824: Marquis de Lafayette Visits La Grange Inn
	1827: Long Island's First Milk Delivery Service Begins
	1837: “Mexico” Wrecks Near Long Beach
	1838:Poet Walt Whitman Founds “The Long Islander”
	1842: Hildreth’s Department Store Opens
	1844: LIRR Stretches to Greenport
	1853: Quaker Preacher Founds Hicks Nurseries
	1858: Current Fire Island Lighthouse Begins Operation
	1858: Surf Hotel Opens on Fire Island
	1859: Shinnecock Indian Reservation Created
	1865: Doxsee Clam & Seafood Canning Co. Founded
	1866: Bellport Carpenter Invents Ball Bearings
	1874: Bellport Resident Invents the "Scooter" Iceboat
	1878: Tile Club Artists Popularize Long Island's East End
	1879: Arthur Benson Buys 10,000 Acres for a Montauk Resort
	1879: Oak Beach Cattle Displaced by Vacationers
	1881: The Telephone Comes to Long Island
	1883: Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery Opens
	1883: P.T. Barnum founds Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Steamboat Co.
	1885:Stony Brook Gristmill Serves as Winery
	1886: Long Island's First Fund-Raising Cookbook is Published
	1888: First Catholic Summer Camp Opens
	1889: William K. Vanderbilt Builds Oakdale Train Station
	1895: First U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Golf Tournament
	1895: Victorious America's Cup Captain Trains in Islip Bay
	1896: Long Island's First Not-for-Profit Hospital
	1897: U.S. Government Buys 150 Acres on Plum Island for Defense
	1898: Camp Black Established in Uniondale
	1899: Nassau County Established
	1900: First American Submarine Base Opens in New Suffolk
	1900s: Entenmann's Opens Bakery in Bay Shore
	1902: Electric Trolley Service Begins in Northport
	1903: Maidstone Club Fundraiser Features Geese, Eggs and Mannequins
	1903: Theodore Roosevelt Gives July 4th Speech
	1906: Chteau and Casino des Beaux Arts Open in Huntington Bay
	1907: Long Beach Is Built as a “City of Play”
	1908: Robert E. Peary Visits Sagamore Hill En Route to North Pole
	1909: World's Fastest Auto Race Runs from Riverhead to Mattituck
	1911: America’s First Licensed Woman Pilot
	1911: Booker T. Washington Buys Summer House in Fort Salonga
	1917: Sag Harbor Jailhouse Opens
	1918: Irving Berlin Writes "God Bless America" at Camp Upton
	1919: Glenn Curtiss Develops the Flying Boat in Garden City
	1923: "Yes, We Have No Bananas" Written in Lynbrook
	1923: Air Carnival Held at Mitchel Field
	1923: Patchogue Theatre Opens
	1923: Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audobon Center Established
	1926: Gurney’s Inn Opens
	1927:Nassau County’s First Community Pool Opens
	1929: Fireworks by Grucci Moves to Bellport
	1929: Jackie O’s East End Childhood
	1930: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth Play Ball in Lindenhurst
	1933: Women's Swimming Championships Held at Jones Beach
	1934: Babylon Police Confiscate 10,000 Gallons of Illegal Alcohol
	1935: Hofstra University Founded
	1936:Famous Race Car Driver Tazio Nuvolari Wins the Vanderbilt Cup
	1937: Boys & Harbor Founded on LI
	1937: Cole Porter Suffers Horseback Riding Accident on LI
	1940: Marjorie Merriweather Post Provides Refuge for Luxembourg's Royal Family
	1940:Charles Lindbergh Resides at the Joseph Lloyd Manor House
	1941: Richard "Bull" Smith Monument Unveiled in Smithtown
	1941: Whirlaway Becomes the 5th Triple Crown Winner
	1942: Four Nassau County Women Join the WAVES
	1942: Rockville Centre Hosts War Bond Party
	1943:Belmont Park Hosts “Back the Attack Day”
	1944: Marlon Brando Plays Summer Stock in Sayville
	1945: Zahn's Airport Opens
	1946: Photographer Horst P. Horst Builds Oyster Bay Home
	1948: Duke & Duchess of Windsor Vacation in Lattingtown
	1948: Eddie Arcaro Wins Second Triple Crown
	1948: United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. Incorporates
	1949: First Artists & Writers Softball Game Played in Springs
	1949: LIRR Ridership Reaches Record High of 91.8 Million
	1950: Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Opens
	1950s: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Visit Mount Sinai Estate
	1951: Gateway Playhouse Proclaimed Official International Theater of the United Nations
	1953: Cartoonist Rube Goldberg Designs Cover for Asharoken Village History
	1953: L.I. Firm Builds Classic Corvette
	1954: Guy Lombardo Begins Running Jones Beach Marine Theater
	1955: Molloy College Opens
	1955: Nike Missile Base Opens in Brookville
	1955: State Department Declares Long Island Off-Limits to Soviets
	1956: Manhasset Shopping Center Opens
	1956: Westbury Music Fair Opens
	1958: Sperry Gyroscope Develops Flight Instruments for Supersonic Flight
	1959: Director Jonathan Demme Graduates from Baldwin Junior High School
	1959: Long Islanders Report UFO Sightings
	1959: Nation's First Atomic Reactor for Medical Research Used at Brookhaven Lab
	1960: Ed Begley, Jr. Is Newsday Paper Boy
	1960: Ed Begley, Jr. Is Newsday Paper Boy
	1960: John F. Kennedy Campaigns on Long Island
	1960: Michael Crichton Graduates from Roslyn High School
	1960: Suffolk County Police Department Founded
	1962: Long Island’s First Police Dog
	1963: New York Institute of Technology Opens at Vanderbilt Whitney Estate
	1963: Southampton College Founded
	1964: Coffee-To-Go Introduced on LI by 7-Eleven
	1964: Lyndon Johnson Dedicates Proposed Cultural Center at Mitchel Field
	1966: Jack Benny is Opening Act at Westbury Music Fair's Indoor Theater
	1966: Long Island's First Puerto Rican Day Parade
	1966: Writer Buys Amangansett Life-Saving Station for 75¢
	1967: Eddie Money is Island Trees High School Grad
	1967: Edward F. Albee Foundation Establishes Artists' Colony in Montauk
	1968: Dowling College Established
	1969: "Love Story" Filmed at Old Westbury Gardens
	1970: Babylon Celebrates Rodney Dangerfield Day
	1970: Bob Costas Graduates from Commack South H.S.
	1970: John Tesh is Garden City High Grad
	1971: David Paterson Graduates from Hempstead High School
	1972: Hofstra Hosts Rock Greats at Surprise Concert
	1972: Oak Beach Inn Bartender Invents Long Island Iced Tea
	1973: Secretariat Wins Triple Crown at Belmont Park
	1973: Springsteen Plays at “My Father’s Place”
	1974: Famed Racehorse Makes Her First Start at Belmont
	1974: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Belle Terre "Anti-Grouper" Ordinance
	1975: Peter Frampton Records Songs for Hit Album at Commack Arena
	1976: Dee Snider Joins Twisted Sister
	1977: Barbara Williams is NHL’S First Female Skating Coach
	1977: Billy Joel Immortalizes Syosset Restaurant in Song
	1977: Book Revue Opens in Huntington Village
	1977: Long Island Pine Barrens Society Founded
	1977: Seattle Slew Wins the Triple Crown
	1977: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Play at My Father's Place
	1979: Female Conducting Crew Mans the LIRR
	1980: Banfi Vintners Establishes Headquarters in Old Brookville
	1980: Taylor Dayne Graduates from Baldwin
	1981: "Tony n' Tina" Graduate from Hofstra University
	1982: Chuck D Forms Public Enemy
	1982:Oyster Bay Ordinance Prohibits Dangerous Animals
	1983: First Christmas Tree Lights Up EAB Plaza
	1985: Director Judd Apatow is Syosset High Grad
	1985: First Corporate Challenge Race is run at Jones Beach
	1985: First Marty Lyons Foundation Celebrity Classic Is Held
	1986: Long Island's First Bison Ranch Established in Riverhead
	1986: The US Open Returns to Shinnecock Hills
	1987: Cicadas Invade Long Island
	1988: Dolan DNA Learning Center Is Established
	1989: Scenes from "Fletch Lives" Filmed on Long Island
	1991: Kevin Connolly is Patchogue-Medford High Homecoming King
	1992: "Scent of a Woman" Filmed in Sands Point
	1992: "The Age of Innocence" Filmed on L.I.
	1993: "Wolf" Filmed at Old Westbury Gardens
	1993: Adman Arrested for Displaying Pumpkins
	1993: Long Island Children's Museum Opens
	1993: National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Established
	1994: "Famous Amos" Makes Comeback on Long Island
	1994: Grumman Acquired by Northrop
	1994: Grumman Acquired by Northrop
	1994: Jimmy Buffet Performs at “Back at the Ranch” Concert
	1995: First Tornado Since 1978 Hits Nassau County
	1995: L.I. Manufactures Its Last Military Airplane
	1995: Nine Days Debuts at the Village Pub in Port Jefferson
	1995: Stony Brook Film Festival Shows Spielberg Films
	1996: Asian Long-horned Beetle Spotted in Amityville
	1998: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Hosts His First Annual White Party
	1999: A Racing Trophy Makes Its Way Home to Bay Shore
	1999: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Graduates from Jericho High School
	2000: American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport Opens
	2000: Long Island Ducks Play Ball in Central Islip
	2001: Grumman Carousel Gets New Home at Mitchell Park
	2002: "Men in Black II" Filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse
	2002: Valley Stream Student Reunited with Her Twin
	2003: Julie Andrews Directs 'The Boy Friend' in Sag Harbor
	2003: Julie Andrews Directs “The Boy Friend” in Sag Harbor
	2004: Eight-Year-Old Long Islander Starts Hair Care Company
	2004: Long Island MacArthur Airport Unveils $55 Million Expansion
	2006: Long Island Teens Form Push Play
	2007: Rapper 50 Cent Buys Dix Hills Home
	c. 1658: Quaker Martyr Mary Dyer Finds Religious Freedom on Shelter Island
	C. 1776: Mastic Home of Declaration of Independence Signer Occupied by British Troops
	c. 1795 Land Pirates Lure Cargo Ships onto Fire Island
	c. 1898: H.J. Heinz Opens Pickle Factory in Hicksville
	C. 1910: Tenor Enrico Caruso Sings in Northport Church
	C. 1913: Rudolph Valentino is Gardener on Long Island Estate
	c. 1926: Permanent Wave Machine Inventor is Biltmore Shores Resident
	C. 1942: Horse-Drawn Wagons Transport Golfers to Bethpage Golf Course
	C. 1960s: Designer Liz Claiborne Buys Saltaire Home
	C. 1970S: Michael Kors Opens “Boutique” in Basement of Merrick Home
	c. 2003: Nikki Blonsky Enrolls in the Village School in Great Neck
	C.1880: Westminster Kennel Club Leases Babylon Property for Clubhouse
	C.1880: Westminster Kennel Club Leases Babylon Property for Clubhouse
	C.1990:Criss Angel Earns $15 for Performing Magic Tricks