1640s: Long Island's First Settlements Established
	1658: "Pumpkin Porridge" Case Tried in East Hampton
	1672: Original Milleridge Inn Building Constructed
	1699: Captain Kidd Buries Treasure on Gardiners Island
	1700: William "Tangier" Smith Creates Poospatuck Reservation
	1746: Second House is Built in Montauk
	1760-1840: Dominy Family Excels as Master Craftsmen
	1770s: LI Quaker Elias Hicks is Early Opponent of Slavery
	1773: Nation’s First Paper Mill Opens in Roslyn
	1774: Town of Huntington Issues Declaration of Rights
	1775: Ben Franklin Installs Mile Markers on the North Fork
	1780s: First Lady Anna Symmes Harrison Attends Clinton Academy
	1790: George Washington Contributes to Cold Spring Harbor's First Schoolhouse
	1790: George Washington Sleeps Here!
	1827: Plum Island Lighthouse Established
	1836: Walt Whitman Teaches in East Norwich
	1866: St. Johnland Nursing Home Founded by Dr. William Augustus Muhlenberg
	1870s: President Ulysses S. Grant Vacations in West Deer Park
	1876: Friends Academy Founded in Locust Valley
	1876: The 'Circassian' Wrecked off Bridgehampton
	1876: The 'Circassian' Wrecked off Bridgehampton
	1879: First Polo Match Played on Long Island
	1879: Fishers Island Becomes Part of Suffolk County
	1879: Greenport Boat Builder Produces Innovative Lifeboats
	1883: P.T. Barnum founds Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Steamboat Co.
	1887: Frank M. Flower & Sons Founded
	1889: William K. Vanderbilt Builds Oakdale Train Station
	1890: Biological Lab Founded in Cold Spring Harbor
	1891: Nation's First Golf Club Opens at Shinnecock Hills
	1892: Boxer Jim Sullivan Trains for Fight with “Gentleman Jim” Corbett on LI
	1896: James Foulis Wins First US Open Played at Shinnecock Hills
	1902: Gold Coast House is Larger than Parthenon
	1904: Numbered Cars Omit '13' at First Vanderbilt Cup
	1905: Actress Portraying Peter Pan Learns to "Fly" on Shelter Island
	1905: Belmont Park Opens as Nation's Largest Race Track
	1908: America's First Highway Opens
	1909: Automobile Entrepreneur Founds Company in Port Jefferson
	1909: Automobile Entrepreneur Founds Company in Port Jefferson
	1910: L.I. Hosts World's Largest Aviation Tournament
	1910: Nation's First Co-Ed Polo School Founded in Westbury
	1910: Party-Goers Rush to Fight Great Neck Barn Fire
	1912: Rockville Centre Resident Becomes Nation's First Eagle Scout
	1916: Gangster Arnold Rothstein Opens Casino in Hewlett
	1917: Camp Mills Established in Garden City
	1917: State Troopers Begin Patrolling Long Island
	1917: Teddy Roosevelt Honors Boy Scouts at Sagamore Hill
	1918: Escaped "Wild Ape" Frightens Smithtown Residents
	1918: World War I Surveillance Balloons Made in Northport
	1918: World War I Surveillance Balloons Made in Northport
	1919: Ida Bunce Sammis Becomes one of New York's First Assemblywomen
	1920s: Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. Becomes the World's Best Polo Player
	1921: World's Largest Transmitting Station Opens in Rocky Point
	1922: Long Beach Receives City Charter
	1922: Walker Cup Played for the First Time in Southampton
	1926: La Salle Military Academy Purchases Oakdale Estate
	1928: US Team Wins First Polo Cup of the Americas
	1929: Estate Owners Pay $175,000 to Divert Path of Northern State Parkway
	1930: Chaminade High School is Founded in Mineola
	1931: Designer Lilly Pulitzer Born in Roslyn
	1931: Playwright Eugene O’Neill Rents House in Asharoken
	1933: Suffolk Community Council Established
	1934: Meadowbrook State Parkway Opens
	1935: 8-Ton Whale Shark Caught Off Fire Island
	1935: Gallant Fox and Omaha Become First Father and Son to Win the Triple Crown
	1936: Bulova Watchcase Factory Opens in Sag Harbor
	1939: Pan Am Begins Transatlantic Flights from Manhasset Bay
	1940: "The Fighting 69th" Immortalizes Garden City's Rainbow Division
	1940: Fall Flower Show is Biggest Ever
	1940: Marjorie Merriweather Post Provides Refuge for Luxembourg's Royal Family
	1940: Rachmaninoff Composes "Symphonic Dances" in Centerport
	1940s: Journalist Alistair Cooke Builds House in Cutchogue
	1941: FBI Bases Counterespionage Operation in Wading River
	1942: “Picket Patrols” Guard Long Island’s Shoreline
	1942: Zoning Laws Relaxed to Permit Raising Chickens
	1943: Long Island Faces Shoe Rationing
	1944: Reggie Jones Becomes a Jones Beach Lifeguard
	1945: Grumman Produces the First Aluminum Canoe
	1946: Robert Moses Creates Long Island State Park Police
	1946: Soviet Diplomat Moves to Woodbury
	1946: William Levitt Builds Prototype Homes in Carle Place
	1947: Brookhaven National Lab Established
	1948: Eddie Arcaro Wins Second Triple Crown
	1948: Shinnecock Bay Lighthouse Demolished
	1951: Frank Mundus Creates “Monster Fishing” in Montauk
	1952: Deer Park Produces 200,000 Dahlias
	1953: Jim Brown is Manhasset High Grad
	1955: LIRR Gets Cool Cars
	1956: Manhasset Shopping Center Opens
	1958: Andre Eglevsky Opens Ballet School in Massapequa
	1958: Scenes from "North by Northwest" Shot in Glen Cove
	1959: Nathan’s Holds Its Oceanside Grand Opening
	1960: First Female “Indy 500” Racer Works at Republic Aviation Co.
	1960s: Arena Players Bring Dinner Theater to LI
	1961: Christopher Walken Attends Hofstra University
	1962: Adventureland Opens in Farmingdale
	1964: Fire Island National Seashore Established
	1964: Talia Shire Graduates from Great Neck South High School
	1965: Michael McKean Graduates from North Shore High School
	1965: Suny Old Westbury Founded
	1966: Energy Secretary Steven Chu Graduates from Garden City High School
	1966: Nassau County's First Woman Police Officer
	1966: Robert Moses Proposes Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge
	1967: Lloyd Neck Estate Becomes Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
	1968: Jets Training Camp Moves to Hofstra
	1968: Village People's Glenn Hughes Graduates from Chaminade
	1970: Grateful Dead Perform at Stony Brook University
	1970: LI Colleges and Universities Reopen After Anti-War Protests
	1970: Nelson DeMille Graduates from Hofstra University
	1970s: LI is Nation’s Leading Producer of Hard Clams
	1971: David Paterson Graduates from Hempstead High School
	1971: Gerard and Lilo Leeds Found CMP Media
	1971: Pat Benatar Graduates from Lindenhurst High School
	1971: Strat-O-Matic Headquarters Open in Glen Head
	1972: Nixon Campaigns on Long Island
	1974: Long Island High School for the Arts Opens
	1975: Bob Dylan Writes Songs for “Desire” in East Hampton
	1975: Ugandan Girl Receives Life-Saving Surgery on LI
	1976: Alec Baldwin Graduates from Alfred G. Berner High School
	1976: George Foreman and Joe Frazier Fight at Nassau Coliseum
	1976: Ron Kovic Publishes "Born on the Fourth of July"
	1978: Long Island Experiences its Worst Oil Spill in Memory
	1979: Malibu Nightclub Opens in Lido Beach
	1980: First Annual Beethoven Festival Held at Planting Fields
	1980: Sean Hannity is St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary Grad
	1981: Anti-British Protesters Gather Outside Nassau Coliseum
	1981: Vinny Testaverde Graduates from Sewanhaka High School
	1981: Vinny Testaverde Graduates from Sewanhaka High School
	1982: Drinking Age Raised From 18 to 19
	1982: National Maritime Hall of Fame Established
	1983: Islanders Win Their 4th Consecutive Stanley Cup
	1984: "Compromising Positions" Filmed on Long Island
	1984: “Superbad” Director Works at Adventureland
	1984: George Higgins Forms the Long Island Flag Football League
	1984: Soledad O’Brien Graduates from Smithtown High School East
	1985: Jennifer Capriati Competes in L.I. Tournament
	1986: Alan Alda Films "Sweet Liberty" in the Hamptons
	1986: Cheez Doodles Creator Becomes Associate Dean at NYIT
	1987: "Californication" Creator Tom Kapinos is Island Trees High Grad
	1987: De La Soul Forms in Amityville
	1988: Frances Conroy Returns to LI to Film “Rocket Gibraltar”
	1988: LIRR Runs the 'Buddy McGirt' and 'Howard Davis Express' Trains
	1988: Suffolk County Enacts the Nation's First Computer-Usage Law
	1988: Suffolk County Passes Bill Banning Plastic Packaging
	1990: Busta Rhymes Forms Rap Group at Uniondale High
	1991: First Long Island Pride Parade Held in Huntington
	1992: "Scent of a Woman" Filmed in Sands Point
	1992: Paul Simon and Edie Bricked Wed in Montauk
	1992: Piter Marek Graduates from East Meadow HS
	1992: Racehorses Vie for Largest Purse in Belmont Stakes History
	1992: Racehorses Vie for Largest Purse in Belmont Stakes History
	1992:1st Annual East Hampton SandCastle Contest is Held
	1994: Long Island Rough Riders Soccer Team Plays Its Opening Season
	1996: 'The Devil's Advocate'Filmed in Old Westbury
	1996: Billy Joel’s Runabout Produced on Shelter Island
	1996: Grace Jones Celebrates Her Birthday at the Oak Beach Inn
	1997: “A Perfect Murder” Filmed in Glen Cove
	1997: Designer Isaac Mizrahi Buys Bridgehampton Home
	1997: Victoria Gotti Publishes “The Senator’s Daughter”
	1998: "Man on the Moon" Filmed in Saddle Rock Estates
	1998: Long Island's Last Drive-In Theater Closes
	1999: Construction Begins On Atlantis Marine World
	1999: LL Cool J Buys Home in Manhasset
	1999: Long Island Sound Lobsters Die Off
	1999: Southold Resident Files Patent For New Mailing System
	2000: Chrisette Michele is Patchogue-Medford High Grad
	2000: Kathleen Herles Debuts as Voice of "Dora the Explorer"
	2000: Long Island is Nation's Most Populated Island
	2001: "Swimfan" Filmed in Freeport
	2002: LIRR Introduces New M-7 Electric Train Cars
	2002: Raquel Castro of Port Jefferson Station Stars in “Jersey Girl”
	2002: Sarah Hughes brings Olympic gold home to L.I.
	2002: Southampton Town Board Bans Clotheslines
	2002: Wölffer Estate Vineyard Releases Long Island’s First $100 Bottle of Wine
	2003: Calvin Klein Buys Dragon’s Head for $30 Million
	2003: Suffolk County is Nation’s First to Ban Ephedra
	2004: Billy Joel and Katie Lee Wed on Centre Island
	2004: First Annual Long Island 2-Day Walk
	2004: First Annual Long Island 2-Day Walk
	2006: First Annual Long Island Comedy Festival
	2006: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Buy Amagansett House
	2006: Long Island Teens Form Push Play
	2006: Stony Brook University School of Journalism Founded
	2007: Miss New York Pageant Held in Huntington
	2007: Walk Now for Autism Long Island Raises Record-Breaking $2.2 Million
	2008: Best In Show Pet Resort Opens in Mineola PHOTO: Newsday
	2008: Circles the Duck Receives an Order of Protection
	C. 1905: Quogue Businessman Offers Beach Transport
	C. 1906: Construction of Belle Terre Begins
	c. 1920s: "Funny Girl" Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein Have Halesite Home
	c. 1930: 'Roxy' Travels Regularly on the LIRR
	c. 1940: Comedian Lenny Bruce Attends Mepham High
	c. 1959: Billy Idol Moves to Rockville Centre
	c. 1989: Billy Joel Broadcasts Radio Show from the Stephen Talkhouse
	c. Albert Einstein Plays Violin with Benjamin Britten
	C. Late 1820s: The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet Works on Smithtown Farm
	Early 1930s: Mussolini's Architects Study Jones Beach
	East Side Comedy Club Opens in Huntington
	I960: Record-Breaking Crowd Watches Harness Racing at Roosevelt Raceway
	Mid-1800s: Rufus Tuthill Builds Scaled-Down House for the “Tiny Tuthills”
	Mid-1800s: Steven 'Talkhouse' Pharaoh Is Dubbed 'Last King of the Montauks'
	Mid-1970's: Steve Madden Works in Cedarhurst Shoe Store
	Scenes from "Goodfellas" Filmed in Atlantic Beach
	York State Supreme Court Orders Opening of Brookville Campus