1650s: Long Island Natives Grow Highly-Prized Tobacco
	1730: Wainscott’s One-Room Schoolhouse Opens
	1776: Half Ton of Gunpowder Stored in Huntington Arsenal
	1796: Port Jefferson Shipbuilding Industry Established
	1800s: Blue Point Harvests the World’s Finest Oysters
	1864: Long Island Native Joachim Pease Receives a Congressional Medal of Honor
	1884: Earthquake Rocks Amityville
	1887: Jack Dempsey Wins Boxing’s Middleweight Title on Long Island
	1900’s: Cranberry Industry Flourishes on Long Island
	1905: Long Island’s First Traffic Jam
	1912: Agricultural School Founded in Farmingdale
	1918: Aviator Elinor Smith Takes First Flight at Age 6
	1926: Institute of Philosophy Opens in Lloyd Harbor
	1926: Louise Eldridge of Saddle Rock Becomes New York’s First Woman Mayor
	1928: Veterans Hospital Opens in Northport
	1929: First Female Aviation Group Founded in Valley Stream
	1933: Paul Robeson Films “The Emperor Jones" at Jones Beach
	1938: Long Island’s First Drive-in Movie Opens
	1940: 15 Nassau County Men Called in Nation’s First Draft Lottery
	1940: Carousel Opens at Nunley’s Amusement Park
	1940: Nassau County Declared the Nation’s Fastest-Growing County
	1940: Orson Welles Features Oheka Castle in “Citizen Kane”
	1941: Franklin National Bank Offers Banking Innovations
	1942: Tanker Torpedoed by WWII Enemy
	1947: John Cassavetes Is Port Washington High Grad
	1948: Madeleine Albright Immigrates to U.S., Settles in Great Neck
	1950s: Warhol “Superstar” Candy Darling Grows Up in Massapequa Park
	1951: Albania’s King Zog Buys Gold Coast Estate with Bucket of Jewels
	1956: Green Acres Mall Opens
	1956: Mid-Island Shopping Plaza Opens in Hicksville
	1960: Commercial Flights Begin at MacArthur Airport
	1960: Long Island Lutheran Junior/Senior High School Opens in Brookville
	1961: First Dairy Barn Opens
	1964: Susan Lucci Graduates from Garden City High
	1965: Grumman Engineer Designs Innovative Wheels for Space Travel
	1965: Historic Penn Station Eagle Dedicated in Hicksville
	1965: Marjorie Gray Organizes Long Island Chapter of Women’s Flying Club
	1967: Environmental Defense Fund Founded on Long Island
	1969: L-dopa Used to Treat Parkinson’s Disease at Brookhaven National Laboratory
	1970: West Hempstead Residents Win First Million Dollar Lottery
	1970s: Mick Jagger Writes “Memory Motel” in Montauk
	1971: Adelphi and LIRR Offer Nation’s First Commuter Class
	1972: Howard Stern is South Side High Grad
	1973: Long Island’s First Commercial Vineyard
	1973: New Community Cinema Established in Huntington
	1974: Guitarist Joe Satriani is Carle Place High Grad
	1975: Books Banned in Island Trees Schools
	1976: “Segway” Inventor Founds Firm in Farmingdale
	1976: Peter Lemongello Sells a Million Records Through TV Campaign
	1978: Nation’s Largest National Cemetery Established on LI
	1978: Virtuoso Guitarist Steve Vai Is Carle Place High Grad
	1981: Long Island’s First Kidney Transplant
	1983: IMAC Opens in Former Vaudeville House in Huntington
	1984: Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley Live in Lloyd Neck Gatehouse
	1985: Comedian Chris Franjola is Connetquot High Grad
	1986: Debbie Gibson Lands Record Deal
	1986: World’s Largest Tortellini Manufacturer Opens Garden City Plant
	1991: Splish Splash Opens in Riverhead
	1995: AriZona Iced Tea Moves Headquarters to Lake Success
	1998: Goodwill Games Held on Long Island
	1998: Southampton Residents Protest Construction of Nation’s Largest House
	2002: Ashrita Furman Sets Guinness World Record in Southampton
	2004: “Glee” Star Jenna Ushkowitz is Holy Trinity Dioscesan High Grad
	2006: Guitar Legend Leslie West is LI Music Hall of Fame Inductee
	2009: Scenes from “The Bounty Hunter” Are Filmed on LI
	c.1750: Samson Occom Establishes School for Indians in Montauk