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Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of the United States, and the mayor of New York City from 1902 to 1903. He was a leading municipal reformer ...
Asma Chaabi, first female mayor of Essaouira, and the first woman elected mayor in Morocco. Rosina Hoebes, first woman elected mayor of Swakopmund, Namibia [12] Laine Jänes, first woman mayor of Tartu, Estonia [13] Josefa Luzardo, first woman mayor of Las Palmas, Spain. Valentina Matviyenko, first woman mayor of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
Time logo. Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine across five issues in 1998 and 1999. The idea for such a list started on February 1, 1998, with a debate at a symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam. The panel participants were former CBS Evening ...
The New York Times. October 7, 1947. Retrieved February 5, 2010. ^ "Freese Quits Socialists In Norwalk: Mayor Heads Party of Independents for November Election," Hartford Courant, August 14, 1951. Freese ran again for office as an independent, winning additional two year terms in 1951, 1953, and 1957.
Shot dead in his recording studio on Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. July 23, 2003: James E. Davis, member of the New York City Council: Othniel Askew Shot in the torso while introducing Askew on the balcony of the New York City Hall. November 23, 2003: Adolfo Bruno, caporegime with the Genovese crime family: Arthur Nigro
The Bronx ( / ðə brɒŋks /) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River.
