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New NYC memorial honors the 146 people killed in 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
After years of effort, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition on Wednesday dedicated a new memorial that has no chance of being overlooked.
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Hitler's birthplace is being turned into a police station
The move is intended to make it unattractive as a place of pilgrimage for Nazi sympathizers and hate groups.
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The world's oldest shoes? Sandals found in bat cave are thousands of years old, study finds
The sandals are the “earliest and widest-ranging” collection of prehistoric footwear ever found in Europe, a new study said.
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Rare tickets to Ford's Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500
A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500.
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Meet Dr. Lynn O'Connor, the NYPD's first Black female police surgeon
Not only is Dr. Lynn O’Connor the NYPD’S newest surgeon — she is the first Black woman to hold this role. “I always say you can’t be what you don’t see, so even after 178 years they’ ar’re finally seeing it,” O’Connor said. It’s a milestone O’Connor’s daughter, Danielle Harris, says is fitting. “When I heard the news I...
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What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what you need to know about this important holiday.
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Manhattan's Last-Standing Segregated School Earns NYC Landmark Status — and a $6M Reno
The Chelsea site is the only known remaining example of a racially segregated school in Manhattan.
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‘Colored School No. 4' Gets NYC Landmark Status
The Harlem site is the only known surviving example of a racially segregated school in Manhattan.
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Explorers Find WWII Ship Sunk With Over 1,000 Allied POWs
Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
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NYC Holocaust Survivor Shares 60-Year Secret: He Arrested One of Hitler's Top Officers
One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time
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NYC Holocaust Survivor Shares Story of How He Arrested a High-Ranking Nazi
A Holocaust survivor from the Bronx is sharing his heroic story of how he arrested a prominent Nazi. Adam Kuperstein reports.
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2023 NYC Immigrant Heritage Week: Here's The History and How to Celebrate
This year, Immigrant Heritage Week honors the 115th anniversary of April 17, 1907 — the date which holds the record for the highest number of immigrants entering the U.S. through the immigration hub of Ellis Island
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When is Women's History Month? Everything You Need to Know
Decades before the month-long celebration came to be, some Americans celebrated “Women’s Day.”
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Pieces of History: Old North Church Records Reveal Untold Stories of Black and Indigenous Parishioners
The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark of the Revolution, but what we are taught is dictated by who is writing the story.
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Connecticut Considers Exonerating Accused Witches Centuries After Hangings
Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: “Alse Young was hanged.” Young was the first of nine…
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NY Street Named After KKK Leader Changed Thanks to High School Students' Research
Students researched Paul Lindner, a founder of the town of Malverne, and uncovered claims that his KKK chapter burned down a Brooklyn orphanage. So they asked the mayor to rename a street that had been named after him
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Changing Racist History on Long Island, Thanks to High School Students' Project
10th grader Olivia Brown led the push to rename a street named after a founding father of the Ku Klux Klan. Melissa Colorado reports.
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Fact Or Myth? Hidden Meaning Behind Horse Statue Stance #IYKYK
New York City is home to 150 public statues and hundreds of monuments, but what’s up with the horse statues? NBC’s Linda Gaudino tests out the longtime urban legend in NY’s nostalgia series IYKYK.
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New Surge of Asylum Seekers May Bring Thousands of Migrants to NYC
The Supreme Court ruled a Trump-era immigration policy known as “Title 42” can stay in place for now, allowing border agents to turn away asylum seekers in most cases. It was set to expire Wednesday, which Mayor Eric Adams said would make the city’s migrant crisis worse due to a big influx of asylum seekers. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo...
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NYC Smallest Piece of Real Estate Celebrates 100th Anniversary #IYKYK
What’s the smallest piece of private property in NYC? Hint: it’s not the studio apartment. It’s one of the most “New York” stories to be told – and an act of rebellion. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino explains on the series, IYKYK.