The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
Construction started on Chicago's first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
