The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
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Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York.
The US held its first horse race in Long Island, New York.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
New York became the first US court to allow blood test results to be used as evidence.
Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge led Dutch forces to recapture New York from the English.
