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The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
Philadelphia Flyers NHL team founded. 1968 SEPTA takes over the Philadelphia Transportation Company; Philadelphia Boys Choir founded. 1970 September: Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention held in city. [85] Le Bec-Fin restaurant in business. Population: 1,948,609. 1971 – Mariposa Food Co-op established. [86] [87] 1972 Frank Rizzo ...
The city is home to important archival repositories, including the Library Company of Philadelphia, established in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin at 1314 Locust Street, [178] and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, founded in 1814. [179] The Presbyterian Historical Society is the country's oldest denominational historical society, organized in 1852. [180]
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
The first American Presbytery was founded in 1706 in Philadelphia and a year later in September 1707 the Philadelphia Baptist Association was founded, the oldest Baptist association in the United States. [8] The city's first Catholic chapel was built in 1733 and the city's first recorded practicing Jew, Nathan Levy, arrived as early as 1735. [9]
In his first live television interview in years, former “Seinfeld” star Michael Richards reflected on the "TODAY" show about a 2006 racist incident at a comedy club that effectively derailed ...
Cher made a memorable appearance on the Today show, alright.. While sitting down with Hoda Kotb on the NBC news series for a wide-ranging live interview on Tuesday, Nov. 19 to promote her new ...
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.