Category: Today In History

Lower Manhattan’s Local News Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. More information: coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home or call 1-888-364-3065.All non-essential workers must continue to work from home and schools and everyone is required...

Today in History  February 26 1993 WTC bombblast 1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605-06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea. 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Churchfrom teaching or defending the view that the earth...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Render Unto de Blasio? Municipal Think Tank Urges City to Weigh BPCA Takeover The City’s Independent Budget Office (IBO), a publicly funded agency that provides nonpartisan information on critical issues confronting the City, is proposing that the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio...

Today in History  Wednesday February 12 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Holy Roman Emperor 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, on his second voyage to India. 1554 – A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is...

Today in History  Tuesday February 11 Elizabeth of York Born February 11, 1466 Died February 11, 1503 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. AD 55 – The death of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming of age, under mysterious...

Today in History  Friday February 7 Yousef was apprehended in Pakistan in February 1995 after his conviction in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. 1497 – The Bonfire of the Vanities occurs, during which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. 1795 – The 11th Amendment to the...