1. In 1787, the first state to ratify the US Constitution was New York, which helped the document become a law across the land.

2. In 1857, the New York Symphony Orchestra performed for the first time under the leadership of Theodore Eisfeld.

3. In 1890, the American Express Company opened the first travel agency in the world in New York City.

4. In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated Transcontinental Telephone Service in New York, allowing for direct communication between New York and San Francisco.

5. In 1971, the United Nations headquarters in New York were bombed by the group "Weather Underground" as a means of protesting US involvement in Southeast Asia. No one was injured in the attack, but it resulted in extensive damage to the building.