The New York City mayoral election of 1949 took place on November 8, 1949, in New York City. The candidates were incumbent Mayor William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and former City Council President and 1945 mayoral candidate Newbold Morris, a …

1949: On October 24, a significant moment in international diplomacy was marked by the laying of the cornerstone for the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The ceremony, which coincided with United Nations Day, was attended by dignitaries including U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Secretary-General Trygve Lie.

Daily, Mar. 5, 1989- Vol. 148, no. 308 (Nov. 14, 1949)- Also issued on microfilm from the New York Public Library, UMI, and Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Latest issue consulted: Vol. 199, no. 106 (Feb. 29, 2000).

City Record, 1949, 1, Box: I.46, Folder: 425. New York City Department of Records and Information Services, Municipal Archives. https://collectionguides-public.appdev.records.nycnet/repositories/2/archival_objects/7680 Accessed March 29, 2025.

1974年5月1日 · Across the 48 states, the Modern Postwar Era was in flower. It was a time of great expectations. It was 1949: In New York that year, the Crowell‐Collier Publishing Company—which put out...

As many great cities lay in ruins after World War II, New York City assumed a new global prominence. It became the home of the United Nations headquarters, built 1947–1952; inherited the role from Paris as center of the art world with abstract expressionism; and became a rival to London in the international finance and art markets.

The United States Senate special election of 1949 in New York was held on November 8, 1949. On June 28, 1949, incumbent senator Robert F. Wagner resigned due to ill health. On July 7, John Foster Dulles was appointed by Governor Thomas Dewey to fill the vacancy temporarily.

New York, 337 U.S. 241 (1949) It is not unconstitutional for a sentencing judge to consider information that was not presented in open court. A jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment after it convicted Williams of first-degree murder.

2017年2月6日 · The New York Transit Museum archives has a video produced by the N.Y. Board of Transportation in 1949 and directed by Henwar Rodakiewicz, a close friend of photographer Alfred Stieglitz who...

What was happening and when — here's WNYC's timeline of some of the most significant events in the 1940s and ...