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New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

Timeline of Events

1985

5.31.1985

1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.

1988

12.13.1988

Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the UN general assembly in the Austrian city of Geneva after the US authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.

1990

6.25.1990

Avianca Flight 52 crashes into the village of Cove Neck, New York after running out of fuel, killing 73 people.

1992

4.2.1992

In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

1998

5.26.1998

The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.

2004

6.24.2004

In New York state, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.

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