Times Square is a busy commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, where Broadway meets Seventh Avenue. It was formerly known as Longacre Square, and took its name from The New York Times, which built a new tower there in the early 1900s. The newspaper's New Year's Eve fireworks display and later the ball drop started the tradition of the celebration held each year. By the 1920s the area had become the centre of the American theatre district, and in the late twentieth century it was cleaned up and filled with illuminated advertising and tourist attractions. It is one of the most visited places in the world.
Before and after
- 2 October 1904Birth of Graham Greene
- 3 December 1904Discovery of Himalia
- 28 December 1904Discovery of 19P/Borrelly
- 1905October Manifesto
- 1905Construction of Times Square
- 1905Special relativity
- 1905Establishment of Kaziranga National Park
- 1905Rise of Swadeshi movement
- 1905Founding of Galatasaray S.K.
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- 1886Statue of Liberty
- c. 1900sRise of modernism
- 1907Rise of cubism
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.