The 2006 New York City plane crash Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be on October 11 , 2006 , when a Cirrus SR20 general aviation , fixed-wing , single-engine light aircraft crashed Catastrophe into the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City , at about 2:42 p.m. EDT ( 18:42 UTC ) .

Operation Military_operation Peppermint was the codename given Giving during World War II to preparations by the Manhattan Project and the European Theater of Operations United States Army ( ETOUSA ) to counter the danger that the Germans might disrupt the June 1944 Normandy landings with radioactive poisons .

The factory was located on the 8th , 9th , and 10th floors of the Asch Building , at 23–29 Washington Place in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan .

The 1867 Manhattan earthquake Catastrophe struck Bodily_harm Riley County , Kansas , in the United States on April 24 , 1867 at 20:22 UTC , or about .

The earthquake 's epicenter Process_start was near the town of Manhattan .

Manhattan is near the Nemaha Ridge , a long anticline structure that is bounded by several faults .

During the Second World War , Britain had a nuclear weapons project , codenamed Tube Alloys , which was merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the American Manhattan Project in August 1943 .

Many of Britain 's top scientists participated Participation in the British contribution to the Manhattan Project .

Several key British scientists worked Employment on the Manhattan Project , but after the war the Americans ended Process_end cooperation on nuclear weapons .

It was the deadliest Killing train accident within New York City since a 1991 subway derailment in lower Manhattan , and the first accident in Metro-North 's history to result in passenger fatalities .

On February 23 , 1997 , Ali Hassan Abu Kamal , a 69-year-old Palestinian teacher , opened fire Use_firearm on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in Manhattan , New York City .

Her funeral was held Hold on August 31 , 2001 , in Manhattan .

The New York City draft riots ( July 13–16 , 1863 ) , known Know at the time as Draft Week , were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan , widely regarded Know as the culmination of white working-class discontent with new laws passed Motion_directional by Congress that year to draft men to fight Hostile_encounter in the ongoing American Civil War .

Many black residents left Departing Manhattan permanently with many moving to Brooklyn .

The festival took place Process_start in 17 venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn .

On May 1 , 2010 , a terrorist attack Attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan , New York .

Shahzad was charged Judgment_communication in federal court in Manhattan on May 4 with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and other federal crimes related to explosives Attack .

Site of George Washington 's 1776 encampment opposite Fort Washington at the northern end Process_end of Manhattan .

By the time it stopped Process_end on December 26 , measurement of the snowfall reached 26.4 inches ( 67.1 cm ) in Central Park in Manhattan .

Performers have included Cause_to_be_included Dave Brubeck , Gary Burton , Regina Carter , Chick Corea , Dave Holland , Joe Lovano , The Manhattan Transfer , Wynton Marsalis , Pat Metheny , Mulgrew Miller , Paquito d'Rivera , Sonny Rollins , Wayne Shorter , Take 6 , and Tower of Power .

On August 23 , 2013 by a 2 to 1 vote an appeal to overturn Change the convictions was denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act by a Manhattan appeals court .