Today in History 07/26 (New York Statehood)

Website: www.ny.gov
Population: 19.85 million (2017)
Area: 54,556 sq miles
Colleges and universities: Columbia University · New York University · Cornell University · Syracuse University · Rockefeller University · United States Military Academy · Binghamton University · University at Albany, SUNY · Hamilton College · University at Buffalo · Fordham University · Sarah Lawrence College · Stony Brook University · University of Rochester
Capital: Albany
Senators: Kirsten Gillibrand · Chuck Schumer
Governor: Andrew Cuomo

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(1788) New York is 11th state to ratify the Constitution.
Also on this day,
1908 | Roosevelt and Bonaparte bring about a bureau
Also on this day,
1908 | Roosevelt and Bonaparte bring about a bureau
United States Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, acting on ideas he’d hashed out with President Teddy Roosevelt, has hired staff for a new bureau, and today he officially orders them to report to the Chief Examiner. This will later be marked as the start of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI.1951 | ‘Alice in Wonderland’ premieres
A daydreaming Alice gives chase to a white rabbit sporting a dapper waistcoat, following him down a rabbit hole and into movie history as Disney premieres its 13th animated film, based on Lewis Carroll’s books. Initially panned, it will come to be regarded as one of the best ‘Alice’ film adaptations.1975 | Disco era hustles onto the scene with a chart-topper, ‘The Hustle’
Inspired by a line dance already popular in Manhattan discotheques, songwriter Van McCoy’s mostly instrumental homage hits the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. ‘The Hustle’ will kick-start disco music’s rise, win a Grammy, and become one of the definitive grooves of the ’70s.
Today in History 07/26/17

Website: fbi.gov
Founders: Theodore Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Address: 935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20535
Customer service: +1 800-225-5324
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