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Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay.
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- 1763 - First international sports hero, boxer Bill Richmond of Staten Island, was born August 5, 1763.
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The Narrows from Staten Island
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by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840- 1860 - Richmond County, New York
This county was organized Nov. 1, 1683. It includes Staten Island, Shooters Island, and the islands of the meadow in Staten Island Sound. It is...Read MORE... 
1870 - July 30 - Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
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July 30, 1870- 1884 - September 5 – Staten Island Academy is founded.
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September 5, 1884 
Enjoying a Rest at Midland Beach, Staten Island, N.Y.- 1902 - STATEN ISLAND FERRYBOAT ACCIDENT.
The heavy and rather unusual spring fog which enveloped bay and river to-day was responsible for two serious collisions in the harbor, in one of...Read MORE... - 1906
Stat'en Island, the southernmost part of New York state and of New York city, of which latter it constitutes the borough of Richmond. It is 13 miles...Read MORE... - 1918 - PENNED IN OVERTURNED CAR. THIRTY-ONE PERSONS INJURED IN STATEN ISLAND TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Thirty-one persons were injured last night, two seriously, when a steel trolley car on the Richmond Light and Railway Company was derailed on the...Read MORE... 
Staten Island Hospital, Castleton Ave., Staten Island, N.Y.- 1928 - June 29 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.
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June 29, 1928 
Curtis High School, St. George, Staten Island, N.Y.- 1937 - BUILDING COLLAPSE KILLS 19. OCCUPANTS OF THREE TENEMENTS DIE WHILE SLEEPING EARLY TODAY. TONS OF WATER, ROARING DOWN FROM OVERFLOW STORM SEWERS, RIPS BUILDINGS ASUNDER, CRUSHING RESIDENTS TO DEATH.
New York, Aug. 12. (AP) - At least 19 persons were crushed to death in their sleep early today, amid a smothering avalanche of bricks and debris,...Read MORE... - 1946 - 2 DEAD IN FIRE ON STATEN ISLE, LOSS 2 MILLION. 34 PERSONS HURT, ST. GEORGE FERRY HOUSE DESTROYED.
New York, (AP) - Two persons burned to death and 34 were overcome or injured yesterday in a nine-alarm, $2,000,000 blaze which engulfed Staten...Read MORE...
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