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October 6: The remains of Ada Eugenia von Boos-Farrar, who in 1907 became the first person to have his or her singing voice broadcast on the radio, were interred at Green-Wood on this date in 2010.

October 5: Clarkson Crolius, the leader of generations of Manhattan stoneware potters, and a member of New York City’s Common Council, died on this date in 1843.

October 4: Jerome Park Racetrack, which was opened in the Bronx by Leonard Jerome (grandfather of Winston Churchill) and August Belmont, and where the Belmont Stakes were first run, closed on this date in 1894.

October 3: On this date in 1853, Cornelius Garrison was elected the fifth mayor of San Francisco, California.

October 2: Charles Pratt, oil merchant and founder of Pratt Institute, was born on this date in 1830.

October 1: Born on this date in 1749, Peter Schermerhorn built Schermerhorn Row (six counting houses in lower Manhattan) in 1811 at what is now South Street Seaport.

September 30: Morgan Andrew Robertson, who likely invented the periscope, and foretold the sinking of the Titanic, was born on this date in 1861.

September 29: Paul Jabara, Grammy Award winner for writing Donna Summer’s hit “Last Dance,” died on this date in 1992.

September 28: Politician Alfred R. Conkling was born on this date in 1850; he committed suicide by jumping from a 4th floor window in 1917.

September 27: In 1854, on this date, the ship Arctic, the largest and fastest ship on the seas, collided with the Vesta and sank on its voyage from England to New York City; many were lost, including 6 members of the Brown family; not a single woman or child survived.