Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeast after New York City and Philadelphia. The Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area, including and surrounding the city, is the largest in New England and eleventh-largest in the country.
Some of the key events about Boston
- 1630The city of Boston was founded by Puritan colonists from England
- 1635Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in America, was established
- 1770Five civilians were killed by British soldiers in an incident known as the Boston Massacre
- 1773The Boston Tea Party protest against British taxation occurred in Boston Harbor
- 1773Colonists destroyed a shipment of tea in protest of British taxation, an event known as the Boston Tea Party
- 1775The Siege of Boston began, cutting off the city from supplies and reinforcements
- 1872A massive fire destroyed much of Boston's downtown area, causing widespread damage
- 1876The first telephone was demonstrated in Boston by its inventor
- 1897The first subway system in North America, the Tremont Street Subway, opened in Boston
- 1912Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, opened and remains the oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use
- 1919A large molasses storage tank burst, flooding the streets with molasses and killing 21 people
- 1950The Great Brink's Robbery occurred, with thieves stealing over $2 million from an armored car company
- 1954The first successful human organ transplant (a kidney) was performed at a Boston hospital
- 1962The Boston Strangler murders began, terrorizing the city for nearly two years
- 1974Racial tensions escalated during court-ordered desegregation of Boston Public Schools
- 1975The computerized NASDAQ stock market system began operations in Boston
- 1990The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist resulted in the theft of 13 valuable artworks
- 2004The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, breaking the "Curse of the Bambino"
- 2013Boston demonstrated resilience and unity in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing
- 2013Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring hundreds
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