New Haven, Connecticut

Notable Inhabitants:

• Henry Austin, architect
• Roger Sherman Baldwin, attorney
• Lyman Beecher, clergyman and abolitionist
• George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States
• George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States
• Al Capp, cartoonist
• Karen and Richard Carpenter, singers/musicians
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
• William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president of the United States
• Alexander Jackson Davis, architect
• Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman
• Paul de Man, literary theorist
• Willard Gibbs, physicist and founder of physical chemistry
• Charles Goodyear, inventor
• Paul Hindemith, composer
• John Kerry, 2004 Democratic nominee for president of the United States
• Norman Lear, television producer
• Joe Lieberman, vice-presidential candidate, 2000
• Paul MacCready, inventor
• Robert Moses, architect and urban planner
• George Lloyd Murphy, dancer, actor and politician
• César Pelli, architect
• Liz Phair, musician
• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Congressman
• Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., businessman and former chief of General Motors
• Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author
• Lawrence Summers, economist, former Secretary of the Treasury, and 27th president of Harvard University
• William Howard Taft, 27th President of United States
• Ithiel Town, architect and civil engineer
• Eli Whitney, inventor and innovator

Sister cities of New Haven

New Haven has engaged in a program of encouraging its citizens to gain a global awareness through its own version of a sister cities program, as many other cities worldwide have done. As of the present day, New Haven's sister cities are:

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• Afula-Gilboa, Israel
• Amalfi, Italy
• Avignon, France
• Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Hue, Vietnam
• León, Nicaragua

Some of these cities, such as Freetown, were selected as sister cities because of specific historical connections between New Haven and the paired city -- in Freetown's case because of the role of the Amistad trial. Others, such as Amalfi and Afula-Gilboa, reflect traditionally significant ethnic groups evident in New Haven.

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In 1990, the city of New Haven was additionally chosen by the United Nations as a "Peace Messenger City."

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Miscellaneous

In 1892, local confectioner George C. Smith invented the first lollipops.

Related Topics:
1892 - Confectioner - George C. Smith - Lollipop

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The frisbee is said to have originated on the Yale campus, based on the tin pans of the Frisbie Pie Company which were tossed around by students on the New Haven Green.

Related Topics:
Frisbee - Frisbie Pie Company - New Haven Green

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New Haven serves as the world headquarters of the Knights of Columbus organization, which maintains its headquarters and a small museum downtown. The organization was founded in the city in 1882.

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Knights of Columbus - 1882

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New Haven has been fictionalized in the movie The Skulls, which focused on conspiracy theories surrounding the real-life Skull and Bones secret society which is located in New Haven. The city was also fictionally portrayed in the movie Amistad concerning the events around the mutiny trial of that ship's rebelling captives.

Related Topics:
The Skulls - Skull and Bones - Amistad

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New Haven hosted the first Bell PSTN switch office.

Related Topics:
Bell - PSTN

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The New York Giants football team actually played their home games at the Yale Bowl for the 1974 and 1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium (their old home) was being renovated and Giants Stadium in New Jersey (their current home) was being built.

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Ultra-traditional mens clothier J. Press was founded in New Haven by immigrant tailor Jacobi Press in 1902. Their store on York Street remains their largest in the country; additional stores are located in New York, New York, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C..

Related Topics:
J. Press - 1902 - New York, New York - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Washington, D.C.

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