CITY

Official Website:
http://www.albanyny.org/

Population:
95658 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1614

County:
Albany County

Established 1614 as a Dutch fort, renamed Albany in 1664 by the British.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Albany Times-Union

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Excelsior College	1971
College of Saint Rose	1920
Albany Law School	1851
State University of New York at Albany	1844

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Energy East	1852

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Barnet III	Business	27-Aug-1942		CEO of William Barnet & Son, 1976-2000
Marion Zimmer Bradley	Author	3-Jun-1930	25-Sep-1999	The Mists of Avalon
Ginny Brown-Waite	Politician	5-Oct-1943		Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-11
Roscoe Conkling	Politician	30-Oct-1829	18-Apr-1888	US Senator from New York, 1867-81
Erastus Corning II	Politician	7-Oct-1909	28-May-1983	Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83
Gene Cretz	Diplomat	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Ghana
William Devane	Actor	5-Sep-1937		Greg Sumner on Knots Landing
Walter F. Doran	Military	15-Oct-1945		C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05
Michael J. Dugan	Military	22-Feb-1937		USAF Chief of Staff, 1990
Christian Finnegan	Comic	1-Apr-1973		Two For Flinching
Hamilton Fish II	Politician	17-Apr-1849	15-Jan-1936	Congressman from New York, 1909-11
Charles Fort	Scientist	6-Aug-1874	3-May-1932	Prophet of the Unexplained
Kirsten Gillibrand	Politician	9-Dec-1966		US Senator from New York
Leslie R. Groves	Military	17-Aug-1896	13-Jul-1970	Director of the Manhattan Project
Learned Hand	Judge	27-Jan-1872	18-Aug-1961	Influential American justice
Bret Harte	Author	25-Aug-1836	5-May-1902	Master of the western short story
Joseph Henry	Physicist	17-Dec-1797	13-May-1878	Discovered electromagnetic induction
Ashton Holmes	Actor	17-Feb-1978		Tyler Barrol on Revenge
Michael Patrick Jann	Film Director	15-May-1970		Reno 911!, The State
Menachem Kellner	Scholar	28-Mar-1946		Maimonidean scholar
William Kennedy	Novelist	16-Jan-1928		Ironweed and The Cotton Club
Robert S. Langer	Chemist	29-Aug-1948		Institute Professor at MIT
John P. Lewis	Economist	18-Mar-1921	19-May-2010	Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
James Mann	Author	18-Sep-1946		Rise of the Vulcans
Daniel Manning	Government	16-May-1831	24-Dec-1887	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87
John McTiernan	Film Director	8-Jan-1951		The Hunt for Red October
Gerald J. Pappert	Attorney	15-May-1963		Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 2003-05
Rufus Wheeler Peckham	Judge	8-Nov-1838	24-Oct-1909	US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
Martha Quinn	TV Personality	11-May-1959		Original MTV veejay
William C. Redfield	Politician	18-Jun-1858	13-Jun-1932	US Commerce Secretary, 1913-19
Andy Rooney	Journalist	14-Jan-1919	4-Nov-2011	60 Minutes' resident crank
Philip Schuyler	Military	11-Nov-1733	18-Nov-1804	US Revolutionary War general
Philip Henry Sheridan	Military	6-Mar-1831	5-Aug-1888	Union Army General
Theobald Smith	Scientist	31-Jul-1859	10-Dec-1934	Infectious and parasitic diseases
Anthony J. Vinciquerra	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Fox Networks Group
Kevin M. Warsh	Economist	13-Apr-1970		Federal Reserve Governor, 2006-11

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hannah Van Buren	First Lady	8-Mar-1783	5-Feb-1819	Wife of US President Martin Van Buren
Daniel E. Button	Politician	1-Nov-1917	7-Mar-2009	Congressman from New York, 1967-71
De Witt Clinton	Politician	2-Mar-1769	11-Feb-1828	Twice Governor of New York
Erastus Corning	Business	14-Dec-1794	9-Apr-1872	Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
Daniel Manning	Government	16-May-1831	24-Dec-1887	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87
William Paterson	Judge	24-Dec-1745	9-Sep-1806	US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806
Philip Schuyler	Military	11-Nov-1733	18-Nov-1804	US Revolutionary War general
Arthur Shawcross	Criminal	6-Jun-1945	10-Nov-2008	Genesee River Killer
John C. Spencer	Politician	8-Jan-1788	18-May-1855	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44
John Tayler	Politician	4-Jul-1742	19-Apr-1829	Governor of New York, 1817
Monty Woolley	Actor	17-Aug-1888	6-May-1963	The Man Who Came to Dinner

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