Wednesday Pub Night #193 (4/12/00) - 8:00 pm at Greenwich Pizza and Brewing
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PubNight this week is at Greenwich Pizza and Brewing, 418 6th Avenue, at the corner of 9th Street, beginning at 8:00pm. They have good food and a pleasant beer selection. It is across from the 9th Street PATH station and convenient to the A/B/C/D/E/F/Q/L/1/2/3/9/N/R/6 subway lines.
- Where: Greenwich Pizza and Brewing
- Address: 418 6th Ave (Ave. of the Americas) at 9th St
- Time: 8:00 pm (they have food)
The backup is Stoned Crow, 85 Washington Pl. (2 blocks below 8th St) a few doors east of 6th (btwn 6th and Wash. Sq. Park) on the north side of the street.
This week in NYC/Greenwich Village literary history:
- 4/10/1906...O' Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" is published. It's a heartwarming tale of true love and Christmas, and is set within several blocks of tonight's PubNight.
and, this week in the history of 19th and 20th century American controversy:
- 4/10/1995...Time Warner became one of the first companies to sell advertising on the Web when it started selling ads on its Pathfinder site.
- 4/11/1947...Baseball enters modern times as Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in an exhibition game between the Dodgers and the Yankees.
- 4/11/1970...Governor Nelson Rockefeller signs a law legalizing abortion in the state to take effect that July.
- 4/12/1861...The American Civil War Begins when Confederate shore batteries opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay.
- 4/14/1865... President Lincoln Shot.
- 4/14/1912... RMS Titanic Hits Iceberg on its maiden voyage.
See you there,
kris, petro and Jay
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