...and New York's the Capital of America - Washington's just a state...
Today in 1816, Davy tested his Davy lamp... The mesh gauze surrounding the naked flame prevented methane outside igniting in an explosion, vastly increasing coal mine safety for 10 yr old boys and pit ponies - both of which could now reasonably expect to live until the ripe old age of 15, whereupon they were too old and knackered and were put out for pasture or sent to the glue factory. The ponies were eaten.
Davy went on to become the Godfather of global warming and is best known for starting a locker club with Mother Jones.