Amazon.com description: Product Description: Did you know that it was in New York City that the first elevator was installed? That it's where the rules for the game of baseball were laid out? That it's where the world's first credit card purchase transpired or that it's where the atom was split, paving the way for the creation of the atomic bomb? Everyday something remarkable happens in the city of New York. 101 MONUMENTAL NEW YORK CITY EVENTS focuses on the many remarkable moments in this great metropolis' history that have had a lasting impact not just on New York City and the United States, but have impacted the course of human history.