tensions in Harlem and escalates to rioting and looting, with three killed, 125 injured and 100 arrested. New York Passenger Ship Terminal built. Premiere of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Frick Collection (museum) opens. 1936 July 11: Triborough Bridge opens. New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 begins operating. High School of Music & Art and Photo League established. Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic food company in the US, is founded. Ford Foundation headquartered in city. New York Yankees won their 6th World Series championship, the 1st World Series Championship under the leadership of rookie player Joe DiMaggio. 1937 August 11: Heavy rains cause a tenement in New Brighton to collapse, killing 19. Lincoln Tunnel opens. New York Journal-American newspaper begins publication. Carnegie Deli and Stage Deli in business. New York Yankees won their 7th World Series championship. 1937 New York City department store strikes. 1938 January 16: Benny Goodman performs at Carnegie Hall. May 28: The Carnival of Swing, considered to be the first outdoor jazz festival, takes place at Randall's Island. August 26 Fire Fighter (fireboat) is launched as the world's most powerful fireboat. September 21: New England Hurricane of 1938 strikes Long Island and continues into New England, killing 564. In New York City, ten people are killed and power is lost across upper Manhattan and the Bronx. December 11: New York Giants won their 3rd NFL championship, defeated the Green Bay Packers, 23–17. Bronx High School of Science and The Cloisters museum established. New York Yankees became the 1st team in Major League Baseball history to win their 3rd straight World Series championship. 1939 April: 1939 New York World's Fair opens. July: 1st World Science Fiction Convention held. July 4: New York Yankees celebrating Lou Gehrig appreciation day. That day, Gehrig (who was diagnosed with ALS) spoke in his farewell address by saying: "... today, I considered myself, the luckiest man on the face of the earth." October 8: New York Yankees won their 4th consecutive World Series title, and their 8th in franchise history, by sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in 4 games. Rockefeller Center built. New York Municipal Airport opens. American Ballet Theatre active. Meeker Avenue Bridge opens. 1940s 1940 November 16: "Mad Bomber" George Metesky plants the first bomb of his 16-year campaign of public bombings. American Negro Theater founded. Population: 7,454,995. White non-Hispanic population peaks at 6,856,586 or 92% of the total. 1941