where he is hit and killed by a passing car. The killing prompted several tempestuous marches through the neighborhood led by Al Sharpton. Four World Financial Center built. Le Bernardin restaurant in business. 1987 January 25: New York Giants win Super Bowl XXI at the Rose Bowl (stadium) in Pasadena, California, defeating the Denver Broncos, 39–20; it was the Giants first NFL Championship since 1956. Phil Simms was named the MVP of the game. May 19: 11-year-old Juan Perez is mauled and killed by two polar bears after he and his friends sneak into the enclosure at the Prospect Park Zoo that night. June 16: Bernhard Goetz is acquitted of the four attempted murders but convicted of one illegal gun possession count in 1984's subway shooting. November 2: Joel Steinberg and his lover Hedda Nussbaum are arrested for the beating and neglect of their six-year-old adopted daughter Lisa Steinberg, who died two days later from her injuries. The case provoked outrage that did not subside when Steinberg was released from prison in 2004 after serving 15 years. ACT UP is formed. The New York Observer begins publication. Knitting Factory cultural venue and Restaurant Aquavit in business. Tibet House founded. Dia Center for the Arts opens. New York Cares is established. 1988 January 26: Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway and earns the record of longest running show. April 1: Bright Lights, Big City, period piece film about a cocaine addicted young Pennsylvanian fact checker in Manhattan, is released. June 25: AIDS quilt on Central Park's Great Lawn New York City Campaign Finance Board and Lower East Side Tenement Museum established. World Financial Center is completed. Human Rights Watch headquartered in city. Tompkins Square Park riot (1988) 1989 April 19: Central Park jogger attacked. August 23: Yusuf Hawkins murdered. August 30: Leona Helmsley convicted of tax evasion. November 7: David Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President, is elected as the city's first African-American mayor. December 29: The funeral of former New York Yankees great Billy Martin is held at St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan). New York becomes a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. Angelika Film Center opens. City Commission on Public Information & Communication created. Fictional Seinfeld television programme begins broadcasting. 1990s 1990 January 1: David Dinkins became the city's first African-American mayor. January 25: Avianca Flight 52 to Kennedy airport crashes at Cove Neck, Long Island, after missing an approach and then