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Founded in 1682, Philadelphia is now the fifth largest city in the United states with 142 square miles of land and 1.6 million residents. The Philadelphia metro area is home to 6.1 million people. Philadelphia has 41 million annual visitors.
Philadelphia Nicknames
Philly, The City of Brotherly Love, The Birthplace of America, The City that Loves You Back, The City of Neighborhoods, The Quaker City, and The Cradle of Liberty.
Philadelphia Firsts
1740-university (University of Pennsylvania)
1682-city in the western hemisphere to guarantee religious freedom
1731-library (The Library Company of Philadelphia)
1736-volunteer fire department
1751-hospital (Philadelphia Hospital)
1765-medical school
1775-piano
1776-naval shipyard
1784-America's first newspaper (The Philadelphia Packet and Daily Advertiser)
1787-African-American church (Mother Bethel African American Methodist Episcopal Church)
1790-stock exchange in U.S. (now called NASDAQ)
1792-federal building (Philadelphia Mint)
1856-Republican National Convention
1874-zoo (Philadelphia Zoo)
1946-computer (ENIAC)
1920-Thanksgiving Day parade
Philadelphia Inventions
1747-lightning rod
1763-odometer
1784-bifocals
1807-soda pop
1858-pencil with attached eraser
1874-ice-cream soda
1880-candy corn
1888-revolving doors
1890-toilet paper roll
1923-bubble gum
1924-Monopoly
1943-Slinky
1955-polio vaccine
1982-smiley face emoticon
Philly Fun Facts
One of every six doctors is trained in Philadelphia.
Walnut Street Theater is the oldest running English-speaking theater in the world.
City Hall is the country's largest municipal building.
Penn Museum has the largest sphinx in the western hemisphere.
Philadelphians eat 12 times more pretzels than the average U.S. citizen. Pennsylvania is the first place in the U.S. to have soft pretzels, which came from the Dutch (1861)
In 1957, American Bandstand had its original home in Philly
Famous Philadelphians
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Andrew M. Allen, Andy Breckman, Benjamin Chew Tilghman, Benjamin Rush, Bil Keane, Bill Tilden, Billie Holiday, Chris Matthews, Christopher Ferguson, David Brenner, Dom Irrera, Ed Bradley, Ed Wynn, Eddie Fisher, Elaine May, Elisha Kane, Fabian, Frank Wycheck, Gary Dourdan, Gloria Allred, Grace Kelly, Harold Kosoff, Howard Head, Imogene Coca, Jack Klugman, Janet Gaynor, John Backus, John Barrymore, John Cappelletti, Joshua Wurman, Kim Delaney, Kobe Bryant, Larry Fine, Lauren Cohan, Lionel Barrymore, Lisa Lopes, Lois Hamilton, Man Ray, Marc Blitzstein, Marian Anderson, Mario Lanza, Marsha A. Hunt, Martin Sherman, Michael Buffer, Michael Medved, Michelle Malkin, Noam Chomsky, Norman Fell, Owen Wister, Parker Stevenson, Richard Brooks, Richard Deacon, Roy Campanella, Sam Wood, Samuel Leeds Allen, Seth Green, Sheila Lukins, Toukie Smith, Wilt Chamberlain.
