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- "Father of the Underground Railroad," who helped hundreds of escaped slaves and documented their stories.
- "Father of the Underground Railroad."
- "Godmother of Soul," singer born in Philadelphia.
- "Mother Father Sister Brother," the house band for Philadelphia International Records.
- "School without walls" program using city resources as classrooms.
- "The Minister of Defense," Reggie White played for the Eagles 1985–1992. One of the greatest defensive players in NFL history.
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- 1655 takeover of Swedish colonial holdings by the Dutch under Peter Stuyvesant.
- 1682 grid plan for Philadelphia with five public squares.
- 1774 gathering of colonial delegates at Carpenters' Hall to coordinate response to British policies.
- 1787 gathering at Independence Hall that produced the United States Constitution.
- 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
- 1854 Act of Consolidation
- 1857 opera house, oldest in America still used for its original purpose.
- 1867 campaign led by Octavius Catto and William Still that ended racial segregation on Philadelphia's streetcars.
- 1893 terminal building, now housing the Reading Terminal Market.
- 1908 opera house on North Broad, restored and reopened 2018.
- 1917 Philadelphia transit strike
- 1950s-60s urban renewal that replaced the "Chinese Wall" of elevated rail tracks with a modernist office district.
- 1951 Philadelphia Home Rule Charter
- 1967 NBA Finals
- 1970s genre created by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, featuring lush orchestration.
- 1975 Stanley Cup Finals
- 1980 World Series
- 1980s-1990s drug crisis that devastated neighborhoods across North and West Philadelphia.
- 1983 NBA Finals
- 1987 skyscraper that controversially broke the "gentlemen's agreement" limiting building heights to below William Penn's hat.
- 1990 companion tower to One Liberty Place.
- 19th-century banker and philanthropist, founder of Girard College.
- 19th-century realist painter, known for works including "The Gross Clinic."
- 19th Street Bridge
- 2001 performing arts center with distinctive barrel-vaulted glass roof.
- 2005 glass tower adjacent to 30th Street Station.
- 2008 skyscraper, Philadelphia's second-tallest building.
- 2012 building by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects housing the Barnes Collection.
- 2014 redesign of the plaza on the west side of City Hall.
- 2017 NFC Championship Game
- 2017 Philadelphia Eagles Season
- 2017 Super Bowl LII
- 2018 Philadelphia Eagles parade
- 2018 skyscraper, Philadelphia's tallest building at 1,121 feet.
- 24-hour South Philadelphia diner.
- 30th Street Station, opened in 1933, is one of the great railroad terminals in the United States
- 35-foot bronze statue atop City Hall.
- 76ers-Celtics Rivalry
- 76ers center, three-time MVP.
- 76ers legend, pioneer of above-the-rim basketball.
- 76ers power forward, Hall of Famer.
- 9th Street (Philadelphia)
- ABC affiliate, known for "Action News."