Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was an American businessman, philanthropist, the 41st Vice President of the United States and the 49th Governor of New York.- AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1936/10/09 | Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go. | Passenger | Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | |||
| 1946/12/00 | Wallace Harrison and Nelson Rockefeller buy the "X city" site along the East River from William Zeckendorf for $8.5 million ($111 million in 2019). | Developer | Headquarters of the United Nations | New York City | |||
| 1952/00/00 | Nelson Rockefeller buys Edward Hopper's "Portrait of Orleans" from the Rehn Gallery, New York. | Owner | Portrait of Orleans | ||||
| 1954/10/00 | Nelson Rockefeller hires Henri Matisse to design a stained-glass window honoring his mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. | Benefactor | Union Church of Pocantico Hills | Mount Pleasant, NY | |||
| 1979/01/26 | Nelson Rockefeller dies of a heart attack in his townhouse at 13 W 54th St while working with Megan Marshack, a 25-year-old aide. An ambulance was called about an hour later. | Died | Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street | New York City |
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