New York

• Churchill's mother was born in Brooklyn
  The beautiful Jennie Jerome married Lord Randolph Churchill. Winston was their eldest son, and was devoted to his American mother.
• New York was the first and last city that Churchill visited
  New York was the first American city to be visited by Churchill, in November 1895 just before his twenty-first birthday, en route to military action in Cuba. He saw the Manhattan skyline for the last time in April 1961, when he was eighty-six.
• Churchill was run down by a motor car on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue
  Churchill was run down by a motor car on Fifth Avenue at 76th Street on December 13, 1931. The accident could have ended his life.
• Churchill was prescribed alcohol during his recovery
  As part of his recovery, he persuaded his doctor to prescribe him alcohol during prohibition.

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