Editing Carmel, New York (section)

===Significant events===
* December 4, 1965 – A [[Trans World Airlines]] [[Boeing 707]] en route to San Francisco [[1965 Carmel mid-air collision|collided]] with an [[Eastern Airlines]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] flight in mid-air, killing four people.
* July 29, 1971 – A category F-2 [[tornado]] {{convert|1.9|mi|km}} away from the town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
* October 22, 1974 – A large row of businesses on Gleneida Avenue was destroyed in a fire that required over 200 volunteer firefighters to fight the blaze.<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking Back At Fire That Forever Changed Landscape In Carmel |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/putnam/news/looking-back-at-fire-that-forever-changed-landscape-in-carmel/766391/|website=Daily Voice|date=April 18, 2019 |publisher=Putnam Daily Voice| access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
* September 1982 – June 1983 – [[Carmel High School (Carmel, New York)|Carmel High School]] track star Mike Stahr was ranked first in the US for the mile run, losing only one high school track race during his junior and senior year. He set state records and was the [[Millrose Games]] mile winner two years in a row.
* [[1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak|July 10, 1989]] – A F-2 (max. wind speeds 113–157&nbsp;mph) tornado {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} away from the Carmel town center traveled east across Fair Street near the King's Grant condos, injuring five people and causing between $5 million and $50 million in damages.
* September 11, 2001 – eight Carmel residents<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering The Fallen: Honoring Putnam County's 9/11 Victims|url=https://patch.com/new-york/southeast/remembering-fallen-honoring-putnam-countys-9-11-victims|website=Patch.com|date=September 10, 2019 | access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref> died in the [[September 11 attacks]]. The town has a memorial dedicated at Spain-Cornerstone Park on the corner of Fair Street and Route 52.
* April 27–28, 2007 – The Town of Carmel hosted a two-day Revolutionary War era militia encampment along Lake Gleneida. The event celebrated the 230th anniversary of the heroism of Sybil Ludington.

[[File:RMP 38.jpg|thumb|Carmel Police Department patrol vehicle]]