Question: On what date was Times Square renamed?
About the article "Times Square", section "1900s–1970s".

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Longacre Square was the name of Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, before it was renamed in honor of "The New York Times" in 1904. 
Alexandria in Arachosia was a city in ancient times that is now called Kandahar in Afghanistan.
It was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
Arachosia is the Greek name of an ancient province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid and Parthian empires.
The province of "Arachosia" corresponds to today's southeastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan, the ethnic Pashtun territory.
Isidorus of Charax in his 1st century AD "Parthian stations" itinerary described an "Alexandropolis, the metropolis of Arachosia", which he said was still Greek even at such a late time:The remains of Alexandria in Arachosia are today found in the tell of Old Kandahar citidel in the western portion of the modern city.
The citadel tell was excavated by the British "Society for South Asian Studies" through the 1970s and with the from 2008–2009.
These excavations indicate that the Islamic walls were based on those from classical times indicating what might be a square (tetragonis) shaped town, but one highly modified by the unusual topography.
A triangular shaped portion of the tell adjoining the Greek town is from the Buddhist era.
Alexander appears to have founded his town on the site of 6th century BC Persian garrison point.
The pass, river and junction of three long distance trade routes made the location of strategic importance.
To date, no Greek buildings have been found, but numerous coins, inscriptions and graves have been.
Further discoveries are anticipated as excavation reaches deeper strata of the tell.
The citadel walls have been shown to have contained circular towers similar to those at Farah, Balkh and Nadi Ali Sorkh Gdagh, although these could be Islamic in age. 
The Tiradentes square, previously called "Largo da Matriz", commemorates the founding of Curitiba, on 29 March 1693, in the region of the square.
In 1880, the square was renamed D. Pedro II square in honour of the emperor's visit to Paraná.
In 1889, at the beginning of the Republic the square was renamed Tiradentes.
The square is a public transport terminal and meeting point. 
Contracts Square is known since the Kievan Rus' times as an important part of the Podil merchant neighborhood.
The square lies in between the Andriyivskyy Descent, Sahaidachny, Pokrivska, Florivska, Prytisko-Mykilska, Kostiantynivska, Mezhyhirska, Spaska, Skovorody and Ilynska streets.
The construction of the Contracts House, a permanent trading center where contracts were signed, at the end of the 18th century gave the square its current name.
During 1748-1749, the Fountain of Samson was built to repair the water distribution system of the area to a design by Ukrainian architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi.
The compound of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, one of Ukraine's leading universities dating back to 16th century, adjoins the square.
In the 1970s, archaeological works conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Ukrainian SSR were done on the square, as well as reconstructions of the square's main constructions.
The square was renamed several times during its history: in 1869-1919 the square was named "Alexander Square" in honour of the Russian emperor Alexander II; in 1919-1944 it was named "Red Square", dedicated to Communism; between 1945 and the 1950s, it was renamed back to "Contracts", although "Red" continued to be widely used among elder people; in 1990, the original name was re-established. 
During the Gallo-Roman era, the quarter of Bellecour was an alluvial island.
In Roman times, the quarter had military and commercial activities: remains of huts which served as warehouses for traders and Gallo-Roman boatmen, called "Canabae", have been found in this area.
In the late 12th century, the archbishop of Lyon had a vineyard there called "Bella curtis" ("Beau jardin" in French).
Abandoned, the area became swampy.
In 1562, François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets attacked Lyon, installed his soldiers on the "Pré de Belle-cour".
In 1604, Henry IV forced the Lyon City Council to acquire what by then had become a pasture in order to create a public square, but the heirs of the Archbishop challenged this order in court, resulting in an interminable trial.
Many years later, in 1708, Louis XIV obtained the ownership of the square.
In 1715, it became the Place Royale.
Named Place Louis-le-Grand, it was adorned with a bronze statue of the king made by Martin Desjardins.
Around the square, some buildings were then constructed whose façades were designed by Robert de Cotte, the first architect of Louis XIV.
During the French Revolution, an altar dedicated to Liberty was erected on the square on 14 July 1790.
The square changed its name and became the Place de la Fédération.
A guillotine was installed here in 1792.
The royal statue was destroyed in 1793, and the square was then named Place de l'Égalité.
On 21 June 1800, Napoleon I, after his victory at Marengo, laid the foundation stone for new buildings.
The square was renamed Place Bonaparte, later Place Napoléon.
During the Bourbon Restoration, in 1825, a new statue of Louis XIV was erected.
It was only under the French Third Republic that the square took its current name: Place Bellecour.