* 1941: At the start of the new year, the Copacabana opens for business at 10 E. 60th St. Later that year, America goes to war.
* 1947: Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda star in the film “Copacabana.”
* 1949: Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin start performing at the club, part of a large group of A-list performers who would frequent the Copa in the coming decades.
* 1957: Shortly after the club’s dining room is integrated, Yankees Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra are involved in an infamous tussle with alleged loudmouths who were heckling headliner Sammy Davis Jr. As usual, the Yankees recorded several hits.
* 1965: The Supremes make their debut at the Copa.
* 1969: The famous Copa Girl dance team is disbanded.
* 1973: Original owner Monte Proser dies, and the club sits empty for nearly three years.
* 1976: John Juliano takes over the Copacabana and operates it like the discotheques that were popular at the time.
* 1978: Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” crashes the Billboard charts with the tale of a one-time showgirl working in a disco. Juliano gets the idea to revisit the Copa’s roots and host a Latin theme night. It’s a hit.
* 1992: The Copa moves to 617 W. 57th St., where it operates until 2002.
* 2003: The Copa takes over a cavernous space at 560 W. 34th St. as a nightclub and special events venue.
* 2007: Construction on the rapidly developing West Side causes the Copa to close once again halfway through the year.
* TONIGHT: The Copacabana reopens in Times Square with a live performance by salsa legend Willie Colon.