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January
16th Conductor
Arturo Toscanini dies. 1957
22nd
"Mad Bomber"
George Metesky arrested.
1957
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February
4th
1932 Winter Olympics opens in Lake Placid, New York
75th A
7th
Gay Talese,
writer
75th
Birthday
9th Police
arrest
Mae West and cast of "Sex" for obscenity.
1927
18th
Milos
Forman
75th
Birthday
22nd
Edward Kennedy
75th
Birthday.
27th
Elizabeth Taylor
75th
Birthday.
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March
1st
Charles Lindbergh's son
kidnapped. 1932
21st Hoarder
Homer Collyer found dead in Harlem brownstone. 1947 |
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April
5th
Allen Ginsberg beat poet dies in New York City at
age 70. 1997
11th
Jackie Robinson become first black major league
baseball player. 1947
26th
Studio 54 opens. 1977 |
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May
14th "We Want Beer!" parade. 1932
25th
Star Wars opens. 1977
26th
George "Human Fly" Willig climbs
S. Tower of World Trade Center. 1977
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June
8th
Jerry Stiller, aka Frank Costanza of Seinfeld
75th
Birthday.
12th 750,000 participate in
anti-nuclear demonstration in Central Park 1982
15th
Mario Cuomo - New York Governor (1982-1994) 75th
Birthday
21st
WNBA makes it's debut. 1997 |
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July
13-14th
Blackout of 1977 lightning strike plunges NYC into
darkness. 1977
Jul
Vincent 'Chin' Gigante, boss of Genovese crime
family, convicted of murder conspiracy and racketeering.
1997
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August
9th Police officer
Justin Volpe sodomizes Haitian immigrant
Abner Louima
in bathroom of
70th precinct. Volpe is sentenced to 30 year in prison.
1997
10th
David Berkowitz, Son of Sam, captured. 1977
16th
Elvis Presley dies. 1977
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September
1st Mayor
James "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns. 1932
15th
Princess Grace dies in car crash. 1982
24th Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game at Ebbets
Field. 1957
50th
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29th
New York Giants play
their last game at the Polo Grounds.
1957
50th A
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October
12th Howard Cosell utters his famous
"Ladies and gentleman, the Bronx is burning" statement
during Game 2 of the 1977 World Series between the New
York Yankees and Los Angles Dodgers while a fire rages
out of control at an abandon elementary school near
Yankee Stadium. 1977
18th
Reggie Jackson
hits 3 homeruns in World Series game. 1977
25th Mob boss
Albert Anastasia gunned
down while getting a shave 1957
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November
2nd
Joel Steinberg and Hedda Nussbaum arrested for
neglect of their 6-year-old adopted daughter Lisa
Steinberg. 1987
8th
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats
Herbert Hoover in landslide victory. 1932
12th
Holland Tunnel opens. 1927
80th A
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December
1st
Michael Jackson releases album, "Thriller". 1982
6th
Don King, boxing promoter
75th
Birthday.
14th "Saturday Night Fever" premieres in New York.
1977
22nd
Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic. 1937
27th
Radio City Music Hall opens. 1932
75th A
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