Singer Bob Dylan played at New York’s famous Carnegie Hall.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City was founded.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
Foundations were placed on Bedloe's Island, New York City, to become home of the Statue of Liberty.
Rapper Kidd Creole stabbed a homeless man to death in New York City and was arrested.
The musical 'Dreamgirls' was performed for the first time at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City.