The EF2 tornado ripped through Brooklyn, New York, for 18 minutes, causing nine injuries and $20 million in damages.
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Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
The first-ever color 3D movie, 'House of Wax,' premiered in New York.
A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York.
Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.
