The EF2 tornado ripped through Brooklyn, New York, for 18 minutes, causing nine injuries and $20 million in damages.
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The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
Manhattan Bridge opens for traffic.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
A literal banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million in New York.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
