Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
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Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon in New York.
The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
