Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
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The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
An Irish cook in New York, US, infected 53 people with typhoid.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
A 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk called 'Cleopatra's Needle' was erected in Central Park, New York, US.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
