Rapper Kidd Creole stabbed a homeless man to death in New York City and was arrested.
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Bellevue Hospital opened the NYC Almshouse, the first public hospital in the US.
The first Tony Awards were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
The last slaves in New York were freed.
Walt Disney released their second feature-length movie, 'Pinocchio,' in New York City.
New York City held the world's first St Patrick's Day Parade.