The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
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UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson received a standing ovation for her gender inequality speech at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US.
Nearly one million people protested for the disarmament of nuclear weapons in Central Park, New York City.
The Seneca Falls Convention became the first-ever US women's rights convention.
Planet of the Apes hit the theatres in New York City.
Singer Bob Dylan played at New York's famous Carnegie Hall.