The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in LaFayette, New York, by Joseph Smith.
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The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
The famous elephant called Topsy was executed at Luna Park, Coney Island, in New York.
