The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
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The Great Fire of New York ended.
The last slaves in New York were freed.
Singer Bob Dylan played at New York's famous Carnegie Hall.
More than 25,000 people marched down New York's 5th Avenue supporting women's suffrage.
Revolutionary War soldiers formed the Society of St. Tammany.
