The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
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Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
The famous elephant called Topsy was executed at Luna Park, Coney Island, in New York.
Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
British forces retaliated against the United States and burned Buffalo, New York, to the ground.