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1821...The city's stationers and booksellers complain of street vendors taking away their business.

1939...New York Municipal Airport – later renamed LaGuardia – is dedicated in North Beach.

1951..."I Love Lucy" premieres on CBS, introducing those zany neighbors, the Ricardos and the Mertzes, who live at Manhattan's 623 East 68th Street.