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Updated 12/05/2008 09:59 PM

December 5th In NYC History

By: NY1 News

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On this date in...

1933...New Yorkers raise their glass to the end of Prohibition, speakeasies and bootleg whiskey.

1955...At a meeting in Manhattan, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to form the AFL/CIO. The group is headed by George Meany of the Bronx, and with 15 million members, it's the world's largest labor federation.

1973..."Serpico," starring Al Pacino, opens in Manhattan. The film tracks real-life detective Frank Serpico's struggle to expose corruption in the NYPD in the late 1960s and early 1970s.