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Updated 02/18/2013 01:00 AM

February 18th In NYC History

By: NY1 News

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On this date in...

1953...The 3-D movie craze kicks off in New York with the premiere of "Bwana Devil."

1955...President Eisenhower awards a gold medal to the Lower East Side's Irving Berlin for the songwriter's contributions to American patriotism.

Today's New Yorker birthdays include musician Yoko Ono, born in 1933.