January 2nd In NYC History
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On this date in...
1965...The Jets sign University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for $400,000 – at the time a record contract for a rookie.
1994...Rudolph Giuliani shares the spotlight with his seven-year-old son Andrew as he is sworn in as the city's first Republican mayor in a generation.