January 8th In NYC History
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1965...The world's largest sapphire -- the Star of India -- and other stolen gems come home to New York in the coat pocket of an assistant district attorney. The fabulous stones were stolen from the Museum of Natural History three months earlier. They were recovered from a locker in a Miami bus depot with the help of one of the thieves.