March 21st In NYC History
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On this date in...
1790...Thomas Jefferson takes office as the first Secretary of State in the new nation's capital, New York City.
1792...Brokers gather beneath a tree on Wall Street to begin trading in the New York Stock Exchange.
1946...The United Nations sets up temporary headquarters at Hunter College's Bronx campus.