August 24th In NYC History
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1939...One of America's most wanted, gangster Louis Lepke, surrenders to columnist Walter Winchell in Manhattan. Winchell turned Lepke over to the FBI.
1981...Mark David Chapman is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of John Lennon outside the Dakota apartments.