On this date in...

1929...The Museum of Modern Art opens in Midtown with exhibitions of works by Cezanne, Gaugin, Seurat and Van Gogh.

1961...Mayor Robert Wagner is re-elected for a third term, defeating Republican Louis Lefkowitz.

1989...Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, a Democrat, is elected the first African-American mayor of New York City, narrowly defeating former U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani.