On this date in...

1942...The movie classic "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, has its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in Manhattan.

1975...A month after the Daily News publishes the now-famous headline, "Ford To City: Drop Dead," President Gerald Ford ends his opposition to federal aid to New York, proposing a $2 billion bailout to prevent the city's bankruptcy.