November 19th In NYC History
Updated: Updated 11/19/2012 01:00 AM
By: NY1 News
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1957...Leonard Bernstein is named musical director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra – becoming the first American-born conductor to hold the post.
Today's New Yorker birthdays include talk show host Larry King, born in Brooklyn in 1933; and fashion designer Calvin Klein, born in the Bronx in 1942.
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