February 18th In NYC History
Updated: Updated 02/18/2013 01:00 AM
By: NY1 News
On this date in...
1953...The 3-D movie craze kicks off in New York with the premiere of "Bwana Devil."
1955...President Eisenhower awards a gold medal to the Lower East Side's Irving Berlin for the songwriter's contributions to American patriotism.
Today's New Yorker birthdays include musician Yoko Ono, born in 1933.
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