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riontel ([personal profile] riontel) wrote2010-05-30 07:17 pm
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Amusing bit of history

While waiting for the forecast caught "Today in NYC history" on NY1. So:

Today in 1896...The city's first recorded car accident occurs when a Massachusetts man runs over a woman on a bicycle in Manhattan. She suffers a broken leg.

Oh, yeah.