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116 years ago on April 8, 1904 — Longacre Square is renamed 'Times Square'

107 years ago on April 9, 1913 — The first game is played at Ebbets Field

154 years ago on April 10, 1866 — The ASPCA is founded in New York City, becoming the oldest animal welfare organization in the United States

59 years ago on April 11, 1961 — Bob Dylan plays in Greenwich Village for the first time

115 years ago on April 12, 1905 — The Hippodrome Theatre opens

103 years ago on April 12, 1917 — The Bijou Theatre opens on 45th Street at Broadway

38 years ago on April 12, 1982 — Three CBS employees are killed after encountering a gunman abducting a woman on the top of the Pier 92 parking garage

17 years ago on April 13, 2003 — Subway tokens are phased out and replaced by the MetroCard

2 years ago on April 14, 2018 — David Buckel, a prominent gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate, sets himself on fire in Prospect Park

9 years ago on April 16, 2011 — Area code 929 enters service

1 year ago on April 17, 2019 — A man was taken into custody after attempting to enter St. Patrick's Cathedral with cans of gasoline

14 years ago on April 18, 2006 — Roosevelt Island Tram suffers mechanical problems, trapping 69 people in two tram cars in the air for seven hours

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