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A crowd watching the “Zipper” (news line) on the Times building at Times Square on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Photo: Howard R. Hollem, MacLaugharie, Edward Meyer via flashbak

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Sailors on the subway back from Coney Island, 1947.

Photo: Harold Feinstein via 1st Dibs

It has been Fleet Week in New York City for the last few days.  Always a great time.

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James Manico takes it easy in his carriage as his sister, Gail, 4, watches the Memorial Day Parade on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, May 30, 1959.
Photo: Paul Bernius for the NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images

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On May 28, 1957, Major League Baseball approved the request of the Dodgers and Giants to move to California. Their fans were outraged.

These Dodger fans thought that even a move to Queens would be traitorous—Robert Moses had proposed a Queens site for a new ballpark, but Walter O'Malley rejected it. He had a perfect site in mind in Brooklyn, but Moses refused to give his permission.

Photo: United Press via Ephemeral New York

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Immigrants arriving on Ellis Island from the ferry, May 27, 1920.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America