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49 years ago on April 4th, 1973
The twin towers of the World Trade Center officially open, becoming the tallest buildings in the world
Groundbreaking had taken place seven years earlier, but construction of Towers 1 and 2 was delayed until 1968 and 1969 respectively while the site was excavated and a wall was constructed to prevent water intrusion from the nearby Hudson River. The towers had topped out and tenants had begun moving in, but April 4th marked the ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially opened the towers. Construction required razing 13 square blocks of Lower Manhattan that included a section of electronics retailers known as Radio Row. The towers would remain the world's tallest until the completion of the Sears Tower in Chicago just one year later, and would remain standing 28 years until the September 11th attacks. โฎ๏ธ
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More events from April 4th in New York History
163 years ago on April 4th, 1859
The Civil War anthem 'Dixie' debuts in New York as part of a blackface minstrel show
89 years ago on April 4th, 1933
The USS Akron, one of history's largest airships, crashes into the ocean off the coast of New Jersey, killing 73 and leaving three survivors
55 years ago on April 4th, 1967
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights titled "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"
4 years ago on April 4th, 2018
Police shoot and kill a man in Crown Heights, Brooklyn who was holding a bent metal piece of pipe as if it were a gun
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Record High: 80ยฐF in 1892
Record Low: 20ยฐF in 1874
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