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On this date in...
1895...The permanent Washington Arch in Washington Square is completed. It replaces the wooden original.
1905...40,000 pack the opening of Belmont Park. The feature race ends in a dead heat, with film courtesy of Thomas Edison.
1950...Police display a year's worth of illegal drugs captured in raids and later incinerated. The total haul is worth about $100,000.