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September 3rd In NYC History

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On this date in...

1609...British explorer Henry Hudson stumbles upon New York's lower bay while searching for the Northwest Passage to Asia.

1845...The Knickerbocker baseball team – believed to be the first baseball club in the nation – is founded.