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May 18th In NYC History

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1942...The city's great "dim-out" during World War II extends beyond a darkened skyline to include night baseball. Games are played during daylight hours for the duration of the war.

Today's New Yorker birthday's include former Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson, born in 1946.