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1801...Alexander Hamilton and his political allies publish the first edition of The New York Evening Post to present the Federalist point of view. Today, the New York Post survives as New York's oldest newspaper.

1959..."The Sound of Music," starring Mary Martin, debuts on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.