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  1. Houdini Goes Overboard July 7, 1912 Houdini Goes Overboard Blocked by the NYPD at Pier 6, Houdini steered a tugboat to federal waters off Governors Island, had himself nailed into a weighted crate, and was free from the East River in 57 seconds.
  2. Slavery Ends in New York July 4, 1827 Slavery Ends in New York New York freed its last enslaved residents on July 4, 1827, and the next morning thousands turned out for a march down Broadway that said what the Fourth of July still couldn't.

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