Updated 12/06/2012 01:00 AM
December 6th In NYC History
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1970...One year after a Rolling Stones fan is killed by Hells Angels during the band's Altamont Speedway concert near San Francisco, the documentary "Gimme Shelter," which chronicles the ill-fated concert, makes its debuts in Manhattan.
1988...Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in New York for a two-day visit – the last by a Soviet leader before the Soviet Union dissolves in 1991.