Updated 07/21/2012 01:00 AM
July 21st In NYC History
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On this date in...
1853...More than 600 acres of land in Upper Manhattan are set aside as permanent park land. The urban oasis becomes Central Park.
1983...A severe storm cuts short a free Diana Ross concert in Central Park. The rain date was the next day.