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Updated 07/29/2012 10:23 AM

July 29th In NYC History

By: NY1 News

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On this date in...

1976...A reign of terror begins in the city with the first in a year-long series of mysterious murders involving young couples in parked cars. The killer, David Berkowitz, later dubbed the "Son of Sam," is apprehended the following year.

1998...Legendary director/choreographer Jerome Robbins dies in his home in Manhattan at the age of 79.