Updated 02/14/2013 01:00 AM February 14th In NYC History To view
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in... 1865...Abraham and Strauss begins as a department store in
the city of Brooklyn. The A&S chain will go on to serve New
Yorkers for more than a century, until 1995 when the name is
dropped following a merger with Macy's. 1899...Mayor Robert Van
Wyck signs a law changing the name of Western Boulevard to
Broadway. Until that point, Western Boulevard was the extension
of Broadway above Columbus Circle. 1965...Malcolm X's house in
Elmhurst, Queens, is firebombed. A week later, the Muslim
activist is assassinated.