#8 oct.

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A typical day in the Garment District, this one on October 8, 1952, a bustling hub of fashion and manufacturing. The workers who cut, sewed, and pushed endless racks and hand-trucks around the midtown neighborhood were “the living embodiment of New York’s working-class economy, whose sweat and long hours draped the shoulders of the rest of the country,” The New York Times reported in 2012. A stretch of 7th Avenue, between 26th and 42nd Streets, was officially designated “Fashion Avenue” in 1972.

Photo: Sam Falk for the NY Times via Times Instagram

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The Babe and his babes, Yankee Stadium, October 8, 1927: Babe Ruth with his wife and daughter Dorothy, snapped before the third game of the World Series.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

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One of the many reasons that the 1920s through the 1950s was the "Golden Age" of New York is that it had three major league ballclubs, all fierce rivals. The Yankees were the emperors of the diamond, the Dodgers were the scrappy underdogs, the Giants were ... well, I'm not sure what they were.

A highlight (or lowlight, depending on your point of view) came on October 8, 1956, when the Dodgers, the 1955 World Champs, faced the Yanks in the World Series once again and were not only shut out, but had the only perfect game in Series history thrown against them by Don Larsen. The scoreboard tells the story. 27 up, 27 down. No hits, no walks, no errors. no runs.

Photo: Associated Press