On Nov. 2, 1986, Norwegian distance runner Grete Waitz won her eighth New York City marathon, finishing the 26-mile, 385-yard course more than a mile ahead of the second- and third-place women in the race. In 1988, she won it for the ninth time, something no other marathon runner had accomplished.
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On Nov. 3, 1900, the first U.S. auto show opened at Madison Square Garden in New York, with automaker…