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Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
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Thomas Willett
1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City (1665-66, 1667-68)
Thomas Willett was a Plymouth Colony fur trader, merchant, land purchaser and developer, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia, Magistrate of the colony, and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 12
Day of the year
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 202 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)