No news is good news as violent crime takes a holiday

New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being shot, stabbed or subject to other sorts of violent crime for the first time in recent memory, police said on Wednesday.

The rare day occurred on Monday, near the end of a year when the city's murder rate is on target to hit its lowest point since 1960, according to Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department.

Browne said it was "the first time in memory" the city's police force had experienced such a peaceful day.