History

A ceremony honoring six people who died 20 years ago in the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was being held Tuesday at the 9/11 memorial, where the twin towers were destroyed eight years later. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 56th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 25, 1902, included a report on a train wreck on the Brooklyn Bridge. Nowadays, trains don’t traverse the Brooklyn Bridge. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 55th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 54th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 23, 1901, carried an article about a gun-and-knife fight between several Italian immigrants that had grown out of a card game in a house on Navy Street. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 53rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 22, 1902, reported that a severe ice storm had crippled the city. Brighton Beach, in particular, was cut off from the rest of the city because the overhead wires on the streetcars were damaged. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 52nd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 21, 1902, carried an article about the “shocking goings-on” at a stag party given by a group of voluntary firefighters in Jamaica, Queens. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 51st day of the year. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 50th day of the year. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 48th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 47th day of the year. On this day in 1898, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the explosion in Cuba that sank the U.S. battleship Maine. The battleship was in Cuba to protect U.S. interests amid the background of a Cuban revolt against Spanish rule. … Full Article