MILESTONES: October 19, birthdays for Lil Durk, Evander Holyfield, Jose Bautista

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October 19, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Lil Durk. Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Footaction/AP Images

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On this day in 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported on the Austrian military force’s invasion of Serbia and Italy’s declaration of War on Bulgaria during the First World War. The Bulgarian army was reported to have been “annihilated.” In this war, the Allied and Central Forces were aligned differently than during World War II. Italy, Japan, Serbia and neighboring Montenegro and Greece were on the same side with Great Britain, France, and China, among others. The United States and China didn’t enter the war until 1917, on the Allied side…The Brooklyn Eagle also published a chart outlining President Woodrow Wilson’s six-year defense budget totaling $842 million.

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On this day in 1931, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that a Manhattan grand jury had returned four indictments against Joseph A. Broderick, state superintendent of banks, and 27 others in the crash of the Bank of the United States the previous December. Broderick was being charged with neglect of duty that led to the bank’s collapse and with conspiracy. Meanwhile, Broderick denied the charges and refused to quit. He also received a show of support from Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was quoted in the Eagle as saying he “had every confidence in his complete integrity.”

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On this day in 1951, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported “More Police Heads to Roll,” as NYC Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan seized his department in a shakedown to flush out corruption. Already, three inspectors resigned, submitting their retirement papers. Monaghan promised the press more disclosures as he solidified his plan to reorganize NYPD … Meanwhile Anthony Anastasio, a labor leader with the International Longshoremen’s Union (ILA), was stoking a wildcat strike. The previous week, Anastasio had put a halt to the strike at the Brooklyn Army base but now he seemed to be doing the reverse action. In what the Eagle described as a “flying squadron,” Anastasio pulled men off the job at the Erie Basin. The ILA building on Court Street was dedicated to the union leader but was torn down in 2010. The residential development constructed at that site ironically used non-union labor.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include baseball All-Star JOSE BAUTISTA, who was born in 1981; actor MICHAEL GAMBON, who was born in 1940; former world champion heavyweight boxer EVANDER HOLYFIELD, who was born in 1962; author JOHN LeCARRE, who was born in 1931; rapper LIL DURK, who was born in 1993; Tony Award-winning actor JOHN LITHGOW, who was born in 1945; artist and designer PETER MAX, who was born in 1937; carpenter and TV personality TY PENNINGTON, who was born in 1964; writer and director JASON REITMAN, who was born in 1977; and former baseball player MICHAEL YOUNG, who was born in 1976.

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ANNIE PECK WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1850. The world-renowned mountain climber won an international following in 1895 when she climbed the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. Peck also climbed the Peruvian peak Huascaran, giving her the record for the highest peak climbed in the Western Hemisphere by an American man or woman, and at age 61 she climbed Mount Coropuna in Peru and placed a “Votes for Women” banner at its pinnacle. She died in New York City in 1935.

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TODAY IS LGBT CENTER AWARENESS DAY, a national day of action focused on awareness around the work of LGBT community centers everywhere. The day was planned to help bring national attention to the community center movement within the LGBT movement, which serves more than 1.7 million people annually, and highlight the ways that people can get involved or utilize their local centers. For more information, visit lgbtcenters.org.

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THE YORKTOWN SURRENDER TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1781. More than 7,000 English and Hessian troops, led by British Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis, surrendered to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ending the war between Britain and its American colonies. There were no more major battles, but the provisional treaty of peace was not signed until Nov. 30, 1782 and the final Treaty of Paris on Sept. 3, 1783.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

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“It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.” — Fannie Hurst, American author who was born on this day in 1885