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June 1, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Amy Schumer. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 151st day of the year.

On this day in 1900, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that no census workers had been killed that day. This newfangled survey of Brooklyn’s residents was apparently more difficult than the census workers had been led to believe, and several had already resigned. According to the Eagle, “Up to 3 o’clock this afternoon, not a single census man had been killed. Over 600 enumerators — each with a multitude of questions, a prying curiosity and a large stock of affable politeness were abroad in Brooklyn this morning. The affable politeness is the most importer part of the census taker’s outfit, as it is all that saves him from total annihilation.”

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On this day in 1889, the Eagle covered the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Sunday School Union parade. Also called Anniversary Day, the parade, taking place the following Wednesday, June 5, would bring in 60,000 children. “The City Hall bell [Brooklyn still its own city] will be rung at 11 a.m. on the day of the parade….The schools (except those of the Prospect Park Division) will assemble in the churches to which they are assigned in time to commence the exercises there at 2:30 p.m., precisely, and must be dismissed for the line of march promptly,” read the announcement. Before stepping off, the marchers would participate in an exercise of singing, Scripture readings and prayer. The Eagle then published several groupings of church marchers, by street divisions, such as Bedford and Tompkins.

Also in this edition, the Eagle reported on the tragic floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Eagle wrote, “At this point reports substantiate the wildest rumors that have gone out. A man from Johnstown brings the information that scarcely a house remains in the city. The upper portion above the railway bridge has been completely submerged. The water is dammed up against the viaduct, the wreckage and debris finishing the work that the torrent had failed to accomplish.”

Also on this day, the Eagle reported on the Senate Committee on Elections and the 15th Amendment. Ratified in 1870, it granted African-American men the right to vote, declaring that the “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” However, the unconstitutionality of denying franchise to African-American males was still being debated. A committee was formed to “investigate whether such exclusion is antagonistic to the constitution.” Later in the story, the Eagle explained, “The resolution is predicated upon conditions in North Carolina, but considerable interest is manifested in it by the senators of all the Southern states.”

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On this day in 1913, the Eagle front page reported that a descendant of one of the earliest Dutch settlers of Flatbush had died. Anna Van Wyck was also the semi-official compiler of her family’s genealogical records. She was 82. The Eagle described her as “known in Wall Street circles as a business woman of unusual acumen. She bought and sold securities at the stock market with remarkable skill,” and left a significant fortune. “Since about 1876 Miss Van Wyck had been occupied during most of her time at the compilation of the genealogical records of the Van Wyck family, going as far back as the time of the Crusaders. Shortly before her death she had finished her work, which printed in a book made 534 pages. Her first original record of the family history in America was the will of her ancestor, Cornelius Baxrentse Van Wyck, which was written half in English and half in Dutch.” A former Supreme Court Justice, Augustus A. Van Wyck, was among her first cousins.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor RENE AUBERJONOIS, who was born in 1940; retired librarian of Congress JAMES HADLEY BILLINGTON, who was born in 1929; actress LISA HARTMAN BLACK, who was born in 1956; singer and actor PAT BOONE, who was born in 1934; actress SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, who was born in 1977; comedian and actor MARK CURRY, who was born in 1964; Oscar Award-winning actor MORGAN FREEMAN, who was born in 1937; former tennis player JUSTINE HENIN, who was born in 1982; soccer player JAVIER “CHICHARITO” HERNANDEZ, who was born in 1988; fashion model HEIDI KLUM, who was born in 1973; sportscaster and Hall of Fame soccer player ALEXI LALAS, who was born in 1970; singer ALANIS MORISSETTE, who was born in 1974; Tony Award-winning actor JONATHAN PRYCE, who was born in 1947; comedian and actress AMY SCHUMER, who was born in 1981; opera singer FREDERICA VON STRADE, who was born in 1945; musician RON WOOD, who was born in 1947; and baseball player CARLOS ZAMBRANO, who was born in 1981.

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“SUPERMAN” DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1938. Ohio teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel wowed the comic book world with a new kind of pulp hero: Superman. Superman, a refugee with super powers from the planet Krypton, appeared in the June issue of “Action Comics #1.” Now a pop culture icon, Superman was then a smash hit who ushered in many more fantastical superheroes.

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MARILYN MONROE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1926. The American actress’ film career came to epitomize Hollywood glamour. In 1954, she wed New York Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, but the marriage didn’t last. Monroe was troubled by the pressures of Hollywood life and her death from a drug overdose in 1962 in California shocked the world. Among her films are “The Seven Year Itch,” “Bus Stop,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Misfits.”

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“SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND” WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967. After 700 hours of studio work, The Beatles released what many consider one of the greatest rock albums of the 20th century. No singles were released, but the album included such popular tracks as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “When I’m Sixty-Four” and “A Day in the Life.”

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CLEAVON LITTLE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1939. Best known for his role as the black sheriff who cleaned up a town of bumbling redneck toughs in the movie “Blazing Saddles,” the actor won a Tony Award for the 1970 musical “Purlie” and an Emmy in 1989 for a guest appearance on the television series “Dear John.” Little died in 1992 in California.

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

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“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.” — Morgan Freeman, who was born on this day in 1937