MILESTONES: September 6, birthdays for Idris Elba, John Wall, Lil Xan

September 6, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Idris Elba. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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ON THIS DAY IN 1877, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Camp Robinson, Neb., Sept. 6. Crazy Horse died at midnight from the effects of injuries received while attempting to make his escape from the guardhouse here last night. His people took charge of his body. All is quiet this morning.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1893, the Eagle reported, “There are prospects that the Shore Road, which runs from Fort Hamilton to Bay Ridge, will in the near future be extended through the property of Mr. E.W. Bliss, following the water line and connecting with the Bay Ridge or Sixty-fifth street ferry. This will obviate the necessity of cutting Narrows Avenue through the Bliss estate, which would practically ruin it, and at the same time it will afford the much-desired ferry connection. Mr. Bliss has expressed his willingness to open and grade Narrows avenue from the point where it would intersect with the new extension at Latting Avenue to Sixty-Sixth Street and would interpose no objection to the taking of his land along the water side for the new road. He does not feel, however, that the expense of the new extension should be laid entirely upon him. He has engaged a civil engineer to make a survey of the line of the proposed road on his land and to submit an estimate of the expense of constructing it. When this is done it is probable that an assessment will be levied covering a large area, which will reduce the individual expense to a minimum.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1934, the Eagle reported, “Savage violence in mill towns in the South today brought the total killed in the textile strike in the past two days up to ten. In addition, there were 41 injured and 64 arrested. Today’s toll was: Six shot to death in Honea Path and one in Greenville, S.C., and one dead of wounds in August, Ga. Two had been killed in Georgia yesterday. Most of the dead and injured were strikers, who moved in ‘flying squadrons’ in attempt to close factories and were met by guards armed with revolvers, rifles and tear gas. In New England, where violence also broke out, there were no deaths … An additional 35,000 walked out today, bringing the total number of idle up to 350,000. In New England, 133,000 out of 229,000 were out and in the South 170,000 out of 300,000.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1945, the Eagle reported, “San Diego, Cal., Sept. 7 (U.P.) — Vice Adm. John S. McCain, who died less than 24 hours after returning to this country from surrender ceremonies in the Pacific, was worn out from the strain of the final battle against Japan, a navy physician said today. Adm. McCain, 61-year-old commander of famed Task Force 38, died suddenly of a heart attack last night at his home in Coronado. He was a veteran of 41 years in the navy. The admiral was exhausted from his activities in the last four months in the final effort to batter Japan to her knees, the navy doctor said. The slight, wiry admiral, one of the Navy’s strongest advocates of air power, was suffering from a slight cold but generally considered in good health when he arrived here Wednesday from Pearl Harbor.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1949, the Eagle reported, “Peekskill, Sept. 6 (U.P.) — Westchester County officials will report to Gov. [Thomas] Dewey today on the anti-Communist stonings and mob disorders at two left-wing rallies featuring Paul Robeson, pro-Communist baritone. District Attorney George M. Fanelli said he will give an oral account of the Sunday clash in which 145 persons were injured by rocks and bottles tossed by demonstrators as Robeson and his audience were leaving the concert scene at the nearby Hollow Brook golf course … The Robeson backers charged that police protection was inadequate and that officers stood by doing nothing while cars and buses were stoned … Blaming Robeson for the violence, Vincent Boyle, chairman of the Associated Veterans of Westchester and Putnam Counties, charged that the majority of the Robeson audience ‘were armed with baseball bats, golf clubs, screw drivers and other dangerous weapons.’”

It was also reported, “The toll of accidental deaths over the Labor Day weekend, with reports still coming in, today reached a total of 479. Traffic accidents over the nation accounted for 365 deaths, also a record. A survey also shows 47 drownings, 19 deaths in air crashes and 48 in miscellaneous mishaps. An official of the National Safety Council, which had predicted 280 highway traffic deaths, commented grimly: ‘This is barbaric.’”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include New Jersey Gov. CHRIS CHRISTIE, who was born in 1962; actress and comedian JANE CURTIN, who was born in 1947; journalist and author JENNIFER EGAN, who was born in 1962; Golden Globe-winning actor IDRIS ELBA, who was born in 1972; comedian and actor JEFF FOXWORTHY, who was born in 1958; sportscaster and former tennis player TIM HENMAN, who was born in 1974; actress SWOOSIE KURTZ, who was born in 1944; actress ROSIE PEREZ, who was born in Brooklyn in 1964; actress SARAH STRANGE, who was born in 1074; TV journalist ELIZABETH VARGAS, who was born in 1962; actor JUSTIN WHALIN, who was born in 1974; and comedian and actress JO ANNE WORLEY, who was born in 1937.

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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1757. The French general and aristocrat came to America to assist in the revolutionary cause. Lafayette, who had persuaded Louis XVI to send 6,000 French soldiers to assist the Americans, was given command of an army at Virginia and was instrumental in forcing the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He was called “The Hero of Two Worlds” and was appointed a brigadier general on his return to France in 1782. He became a leader of the liberal aristocrats during the early days of the French Revolution. As the commander of the newly formed national guard of Paris, he rescued Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette from a crowd that stormed Versailles on Oct. 6, 1789. His popularity waned after his guards opened fire on angry demonstrators demanding abdication of the kind in 1791. He fled to Austria with the overthrow of the monarchy in 1792, returning when Napoleon Bonaparte came to power. He died in Paris in 1834.

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CATHARINE ESTHER BEECHER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1800. In addition to teaching herself mathematics, philosophy and Latin, Beecher had been formally educated in art and music. She was an early advocate for equal education for women and founded the Hartford Female Seminary, which was widely recognized for its advanced curriculum. She was also instrumental in the founding of women’s colleges in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Beecher died in 1878 in Elmira, N.Y.

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THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM SUMMIT BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 2000. More than 150 world leaders met at the United Nations in New York City, the largest gathering of such leaders in history. Among the kings, prime ministers, presidents and generals attending were U.S. President Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat. These leaders adopted a declaration that committed them to promote democracy, strengthen respect for human rights, reverse the spread of AIDS, cut poverty, protect the planet and improve the ability of the UN to keep the peace.

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JANE ADDAMS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY 1860. The American worker for peace, social welfare and rights of women in 1889 co-founded the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, which provided for the needs of the underprivileged community there. Addams was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, making her the second woman to receive that honor. She died in Chicago in 1935.

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

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“The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.” — Jane Addams, who was born on this day in 1860