MILESTONES: October 25, birthdays for Katy Perry, Ciara, Craig Robinson
ON THIS DAY IN 1901, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Niagara Falls — Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor celebrated her [63rd] birthday by making a successful trip over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel. She is the first person to attempt such a performance, and the thousands who watched the barrel’s fall believed she would be killed. She was badly bruised but escaped with her life. Mrs. Taylor is a resident of Bay City, Michigan.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Eagle reported, “Influenza continued to show a falling off in the city today. In Brooklyn the report of new cases for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. today was 95 less than yesterday. Dr. H.T. Peck, the local health head, announced definitely that the borough was over the top of the peak and could look forward to a decrease from now on. The number of new cases for the city was 374 less than yesterday, but the number of deaths from both influenza and pneumonia was slightly larger, 16 more in the former and 21 in the latter.”