March 6: ON THIS DAY in 1953, Malenkov due to step into Russia’s No. 1 spot
ON THIS DAY IN 1888, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “BOSTON — Louisa May Alcott died this morning. Coming so soon after the death of her father, the suddenly announced decease of Miss Alcott brings a double sorrow to the many friends of the family and to lovers of good literature everywhere. For a long time Miss Alcott had been ill, suffering from nervous prostration. She was born on her father’s birthday, November 29, 1832, in Germantown, that well known suburb of Philadelphia. [Henry David] Thoreau was for a time her teacher, but she was mainly instructed by her father. She began to write for publications when 16 years old, but with no marked success for fifteen years. During that time she devoted ten years to teaching. She was a volunteer nurse in the military hospitals during the war. In 1867 she wrote ‘Little Women,’ which has had an enormous circulation. Some of her more popular works are ‘Hospital Sketches,’ ‘An Old Fashioned Girl,’ ‘Little Men,’ ‘Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag,’ ‘My Boys,’ ‘Under the Lines,’ ‘Jack and Jill,’ ‘Proverb Stories,’ [and] ‘Spinning Wheel Stories.’”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1940, the Eagle reported, “The Three Stooges, screen and stage comedians, will begin a personal appearance engagement on the stage of the Flatbush Theater for a week beginning tomorrow. The slapstick stars of Hollywood are to appear on the bill with Erik Rhodes, movie comedian, ‘Hollywood’s frustrated lover,’ Howard Woods and his orchestra, Lou Valero, romantic singer; the Four Comets, the Whirlwind Skaters, and Eleanor Knight, tap dancer.”
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.