April 6: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Rejoice, ye Brooklyn fans, and deliver thanks, for our own Superbas fittingly dedicated Charles Hercules Ebbets’ magnificent stadium, the greatest ball park in these United States, by soundly trouncing Frank Chance’s Yankees yesterday afternoon to the merry tune of 3 to 2 in the presence of 25,000 wildly enthusiastic rooters, who jammed every available inch of space in the immense stadium — the greatest outpouring of baseball fanatics that ever turned out to witness an exhibition game — and at least 7,000 others, who witnessed the contest from the bluffs that loom above the field, over at Montgomery street and Bedford avenue. True, there were ten thousand or more who were turned away for lack of room, when, long before ‘Nap’ Rucker hurled the first ball over the plate, Charlie Ebbets found it impossible to squeeze another soul into the big stadium and ordered the entrances closed.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1929, the Eagle reported, “NACO, ARIZ. (AP) — Shots were fired between Mexicans and United States troops here this morning. The Mexicans fired on the American soldiers, who returned the fire. Border patrolmen of Troop E, 10th U.S. Cavalry, reported to Maj. Walter Hazeltine, in command of American soldiers stationed here, that early this morning they discovered 15 sacks, each filled with five bombs, between the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and the international line. Near the tunnel of the railroad, eight miles east of Naco, American soldiers reported that as they approached the cache of explosives a patrol of Mexicans came from the Mexican side and opened fire. The American soldiers said they returned the fire and that the Mexicans fled. A private in the American patrol, whose name has not been learned, was shot through the chest. Rebel Forces of Gen. Fausto Topete this morning hurled themselves against the loyal garrison at Naco, Sonora, with a simultaneous advance of bombing planes and cavalry. The detonation of rebel aerial bombs, the booming of a field piece in the Federal garrison and the sharp crack of rifles along the Federal outposts heralded the beginning of the battle shortly after daybreak. Two airplanes dropped six bombs. Before the battle opened, residents of Naco, Ariz., were shaken from their beds by a terrific explosion and plunged into darkness by the mysterious cutting of electric lines.”
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’.