November 8: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

November 8, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Germany’s armistice delegates, having entered the French lines under a white flag last night, met Marshal Foch at 9 o’clock, French time this (Friday) morning. From him they will receive the armistice terms of the Allies and the United States. The historic meeting occurred in a little village in the Department of the Aisne. Germany will be given 72 hours in which to reply to the terms presented by Marshal Foch. It is declared there will be no cessation of hostilities. The German delegates will not be permitted to haggle. They must accept or go on fighting. A cablegram from Paris this afternoon announced that the 72-hour period given Germany in which she must either accept or reject the Allies’ terms will expire on Monday morning at 11 o’clock, French time. It is presumed that the Allies’ terms must have been handed to the German representatives at 11 a.m. today.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1938, the Eagle reported, “BERLIN (U.P.) — Anti-Jewish demonstrations broke out in Vienna and elsewhere in Germany today in reprisal for the shooting of Ernst Von Rath, third secretary of the German Embassy in Paris, by a 17-year-old Polish Jew. Simultaneously the Government banned all Jewish publications until further notice, the Associated Press reported. The suppression of the Jewish papers hits three main Jewish organs — Central Verein Zeitung, Juedische Rundschau and Israelitisches Familienblatt — in addition to about 40 community papers and ten religious and scientific publications. Some well-informed quarters believed measures were under consideration for expulsion of all foreign Jews from Germany. ‘The Jewish question will now be brought to a solution,’ a high Nazi told the United Press.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1940, the Eagle reported, “President Roosevelt announced today that half of this nation’s plane production would be made available to Britain and Canada and the Federal Priorities Board immediately granted the British Government permission to negotiate for the purchase of 12,000 new aircraft. The President said he has established a rule of thumb whereby it would be possible for the British and Canadian armed forces to get one-half of the ‘flying fortresses’ and other fighting planes, together with arms and ammunition, rolling off American assembly lines.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Eagle reported, “The Dodgers have got there first again. Next season the stay-at-home fans will be able to relax in their comfortable chairs and see the progress of the Ebbets Field games as well as hear them over the air. President Branch Rickey, baseball’s trail blazer, has made arrangements with the Columbia Broadcasting System to televise the home games. It’s a long-term agreement. Even while the Dodgers are at Spring training at Havana, the fans will get a picture of what’s going on in their Cuban camp. Shots will be made of the players at work and sent back to Brooklyn for display on the screen. C.B.S. televised 18 Dodger games last year. It was an experiment that has worked out so well that Rickey agreed to make it a regular feature this coming season. ‘We anticipate even more enthusiastic Dodger fans as a result of this televising of our games,’ predicted the Mahatma. ‘What Columbia did the past year impressed us with the importance of this new medium in promoting America’s national game.’”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “Robert K. Shapiro, managing director of the N.Y. Paramount Theater, announces that he has completed arrangements for the personal appearance of Jackie Gleason, famous television comedy star, to appear on the theater’s stage, together with his entire television cast, for two weeks beginning Wednesday, Nov. 17. The personal appearance of Jackie Gleason and his show will mark the first time in more than a year that this theater will present a stage show in addition to a motion picture attraction. The current screen show, Judy Garland and James Mason in ‘A Star Is Born,’ which opened at the Paramount on Oct. 12 and continued to do exceptionally fine business, will be shown for the last time on Nov. 16. Gleason will bring with him his entire cast, including Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, the 32 June Taylor dancers, Zamah Cunningham, Joyce Randolph and Stan Ross, who will be seen with him in some of the sketches that have made the Gleason show famous.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1962, the Eagle reported, “SAN FRANCISCO (U.P.I.) — Richard M. Nixon bowed in defeat to Democratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown Wednesday and all but ruled himself out of future political campaigns. Nixon told a news conference, after conceding the gubernatorial election to Brown, that he is leaving on a ‘long holiday.’ ‘I leave you now, Gentlemen,” he told reporters. ‘You don’t have Nixon to kick around any more.’”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Basketball Hall of Famer Satch Sanders, who was born in 1938; U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Angel Cordero Jr., who was born in 1942; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roy Wood (ELO), who was born in 1946; Space Shuttle astronaut Rhea Seddon, who was born in 1947; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt, who was born in 1949; former “Entertainment Tonight” host Mary Hart, who was born in 1950; The Manhattans lead singer Gerald Alston, who was born in 1951; “Crooklyn” star Alfre Woodard, who was born in 1952; celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who was born in 1966; “Melrose Place” star Courtney Thorne-Smith, who was born in 1967; “Party Girl” star Parker Posey, who was born in 1968; “Sharknado” star Tara Reid, who was born in 1975; “90210” star Jessica Lowndes, who was born in 1988; N.Y. Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, who was born in 1989; and singer-songwriter SZA, who was born in 1989.