December 10: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

December 10, 2023 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1906, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY — The Norwegian Parliament today conferred the Nobel Peace Prize upon President Roosevelt … The American minister, Mr. [Herbert] Peirce, in an eloquent speech, thanked Parliament in the president’s name. He said that words were inadequate to express the deep emotion which he experienced at receiving this distinguished testimonial on behalf of the president, who recently cabled that he regarded this prize as one of the greatest honors which any man in any position throughout the world could receive. The award, Mr. Peirce added, would deeply appeal to the hearts of the American people. Mr. Peirce then read a message from President Roosevelt expressing his deep thanks and saying there was no gift he could appreciate more.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1921, the Eagle reported, “Approximately 200 red Christmas kettles manned by the cadets of the Salvation Army took their place on the streets of Greater New York Thursday and will remain there until the late hours of Christmas Eve. Through this means the organization, whose resources have been sorely taxed by the great number of unemployed for whom the army has cared, hopes to raise sufficient funds to defray the expenses of the 25,000 Christmas dinners to be distributed by basket on Christmas Eve. The kettles will be found at every traffic congestion center of the city, at the leading hotels and department stores, at all tube stations and in the Pennsylvania Railroad and Grand Central Terminals.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1934, the Eagle reported, “The New York Giants are professional football champions, but they needed the Manhattan College basketball team to help them beat the Chicago Bears in yesterday’s frozen masterpiece at the Polo Grounds. The Jaspers did not appear on the field, but their rubber-soled basketball shoes did, and that’s what the Giants wore when they sprinted to those 27 points in the final-period spree which gave them the game and the title, 30-13.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1938, the Eagle reported, “Grace Episcopal Church on the Heights will celebrate tomorrow morning the 90th anniversary of the first service held in the present building at Grace Court and Hicks St. The church, built in 1847, was designed by Richard Upjohn, architect. The first service held on Dec. 10, 1848 was held by the first rector, the Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, who was instrumental in establishing the Church Charity Foundation of the Diocese of Long Island as well as Grace Church. The rector, the Rev. David T. Atwater, will preach tomorrow on ‘Christ for the World.’”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Eagle reported, “TEHRAN (U.P.) — Iranian Government troops today invaded Azerbaijan, the northernmost Iranian province adjoining Soviet Russia, in an attempt to enforce President Ahmed Ghavam’s authority over the rebellious region. Four columns of Government troops, supported by artillery and bombers, struck across the mountainous frontier last night and this morning. Government reports said they had captured 13 frontier townships in the first hours. The semi-autonomous regime of Jaafar Pishevari announced by radio from Tabriz that its troops were resisting stoutly. Pishevari’s regime, known as the democrats, was established while Russian troops occupied Azerbaijan to handle the wartime movement of American lend-lease supplies. Pishevari’s radio denounced the attack as foreign-inspired. It called Ghavam an ‘Americophile and servant of those who hold atomic secrets.’ The Azerbaijan regime, which is very friendly toward Russia, has been bound to the central government by a slender tie but has refused to allow Ghavam’s troops to enter its province. Ghavam said the invasion was to enable central troops to supervise parliamentary elections. He maintained they had the right because Azerbaijan was part of Iran.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Eagle reported, “WASHINGTON (U.P.) — Many of the nation’s top bracket military leaders are giving serious thought to retiring and turning over their parts to younger men, informed War Department sources said today. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff who is now in Florida for treatment of an old arm ailment, tops the reported list of those who would like to retire. Another was said to be Gen. Jacob L. Devers, 59, Commander of Army Ground Forces. Although the 56-year-old Eisenhower will not reach the statutory retirement age until Oct. 31, 1954, he is eligible to retire at any time he chooses under a 1935 Act of Congress. This law states that an officer who served prior to Nov. 12, 1919 may retire on his own application at 75 percent of his base pay in his permanent grade. The generals who fought the war in high commands admit they are tired. They are beginning to long for quite places where they can take it easy.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1952, the Eagle reported, “Top prize of $25,000 in the fourth annual Pillsbury Grand National Bake-off, held in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, was awarded yesterday to Mrs. Peter S. Harlib of Chicago for her original recipe for ‘Snappyturtle Cookies.’ Mrs. Charles H. Reppert, 77 Country Club Drive, Port Washington, won second prize of $7,500 for her recipe for Two-Crust Slice of Lemon Pie. Prizes were presented by Pat Nixon, vivacious wife of the Vice President-elect.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Basketball Hall of Fame referee Dick Bavetta, who was born in Brooklyn in 1939; “Lost” actress Fionnula Flanagan, who was born in 1941; “The Partridge Family” star Susan Dey, who was born in 1952; Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, who was born in 1959; Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Branagh, who was born in 1960; “Fame” star Nia Peeples, who was born in 1961; celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who was born in 1964; Dinosaur Jr. singer J Mascis, who was born in 1965; White Stripes drummer Meg White, who was born in 1974; “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” star Emmanuelle Chriqui, who was born in 1975; former N.Y. Jets running back Matt Forte, who was born in 1985; “Raven’s Home” star Raven-Symone, who was born in 1985; and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who was born in 1996.