September 30: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

September 30, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1919, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “WASHINGTON – President Wilson after two days of quiet and rest at the White House showed further improvement today. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his personal physician, issued the following bulletin at 11 a.m.: ‘The President had a good night’s rest and is improving.’ The President arose early this morning and appeared refreshed by a night of rest, Secretary Tumulty announced. Although the President’s condition precludes his taking any active part in directing the Peace Treaty fight in the Senate, he has shown much interest and received a report on the situation from Secretary Tumulty late last night.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1920, the Eagle said, “Maclay Hoyne, prosecutor for Cook County, Chicago, Ill., has been in New York during part of the investigation by the Cook County Grand Jury into the charge that eight of the Chicago White Sox sold out the World Series of 1919 to the Cincinnati National League team. Mr. Hoyne comes to bat with the remark that it is not at all certain that any legal crime was committed if the White Sox did sell the games, and their souls, and the futures of their families, to the tinhorn mongrels who engineered the deal, and then double-crossed them out of $80,000 of the $100,000 that was to have been the price of their being willing to wallow in the gutter for the rest of their lives.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1932, the Eagle reported, “Independents concerned with the possibility of putting an independent candidate for Mayor in the field this Fall are entertaining grave fears that the passage of time required for a ruling of the courts on the legality of an election will keep them out of the picture. According to the law, the last date for filing independent petitions is Oct. 11. A week and four days is all that remains for the case to be argued before the Court of Appeals, a decision rendered and the independents permitted to get their petitions before the Board of Elections. The feeling among the independents is that the shutting out of their candidate through a lack of time would permit Tammany Hall to nominate James J. Walker and to elect him on a ‘vindication’ platform. The election law provides that independents nominating a candidate for Mayor must have 3,000 names on their petition.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1939, the Eagle reported, “‘Brother Rat and the Baby,’ a sequel to last season’s screen comedy, ‘Brother Rat,’ will go into production on Monday with a cast headed by Eddie Albert, Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris. Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Henry O’Neill, Arthur Treacher, Nina Bryant and Jessie Busley will have featured roles in the picture.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1945, the Eagle reported, “Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt made her first personal appearance in the city’s scrambled political campaign yesterday for William O’Dwyer, Democratic-ALP candidate for Mayor, and called for support of his candidacy by Democrats in the party ranks who want good municipal government. At the same time, Mrs. Roosevelt defended her right, as an up-state voter, to intervene in the campaign, took issue with the declaration of General Sessions Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, Republican, Liberal and City Fusion candidate, that there was no justification for dragging State and national issues into the city contest, and urged voters to be ‘practical’ in their thinking about New York State. The former First Lady spoke at a luncheon of the Women’s Division of the New York State Citizens Political Action Committee in the Hotel Commodore, Manhattan. Mr. O’Dwyer, detailing his views on child care problems, delivered one of his first long speeches of the campaign and also heard Henry Morgenthau, former Secretary of the Treasury and up-state neighbor of Mrs. Roosevelt, support his candidacy.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “Wondrous Willie Mays! He didn’t get a hit, but the base on balls he got in the 10th was the beginning of the end. And there would have been no 10th if Willie hadn’t run out from under his cap and almost into the Bronx to catch a 460-foot blast by red-hot Victor Wertz with a couple on in the eighth inning.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Police Woman” star Angie Dickinson, who was born in 1931; soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston, who was born in 1933; “Chances Are” singer Johnny Mathis, who was born in 1935; “Blue Bloods” star Len Cariou, who was born in 1939; “Solid Gold” host Marilyn McCoo, who was born in 1943; “All of Me” star Victoria Tennant, who was born in 1950; “The Brady Bunch” star Barry Williams, who was born in 1954; “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who was born in 1957; “Some Kind of Wonderful” star Eric Stoltz, who was born in 1961; “The Matrix Reloaded” star Monica Bellucci, who was born in 1964; “Dharma & Greg” star Jenna Elfman, who was born in 1971; Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard, who was born in 1975; International Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Hingis, who was born in 1980; “Mean Girls” star Lacey Chabert, who was born in 1982; and rapper and actor T-Pain, who was born in 1984.

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SHOOTING STAR: James Dean died on this day in 1955. The rising film actor was killed in a car accident near Cholame, California, two hours after getting a speeding ticket. He was 24. His final films, “Rebel Without a Cause” and “East of Eden,” were released posthumously in 1956.

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EARLY ROCK: “The Flintstones” premiered on ABC on this day in 1960. The Hanna-Barbera comedy was the first animated series to air during prime time. Set in pre-historic times in the town of Bedrock, it followed the adventures of two Stone Age couples: Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

Quotable:

“My mother was against me being an actress — until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.”

— actress Angie Dickinson, who was born on this day in 1931