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October 25: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

October 25, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle History
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ON THIS DAY IN 1900, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Aqueduct Commissioner William H. TenEyck, the Republican leader of the Thirty-fourth Assembly District, has made elaborate arrangements for his followers taking part in the demonstration tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden in honor of Governor [Theodore] Roosevelt. They will muster several thousand strong, wear rough rider hats, and carry torches and new dinner pails.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1915, the Eagle reported, “Woman suffrage sentiment gained in today’s returns of the Eagle’s postcard canvass of registered voters in Brooklyn. The ‘pros’ jumped their majority of 26, which they held Friday and Saturday, to 31, out of the total of 361 votes thus far cast. The gain of five was made in the eleven cards returned today, eight of which were ‘pro’ and only three ‘anti.’ This made the total poll figures as follows: 194 for woman’s suffrage; 163 against; two blank and two undecided. There were no comments of any kind on any of the postcards received today.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1927, the Eagle reported, “Home run records in the American League for the past season were registered exclusively in the Yankees’ ledger. With Babe Ruth, the big ace, smashing away to another individual total with 60 the Yankees set a new team total with 158. The Yankees scattered their shots all around the circuit and in one park crashed more circuit drives than the home team. This record was made in Boston where Ruth and Lou Gehrig poled 14 over the fence while all of the Red Sox gathered but five home runs in their 77 games. Another interesting record brought out in the statistics showing all of the home runs made in the American League for 1927 shows Ruth hitting more circuit wallops than any other club. Think of that! The Athletics challenged the Babe with 56, but were nosed out down the stretch.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1937, the Eagle reported, “The Brooklyn Dodgers football team may be able to cope with the weak sisters in the National Professional Football League but it’s not even close when they go against the top-ranking performers. The 21 to 0 beating that the Giants handed the Dodgers yesterday at the Polo Grounds following the 35 to 0 shellacking that Brooklyn took from Detroit last week definitely establishes the season as a flop for Brooklyn. Even a miracle worker could do nothing with the Dodgers as they are now.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1937, the Eagle reported, “For the first time Horace Heidt has signed an entertainer other than a musician or a singer for his Monday night WABC program. He is Art Carney, 18-year-old lad from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., an impersonator. Carney says he taught himself to imitate voices by trying his range on the personalities he has heard via the loudspeaker.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1952, the Eagle reported, “Dwight D. Eisenhower sought to impress upon the voters today that if he is elected President, he will act fast, in person and on the scene to end the war in Korea. He promised last night in Detroit to go to Korea personally after the election to see ‘how best’ he can work out ‘an early and honorable end’ to the fighting which he said could have been avoided in the first place. The G.O.P. Presidential nominee had a busy day scheduled in Manhattan, including everything from a reunion at Columbia University, part of the Army-Columbia football game, to a civil rights speech in Harlem during the late afternoon. Figuratively speaking, Eisenhower will catch his breath over Sunday and start out again Monday by plane to cover as much of Pennsylvania as possible in one day.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1962, the Eagle reported, “Students on several American college campuses have demonstrated against the nation’s Cuban policy. But some of the groups encountered opposition from collegians who approve the quarantine. University of Wisconsin students passed out handbills which called President Kennedy’s actions a ‘bellicose, unilateral act.’ The Wisconsin students said they were from two organizations — the Socialist Club and Students for Peace & Disarmament. Students from Michigan’s Wayne State University joined other demonstrators in Detroit yesterday carrying signs that said, ‘Hands Off Cuba’ and ‘There Are Alternatives to War.’ They said they were members of the Student Peace Union, Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. But their picketing attracted other students, also from Wayne State, carrying signs that said, ‘JFK We’re With You,’ and ‘To Hell with Fidel.’ Some members of this group said they were members of the Young Democratic Club and others said they were Young Republicans.”

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Marion Ross
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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Happy Days” star Marion Ross, who was born in 1928; Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, who was born in 1935; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jon Anderson (Yes), who was born in 1944; political consultant James Carville, who was born in 1944; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest), who was born in 1947; Basketball Hall of Famer Dave Cowens, who was born in 1948; Basketball Hall of Famer Dan Issel, who was born in 1948; hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Mike Eruzione, who was born in 1954; “The Simpsons” star Nancy Cartwright, who was born in 1957; “Square Pegs” star Tracy Nelson, who was born in 1963; “Spin City” star Michael Boatman, who was born in 1964; actress and TV host Samantha Bee, who was born in 1969; “The Equalizer” star Adam Goldberg, who was born in 1970; Baseball Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, who was born in 1971; “Firework” singer Katy Perry, who was born in 1984; and “Level Up” singer Ciara, who was born in 1985.

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STROKES OF GENIUS: Pablo Picasso was born on this day in 1881. Considered by many the greatest artist of the 20th century, the Spanish painter, sculptor and engraver is said to have commented: “I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time.” He died in 1973.

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FED-XX: The first female FBI agents completed training at Quantico, Va., on this day in 1972. The new agents, Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E. Pierce, graduated from the 14-week course with a group of 45 men.

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

 

Quotable:

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”

— artist Pablo Picasso, who was born on this day in 1881





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