November 25: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

November 25, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle History

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ON THIS DAY IN 1905, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Out of the rocks in Northern Montana, scientists have dug the skeleton of the real King of Beasts. An expedition sent out by the American Museum of Natural History in New York has just reported the resurrection of the largest flesh-eating land animal thus far known to the world. This constitutes one of the most remarkable finds in the recent history of paleontology. The curator of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of this museum, Professor Henry F. Osborn, under whose direction the expedition was sent out, has conferred upon this newly discovered monster the title ‘Tyrannosaurus Rex.’ In plain English this means the ‘Tyrant King Saurian,’ or the King of Tyrant Saurians. The remains of this denizen of the past are being shipped to New York in a number of carefully made boxes, some of the boxes weighing over two tons. Every bone will be placed in its proper place in the skeleton, missing bones will be modeled out of plaster of paris, and in a few months the completed skeleton will be placed on exhibition in the halls of the museum, where visitors may come and see what this king of beasts a few million years ago was like … Mr. Tyrannosaurus was large and strong enough to attack the great three-horned Triceratops, one of the most interesting of the Dinosaur family, a fine skeleton which has recently been set up in the National Museum at Washington.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1934, the Eagle reported, “Two outstanding Thanksgiving Day gridiron contests, one between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears, leading professional teams, and the second the meeting of Alabama and Vanderbilt, will be heard on Thursday. The Detroit-Chicago fracas at the University of Detroit Stadium will be covered from 10:50 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. by Graham McNamee and Don Wilson. The Alabama-Vanderbilt clash will be on the air from Birmingham from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m., with Bill (Georgia Drawl) Munday acting as eyes for the listeners.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1941, the Eagle reported, “WASHINGTON (U.P.) — The Administration has decided to try to implement its price control legislation with an amendment empowering the price administrator to ban any wage increases which he found inflationary, a House leader revealed today. The Administration’s decision to seek limited wage control as part of its program to combat inflation presumably was made known to Congressional leaders at last night’s White House conference on labor. Democratic Leader John W. McCormack announced after that conference that price control had been discussed. The House Banking Committee today adopted an amendment which would restore to the bill a controversial section permitting the administrator to buy and sell commodities on the open market in order to stabilize prices. The vote was reported as 14 to 8. Meanwhile, the House Labor Committee directed its ranking member, Representative Robert F. Ramspeck (D., Ga.), to prepare legislation embodying the ‘understanding’ reached at a conference among House members and President Roosevelt last night. Ramspeck announced he would complete the bill soon and that the committee could report it to the House on Friday.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1944, the Eagle reported, “CHICAGO (U.P.) — Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78-year-old Commissioner of Baseball who has ruled America’s No. 1 sport with an iron hand since 1920, died today at St. Luke’s Hospital. The stormy Landis, whose name had become a legend in professional baseball, died in his sleep early today, his secretary, Leslie O’Connor, reported. ‘In compliance with his wish, no funeral service will be held,’ O’Connor said in a statement released immediately after his death. ‘Also in accordance with his desires, cremation will take place privately and friends are asked not to send flowers.’ Landis, who was named commissioner of baseball shortly after the notorious ‘Black Sox’ scandal, had been ill since Oct. 2.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs, who was born in 1940; actor and political commentator Ben Stein, who was born in 1944; journalist Gail Collins, who was born in 1945; “Night Court” star John Larroquette, who was born in 1947; former “Uncanny X-Men” writer Chris Claremont, who was born in 1950; singer-songwriter Amy Grant, who was born in 1960; Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter, who was born in 1965; “Crossing Jordan” star Jill Hennessy, who was born in 1968; “Married… with Children” star Christina Applegate, who was born in 1971; former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb, who was born in 1976; former N.Y. Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher, who was born in 1980; activist Barbara Bush, who was born in 1981; author and journalist Jenna Bush Hager, who was born in 1981; former N.Y. Knicks forward Jared Jeffries, who was born in 1981; and “Arrow” star Katie Cassidy, who was born in 1986.

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CENTER STAGE: Joe DiMaggio was born on this day in 1914. The graceful center fielder, who debuted with the N.Y. Yankees in 1936, was a three-time American League MVP and nine-time World Series champion. In 1941, he hit in a record 56 consecutive games. He retired after the 1951 season and had a brief marriage with screen star Marilyn Monroe. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and died in 1999.

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SMILES, EVERYONE: Ricardo Montalban was born on this day in 1920. He was a leading man in his native Mexico before he moved to Hollywood. Frustrated with “Latin lover” roles, he took parts on TV, most famously as the mysterious Mr. Roarke on ABC’s “Fantasy Island.” He also played Khan Noonien Singh in an episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series” and in the film “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” He died in 2009.

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

Quotable:

“Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside.”

— actor Ricardo Montalban, who was born on this day in 1920