What is Brooklyn-Queens Day?
Thursday is Brooklyn-Queens Day — and if you’re wondering why exactly...
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MILESTONES: June 5, birthdays for Mark Wahlberg, Bill Moyers, Troye Sivan
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor Chad Allen, who was...
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June 5: ON THIS DAY in 1944, allies occupy Rome, chase Germans north
ON THIS DAY IN 1850, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Latest...
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Meet the gay Brooklyn bullfighter who befriended Hemingway
He was the world’s first Jewish matador, he was secretly gay...
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A visit to Walt Whitman (in 1886)
Today (May 31, 2019) marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of...
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Ask a historian
Do you ever wonder — in the midst of all the BQE commotion...
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MILESTONES: May 31, birthdays for Walt Whitman, Colin Farrell, Normani
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich...
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May 31: ON THIS DAY in 1934, 100 ships salute president
ON THIS DAY IN 1919, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “[Walt] Whitman...
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May 30: ON THIS DAY in 1942, 15,000 march in Memorial Day parade
ON THIS DAY IN 1854, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reprinted an article...
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