July 6: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
July 6, 2026
“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” — former President George W. Bush, who was born on this day in 1946.
“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” — former President George W. Bush, who was born on this day in 1946.
“Without promotion, something terrible happens … nothing!” — showman P.T. Barnum, who was born on this day in 1810.
In 1976, an Israeli commando unit staged a raid on the Entebbe airport in Uganda and rescued 103 hostages on a hijacked Air France airliner.
The U.S. Constitution went into effect on this day in 1788. Cyrus Griffin of Virginia, the president of Congress, announced the ratification.
he U.S. Postal Service issued its first stamps on this day in 1847, honoring Benjamin Franklin on the five-cent stamp.
Lena Horne was born on this day in 1917. The Bedford-Stuyvesant native began singing with the chorus line at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
The Interstate highway system was established on this day in 1956 when President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill.
ON THIS DAY IN 1923, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Hempstead — With one mail plane winging its way from San Francisco to New York, another took off from Hazelhurst
ON THIS DAY IN 1842, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “China. — It was said at last accounts that Yang, an imperial commissioner, was en route to offer 40,000,000 dollars
ON THIS DAY IN 1918, a Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial stated, “Fallen on the western front, Joyce Kilmer, poet, enthusiast, warrior, patriot, has met the fate he went halfway to
ON THIS DAY IN 1867, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Although the pre-announced grand meteoric display was postponed, there was still observed an unusual number of these eccentric members of
ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Albany — William Sulzer, governor of New York, was impeached by the lower House of the Legislature at 5:16 o’clock
ON THIS DAY IN 1920, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Boston — Attorney General J. Weston Allen, who is conducting an investigation of the foreign exchange business of Charles Ponzi,
ON THIS DAY IN 1892, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Fall River, Mass. — The latest development in the Borden murder, relating particularly to the theory of poisoning, has given
ON THIS DAY IN 1867, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The preparations for the organization of the East River Bridge Company and the commencement of the work are going on
ON THIS DAY IN 1914, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “A general European war seems inevitable. The Kaiser today issued a proclamation declaring Germany under martial law. The Hamburg-American and
ON THIS DAY IN 1914, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “St. Petersburg, July 29 — A dispatch from Belgrade says the Servian capital has been bombarded and the bridge over
ON THIS DAY IN 1881, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “A telegraphic dispatch received at Elberon states that President [James] Garfield has been shot and probably mortally wounded … The
ON THIS DAY IN 1916, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Dallas, Tex., July 1 (On Board Fourteenth New York Infantry Special) — The Fighting Fourteenth crossed the Red River into
ON THIS DAY IN 1922, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The stage is set for the first serious attempt to salvage the fortune in jewels, bullion and express freight which
ON THIS DAY IN 1876, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Brooklyn enjoys few downright sensations, so when a wildcat, or in more polite phraseology, a catamount, calls upon its residents,
ON THIS DAY IN 1850, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Latest from California. — New Orleans, June 3, 1850. — The Alabama brings 82 passengers, and $62,000 in gold
ON THIS DAY IN 1854, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reprinted an article from the Italian newspaper Galignani, which stated, “REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. A curious experiment was on Thursday afternoon in the
ON THIS DAY IN 1868, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Impeachment Managers have achieved a triumph worthy of their leaders Bingham and Butler — they have punished a woman.
ON THIS DAY IN 1900, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Rear Admiral J.W. Philip, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this morning brought to a successful completion his pet scheme
ON THIS DAY IN 1852, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “DISCOVERY OF MORE PLANETS. In addition to the new planet discovered by M. Gasparis, at Naples, the last advices from
ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Yesterday morning in the Second Unitarian Church, corner of Clinton and Congress streets, the pastor, the Rev. John W. Chadwick,
ON THIS DAY IN 1848, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “There are only 48 prisoners now confined in the Kings County jail, twelve of whom are waiting trial at the
ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The fine display made by the women in the police parade on Saturday last favorably impressed most of the police
ON THIS DAY IN 1935, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Auxiliary Bishop Raymond A. Kearney yesterday confirmed a class of 310 children and 40 adults at the Holy Innocents R.C.
ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The wind whistled merrily over the Concourse at Coney Island yesterday, cleaning out in clouds the dust lodging in the
ON THIS DAY IN 1927, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Curtiss Field, L.I. – You can take your choice. Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, the young Lochinvar of the prospective transatlantic
ON THIS DAY IN 1852, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Lord and Taylor, dry goods merchants, have purchased ground on the corner of Grand and Christie streets, and will immediately
ON THIS DAY IN 1908, the Eagle reported, “Thirty-four bids for the construction of the six sections into which the Fourth Avenue subway is divided were made by sixteen different
ON THIS DAY IN 1853, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “In Allentown (Pa.) one evening last week, the proprietor of a restaurant left a few oysters standing in a basin
ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Mayor [Seth] Low has appointed Generals H.W. Slocum and Stewart L. Woodford, the Rev. Sylvester Malone, Thomas Kinsella, A.G. Orr