Sept. 26, birthdays for Serena Williams, Olivia Newton-John, Jim Caviezel
Brooklyn Today
Good morning, Brooklyn. Today is the 269th day of the year.
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ON THIS DAY in 1914, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a World War I War Summary. “A battle of extraordinary severity is raging at the western end of the Anglo-French and German battle line in the region of Noyon, 60 miles to the north of Paris, where the French still are striving to outflank General von Kluck’s reinforced army,” the Eagle reported. “The French official statement issued this afternoon claims that the allied troops have made a slight advance between the River Olse and Soissons…”