MILESTONES: September 1, birthdays for Dr. Phil McGraw, Gloria Estefan, Zendaya Coleman
Brooklyn Today
On this day in 1939, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page announced Germany’s invasion of Poland. Great Britain gave Germany an ultimatum, while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt vowed to keep the U.S. out of the war.
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On this day in 1945, exactly six years after the invasion of Poland, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on Japan’s imminent surrender.