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October 11, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 286th day of the year.

On this day in 1928, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that the German Graf Zeppelin, a dirigible airship, had lifted off from Friederichshafen, with a destination across the Atlantic in Lakehurst Field, New Jersey, an USAF-managed base. Aboard the Zeppelin, which was cruising at 60 miles per hour, were a crew of 40 — double the passenger count. Among the 20 passengers were three Americans. The Zeppelin took a southerly route towards the Azores to circumvent stormy weather in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Graf Zeppelin, which flew on hydrogen gas, was in commercial operation from 1928 to 1937.

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On this day in 1934, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported on the riots that broke out following the assassination of Yugoslav King Alexander. Yugoslavs blamed Mussolini — whose nickname was Il Duce — and Italian forces for the assassination. History websites cite that the groups responsible for King Alexander’s assassination were The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (a liberation movement that operated within the former Ottoman empire) and the Ustaša, a Croatian nationalist revolutionary group. During riots at the exact spot in Sarajevo where another famous assassination — that of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand — sparked World War I, Yugoslavs injured the Italian Consulate there. Another Italian consulate was injured at Ljubljana. The assassination worsened an already-strained relationship between Italians and Yugoslavs. Although their geographic boundaries are mostly separated by the Adriatic Sea, they are land-connected near Trieste … The Eagle that day also reported Bruno Hauptmann, on trial for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, won a four-day reprieve to avoid extradition to New Jersey, thanks to a habeas corpus writ.

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On this day in 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that President Harry Truman devoted an hour and a half — then considered an unprecedented block of time — with his Cabinet to discuss recommendations on ending the nationwide meat crisis. The meat industry had enjoyed a brief surge of profit after World War II ended and rationing stopped. When the prices of this American staple shot up by more than 70 percent, Truman set price controls and the meat industry retaliated by refusing to slaughter any more animals. The result: another shortage … In another front-page story, a Roman Catholic priest from Brooklyn was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service during World War II. The Rev. Martin F. Tully of a Brooklyn parish bearing his namesake, St. Martin of Tours, was chaplain to the first wave of Allied troops involved in the Normandy invasion. He served as chaplain over five campaigns in World War II’s European theater. However, he noted sadly to the press that war had not managed to turn men toward God, that “those hell-bent came out the same way.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor MATT BOMER, who was born in 1977; rapper CARDI B, who was born in 1992; actress JOAN CUSACK, who was born in 1962; actress EMILY DESCHANEL, who was born in 1976; actor SEAN PATRICK FLANERY, who was born in 1965; physician and cofounder of the International Bone Marrow Registry ROBERT GALE, who was born in Brooklyn Heights in 1945; Hall and Oates singer and musician DARYL HALL, who was born in 1948; former baseball player ORLAND “EL DUQUE” HERNANDEZ, who was born in 1965; Tony Award-winning actress JANE KRAKOWSKI, who was born in 1968; Tony Award-winning actor RON LEIBMAN, who was born in 1937; actor DAVID MORSE, who was born in 1953; actor STEPHEN MOYER, who was born in 1969; actor LUKE PERRY, who was born in 1966; and Hall of Fame football player STEVE YOUNG, who was born in 1961.

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“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1975. Originally titled “NBC’s Saturday Night,” the live show features skits, commercial parodies and news satires, with a different guest host and musical guest performing weekly. Its first guest host was comedian George Carlin. Notable cast members have included Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Fred Armise, Andy Samber, Kenan Thompson, Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis, among others.

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1884. As the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she led an active and independent life, and in 1933 became the first wife of a president to give her own news conference in the White House. Widely known throughout the world, she was affectionately called “the first lady of the world.” She served as U.S. delegate to the United Nations General Assembly for a number of years before her death in New York in 1962.

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PARSON WEEMS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1759. The episcopal clergyman and traveling bookseller is remembered for the fictitious stories he presented as historical fact. His best-known “fable” is the story describing George Washington cutting down his father’s cherry tree with a hatchet. Weems’s fictionalized histories, however, delighted many readers who accepted them as true. They became immensely popular and were bestsellers for many years. Weems died in 1825 in South Carolina.

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DOTTIE WEST WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1932. The American singer was born in McMinnville, Tennessee. In 1964, she won the first Grammy ever by a country vocalist for “Here Comes My Baby.” Dottie died in 1991 in Nashville.

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

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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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