October 23, ON THIS DAY in 1946, NYC greets U.N. General Assembly
ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “New York today gave the arriving delegates to the United Nations General Assembly a rousing welcome. Along the built-up canyons of lower Broadway as the delegates drove by in a long cavalcade of cars, they were welcomed by the cheering New Yorkers, who lined up eight and ten deep along the sidewalks of Broadway and tossed ticker-tape from high buildings, in the traditional manner of New York welcomes to honor the visiting delegates. Then they were officially welcomed on the plaza in front of City Hall by Deputy Mayor Thomas L.J. Corcoran on behalf of the City of New York, and by Warren Austin, himself a General Assembly delegate, head of the U.S. delegation, on behalf of the United States. Mr. Corcoran, in his address of welcome, expressed New York City’s wish to see the United Nations established in New York as its permanent home.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1860, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published the following advertisement: “Grand Kings County Demonstration — A meeting composed of one Delegate from each of the Clubs in Kings County opposed to the election of Lincoln will be held at the Club rooms, over Gastons hat store [on] Fulton Street, opposite Myrtle Ave., on Wednesday evening, Oct. 24th inst., at 7 1/2 o’clock, for the purpose of making arrangements for a Grand Torch Light Demonstration in this County, on the evening of the 1st of November. City and County clubs will please send delegates.”