October 3, ON THIS DAY in 1954, Giants win World Series
ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Happy Heroes, Inc., otherwise the Giants of New York, are the new baseball champions of the world. Here in the warm Ohio sunshine, they today completed the job of crushing the crestfallen Cleveland Indians for the fourth straight afternoon … Their National League pennant, sparked by the well-ballyhooed efforts of Willie Mays, wasn’t impressive enough to make them pre-series favorites over the Indians, who set an American League record by winning 111 games on their way to the flag. But they came through in the easiest possible fashion to end a string of seven straight American League World Series successes.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1855, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Henry Street M.E. Church, corner of Henry and Summit streets, South Brooklyn (Rev. Thomas H. Burch, pastor), will take place this afternoon at four o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Millburn (Ex-Chaplain to Congress), and the Rev. J.B. Hagany, will officiate. It is also hoped that the Rev. Mr. Arthur, of England (known as the author of the ‘Successful Merchant’) will take part in the exercises.”
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.