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April 29, ‘Topics of To-Day’ 1867

April 29, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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Good morning. Today is the 117th day of the year.

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Josh Steckel, the lead college counselor at the Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, and his wife Beth Zasloff will present their new book “Hold Fast to Dreams,” about placing low-income Brooklyn students in elite colleges. The story details the journeys of 10 Brooklyn students negotiating their new lives in College, and highlights the personal triumphs of the students while uncovering the many ways that the American education system fail to meet its promise as a ladder of opportunity. The reading is at 7:30 p.m. at Dean Street Bar and Restaurant in Prospect Heights. … There will be a screening of interactive and digital imaging projects by Pratt students earning BFAs and MFAs in Digital Arts at 6 p.m. at Higgins Hall at Pratt Institute.

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Notable people born today include Daniel Day-Lewis, Jerry Seinfield, Uma Thurman and Carnie Wilson.

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William Randolph Hearst was born on this day in 1863. He was a media magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who, starting with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887 and the New York Morning Journal in 1895, built an empire consisting of 28 dailies, 18 magazines, radio stations and other outlets. The Hearst brand of journalism—stoked by vicious competition with other chains—tended to be sensational and truculent. It was dubbed “yellow journalism” by detractors. The film classic “Citizen Kane” was loosely based on his life. Born at San Francisco, Calif, Hearst died in Beverly Hills in 1951.

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Oliver Ellsworth was born on this day in 1745. He was the third chief justice of the U.S. He was born in Windsor, Conn., and died there in 1807.

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“Hair” opened on Broadway on this day in 1863. Produced by Michael Butler, the rock musical was controversial at the time. It opened at the Biltmore Theatre in Manhattan, after playing off-Broadway. For those who opposed the Vietnam War and the “Establishment,” this was a defining piece of work.

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It is the anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. A jury in Simi Valley, Calif., failed to convict four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney King, providing the spark that set off rioting, looting and burning in South Central Los Angeles and other areas across the country.

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It is the Saint Catherine of Siena Feast Day. The Patron Saint of Italy was born on this day in 1347. She died in 1380 in Rome.

The moon entered the New Moon phase today.

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On this day in 1867, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a column titled Topics of To-Day, a predecessor of sorts of the modern Eagle column What’s News. The following are news briefs included in the column:

  • A recent swindle is delivering bogus express parcels and receiving real pay for them.

  • Lloyd Phoenix, owner of the Widgeon, has been elected Rear-Commodore of the New York Yacht Squadron.

  • An attempt is making in New York to substitute wooden for stone pavement.

  • Yesterday was the last unrestricted Sunday in Jersey City. The law prohibiting the sale of liquor on the first day of the week takes effect May 5.

  • The reported acclimation of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe at the South is contradicted by her return to Northern latitudes.

  • Some of the newspapers are encouraging a mild panic, based on the statement that the cholera has appeared in several of our large cities.

  • The Prince of Wales has been invited to revisit America. [The Prince of Wales in 1867 was Edward VII, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.]


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