History

Good morning. Today is the 293rd day of year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 292nd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 18, 1902, quoted Hugh McLaughlin, the longtime boss of the Democratic Party in Brooklyn, as denying reports that he planned to run for Senate. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 291st day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 17, 1862, carried what many historians believe to be the first news article on a baseball game between two African-American teams. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 290th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 16, 1901, quoted African-American Booker T. Washington’s comments about those residents of the Southern states who virulently objected to President Theodore Roosevelt’s inviting him to dinner at the White House. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 289th day of the year. On Oct. 15, 1863, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reprinted an article from the London Standard about the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s trip to England. At the time, Beecher was probably the most famous Brooklyn resident in the world. … Full Article

Louis Gottschalk was first Gershwin’ Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is the final resting place for many famous musicians and composers. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 286th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 12, 1902, reported that Bernard Duffy of Greenpoint sued the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, one of several trolley companies in the borough, for assault. … Full Article

I came across an article written by my dear friend the late Carl Lundquist that appeared in the May 1989 issue of  “Baseball Digest.” Here it is in part. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 285th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 11, 1899, reported on the efforts of a “Dr. … Full Article

The oldest grandson of President Harry Truman, who authorized the use of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will join two survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings at the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture on Wednesday, Oct. … Full Article