History

Good morning. Today is the 115th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for April 25, 1902, reported on a “parlor car romance” that led to marriage. … Full Article

I recently conducted an interview in Tampa with Brendon Rennert, the proud grandson of Tuvia Bielski, the commander of the Bielski Brigade that eluded and fought off the Nazis in the dense Naliboki forest of western Belarus while protecting, and saving the lives of over 1,200 Jews for three … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 114th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for April 24, 1902, carried a story about an explosion on a tugboat docked in the Newtown Creek, which destroyed three other tugboats and killed several people. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 113th day of the year. On this day in 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the theft and recovery of a silver tea set that had once belonged to England’s King George III. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 112th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of April 22, 1902, described a party of 40 Brooklyn priests and several Catholic laymen who were traveling on the steamer Liguria. … Full Article

Ten seconds and 100 yards. The time and distance between two bombs. … Full Article

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 109th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on April 19, 1901, reported that the Christian Science organization had set up an office at the Temple Bar building at Court and Joralemon streets. … Full Article

1. DRAGNET TIGHTENS FOR MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECT One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for another. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 108th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of April 18, 1878, carried an article titled “Passover: An Important Jewish Festival.” Since 1878 was shortly before the start of large-scale Jewish immigration to the U.S. … Full Article