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On This Day in History Brooklyn’s Only Daily Record of Historical Events in the Borough Founded 1841 One Small Step for a Man Astronautical footprint MOON — On July 20, 1969, the U.S. reached a goal set by President John F. Kennedy when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. landed their lunar excursion module Eagle on the moon at 4:17 p.m. (EDT), near the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong’s statement as he first stepped on the moon is often misquoted (because the “a” he put before “man” was illogically edited out of the tape): “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Almost as dramatic were Aldrin’s words: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” The nearly 700 million earthlings who had tuned in breathed a sigh of relief. The astronauts returned to Earth on July 24, bringing photographs and rock samples. Millions watched the dramatic moment on television. Four days earlier on July 16, 1969, a giant Saturn V rocket, as tall as a 26- story building, had been launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida. Atop the rocket was the Apollo 11 spacecraft carrying Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins. The three-stage rocket provided the thrust to propel the spacecraft to the moon. Apollo 11 then took over, using its own engine to go into orbit around the moon. On July 20 the Apollo 11’s spider-legged lunar module, the Eagle, separated from the rest of the spacecraft and carried Armstrong and Aldrin to a flat area on the moon’s surface. The landing was smooth. For the first time, humans had landed on the moon. A dream as old as humanity had been achieved. Between 1969 and 1972, the U.S. launched six successful manned missions to the moon. A total of 12 astronauts walked on the lunar surface. QUEENS — July 20, 1859, was the first time that admission was charged for spectators to see a ball game. At the Fashion Race Course, in what is now Corona, Queens, 1,500 fans paid fifty cents to see the first All-Star game played by baseball’s first league, the National Association of Base Ball Players. Contesting for the baseball July 20 Ball Game in Corona BROADWAY — Marilyn Miller caught Broadway show producer Lee Shubert’s fancy when he saw her dancing in the show at the Lotus Club. He promptly signed the petite, blonde dancer with a face of Dresden doll beauty for his Passing Show of 1914. Her ascent to stardom was rapid. Florenz Ziegfeld signed her on to appear in his Follies of 1918 and again for the 1919 edition. On December 21, 1920 Ziegfeld premiered what is known as the most magical of all American musicals — Sally. It had the entrancing Marilyn Miller as Sally. With this show she became Broadway’s undisputed queen of musical comedy. On July 20, 1922, when actress Billie Burke was Ziegfeld’s current wife. Marilyn Miller said: “I don’t want to quarrel with Flo Ziegfeld’s wife, but if Billie Burke wants to fight, I’ll give her a real one. I’ve got lots of ammunition and Broadway will understand what I mean.” Miller said that Ziegfeld tried to championship of America, the New York All-Stars won the first game the best-of-three set, over Brooklyn 22-18. New York captured the championship over Brooklyn with a 29-18 victory in the rubber match but Brooklyn did win the second game 29-8. The crowd attending the game caused sizeable traffic jams on the country roads with Marilyn Had The Ammunition bribe her with jewels not to marry Jack Pickford. She reminded Burke that Burke’s manager/producer was also unhappy when she married Ziegfeld. “Why then, “ Miller said about Billie Burke, “isn’t she generous enough to give me a chance” It is reputed that the Ziegfeld and Miller relationship had been something more than a strictly employee/employer one as had Billie Burke and her manager’s. Jack Pickford was stellarstar Mary Pickford’s brother and also a film actor in his own right. He and his first wife Olive Thomas were married in May 1917. On September 10, 1920 Olive died in Paris, apparently a suicide. It is said that she and Jack were both heroin addicts at the time. Ziegfeld’s bribe of jewels offered to Miller was apparently one she could refuse because she and Jack Pickford were wed on July 30, 1922. They were divorced on November 2, 1927. Stolen Artwork Found in Brooklyn The Brooklyn Eagle of July 20, 2001 had this intriguing story: a Rembrandt drawing, “Woman Standing With Raised Hands,” and other rare drawings and paintings such as Durer’s 1496 ink drawing “Women’s Bathhouse” (inset), found hidden in a Brooklyn apartment, were returned to Germany’s Bremen Museum. Since World War II, the artwork followed a twisted route — stolen by Soviet troops, given to a museum in Azerbidjan, and then stolen again by a globetrotting Azerbidjani mob. As for the man who was hiding the artwork, a wrestler, he still remained at large. their carriages. It cost to get in but the players on the field received no salary until 1863. Baseball fans who didn’t have the half-buck admission charge could find a knothole somewhere in the wooden fence surrounding the field to which they could stick their eye ball — the term “knothole gang” was born! Gage & Tollner Shares Status MANHATTAN — Until 1989 Brooklyn’s famous Gage & Tollner restaurant had the distinction of being the first and only restaurant to be designated a landmark (1975). The Four Seasons Restaurant at 99 East 52nd Street on Park Avenue was the second restaurant to be given that honor. The Four Seasons opened on July 20, 1959. An interior designed by Philip Johnson seats four hundred. Four Seasons is among the most fashionable and expensive restaurants in New York City. As implied by the name, its decor and cuisine change with the seasons right down to the planting boxes and doorman’s uniform at the entrance which is in the Seagram Building. A walnut-paneled dining room is laid out around a square pool and another room around a square bar over which hangs a brass rod sculpture by Richard Lippold. Dining in this restaurant is an elegant and expensive experience but one that is never forgotten. AP Photos FROM THE ORIGINAL EAGLE AND OTHER SOURCES Close... But No Cigar German dictator Adolf Hitler (front right) shows his buddy, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (front left), the remains of the briefing hut where an attempt was made to do away with him on July 20, 1944. He was only slightly injured when a planted bomb exploded. EAST PRUSSIA — By July of 1944 German morale was unraveling due to many battlefield disasters and mounting atrocities. A group of officers and civilian officials attempted a coup. On July 20, at the East Prussian field headquarters, Colonel Graf Claus von Stauffenberg, a top officer of the Wehrmacht, was chosen by the coup to plant a briefcase bomb under the conference table where Adolf Hitler would be seated. By chance, Col. Heinz Brandt moved the case, and Hitler was only slightly wounded. Four other people, including Brandt, were killed by the blast. Hitler went on Radio Berlin to describe the attack to the German people, saying the bomb "exploded two meters away from me, but I am entirely unhurt apart from negligible grazes, bruises, or burns." The eight coup leaders were strangled while hanging from meat hooks. 5,200 other people, including the families of alleged plotters, were executed as well. Erwin Rommel, the conspirator's candidate to succeed Hitler, was given the choice between a show trial and suicide. He chose the latter. Paranoid to begin with, Hitler now trusted almost no one - including his surviving generals. On This Day In Brooklyn History July 20, 1902 Air conditioner invented in Brooklyn for industrial use by Willis Haviland Carrier. — Birthdays — July 20 — Kim Carnes, singer (“Bette Davis Eyes”), songwriter (co-wrote score Flashdance), born in Hollywood, CA Judy Chicago (Judy Cohen), artist, feminist, born in Chicago, IL Peter Forsberg, hockey player, born in Ornskoldvik, Sweden Sally Ann Howes, actress (Dead of Night, The History of Mr. Polly) singer, born in London, England Michael Ilitch, owner Detroit Red Wings and Little Caesar pizza franchises, former Major League baseball player, born in Detroit, MI Carlos Santana Diana Rigg, actress (Mrs. Emma Peel on Wikipedia “The Avengers,” Tony Award for Medea, King Lear, Witness for the Prosecution), born Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Carlos Santana, musician, born in Autlan, Mexico 16 • Brooklyn Eagle • Friday, July 19, 2013 Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 20, 2013 • 0
On This Day in History Brooklyn’s Only Daily Record of Historical Events in the Borough Founded 1841 ‘Bridge’ Poet Born The poet Hart Crane was born on July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio. He made his way to New York at a young age and pursued his literary ambitions. One of his most famous works is an epic poem titled “The Bridge,” which is about Brooklyn Bridge. Crane lived for a time on Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights and admired the perfect view of New York Harbor that the situation afforded him. He wrote to his mother, “Just imagine looking out your window Hart Crane directly on the East River with nothing intervening between your view of the Statue of Liberty, way down the harbour, and the marvelous beauty of Brooklyn Bridge close above you on your right! All of the great new skyscrapers of lower Manhattan are marshalled directly accross [sic] from you, and there is a constant stream of tugs, liners, sail boats, etc in procession before you on the river! It’s really a magnificent place to live. This section of Brooklyn is very old, but all the houses are in splendid condition and have not been invaded by foreigners . . .” Crane battled depression and on April 27, 1932, at the age of 32, he was on a steamboat in the Gulf of Mexico when he exclaimed “Goodbye, everybody!” and hurled himself overboard in front of several witnesses. His body was never recovered. Jail Door Suicide NEW YORK CITY — In a bizarre finish to an already incredible tale of violence, the man who bombed the US Capitol in Washington and shot industrialist J. Pierpont Morgan committed suicide on July 21, 1915, in New York by hurling himself headfirst from the top of a jail door. Eric Muenter, also known as Frank Holt, died instantly in the Nassau County jail, where he had been held for the bombing and shooting. His rampage began on July 17 when a bomb wrecked a room in the Senate wing of the Capitol. During the same weekend, he invaded Morgan’s Long Island home and wounded the Morgan heir in an attempt to kidnap Mrs. Morgan and their children. Muenter, a German professor, said he wanted to stop Morgan from exporting munitions. A Look Back at Olde Brooklyn Near the Red Hook waterfront a line of boys form a parade in this 19th-century photo. Columbia street is paved with belgian block and was a central trolley route. Historic Photos of Brooklyn by John Manbeck July 21 OAK PARK, IL — Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. He was educated at Oak Park High School. He became a reporter for the Kansas City Star, but left that job within a few months to serve as a volunteer ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. He later transferred to the Italian infantry and was severely wounded. After the war he was a correspondent for the Toronto Star and then settled in Paris, France. While in Paris, Hemingway was encouraged in creative work by the American expatriate writers Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. After 1927 Hemingway spent long periods of time in Key West, Spain, and Africa. During the Spanish Civil War he returned to Spain as a newspaper correspondent. In World War II he was again a correspondent and later was a reporter for the United States First Army. Hemingway was an avid fisherman, hunter, and bullfight enthusiast and he drew heavily on his experiences in writing. His adventurous life brought him close to death several times One of the foremost authors between the two World Wars, Hemingway depicted the life of two types of people in his early works. One type consisted of men and women deprived, by World War I, of faith in the moral values in which they had believed. The other type were men of simple character and primitive emotions, such as prizefighters and bullfighters. His earliest works include the collections of short stories Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923), his first work; In Our Time (1924), tales reflecting his youth; Men Without Women (1927), a volume that included “The Killers” remarkable for the description of impending doom, and Winner Take Nothing (‘33), stories characterizing unfortunates in Europe. The novel which established his reputation, The Sun Also Rises (1926), is the story of a group of morally irresponsible Americans and Briton living in France and Spain, members of the so-called “lost generation” of the post-World War I period. In 1929 he published his second important novel, A Farewell to Arms, the story of a deeply moving love affair in wartime Italy between an American officer in the Italian ambulance service and a British nurse. The novel was followed by two non-fiction works, Death in the Afternoon Birthdays — July 21 Brandi Chastain, soccer player, born in San Jose, CA Lance Guest, actor (“Lou Grant,” The Last Starfighter), born in Saratoga, CA Edward Herrmann, actor (The Paper Chase, Eleanor and Franklin), born in Washington, DC Jon Lovitz, comedian (“Saturday Night Live,” A League of Their Own) born in Tarzana, CA Matt Mulhern, actor (“Major Dad,” Biloxi Blues), born in Philadelphia, PA Janet Reno, former US Attorney General, born in Miami, FL Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetri Georgiou, chosen Muslim name is Yusuf Islam), singer, songwriter, born in London, England Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist (“Doonesbury”), born in New ork NY Robin Williams, actor (The World According to Garp, The Fisher King, Mrs. Doubtfire, Popeye, Hook) comedian, born in Chicago, IL FROM THE ORIGINAL EAGLE AND OTHER SOURCES Novels Reflect His Adventurous Life Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning writer Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899. He committed suicide with a gun from his collection similar to the one he holds in this photo. Photo: Wide World (1932), prose pieces mainly about bullfighting; and Green Hills of Africa (1935), accounts of big-game hunting. Originally using themes of helplessness and defeat, Hemingway began to express concern for social problems during the late 1930s. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937) and Brandi Chastain Jon Lovitz Wikipedia / Romina Espinosa his play The Fifth Column, published in The Fifth Column and the First Fortynine Stories (1938), strongly condemned economic and political injustices. In the novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), dealing with the Spanish Civil War, he shows that the loss of liberty anywhere in the world is a warning that liberty is endangered everywhere. In 1952 Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea, a powerful novelette about an aged Cuban fisherman, for which he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Hemingway’s style is characterized by crispness, laconic dialogue, and emotional understatement. Many of his writings are regarded as classics of American literature and some of his stories have been made into motion pictures. Hemingway suffered periodically from severe depression. In 1928 his father, depressed over a diabetic condition, shot and killed himself. By the age 60 he suffered liver damage from drinking, hypertension, hepatitis and high blood pressure. Because of his suicidal tendencies his wife had locked his hunting guns away at their home in the Sawtooth Mountains near Sun Valley, Idaho. On July 2, 1961, Hemingway found the keys, chose a shotgun from his collection and shot himself in the head with both barrels. Friday, July Brooklyn 19, 2013 Daily • Eagle Brooklyn July 21, Eagle 2013 • 17 • 0
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