4+ week, 2+ day ago  (307+ words) BAY RIDGE " After fears of closure, the Harbor Defense Museum at Fort Hamilton will remain open. "The U. S. Army Center of Military History has paused all previously announced changes to the Army Museum Enterprise, including proposed museum closures, in accordance with…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (250+ words) ON THIS DAY IN 1879, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, "OTTAWA " The Dominion Government has issued a new circular respecting wreckage, giving permission to American tugs to work in Canadian waters, when life and property are in danger, but not otherwise;…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (176+ words) Jennifer Garner, who was born in 1972; Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, who was born in 1974; "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara, who was born in 1985; and former Pentatonix member Avi Kaplan, who was born in 1989. NEW WORLD MAN:…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1041+ words) The man who writes for hire has an obligation, if only to himself, to keep an open mind and to absorb new ideas." " Henry Mancini. April 16: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said,…...

4+ day, 53+ min ago  (248+ words) Brooklyn Eagle Historical ecologist will tell what Brooklyn's waterways looked like in 1600s BROOKLYN HEIGHTS " TODAY, THE CENTER for Brooklyn History occupies a landmark Romanesque Revival building at the corner of Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights. It was a former home…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (190+ words) Michelle Gellar, who was born in 1977; and "Scream Queens" star Abigail Breslin, who was born in 1996. "NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES:" President Abraham Lincoln was shot on this day in 1865. Less than a week after the end of the…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (178+ words) AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: Constance Baker Motley was born on this day in 1921. The Connecticut native was one of the top civil rights lawyers of the 1950s and "60s, presenting arguments before the U. S. Supreme Court in seven cases and winning them all....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (279+ words) ON THIS DAY IN 1898, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, "The Shah of Persia, Muzaffar-ed-din, has finally determined that he can safely leave Persia without any fear of being deposed during his absence. He will shortly make a tour of Egypt....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (237+ words) ON THIS DAY IN 1963, Eagle sportswriter Jim Murray said, "I swear I don't know why the pros had so much trouble with the Augusta National golf course. I had no difficulty whatsoever breaking 70. And I have no reason to believe…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (253+ words) NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include "Cabaret" star Joel Grey, who was born in 1932; journalist Tony Brown, who was born in 1933; "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" star Louise Lasser, who was born in 1939; magazine editor Hattie Gossett, who was born…...