ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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ON THIS DAY IN 1921, the Brooklyn Each day Eagle reported, “CHICAGO — Not one of the American League gamers who have been acquitted final night time of an alleged felony conspiracy to throw the 1919 World Collection has any speedy prospect of being restored to organized baseball, based on a press release issued right now by Choose Okay.M. Landis, nationwide baseball commissioner. ‘Whatever the verdict of juries,’ stated the assertion, ‘no participant that throws a ball recreation, no participant that entertains proposals or guarantees to throw a recreation, no participant that sits in convention with a bunch of crooked gamers and gamblers the place the methods and technique of throwing video games are mentioned, and doesn’t inform his membership about it, will ever play skilled baseball. In fact, I have no idea that any of those males will apply for reinstatement, but when they do, the above are no less than a couple of of the foundations that will likely be enforced. Simply remember the fact that whatever the verdict of juries, baseball is solely competent to guard itself towards the crooks each inside and outdoors the sport.’”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1936, the Eagle reported, “BERLIN (A.P.) — Off the mark quick and transferring into the lead after the primary ten meters, Jesse Owens right now gained the Olympic 100-meter dash championship, attaining the primary of three gold medals he has set as his purpose within the eleventh Olympiad. The brown Ohio bullet, a top-heavy favourite from the beginning of yesterday’s preliminaries within the dash characteristic, for the second time in as many days equaled the Olympic and world report of 10.3 seconds in capturing the title. Ralph Metcalfe, husky Chicago Negro flyer, completed a yard and one-half behind Owens. Metcalfe was timed in 10.4 seconds. Two American Negroes thus ran one-two of their second straight Olympics, dominating the occasion from the begin to end, every profitable his semi-final warmth after which preventing it out within the ultimate. In 1932 Metcalfe additionally was a detailed second to Eddie Tolan, Detroit Negro, within the ultimate.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1949, the Eagle stated, “The Well being Division reported 58 new polio instances right now, 28 of them in Brooklyn, which additionally had two deaths in the course of the 24-hour interval ending at 9 a.m. These have been the town’s solely deaths from polio. The overall variety of instances because the first of the yr within the metropolis is now 466. The determine varies, it was defined by a spokesman on the division, as a result of some instances initially identified as polio weren’t that illness. There have been 36 deaths from polio within the metropolis since Jan. 1. The times breakdown by boroughs is as follows: Manhattan, 10; the Bronx, 10; Brooklyn, 28; Queens, 9; and Richmond, 1. By well being districts, the Brooklyn complete is apportioned thus: Bay Ridge, 7; Brownsville, 2; Bushwick, 2; Flatbush, 4; Fort Greene, 5; Gravesend, 2; Crimson Hook, 2; Sundown Park, 2; and Williamsburg-Greenpoint, 2.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1954, the Eagle reported, “Police Commissioner Francis W.H. Adams promised right now that ‘bother spots’ in Brooklyn will shortly obtain the identical consideration as Instances Sq., the place cops are rooting out hoodlums and different undesirable characters. The commissioner, who warned Sunday that crime and violence are mounting steadily within the metropolis, wouldn’t tip his hand on the place the police will launch their Brooklyn drive. It appeared doubtless, nonetheless, that Coney Island and the downtown part — each ‘shiny lights’ areas like Instances Sq. — would get excessive precedence. Mayor [Robert] Wagner, in the meantime, disclosed his administration is looking for methods of accelerating the variety of cops and elevating their salaries. Adams, who met with the mayor and representatives of police line organizations yesterday, had stated the division was woefully undermanned and underpaid. Adams stated he was conscious that Brooklyn had its important areas, simply as do the opposite boroughs. ‘We’re doing the most effective we will with what we’ve to wash them up,’ he instructed the Brooklyn Eagle. ‘In fact, it have to be understood that any motion taken have to be completed swiftly with out warning. So we can’t reveal the areas.’”

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Evangeline Lilly
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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY embrace Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Marv Levy, who was born in 1925; “Rags to Riches” singer Tony Bennett, who was born in 1926; “The West Wing” star Martin Sheen, who was born in 1940; businesswoman and TV persona Martha Stewart, who was born in 1941; “Animal Home” director John Landis, who was born in 1950; “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, who was born in 1951; “Scrubs” star John C. McGinley, who was born in 1959; Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer James Hetfield (Metallica), who was born in 1963; “The 100” star Isaiah Washington, who was born in 1963; Salt-N-Pepa member DJ Spinderella, who was born in Brooklyn in 1970; seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady, who was born in 1977; “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star Evangeline Lilly, who was born in 1979; and style mannequin Karlie Kloss, who was born in 1992.

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BEYOND THE SEA: Christopher Columbus’ first voyage started on this present day in 1492. The “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” set sail half an hour earlier than dawn from Palos, Spain, with three ships, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, and a crew of 90. He sailed for “Cathay” (China) however discovered as a substitute a New World of the Americas, first touchdown at Guanahani (San Salvador Island within the Bahamas) on Oct. 12.

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TEAMWORK: On this present day in 1949, the Basketball Affiliation of America and the Nationwide Basketball League accomplished a merger that created the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation, which consisted of 17 groups. In the present day the NBA has 30 groups in 28 cities.

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Particular due to “Chase’s Calendar of Occasions” and Brooklyn Public Library.

Quotable:

“I performed a crooked recreation and I’ve misplaced.”
— Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who, together with seven teammates, was completely banned from baseball 100 years in the past right now.