The Rockaway Times
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019
Ulrich Welcomes New BC Hockey Rink
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This Week in History JULY 3 Patricia Rorke was born. John McGunigle was born. 1890 - Idaho became the 43rd state in the United States. 1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Conn., killed over 160 people. JULY 7 Eileen McLaughlin was born. Christine Stengel Puma was born. Michael Herman was born.
1946 - Italian-born Mother Frances JULY 4 The United States of America was Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint. born. 1981 - President Ronald Reagan Neil Rowe was born. Christine Mahoney-Schneider was nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the Supreme Court. born. 1826- Former presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. 1831 - Former president, James Monroe died.
Let them play—hockey! Broad Channel officially has a new hockey rink. On Friday, June 28, Councilman Eric Ulrich and the NYC Parks Department held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the new hockey rink at Broad Channel Park. Six years in the making, the project funded by Ulrich was inspired by local children who wanted to improve their community park. With strength in numbers, supporters voted for the rink as part of the participatory budgeting initiative in 2014. The hockey rink would ultimately garner enough votes to get funded. The rink at Broad Channel Park is officially open to the public just in time for the summer.
JULY 5 1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. 1996 - Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born. JULY 6 Kathy McCormack was born. Donald Gallagher was born. Norrin Radd was born.
JULY 8 Patty Marsibilio was born. Thomas Thompson was born. Laura Johnson-Rivera was born. Anthony Girlando was born. Bianca Fortis was born. 1950 - General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea. JULY 9 Joe Lupo was born. Tom Jodice was born. 1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Hen- JULY 10 ry VIII's Church of England. 1973 - The Bahamas became inde1944 - A fire caused by inept pendent from Great Britain.
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