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ON OCT. 15, 1924, the Eagle reported, “Springing suddenly out of the October haze hanging like a fog over the lower bay at 7:40 o’clock today, and swimming the skies with all the grace of a huge silver fish, the ZR-3 came sailing over New York straight from the works of her German builders. Her entry through the gateway of America could not have been more auspicious. The day was perfect, the air still, and she came in impressive majesty, turning and maneuvering over Manhattan and Brooklyn for more than an hour. As she swam over the lower bay and the river, dipped toward the skyscrapers, passed over the Equitable Building and behind the great tower of the Woolworth Building, not so much taller than she is long, she was under perfect control. At times she almost seemed to stand still under the morning sun, and she gave New York as great an aerial show as this city ever had before.” ON OCT. 15, 1939, the Eagle reported, “London, Oct. 14 (U.P.) — Streams of ‘refugees’ kept trickling back to the slums of London and other big cities of Great Britain today in a ‘revolt’ against country life. They are part, although only a small part, of the mass migration of more than 1,300,000 women, children and invalids to the countryside at the outbreak of war. They were glad to be back, no matter how squalid their homes. Many insisted on returning despite repeated warnings of the peril of air raids. Their numbers included children who had never known anything but margarine. They objected to the taste of fresh country butter. They found bulls far more terrifying than city traffic or bombs. They were accustomed to fish, chips and beer for ‘supper’ and found fresh eggs and milk strange to their palate.” ON OCT. 15, 1951, a listing in the Eagle’s Video Highlights column read, “9:00 WCBS (2) ‘I Love Lucy,’ featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (premiere).”
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ON OCT. 16, 1842, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Colt’s Submarine Battery. — A third experiment with this engine of destruction will be made in our harbor tomorrow afternoon, at 4 o’clock precisely, under the patronage and direction of the American Institute, now holding its annual fair at Niblo’s Garden. The vessel to be blown up is larger than either of those already experimented upon, and will fully test the power of the battery.” ON OCT. 16, 1896, the Eagle published the following advertisement: “E.C.M. Fitzgerald’s Brooklyn Music Hall. This Week — First appearance in Brooklyn of Edison’s Vitascope and the best show ever presented in this city. Continuous concerts Sunday from 3 to 12.” ON THIS DAY IN 1912, the Eagle reported, “Chicago, Oct. 16 — Col. [Theodore] Roosevelt, his family with him, and satisfied as to his condition, today rested at greater ease than at any time since the hand of John Schrank was lifted against his life in Milwaukee on Monday night. Physicians examining his wound today and making a complete clinical examination, found his pulse, respiration and temperature so nearly normal that concern over his condition vanished, and the extremely conservative conduct gave way to a desire to establish public assurance that no complications were looked for to stand in the way of rapid recovery.”
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