Brooklyn History Timeline

Events 1 - 100 of 142

• 1845-01-01 The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed

• 1861-06-30 CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
• 1862-05-15 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn
• 1863-10-06 Dr Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn

• 1876-12-05 Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death

• 1883-05-30 Stampede caused by a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse kills 12
• 1886-07-23 American civilian Steve Brodie allegedly survives a 135-foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge
• 1887-02-21 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
• 1890-09-01 Brooklyn Bridegrooms win 3 MLB games in one day‚ feasting on the Pittsburgh Alleghenys 10 - 9‚ 3 - 2‚ and 8 - 4
• 1897-12-31 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898)
• 1898-01-01 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY

• 1900-03-24 New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• 1901-11-16 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
• 1902-11-18 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
• 1903-12-19 Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan
• 1906-07-20 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis
• 1906-08-01 Brooklyn Superbas MLB pitcher Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 innings but loses in 13th, 1-0 on an unearned run
• 1907-12-16 Eugenia Farrar is the 1st to sing over a wireless radio broadcast, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
• 1908-08-06 St Louis Cardinals Johnny Lush pitches 2nd career no-hitter in 2-0 win over Brooklyn Superbas; change of MLB rules makes this unofficial, as game was shortened by rain
• 1908-11-04 Brooklyn Academy of Music opens in NYC

• 1912-09-17 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles
• 1912-10-05 NY Highlanders last game at Hilltop stadium; beat Washington, 8-6; Brooklyn Dodgers last game at Washington Park; lose 1-0 v NY Giants
• 1913-04-09 Brooklyn Superbas' (later Dodgers) Ebbets Field opens; visiting Philadelphia Phillies win, 1-0
• 1914-09-19 Brooklyn Tip-Tops' Ed Lafitte no-hits Kansas City Packers (Federal League), 6-2
• 1915-05-17 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
• 1915-06-22 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
• 1916-09-07 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak

• 1917-07-01 In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2

• 1918-11-01 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn
• 1919-02-01 Brooklyn Robins trade former NL MVP Jake Daubert to Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Tommy Griffith; result of a salary grievance
• 1919-04-30 Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
• 1919-05-15 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
• 1920-05-01 Longest MLB game by innings - Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
• 1924-08-01 MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance strikes out a MLB record 7 consecutive batters, and 14 overall in 4-0 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field
• 1927-01-01 Brooklyn announces release of future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Zack Wheat after 18 consecutive seasons with Robins; Wheat hits .324 in final season with Philadelphia A's
• 1930-09-06 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8

• 1930-09-24 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
• 1931-09-24 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
• 1932-10-02 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play franchise's debut NFL game; lose 14-0 to Brooklyn Dodgers at Braves Field
• 1934-02-23 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers

• 1934-10-28 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play first of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Dodgers wins 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
• 1935-07-05 Tony Cuccinello (Brooklyn Dodgers) and Al Cuccinello (New York Giants) become first brothers to both hit a MLB homer in the same game; Dodgers win 14-4

• 1936-09-27 Boston Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Boston wins 14-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

• 1936-10-07 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
• 1937-08-27 Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game
• 1938-06-15 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter

• 1939-06-27 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Bees, 2-2 in 23 innings; called on account of darkness after 5 hours 15 minutes
• 1939-08-26 1st major league baseball telecast on W2XBS- Cincinnati Reds defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
• 1939-10-22 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
• 1940-04-30 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0
• 1941-08-04 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen becomes 1st MLB player to take 3 foul pop-ups in one inning (3rd) in 11-6 win v NY Giants
• 1941-09-25 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
• 1941-09-29 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade

• 1945-04-10 NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
• 1945-06-09 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him
• 1946-04-23 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
• 1946-10-01 St. Louis Cardinals beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 in first MLB play-off game for a league championship (NL); St Louis wins series, 2-0

• 1947-08-26 Dodgers' Dan Bankhead, MLB's 1st African-American pitcher, homers in his 1st MLB at bat in 16-3 loss to Pittsburgh, at Ebbetts Field, Brooklyn, NYC
• 1947-09-22 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant as Chicago defeats St. Louis Cardinals in second game of a double header
• 1947-10-02 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in Baseball World Series history off Ralph Branca in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3

• 1948-09-09 Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
• 1949-07-08 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
• 1950-05-25 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
• 1950-10-01 Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL pennant on Dick Sisler's 3-run home run in a season ending 4-1 win v Brooklyn Dodgers; Phillies first pennant since 1913
• 1950-10-26 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodgers president
• 1951-08-11 First televised baseball game in colour on WCBS in New York City; Boston Braves beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-1
• 1951-10-03 Shot Heard 'Round the World': Bobby Thomson hits 3-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, bottom 9th inning, 1 out, to give New York Giants dramatic 5-4 playoff win and NL pennant at the Polo Grounds
• 1951-11-01 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards
• 1952-05-28 Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio; the park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
• 1952-09-23 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant with a record of 96-57 over the New York Giants 92-62
• 1953-09-12 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 5-2. Brooklyn finishes season with record of 105-49.

• 1954-07-31 Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock becomes only the 3rd player in 20th century to hit 4 HRs in 9-inning game (Lou Gehrig & Gil Hodges) in 15-7 Braves' win over Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; MLB record 18 total bases
• 1955-03-21 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
• 1955-04-21 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
• 1955-09-08 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
• 1955-10-07 Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga launched at Brooklyn
• 1955-12-08 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
• 1956-02-05 NY Mayor Robert Wagner & Bkln Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
• 1956-05-12 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine's throws 2nd career no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0, at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn, NYC
• 1956-09-25 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
• 1956-10-31 Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service
• 1957-01-15 Brooklyn Dodgers extend their 5-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new 3-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter; club moves to Los Angeles the next year

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 716

• 1795-05-13 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1883)
• 1799-01-07 Daniel Tyler, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, Connecticut (d. 1882)
• 1806-06-12 John Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), born in Mühlhausen, Germany (d. 1869) [1]
• 1810-03-10 John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1885)
• 1816-03-12 David Stuart, American politician, Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1868)
• 1818-11-03 Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1891)
• 1825-12-19 George Frederick Bristow, American composer (Rip Van Winkle), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1898)
• 1828-02-22 Robert Alexander Cameron, American soldier and newspaper publisher (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1894)
• 1833-03-09 Frederick A. Schroeder, American tobacco industrialist and mayor of Brooklyn, born in Trier, Germany (d. 1899)
• 1848-12-05 Edwin Blashfield, American painter who decorated the dome of Library of Congress, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1936)
• 1856-01-18 John Hyatt Brewer, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1931)
• 1858-06-29 George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1928)
• 1859-03-19 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)
• 1859-10-29 Charles Ebbets, American sports executive (co-owner of Brooklyn Dodgers 1897-1902), born in New York City (d. 1925)
• 1865-02-05 Harvey Worthington Loomis, American composer (Lyrics of the Red Man), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1930)
• 1865-05-26 Robert W. Chambers, American artist and fiction writer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1933)

• 1870-11-22 Howard Brockway, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1951)
• 1871-02-25 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1953)
• 1872-03-03 Willie Keeler, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (highest career AB-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history; NL batting champion 1897, 98 Baltimore Orioles), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1923)
• 1874-03-04 Helen Hellwig, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1894), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1960)
• 1875-03-14 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American librarian and author (Thackeray Dictionary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)
• 1875-04-04 Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (Raven, Test Pilot), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1948)
• 1876-03-05 Elizabeth Moore, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1896, 1901, 03, 05), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1959)
• 1879-06-30 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1955)
• 1881-09-08 Harry Hillman, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 200/400m hurdles 1904; silver 400m hurdles 1908), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1945)
• 1881-11-08 Frank Speck, American anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1950)
• 1886-03-18 Edward Everett Horton, American vaudeville, stage, silent and sound screen character actor (Top Hat), and narrator (Fractured Fairy Tales - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)

• 1887-04-21 Lillian Walker [Wolke] American silent era actress and film producer (An Embarrassment of Riches), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975)
• 1888-05-06 Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
• 1889-10-20 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers' comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
• 1890-02-03 Larry MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), born in Cass City, Michigan (d. 1975)
• 1890-09-17 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• 1890-11-30 John Tasker Howard, American composer and music historian, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
• 1891-01-17 Marjorie Gateson, American actress (One Man's Family), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1977)
• 1891-01-21 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
• 1891-03-04 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1892-02-09 Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live; Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)

• 1893-06-23 Donald MacBride, American stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma - "Mr. Clyde"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)

• 1893-12-25 Fred Hillebrand, American actor (Martin Kane, Moon Over Manhattan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1963)
• 1894-09-26 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929)
• 1894-10-04 Cliff Hall [Robert Clifford Hall], American actor (At This Moment, Dutch Treat, Crime Photographer), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)

• 1895-09-12 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1967)
• 1896-03-20 Sam Wren, American actor (Marked Woman, The Old Grey Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
• 1896-12-15 Betty Smith, American novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)

• 1897-01-03 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], American actress (Operator 13), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1961)
• 1897-05-02 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

• 1897-06-26 Viola Dana, American actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)

• 1898-04-19 Constance Talmadge, American comedienne and actress (Intolerance), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)

• 1898-12-30 Vincent Lopez, American jazz pianist and big band bandleader ("Nola"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975) [1]

• 1899-04-29 Natalie Talmadge, American actress (Our Hospitality), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
• 1899-05-08 Arthur Q Bryan, American voice actor, comedian and radio personality (Beulah, The Devil Bat), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1959)
• 1899-10-23 Lilyan Tashman, American actress (Millie, Bulldog Drummond), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1934)
• 1899-12-09 Léonie Adams, American poetess (Those not elected), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1900-06-11 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
• 1900-11-13 Edward Buzzell, American film director (Child of Manhattan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

• 1900-11-25 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans; That's Entertainment), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
• 1901-02-02 Connie Gilchrist, American actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

• 1901-11-02 James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in New York City (d. 1967)
• 1902-02-14 Thelma Ritter, American character actress (All About Eve; Rear Window; Pillow Talk), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
• 1902-08-11 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1985)
• 1902-12-20 Sidney Hook, American philosopher (The Paradoxes of Freedom), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
• 1903-06-26 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1987)
• 1903-09-29 (Edward) "Ted" de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
• 1903-10-22 Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1952)
• 1904-01-21 Joseph Ford McGuinn, American director and actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1971)
• 1904-02-01 S J Perelman, American author, humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker, Around the World in 80 Days), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)
• 1904-05-15 Clifton Fadiman, American editor, radio and TV host (Information, Please!; Quiz Kids), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
• 1905-06-12 Ray Barbuti, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 400m relay 1928), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
• 1905-07-17 Bill Gargan, American actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; You Only Live Once), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)

• 1905-08-31 Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)
• 1905-12-20 Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1968)

• 1906-04-16 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)

• 1906-05-28 Phil Regan, American actor and singer ("My Wild Irish Rose"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1996)

• 1906-11-04 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, American lawyer and diplomat, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
• 1907-03-22 James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
• 1907-03-28 Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
• 1907-07-16 Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
• 1907-07-27 Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (Boulder Dam, Captain Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1937)
• 1907-09-08 Sid Tomack, American actor (The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
• 1907-10-28 Lew Parker [Austin Lewis Jacobs], American actor (Are You with It?, That Girl), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• 1907-11-14 William Steig, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, 1930-2003) and children's author (Shrek!; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Doctor De Soto), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003) [1]
• 1908-03-26 Hank Sylvern [Henry Silverstein], American organist, radio and television theme composer and musical director (Suspense; Jane Froman's USA Canteen; The Phil Silvers Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1964)
• 1908-04-15 Eden Ahbez [George Aberle], American songwriter ("Nature Boy"; "Lonely Island"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
• 1908-04-23 Myron Waldman, American animator (Fleischer Studio), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
• 1908-07-23 Karl Swenson, American actor (Lars Hanson-Little House on the Prairie), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)

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