Month: September 2016

Today in History

1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years’ War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun. 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is...
The Merchant Royal, lost at sea in 1641with a reported 100,000 pounds of gold has yet to be found

Thirty Years Young

The local non-profit that provides Lower Manhattan with after-school programs, summer camps, athletic leagues, classes for seniors, indoor and outdoor recreation space, swimming lessons, arts enrichment and more is marking 30 years of service. On Saturday (September 24), Manhattan Youth will host a Birthday Beach Party on Pier 25, in the Hudson River Park, near...

Today in History

1692 – The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released. 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published. Up until 1905, the magazine had no photographs at all– It was a text-based scientific journal about geography. 1857...

Letters

To the editor: On the topic of the BPCA Board – I can understand that the Board has business to attend to and that the members are not paid for their service on the Board so they want their meetings to run efficiently. Dennis Mehiel knows that if community comment were to be allowed, much...