FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Monday, April 2, 2012
J. Charles | Monday, April 2, 2012 at 12:00AM 
photo by Flickr User Shawn Hoke
Rise and shine FIPSters, and welcome to your day! In social media news, using Facebook may give you an eating disorder, and in boring Morning Show news, Sarah Palin will host the Today Show on Tuesday, while Katie Couric will host Good Morning America. I have no doubt that both women will try and act disgustingly adorable. And lastly, in search engine news, Google posted a hilarious April Fool's Video (except I think it's real).
ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1896):
Sometimes I marvel at what made headline news back in the day. Take this headline from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on April 2, 1896 for example. This fine mustached fellow...
...turned 69, and it was headline news. The man shown above is Hugh McLaughlin. Yeah, I didn't know who he was either, but apparently he was a pretty big deal in the King's County Democratic Party. I guess you could say he was of rock star status, since his birthday was the talk of the borough. The highlight of Mr. McLaughlin's birthday? Trout fishing with friends. He was also endowed with many floral arrangements at his Remsen Street home as tokens of well-wishes for the milestone age. I can't imagine what they did for him when he turned 70...
[READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES]
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