He came to the United States in 1896 and assisted in forming Chovevei Zion, the original Zionist group.
Earlier Eagan sued and won $32,5000 from the Luxor Hotel and Baths for personal injuries he sustained on December 5, 1930.
He claimed that the hotel was negligent in posting no warning signs to indicate that the pool was only partially filled, at the time he dived in.
[3] In 1934, Soviet rezident and Great Illegal Valentin Markin received head wounds in the Luxor Baths from which he died shortly thereafter.
The Citizens Committee was set up in 1975 to rid the Midtown (Manhattan) area of pornography and prostitution.