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MILESTONES: October 23, birthdays for Pele, Caleb McLaughlin, Nancy Grace

October 23, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include sportscaster and former football player DOUG FLUTIE, who was born in 1962; talk show host NANCY GRACE, who was born in 1959; Oscar Award-winning director ANG LEE, who was born in 1954; actor CALEB McLAUGHLIN, who was born in 2001; former soccer player TIFFENY MILBRETT, who was born in 1972; former soccer player PELE, who was born in 1940; former golfer CHI-CHI RODRIGUEZ, who was born in 1935; former basketball player KEITH VAN HORN, who was born in 1975; singer and satirist “WEIRD” AL YANKOVIC, who was born in 1959; and country singer and actor DWIGHT YOAKAM, who was born in 1956.

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THE IPOD WAS UNVEILED ON THIS DAY IN 2001. The Apple company unveiled its portable MP3 music player to the press on this date. The iPod officially went on sale on Nov. 10, 2001 for $399. Critics at the time complained about the cost, but the iPod became incredibly popular. In January 2010, Apple announced that it had sold 250 million iPods.

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JOHNNY CARSON WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1925. The TV talk show host worked for various radio and TV shows, including “Who Do You Trust?” He first appeared on “The Tonight Show” in 1958 and was named the permanent host in 1962 with the resignation of Jack Paar. He remained on the air for more than 30 years and, along with sidekick Ed McMahon and bandleader Doc Severinsen, basically invented the TV talk show format as we know it today. When he retired in 1992, he was regarded as a national institution. Carson died in California in 2005.

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HUNGARY DECLARED INDEPENDENCE ON THIS DAY IN 1989. The country declared itself an independent republic, 33 years after Russian troops crushed a popular revolt against Soviet rule. The announcement followed a weeklong purge by parliament of the Stalinist elements from Hungary’s 1949 constitution, which defined the country as a socialist people’s republic. Acting head of state Matyas Szuros made the declaration in front of tens of thousands of Hungarians at Parliament Square, speaking from the same balcony from which Imre Nagy addressed rebels 33 years earlier. Nagy was hanged for treason after Soviet intervention. Free elections held in March 1990 removed the Communist Party to the ranks of the opposition for the first time in four decades.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

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“I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.” — Johnny Carson, who was born on this day in 1925

 

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