Brooklyn Today for October 10
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Good morning. Today is the 283rd day of the year. The headline of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Oct. 10, 1901, read, “Democracy Accused of Collecting Money From Employees of City.” “Democracy,” in this case, referred to the Democratic Party. Apparently, the chiefs of the Democratic Party’s corrupt Tammany Hall machine would go around to city offices and installations, collecting a “tax” of 1 percent of each employee’s salary. This money would go toward funding political campaigns. The Civil Service Reform Commission was now warning the heads of each city department that they would be held responsible if such goings-on were discovered in the future.
Well-known people who were born today include race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., actress Jessica Harper (“Stardust Memories,” “My Favorite Year”), singer David Lee Roth (“Just a Gigolo”), singer Tanya Tucker (“Delta Dawn”) and actor-singer Ben Vereen (“All That Jazz,” “Webster”).
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