ON THIS DAY in 1907, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Law and Precedent Ignored by the Mayor.” The article focused on the then-mayor refusing a proposal by Controller Metz.
“The astonishing attitude of Mayor McClellan in refusing to permit the Board of Estimate yesterday to consider the letter of Controller Metz on the elevated loop plan is becoming fully appreciated to-day,” the Eagle reported. “It appears now that the ruling of the mayor was in defiance of one of the provisions of the Rapid Transit act, which expressly states that the local city authorities … have the right to request the Rapid Transit Commission, in writing, to consider any plan for rapid transit.”
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “Veronica’s Closet” actress Kirstie Alley, who was born in 1955; Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who was born in 1964; “A Space Odyssey” space computer HAL, who was born in 1992; hockey player Marian Hossa, who was born in 1979; talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who was born in 1951; singer Zayn Malik, who was born in 1993; “Cloud Atlas” author David Mitchell, who was born in 1969; “1Q84” author Haruki Murakami, who was born in 1949; “Huff” actor Oliver Platt, who was born in 1960; multiple Oscar Award-winning actress for “The Great Ziegfeld” and “The Good Earth” Luise Rainer, who was born in 1910; radio and television personality Howard Stern, who was born in 1954; and Hall of Fame basketball player Dominique Wilkins, who was born in 1960.
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“THE TEST,” by Anya Kamenetz, will be featured at 7 p.m. tonight at BookCourt in Cobble Hill. The event includes a reading, audience Q&A and book signing. Kamenetz is a journalist and commentator on the future of education.
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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.
