Brooklyn Today: May 24, 2012
Good morning. Today is the 145th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of May 24, 1897, featured an article about the 78th birthday of Britain’s Queen Victoria. The day, the article said, was celebrated with “the ringing of bells and salutes at military and naval stations.”
Well-known people who were born today include puppeteer Frank Oz, singer Patti LaBelle of the group LaBelle (“Lady Marmalade”), and singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (“Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” “The Times They Are a-Changing’,” “Simple Twist of Fate”).
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