Jan. 21, birthdays for Eric Holder, Geena Davis, Jack Nicklaus

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January 21, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

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ON THIS DAY in 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Society Girls Sledding Narrowly Escape Death; Kept Secret Four Days.”

The article focused on a bobsled accident that injured three of Brooklyn’s elite.

“‘So our secret is out at last, is it?’ said Miss Marjorie Bursch … to a reporter when he told her that it had been learned that she, with four other prominent young society girls of the Bay Ridge section … had been the victims of a bobsledding accident,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “Search for Tomorrow” actor Robby Benson, who was born in 1956; Oscar Award-winning actress for “The Accidental Tourist” Geena Davis, who was born in 1957; singer and actor Mac Davis, who was born in 1942; opera singer Placido Domingo, who was born in 1941; “LA Law” actress Jill Eikenberry, who was born in 1947; U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who was born in 1951; golfer Jack William Nicklaus, who was born in 1940; musician and songwriter Billy Ocean, who was born in 1950; and Hall of Fame basketball player Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, who was born in 1963.

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CHRISTIAN DIOR was born on this day in 1905. Dior was an influential French fashion designer who was the world’s premier style-maker after WWII. He died in 1957.

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A SELF-PUBLISHED reading event will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at WORD Bookstore’s Brooklyn location in Greenpoint. The event features local poet and self-publisher Ona Abelis along with writers Andrea Onstot, Evgueni Bezzubikoff, Susan DeFord and Dallas Athent. See wordbookstores.com for more information.

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