August 7, birthdays for Charlize Theron, Sidney Crosby, David Duchovny

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August 7, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actress Charlize Theron celebrates her birthday today. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 219th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1925, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Bandits Gag Five in Store and Get $100,000 in Furs.”

The article focused on five armed bandits robbing a crowded fur store in Manhattan.

“The bandits gained a long start on the police, who were not notified of the holdup until the bound men had wriggle free and ran into the street shouting for help,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include hockey player SIDNEY CROSBY, who was born in 1987; “The X-Files” actor DAVID DUCHOVNY, who was born in New York City in 1960; satirist STAN FREBERG, who was born in 1926; “Smallville” actor JOHN GLOVER, who was born in 1944; humorist, producer and author GARRISON KEILLOR, who was born in 1942; actress DELANE MATTHEWS, who was born in 1961; “Oz” actor HAROLD PARRINEAU, who was born in Brooklyn in 1963; marathon runner ALBERTO SALAZAR, who was born in 1957; “Boardwalk Empire” actor MICHAEL SHANNON, who was born in 1974; Oscar Award-winning actress CHARLIZE THERON, who was born in 1975; and singer BILLY JOE THOMAS, who was born in 1942.

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THE HATFIELD-MCCOY feud erupted into full-scale violence on this day in 1882. Brothers Tolbert, Pharmer and Randolph McCoy knifed and shot Ellison Hatfield. The Hatfield family then captured the three McCoys. When Ellison Hatfield died on Aug. 9, the Hatfields executed the brothers. The feud continued with much loss of life and sputtered out by the end of the century.

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CONEY ISLAND will celebrate the 95th anniversary of Deno’s Wonder Wheel and the 60th anniversary of Spook-A-Rama on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and the Coney Island History Project exhibit center. Enjoy live music, dancing and history for free. For more information, visit coneyislandhistory.org.

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