October 27, birthdays for Matt Drudge, Marla Maples, Brandon Saad

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October 27, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Political journalist Matt Drudge celebrates his birthday today. He's shown here outside the NBC studios after his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Jan. 25, 1998, in Washington. AP Photo/Khue Bui

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 301st day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1935, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Eagle Is Hailed by Many Today on 94th Year.”

The article focused on the Eagle’s 94th anniversary.

“On Oct. 26, 1841, the first issue of The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat was put on the presses in the small job printing shop of young Isaac Van Anden near the foot of Fulton St. Brooklyn, then a 7-year-old city, numbered about 35,000 residents,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oscar Award-winning actor and director ROBERTO BENIGNI, who was born in 1952; actor and writer JOHN CLEESE, who was born in 1939; journalist MATT DRUDGE, who was born in 1966; Emmy Award-winning actress NANETTE FABRAY, who was born in 1920; Duran Duran singer SIM LEBON, who was born in 1958; essayist and humorist FRAN LEBOWITZ, who was born in 1950; model and actress MARLA MAPLES, who was born in 1963; hockey player BRANDON SAAD, who was born in 1992; and author ZADIE SMITH, who was born in 1975.

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RUBY DEE WAS born on this day in 1922. Dee pioneered groundbreaking stage and screen roles for African-American women. She was nominated for an Oscar nomination for “American Gangster.” Offstage, Dee was a civil rights activist and together with her husband, actor Ossie Davis, helped to lead the 1963 March on Washington. She died in 2014.

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ROY LICHTENSTEIN was born on this day in 1923. The pop artist who used comic strips and other elements of pop culture in his paintings was born in New York City, and he died in the city in 1997.

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NAVY DAY IS was celebrated on this day until 1949. Established in 1922 to honor the past and present services of the Navy to the nation, the holiday also honored Theodore Roosevelt, who was born on this day and was assistant secretary of the Navy early in his public career.

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THE NEW YORK CITY subway began operations on this day in 1904. Running from City Hall to West 145th Street, the subway was privately operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and later became part of the system operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT was born in New York City on this day in 1858. The 26th president of the U.S., Roosevelt succeeded to the position upon the assassination of William McKinley. His term of office lasted from September 1901 to March 1909. Roosevelt was the first president to ride in an automobile (1902), to submerge in a submarine (1905) and to fly in an airplane (1910). Although his best-remembered quote is possibly “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” he also said, “The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.” He died in 1919. His last words: “Put out the light.”

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UNITED NATIONS WORLD Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed on this day as a time to recognize that the work of preservation professionals and institutions is needed to safeguard our endangered audio-visual heritage. Audiovisual documents such as films, as well as radio and TV programs, contain the primary record of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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

“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” — Fran Lebowitz, who was born in 1950.