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March 29, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Comedian and actor Chris D'Elia celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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Greetings, Brooklyn.  Today is the 88th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Eric Idle and Earl Christian Campbell, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1952, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Sutton Jurors Locked in Hotel Room Until Monday.”

The article focused on a group of jurors who were forced to spend the weekend in a Manhattan hotel until the trial they were on ended.

“If convicted, Sutton will face a mandatory term ranging up to life imprisonment. He already is awaiting sentence in Brooklyn of 15 years to life as a fourth offender, after pleading guilty to a gun charge, and owes time on previous terms reckoned at from 60 years up,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Hall of Fame football player EARL CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL, who was born in 1955; Hall of Fame tennis player JENNIFER CAPRIATI, who was born in 1976; actor BUD CORT, who was born in 1948; comedian CHRIS D’ELIA, who was born in 1980; director MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS, who was born in 1967; actress MEGAN HILTY, who was born in 1981; actor and comedian ERIC IDLE, who was born in 1943; actor CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT, who was born in 1957; actress LUCY LAWLESS, who was born in 1968; model and actress ELLE MACPHERSON, who was born in 1964; former British Prime Minister JOHN MAJOR, who was born in 1943; Olympic gymnast KURT THOMAS, who was born in 1956; and former NFL star JUSTIN TUCK, who was born in 1983.

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EUGENE MCCARTHY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1916. The longtime congressman and senator from Minnesota is best-remembered for his campaign for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. McCarthy ran on a strong antiwar platform, garnering support from those opposed to American involvement in the Vietnam conflict, but ultimately lost the nomination to Hubert Humphrey. McCarthy never held public office again, despite four more tries at the presidency. He died in Washington, D.C. in 2005.

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DENTON TRUE “CY” YOUNG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1867. The Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher is the sport’s all-time winningest pitcher, having accumulated 511 victories in his 22-year career. The Cy Young Award is given each year in his honor to Major League Baseball’s best pitcher. Young was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1937 and died in Ohio in 1955.

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THE COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS REPORT WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1979. The House Select Committee on Assassinations released the final report on its investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Based on available evidence, the committee concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy, although no trail of a conspiracy could be established. They also concluded that on the basis of scientific acoustical evidence two gunmen fired at the president, although no second gunman could be identified. In addition, the committee concluded that the possibility of conspiracy did exist in the cases of Dr. King and Robert Kennedy, although no specific individuals or organizations could be pinpointed as being involved.

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

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“The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one’s self. All sin is easy after that.” — the late Pearl Bailey, who was born on this day in 1918

 

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