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June 27, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actor Tobey Maguire celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 177th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Tobey Maguire and J.J. Abrams, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1938, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a front-page article titled “New Deal Ousts 23 Revenue Jobs Here.”

The article focused on the IRS jobs lost in the Brooklyn-Long Island area due to a sharp economic downturn.

“U.S. Internal Revenue Collector Almon Rasquin declined to divulge the extent to which the payroll would be reduced because of the dismissals. Estimates were made that the figure was in the neighborhood of $50,000 annually,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include TV executive and film director J.J. ABRAMS, who was born in 1966; actress ISABELLE ADJANI, who was born in 1955; U.S. Sen. KELLY AYOTTE, who was born in 1968; actress JULIA DUFFY, who was born in 1951; actress SHIRLEY-ANNE FIELD, who was born in 1938; fashion designer NORMA KAMALI, who was born in 1945; reality star KHLOE KARDASHIAN, who was born in 1984; tennis player SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA, who was born in 1985; actor TOBEY MAGUIRE, who was born in 1975; actor JASON PATRIC, who was born in 1966; philanthropist, businessman and former presidential candidate H. ROSS PEROT, who was born in 1930; former basketball player CHUCK CONNORS PERSON, who was born in 1964; actor CHANDLER RIGGS, who was born in 1999; and actor ED WESTWICK, who was born in 1987.

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TODAY IS PTSD AWARENESS DAY. It is a day to promote awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health problem that can occur after someone goes through a traumatic event like war, assault, an accident or disaster. For more information, visit ptsd.va.gov.

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JOSEPH SMITH JR. AND HYRUM SMITH DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1844. The founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his brother Hyrum were shot to death by an armed mob in Illinois. At the time, Joseph Smith was the presidential candidate of the National Reform Party, the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated.

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“DARK SHADOWS” PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1966. The soap opera was completely different from all others because it featured vampires as main characters and had a dark, Gothic feel to it. The show focused on the Collins family living in Maine, particularly Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), a 200-year-old vampire. Other cast members included David Selby, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker and Jerry Lacy. Action shifted between the 1800s and the 1960s. This show was very popular with teenagers and was remade as a short-lived series in 1991.

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HELEN KELLER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1880. At 18 months old, she contracted a disease that left her deaf and blind. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, Keller graduated from college and had a career as an author and lecturer. She died in 1968 in Connecticut.

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JAMES SMITHSON DIED ON THIS DAY 1829. The scientist and founder of the Smithsonian Institution bequeathed his great wealth to a nation he had never visited, to found “at Washington under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” In spite of opposition, Congress approved an act to establish the Smithsonian Institution in 1846. Most of Smithson’s personal documents, books and collections were destroyed by a fire in 1865. He died in Italy.

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

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“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller, who was born on this day in 1880