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July 30, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 211th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lisa Kudrow, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1919, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a front-page article titled “Senators Pick Flaws in Treaty with France — Are Certain it Will Be Rejected.”

The article focused on Paris Peace Conference negotiations that took place at the end of World War I.

“Although President Wilson has taken the position that the treaty is not properly an alliance, Sen. Boarah, Republican, Idaho, and others maintain that it has all the forces of the Alliances which have been common among European nations. In the view of this group, the treaty will be even more in contradiction of American traditions than Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant under which the members of the League would ‘undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity’ of all members of the League,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer and songwriter PAUL ANKA, who was born in 1941; actor WILLIAM ATHERTON, who was born in 1947; actor SIMON BAKER, who was born in 1969; producer and director PETER BOGDANOVICH, who was born in 1939; chef and TV personality ALTON BROWN, who was born in 1962; actress DELTA BURKE, who was born in 1956; singer and songwriter KATE BUSH, who was born in 1958; actor EDD BYRNES, who was born in 1933; basketball coach and former player BILL CARTWRIGHT, who was born in 1957; actor LAURENCE FISHBURNE, who was born in 1961; law professor ANITA FAYE HILL, who was born in 1956; actress LISA KUDROW, who was born in 1963; Olympic beach volleyball player MISTY MAY-TREANOR, who was born in 1977; Nobel Prize-winning author PATRICK MODIANO, who was born in 1945; Hall of Fame basketball player CHRIS MULLIN, who was born in 1963; actor KEN OLIN, who was born in 1954; actress JAIME PRESSLY, who was born in 1977; actress GINA RODRIGUEZ, who was born in 1984; saxophonist and composer DAVID SANBORN, who was born in 1945; former California Gov. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, who was born in 1947; Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball BUD SELIG, who was born in 1934; soccer player HOPE SOLO, who was born in 1981; and Oscar Award-winning actress HILARY SWANK, who was born in 1974.

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EMILY BRONTË WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1818. The English novelist is best known for her novel “Wuthering Heights.” Brontë died in 1848 in England.

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ELVIS PRESLEY MADE HIS FIRST CONCERT APPEARANCE ON THIS DAY IN 1954. At 19 years old, Presley was third on the bill at the Overton Park Orchestra Shell in Tennessee. During his set, the singer nervously began gyrating his leg, and a legend was born.

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HENRY FORD WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1863. Best known for the assembly-line method of automobile production that revolutionized the industry, the industrialist’s Model T made up half of the world’s output of cars during its years of production. Ford built racing cars until 1903, when he and his partners formed the Ford Motor Company. In 1908, the company presented the Model T, which was produced until 1927, and in 1913 Ford introduced the assembly line and mass production. This innovation reduced the time it took to build each car from 121/2 hours to only 11/2. This enabled Ford to sell cars for $500, making automobile ownership a possibility for an unprecedented percentage of the population. He is also remembered for introducing a $5-a-day wage for automotive workers. Ford died in Missouri in 1947.

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VLADIMIR ZWORYKIN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1889. The Russian scientist held more than 120 patents during his life but is best remembered as the “father of television.” His inventions of the iconoscope and kinescope laid the foundation for the picture tube television; he was also active in the field of electron microscopy and invented the electron microscope and infrared vision. In 1967, he was awarded the National Medal of Science by the National Academy of Sciences. When asked to comment on the content of American television in an 1981 interview, Zworykin replied, “Awful.” He died in New Jersey in 1982.

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

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“Honest people don’t hide their deeds.” Emily Brontë, who was born on this day in 1818