MILESTONES: November 14, birthdays for Rev Run, Condoleezza Rice, Josh Duhamel

November 14, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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On this day in 1935, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that Brooklyn District Attorney William F.X. Geoghan had ordered the arrest of a garage worker named Meyer Luckman in the unsolved Druckman murder mystery. Even though Luckman had been previously cleared of the murder, the district attorney had renewed reason to suspect him. And Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who was hospitalized at the time, addressed dignitaries gathered on the steps of Borough Hall for ceremonies launching the demolition of buildings to make room for Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. The plaza would later be named for the Rev. S. Parkes Cadman.

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On this day in 1938, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the British government protested the Nazi attacks against British statesmen, as well as the recent Kristallnacht pogrom that had become a nationwide wave of terror. Germany also expelled Jewish students from its universities and technical schools … Meanwhile, Il Duce (Benito Mussolini) rebuffed Pope Pius’ personal appeal to rescind a recently declared race restriction law that banned and even nullified existing marriages between Aryan and non-Aryan Catholics in Italy.

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On this day in 1947, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported on the attacks on Communist offices and headquarters in Marseille, France, following a steelworkers’ strike. The Communist General Confederation of Labor was deciding whether to order a general walkout … And in Brooklyn, residents were protesting the dumping of malodorous trash into its yards. Authorities were able to trace the culprit to a Queens garbage dump. Two city councilmembers were demanding that Mayor William O’Dwyer appropriate $300K from the cash-strapped treasury to pay for more sanitation trucks — so they could transfer even more trash into Brooklyn!

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne PRINCE CHARLES, who was born in 1948; actor JOSH DUHAMEL, who was born in 1972; former U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. National Security Adviser CONDOLEEZZA RICE, who was born in 1954; actress LAURA SAN GIACOMO, who was born in 1954; rapper JOSEPH “REV RUN” SIMMONS, who was born in 1964; actor D.B. SWEENEY, who was born in 1961; and composer YANNI, who was born in 1954.

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WILLIAM STEIG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907. The prolific Brooklyn-born cartoonist, satirist and illustrator is best known for his more than 1,600 drawings that appeared in The New Yorker and for his children’s books. Steig won the Caldecott Medal in 1970 for “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” and received two Newbery Honors for “Abel’s Island” and “Dr. De Soto.” Other favorites include “The Amazing Bone,” “Brave Irene,” “CDB” and “Shrek,” the basis for a series of animated films. Steig died in Boston in 2003.

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ROBERT FULTON WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1765. Fulton was an inventor and engineer noted for his paddlewheel steamboat. Other designs include the steam warship, a submarine and canal waterways. He served on the commission that recommended building the Erie Canal; canals and his steamboat designs, widely employed in the U.S., subsequently resulted in significant reduction of domestic shipping costs. Initially mocked for his steamboat ventures, dubbed “Fulton’s Folly,” he famously said, “Patience and perseverance are the friends of science.” Fulton died in 1815 in New York.

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TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL GIRLS DAY. It is a day to build confidence in girls and to celebrate the power of girls to realize their dreams. For more information, visit celebrategirlsday.com.

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AARON COPLAND WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1900. The Brooklyn-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer aimed to create an American music style that was both popular and artistic by incorporating American folk music and the 12-tone system into his pieces. He composed ballets, film scores and orchestral works. He died in New York in 1990.

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TODAY IS WORLD ORPHANS DAY. Its purpose is to facilitate public awareness of social issues surrounding orphans and displaced children, to highlight the current statistics on the AIDS orphans pandemic and to engage community support for causes.

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CLAUDE MONET WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1840. The French painter is credited with being the initiator and leader of the Impressionist art movement. He is best known for his landscape series, which focused on capturing the changes wrought in color by light and weather. Monet died in France in 1926.

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THE DOW JONES TOPPED 1,000 ON THIS DAY IN 1972. The Dow Jones Index of 30 major industrial stocks topped the 1,000 mark for the first time.

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

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“The day has to come when it’s not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.” — Condoleezza Rice, who was born on this day in 1954