MILESTONES: July 13, birthdays for Patrick Stewart, Colton Haynes, Rich The Kid

July 13, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Patrick Stewart. Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 194th day of the year.

On this day in 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Champion fire extinguisher and ladder were exhibited yesterday afternoon on the corner of Court and Montague streets, to his Honor Mayor Hunter … and a large number of Brooklyn officials. The ladder is an improvement upon the system of hook and ladders at present used by the Fire Department, in the particular that where, in one case only two ladders can be joined together. in the other as many as a half a dozen can be joined and be made to reach a distance of 100 feet.”

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On this day in 1842, the Eagle reported, “Married. At Boston July 9, by Rev. James F. Clarke, Nathaniel Hawthorne (author of ‘Thrice Told Tales,’ etc.) to Miss Sophia Amelia Peabody, daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Peabody.”

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On this day in 1863, the Eagle reported, “The subject of the draft is still the prevailing topic of conversation among all classes throughout the city, and although it does not appear to be taken by some of the most sanguine as a serious matter, there is still an uneasiness about the results amongst those who know themselves to be in the first class to be drawn. Excuses are abundant. There are but few who are not afflicted with some ailment which will incapacitate them from military service, but as this is a matter upon which the army surgeons are to decide, it will not be easy to successfully simulate disease, while those really exempt from bodily infirmities need entertain no fear whatever that they will be forced into the ranks. None but sound men will be taken. Those who have 300 dollars to spare can exempt themselves by paying over the cash to the Collector of Internal Revenue of the District.”

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On this day in 1901, the Eagle reported, “The Woman’s Branch of Brooklyn City Missions has started the latest movement to wipe out vice and immorality at Coney Island. The women declare that the conditions at Coney Island are frightful and that the resort fairly reeks with disorder, temptation and immorality and that a multitude of homes of respectable people have been ruined through the seductive temptations offered to the young people who visit the island.”

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On this day in 1919, the Eagle reported, “Completing her epoch-making trip and surpassing all previous records for a continuous flight, the big British dirigible, R-34, arrived over British soil last night after flying to the United States and back again … The R-34 in her trip from Great Britain to America and return traveled more than 6,000 miles. The trip to the United States against head winds was begun at 1:24 a.m., July 2 and ended at 8:45 a.m. July 6. The elapsed time was 108 hours and 12 minutes.”

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On this day in 1936, the Eagle reported, “Church leaders and laymen alike mourned the death of the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, stressing his wide feeling for the masses, which made him turn to radio as a religious medium, and his contribution in promotion good fellowship between sects. The body of the man, who had the same sort of wide influence in Brooklyn and the outside world as Henry Ward Beecher exercised more than half a century ago, arrived this morning at 9 o’clock in Brooklyn and was taken to the Fairchild Sons Funeral Parlor, 89 Lefferts Place. Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the New York Methodist Conference will preside at funeral services to be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Central Congregational Church, of which Dr. Cadman was pastor. Burial will be in Kensico Cemetery.”

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On this day in 1954, the Eagle reported, “Washington, July 13 (UP) — Fred C. Trump, Brooklyn builder, today had denied he pocketed $4,000,000 in ‘windfall’ profits on the big Beach Haven Apartments, but admitted there was about that much surplus in the Beach Haven bank accounts. Trump said it was true he built the apartments in Brighton Beach for far less than his FHA-insured loan, but added this came about because of lower building material costs, the fact that he did his own building and the speed with which the work progressed. The Brooklyn builder charged that FHA officials, by accusing him of windfall profits, did ‘untold damage to my standing and reputation.’”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oscar Award-winning director and screenwriter CAMERON CROWE, who was born in 1957; actor HARRISON FORD, who was born in 1942; actor ROBERT FORSTER, who was born in 1941; author JANE HAMILTON, who was born in 1957; actor COLTON HAYNES, who was born in 1988; country singer LOUISE MANDRELL, who was born in 1954; writer and actor CHEECH MARIN, who was born in 1946; musician ROGER McGUINN, who was born in 1942; rapper RICH THE KID, who was born in 1992; inventor ERNO RUBIK, who was born in 1944; Nobel Prize-winning author WOLE SOYINKA, who was born in 1934; former boxer MICHAEL SPINKS, who was born in 1956; actor PATRICK STEWART, who was born in 1940; and former basketball player SPUD WEBB, who was born in 1963.

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THE LIVE AID CONCERTS TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1985. The concerts in Pennsylvania and London at Kennedy and Wembley stadiums were seen by 162,000 attendees and an estimated 1.5 billion TV viewers. The shows were organized to raise funds for African famine relief. The musicians performed without a fee, and nearly $100 million was pledged toward aid to the hungry.

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THE FIRST WORLD CUP WAS INAUGURATED ON THIS DAY IN 1930. The first World Cup soccer competition was held in Uruguay with 14 countries participating. On July 30, Uruguay defeated Argentina by a score of 4-2 to take the Cup.

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

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“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” — author Wole Soyinka, who was born on this day in 1934