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MILESTONES: January 6 birthdays for Kate McKinnon, Julie Chen, Norman Reedus

January 6, 2021 Brooklyn Eagle History
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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include College Football Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz, who was born in 1937; “Mr. Bean” star Rowan Atkinson, who was born in 1955; “Olive Kitteridge” author Elizabeth Strout, who was born in 1956; World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez, who was born in 1957; Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long, who was born in 1960; “The Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus, who was born in 1969; “Big Brother” host Julie Chen, who was born in 1970; volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, who was born in 1970; former N.Y. Jets linebacker James Farrior, who was born in 1975; former NFL cornerback Asante Samuel, who was born in 1981; and Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne, who was born in 1982.

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ROUND AND ROUND: “Wheel of Fortune” premiered on this day in 1975. Created by Merv Griffin, it is the longest-running syndicated game show in TV history. Players spin a wheel and guess letters in a word puzzle, winning money for every correct guess. The show is co-hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White. 

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RETURN TRIP: NASA headed back to the moon on this day in 1998. Lunar Explorer, an unmanned probe searching for evidence of frozen water, was the first American craft to travel to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It found evidence of ice in late 1998.

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

 

Quotable:

 

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

— College Football Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz, who was born on this day in 1937

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