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July 31, ‘Says Tooth in Lung Killed Wife; Sues Dentist for $60,000’

July 31, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick celebrates his birthday today

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Good morning, Brooklyn. Today is the 212th day of the year.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “Lois & Clark” actor Dean Cain, who was born in 1966; “Nashville” actress Geraldine Chaplin, who was born in 1944; “The Bold and the Beautiful” actress Susan Flannery, who was born in 1943; Hall of Fame tennis player Evonne Goolagong, who was born in 1951; New York City-born singer Gary Lewis, who was born in 1946; Russian hockey player Evgeni Malkin, who was born in 1986; “Knots Landing” actor Don Murray, who was born in 1929; “St. Elsewhere” actress France Nuyen, who was born in 1939; football player Jonathan Ogden, who was born in 1974; Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.), who was born in 1956; “Modern Family” actor Rico Rodriguez, who was born in 1998; author of the “Harry Potter” series J.K. Rowling, who was born in 1965; and “Blade” actor Wesley Snipes, who was born in 1962.

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TODAY IS National Chili Dog Day. Annually, the holiday is the last Thursday in July and is meant to enjoy the American summertime food.

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BROOKLYN-BORN Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, was born on this day in 1912. He was a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He died in 2006.

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BROOKE’S COOKS, an initiative to promote literacy and healthy living, will take place today at 11 a.m. at St. Nicks Alliance in Williamsburg. The event will feature about 30 kids who will make a homemade meal.

THIS WEEK’S Syfy Movie with a View at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Harbor View Lawn will feature “Beetlejuice” tonight at 6 p.m. The event will begin with DJ Ripley and the short film “Passer Passer” by Louis Morton.

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ON THIS DAY in 1920, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Says Tooth in Lung Killed Wife; Sues Dentist for $60,000.”
The article focused on a Brooklyn man who planned to sue a dentist for negligence.
“Dr. Victor W. Crossman, a dentist of 136 Fort Greene Pl. is the defendant in two actions for damages brought against him by George R. Minns of Brooklyn who charges that the death of his wife, Cora Minns, which occurred on May 24 at the Brooklyn Hospital, was due to the negligence of the dentist in allowing one of the 10 teeth, which he extracted for her a month prior to her death, to fall into her windpipe…” the article reported.

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