Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 134th day of the year.
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ON THIS DAY in 1908, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Who Is Virtuous Senator?”
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The article focused on a senator (who was not identified) refusing a large offer in exchange for voting against an anti-gambling bill.
“The identity of the senator who refused an offer of $80,000 for a vote against the anti-gambling bill at Albany, as stated by the Rev. James O. Wilson, pastor of the Nostrand Avenue M.E. Church, was not disclosed to-day,” the Eagle reported.
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include multiple Oscar Award-winning actress CATE BLANCHETT, who was born in 1969; singer and composer DAVID BYRNE, who was born in 1952; filmmaker SOFIA COPPOLA, who was born in 1971; “They Live” actress MEG FOSTER, who was born in 1948; baseball player ROY HALLADAY, who was born in 1977; sportscaster SUZY KOLBER, who was born in 1964; “Star Wars” filmmaker GEORGE LUCAS, who was born in 1944; former baseball player JOSE DENNIS MARTINEZ, who was born in 1955; opera singer PATRICE MUNSEL, who was born in 1925; Hall of Fame baseball player ATANASIO “TONY” PEREZ, who was born in 1942; “Planet of the Apes” actor TIM ROTH, who was born in 1961; “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actress AMBER TAMBLYN, who was born in 1983; opera singer RONAN TYNAN, who was born in 1960; Oscar Award-winning director ROBERT ZEMECKIS, who was born in 1952; and computer programmer and co-founder of Facebook MARK ZUCKERBERG, who was born in 1984.
LEWIS AND CLARK set out on their expedition on this day in 1804. Then-President Thomas Jefferson charged Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark to find a route to the Pacific. The two left St. Louis, Mo., with a 33-member group skilled in botany, zoology, outdoor survival and other skills. They arrived at the Pacific coast in November 1805.
TODAY, CITI BIKE day-passes will be available for free at any Citi Bike station kiosk in honor of Bike-to-Work week. To ride for free, swipe a credit card and select the 24-hour Access Pass option (no promo code is needed). Standard overtime fees apply to trips that last longer than 30 minutes.
Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.
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New York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.