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Brooklyn Daily Eagle

May 19, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Former Nets forward Kevin Garnett celebrates his birthday today. AP photo
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 139th day of the year.

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ON THIS DAY in 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Lines of Strikers Broken By Police.”

The article focused on an Eagle special report concerning silk factory protest mobs near Paterson, N.J.

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“Acting on the advice of the I.W.W. leaders yesterday at the mass meeting in Haledon, the local silk strikers got on the picket line in large numbers this morning, and at several of the mills there were encounters with the police,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “The Russia House” actor JAMES FOX, who was born in 1939; former Brooklyn Nets basketball player KEVIN GARNETT, who was born in 1976; broadcaster and Emmy Award winner DAVID HARTMAN, who was born in 1937; model, singer and actress GRACE JONES, who was born in 1952; former basketball player and coach WILLIAM LAIMBEER JR., who was born in 1957; journalist, political analyst and former anchor JIM LEHRER, who was born in 1934; “Jesse” actor ERIC LLOYD, who was born in 1986; former football player ARCHIE MANNING, who was born in 1949; and The Who musician PETE TOWNSHEND, who was born in 1945.

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MALCOLM X was born on this day in 1925. Malcolm X was a black nationalist and civil rights activist whose life was transformed after serving a prison term. On his release, he became committed to the Nation of Islam, later making a pilgrimage to Mecca and becoming an orthodox Muslim. He was killed in 1965.

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“BAD KID,” a memoir by David Crabb, will be featured at powerHouse arena tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in DUMBO. Crabb’s memoir is an adaption from his award-winning solo show that focuses on the “awkward moment in life when you are suddenly shoved from a safe and happy childhood into the terrifying realm of the teenager.”

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

 


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