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July 8, birthdays for Toby Keith, Kevin Bacon, Jeffrey Tambor

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July 8, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Country music superstar Toby Keith celebrates his birthday today. AP photo
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 189th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1924, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Simplicity Will Mark Funeral of President’s Son.”

The article focused on the untimely death of President Calvin Coolidge’s 16-year-old son, Calvin Jr.

“Not since Lincoln’s time had such a youthful member of a president’s family been called by death, and never under more tragic circumstances,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN on this day include “Footloose” actor KEVIN BACON, who was born in 1958; “One Tree Hill” actress SOPHIA BUSH, who was born in 1982; children’s singer RAFFI CAVOUKIAN, who was born in 1948; “Big Fish” actor BILLY CRUDUP, who was born in 1968; “True Grit” actress KIM DARBY, who was born in 1948; former ballerina CYNTHIA GREGORY, who was born in 1946; singer BECK HANSEN, who was born in 1970; “The Addams Family” actress ANJELICA HUSTON, who was born in 1951; country singer TOBY KEITH, who was born in 1961; singer STEVE LAWRENCE, who was born in New York City in 1935; “Arrested Development” actor JEFFREY TAMBOR, who was born in 1944; “Gilmore Girls” actor MILO VENTIMIGLIA, who was born in 1977; and “NCIS” actor MICHAEL WEATHERLY, who was born in New York City in 1968.

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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER was born on this day in 1839. Rockefeller brought his love of discipline and frugality to his business dealings, acquiring his first oil refinery in 1863. By 1870 he had created Standard Oil, the world’s largest refining operation. At his death in 1937, his fortune was $1.4 billion. From the 1880s onward, he made philanthropy his business. He gave away more than $550 million in his lifetime.

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THE 128TH GIGLIO ITALIAN Feast Spectacular is scheduled to kick off tonight at Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 275 N. 8th St. in Williamsburg. The feast celebrates the dramatic story of St. Paulinus and will have live, nightly entertainment, vendors, parades, games, gifts, souvenirs, children’s rides and the atmosphere of Italy.

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


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