Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 27th day of the year.
ON THIS DAY IN 1898, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Struggle with a Burglar.”
The article focused on a barber who was attacked by a burglar in the back of his store.
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“During the encounter, Fontana’s right hand was severely bitten by the intruder,” the Eagle reported. “[An officer] caught the burglar as he was leaving the house, after overcoming Fontana in the scuffle.”
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include ballet dancer and actor MIKHAILO BARYSHNIKOV, who was born in 1948; sportscaster and former football player CRIS COLLINSWORTH, who was born in 1959; actor JAMES CROMWELL, who was born in 1942; Tony Award-winning actor ALAN CUMMING, who was born in 1965; actress BRIDGET FONDA, who was born in 1964; sportscaster and former soccer player JULIE FOUDY, who was born in 1971; model LIU WEN, who was born in 1988; Nobel Peace Prize winner MAIREAD CORRIGAN MAGUIRE, who was born in 1944; journalist and political commentator KEITH OLBERMANN, who was born in New York City in 1959; Chief Justice of the U.S. JOHN ROBERTS JR., who was born in 1955; and actress MIMI ROGERS, who was born in 1956.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS Mozart was born on this day in 1756. One of the world’s greatest music makers, Mozart was born into a musically gifted family and began performing at the age of 3 and composing at age 5. He created more than 6,000 works in his lifetime. He died in Vienna in December of 1791.
A PUBLIC WORKSHOP for residents to comment on the Department of Transportation’s streetscape improvement plans at Times Plaza will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at the Brooklyn YWCA, 30 Third Ave.
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’.