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November 8, birthdays for Gordon Ramsay, Tech N9ne, Tara Reid

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November 8, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 313th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Edgardo Alfonzo and Sam Bradford, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1916, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Bay Ridge Arsonist Confesses 14’Jobs.’”

The article focused on Thomas Gargan, a 37-year-old cook who drunkenly set more than a dozen fires around the neighborhood.

“Gargan, booked on Arson charges at 7 a.m., admitted setting six fires on Sept. 27 and seven more on Oct. 18. Since then, special details have been assigned to patrol the Bay Ridge area,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Brooklyn Cyclones coach and former baseball player EDGARDO ALFONZO, who was born in 1973; jockey CALVIN BOREL, who was born in 1966; football player SAM BRADFORD, who was born in 1987; television host MARY HART, who was born in 1951; former Playboy business executive CHRISTIE HEFNER, who was born in 1952; singer RICKI LEE JONES, who was born in 1954; actor, director and producer NORMAN LLOYD, who was born in 1914; rapper TECH N9NE, who was born in 1972; actress PARKER POSEY, who was born in 1968; singer BONNIE RAITT, who was born in 1949; chef and television personality GORDON RAMSAY, who was born in 1966; and actress TARA REID, who was born in 1975.

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EDMOND HALLEY WAS born on this day in 1656. The English astronomer and mathematician observed the great comet of 1682 (now named for him), first conceived its periodicity and correctly predicted that it would return in 1758. Halley’s Comet appears once every generation and has appeared 28 times since 240 B.C. It is next expected to be visible in 2061.

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TODAY IS ABET AND AID Punsters Day, which encourages people to laugh instead of groan at incredibly dreadful puns.

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SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO was published this day in 1623. Now one of the most valuable books in the world, “Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories & Tragedies” was printed by Isaac Jaggard and edited by the writer’s friends and fellow actors. Two plays were missing from the original folio.

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THE X-RAY WAS DISCOVERED on this day in 1895. Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of x-rays marked a new era in physics and medicine. Although x-rays had been observed previously, it was Röntgen who successfully repeated x-ray experimentation and who is credited with the discovery.

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

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