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December 13, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 348th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Brooklyn-born actor Steve Buscemi and Richard Dent, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Bloodhound’s Error Causes $25,000 Suit.”

The article focused on an innocent man who was wrongly identified by a police dog and was arrested for murder.

“The bloodhound was set to work to run down the murderer or murderers of Julius F. Weibel, who was killed in his saloon at Queens on July 3, 1911 — shot down in his barroom. The bloodhound was one of the Long Island Railroad’s pack,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor STEVE BUSCEMI, who was born in Brooklyn in 1958; singer, actor and former TV host JOHN DAVIDSON, who was born in 1941; Hall of Fame football player RICHARD DENT, who was born in 1960; hockey manager and former player SERGEI FEDOROV, who was born in 1969; Oscar Award-winning actor JAMIE FOXX, who was born in 1967; actress WENDY MALICK, who was born in 1950; singer TED NUGENT, who was born in 1949; Oscar Award-winning actor CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, who was born in 1929; singer TAYLOR SWIFT, who was born in 1989; comedian and actor DICK VAN DYKE, who was born in 1925; and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Iowa Gov. TOM VILSACK, who was born in 1950.

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MARY TODD LINCOLN WAS BORN on this day in 1818. She was the wife of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S.

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THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG WAS FOUGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1862. Confederate forces were victorious at the battle in Virginia. Total casualties on both sides estimated at more than 16,000 killed, injured or missing. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led the Union troops; Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Confederates.

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HEINRICH HEINE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1797. The German poet, journalist and critic was known for his lyric poetry, which was set to music by the famous composers of his day, including Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. In 1856, he wrote, “Where books are burnt, people will eventually burn too.” He died in Paris in 1856.

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NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA ENDED WAR ON THIS DAY IN 1991. North and South Korea signed a treaty of reconciliation and nonaggression, formally ending the Korean War — 38 years after fighting ceased in 1953. This agreement was not hailed as a peace treaty and the armistice that was signed in 1953 between the U.N. and North Korea was to remain in effect until it could be transformed into a formal peace.

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NEW ZEALAND WAS FIRST SIGHTED BY EUROPEANS ON THIS DAY in 1642. Capt. Abel Tasman of the Dutch East India Company first sighted New Zealand but was kept from landing by Maori warriors. In 1759 Capt. James Cook landed and claimed formal possession for Great Britain.

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ARCHIE MOORE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1913. He was one of the most colorful fighters ever, holding the light-heavyweight title for a record nine years. Moore let an aura of celebrity surround him — he lied about his age, ate an unusual diet and spoke out about a variety of political and social issues.

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

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“Ask me not what I have, but what I am.” — poet Heinrich Heine, who was born on this day in 1797