Feb. 25, birthdays for Bob Schieffer, Rashida Jones, Joakim Noah

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February 25, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Bob Schieffer celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo/Alex Sanz

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 56th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1927, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Cop Takes 2 in Weird Chase Through Jamaica Bay Swamp.”

The article focused on a police officer chasing and engaging in gunfire with two criminals.

“The fleeing plunderers chose to turn down Deer St. in their haste. Deer St. ends nowhere except in Jamaica Bay. Peterson … found the abandoned car hanging half over the bulkhead, ready to topple into the water,” the Eagle reported. “Peterson’s good fortune persisted when after a few hours search … he found two desolate, hungry and luck-forsaken youths floundering about one of the many swamps in that section.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor Sean Astin, who was born in 1971; actress Diane Baker, who was born in 1938; actor Tom Coutenay, who was born in 1937; former professional wrestler Ric Flair, who was born in 1949; actress Karen Grassle, who was born in 1944; author, comedian and TV personality Chelsea Handler, who was born in 1975; actress Rashida Jones, who was born in 1976; director and writer Neil Jordan, who was born in 1950; actress Tea Leoni, who was born in New York City in 1966; basketball player Joakim Noah, who was born in New York City in 1985; TV personality Nancy O’Dell, who was born in 1966; talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael, who was born in 1943; and TV journalist Bob Schieffer, who was born in 1937.

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BROOKLYN HISTORICAL Society’s will host Randy Cohen for an installment of his popular podcast “Person Place Thing” in conversation with CEO of Kickstarter Yancey Strickler tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 128 Pierrepont St. For more information, visit brooklynhistory.org.

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BROOKLY LIBRARY will host “Explore and Create: STEM” today at the Stone Avenue branch from 4 to 9:45 p.m. Attendees (ages 6 to 12) will conduct science experiments, discover natural wonders, solve mathematical mysteries and crack engineering challenges. For more information, visit bklynlibrary.org.

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