Tuesday March 2, birthdays for Chris Martin, Daniel Craig, Jon Bon Jovi

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March 2, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Coldplay singer Chris Martin celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 62nd day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1938, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “$10 License Fee for Dogs Killed by Assembly Body.”

The article focused on the state Legislature shooting down a bill that would negatively impact dog owners’ finances.

“The Brooklyn assemblyman’s proposal … brought a torrent of disapproval from owners of mutts and pedigreed beauties and from the ASPCA. Letters of protesters poured into the editorial offices of the Eagle,” the Eagle reported. “[The assemblymember] finally declared that he was a dog-lover and that he used to sleep with his dog as a boy.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer and songwriter Jon Bon Jovi, who was born in 1962; football player Reggie Bush, who was born in 1985; actor Daniel Craig, who was born in 1968; actor John Collum, who was born in 1930; former Soviet political leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was born in 1931; author John Irving, who was born in 1942; hockey player Henrik Lundqvist, who was born in 1982; Coldplay singer and songwriter Chris Martin, who was born in 1977; musician Eddie Money, who was born in Brooklyn in 1949; comedian Laraine Newman, who was born in 1952; and author and journalist Tom Wolfe, who was born in 1931.

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STATE UNIVERSITY of New York Empire State College will hold a public information session about its associate and bachelor’s degree programs at its Brooklyn location, 177 Livingston St., tonight at 6 p.m. For more information, visit esc.edu.

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