March 31, birthdays for Al Gore, Jimmy Johnson, Ewan McGregor

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March 31, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Former vice president Al Gore celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 91st day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1924, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Young Girl Shot; Police Seeking Brother Who Fled.”

The article focused on a 20-year-old girl who went to the hospital for a punctured lung after her brother shot her during an argument.

“Her brother, who lives at 118 Cumberland St., was anxious about her and upbraided her when she reached home,” the Eagle reported. “A quarrel ensued and, according to the police, the brother drew a revolver, shot at her once, laid his weapon on the table and ran off.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include musician HERB ALPERT, who was born in 1935; former hockey player PAVEL BURE, who was born in 1971; actor RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, who was born in 1935; Emmy Award-winning actor WILLIAM DANIELS, who was born in Brooklyn in 1927; 45th vice president of the U.S., environmental activist, author and documentary filmmaker AL GORE JR., who was born in 1948; Hall of Fame hockey player GORDIE HOWE, who was born in 1928; author JOHN JAKES, who was born in 1932; Hall of Fame football player JIMMY JOHNSON, who was born in 1938; Oscar Award-winning actress SHIRLEY JONES, who was born in 1934; actor GABE KAPLAN, who was born in Brooklyn in 1946; actor ED MARINARO, who was born in New York City in 1950; actor MARC MCCLURE, who was born in 1957; actor EWAN MCGREGOR, who was born in 1971; actress RHEA PERLMAN, who was born in Brooklyn in 1948; former basketball player STEVE SMITH, who was born in 1969; and actor CHRISTOPHER, who was born in Queens in 1943.

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CESAR CHAVEZ was born on this day in 1927. One of America’s greatest champions of social justice, Chavez organized migrant farm workers in support of better working conditions and initiated the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. He died in Arizona in April of 1993.

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RENE DESCARTES was born on this day in 1596. The French philosopher and mathematician, known as the father of modern philosophy, is often remembered because of his famous proposition, “I think, therefore I am,” or, cogito ergo sum. Descartes died in Sweden in February of 1650.

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BERNINA OF AMERICA and Etsy Labs are teaming up to host free sewing machine basics classes today and tomorrow. The classes are available at three different time slots and will take place at Etsy Labs, 55 Washington St., Suite 712, in DUMBO. For more information, visit etsy.com/community/events.

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THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM will host a conversation with writer and historian Ian Buruma and photographer Stephen Shore tonight at 7 p.m., 200 Eastern Parkway. For more information, visit brooklynmuseum.org.

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