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March 13, birthdays for Common, Danny Masterson, Charles Krauthammer

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March 13, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Singer and actor Common celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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Greetings, Brooklyn.  Today is the 71st day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Caron Butler and Neil Sedaka, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Anti-Churchill Rally at Columbia Set by Student Groups.”

The article focused on Communist student groups that planned a demonstration to protest the honorary degree that then-English Prime Minister Winston Churchill was scheduled to receive from the school.

“Charging that Mr. Churchill’s plea at Fulton, Missouri for an Anglo-American military alliance was aimed against the Soviet Union, representatives of several student clubs, described on the Barnard campus as Communist groups, asked permission of the student political council to hold a rally Monday at 12:30 p.m.,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include golfer ANDY BEAN, who was born in 1953; basketball player CARON BUTLER, who was born in 1980; singer and actress CHARO, who was born in 1951; singer and actor COMMON, who was born in 1972; musician ADAM CLAYTON, who was born in 1960; actress DANA DELANY, who was born in 1956; actress GLENNE HEADLY, who was born in 1957; actor EMILE HIRSCH, who was born in 1985; U.S. Sen. JOHN HOEVEN, who was born in 1957; columnist, author and doctor CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, who was born in 1950; actor WILLIAM H. MACY, who was born in 1950; actor DANNY MASTERSON, who was born in 1976; singer and songwriter NEIL SEDAKA, who was born in Brooklyn in 1939; and Cleveland Cavaliers star TRISTAN THOMPSON, who was born in 1991.

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PERCIVAL LOWELL WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1855. The American astronomer and founder of the Lowell Observatory initiated the search that resulted (25 years after the search began and 14 years after his death) in the discovery of Pluto. The discovery was announced on Lowell’s birthday in 1930 by the observatory. He died in Arizona in 1916.

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L. RON HUBBARD WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911. The science fiction writer, recluse and founder of the Church of Scientology was born in Tilden, Nebraska. His best-known book was “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.” Hubbard died in 1986 in California.

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WALTER ANNENBERG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908. The publisher, philanthropist and ambassador inherited the Philadelphia Inquirer from his father and built the newspaper into the cornerstone of a publishing empire that included newspapers, magazines and radio and TV stations. He founded many enduring publications, including Seventeen and TV Guide. He served as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1969-’76. As a philanthropist, Annenberg gave billions to charities. He died in Pennsylvania in 2002.

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JOSEPH PRIESTLEY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1733. Best-known for discovering oxygen, the English clergyman and scientist narrowly escaped an angry mob attacking his home in 1791 because of his controversial religious and political views. He and his family moved to the U.S. in 1794. Priestley died in Pennsylvania in 1804.

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

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“Don’t worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.” — publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, who was born on this day in 1908

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