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April 6, birthdays for Zach Braff, Peyton List, Candace Cameron-Bure

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April 6, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Actor Zach Braff celebrates his birthday today. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
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Greetings, Brooklyn.  Today is the 96th day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Zach Braff and Paul Rudd, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1904, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Flames in the Subway; 6,000 Phones Disabled.”

The article focused on an underground fire in lower Manhattan that disrupted phone service and left two men badly burned.

“Over 6,000 wires of the New York Telephone Company were completely put out of business by the fire. The Cortlandt Exchange Central was crippled entirely, insofar as outside messages were concerned. Messages from subscribers could be received at the Central, but none could be sent out,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include former U.S. Rep. MICHELE BACHMANN, who was born in 1956; Hall of Fame baseball player BERT BLYLEVEN, who was born in 1951; former baseball player BRET BOONE, who was born in 1969; actor ZACH BRAFF, who was born in 1975; actress CANDACE CAMERON BURE, who was born in 1976; comedian and actor JERROD CARMICHAEL, who was born in 1988; actress MARILU HENNER, who was born in 1952; former hockey player OLAF KOLZIG, who was born in 1970; director, producer, writer and actor BARRY LEVINSON, who was born in 1942; actress PEYTON LIST, who was born in 1998; composer and conductor ANDRE PREVIN, who was born in 1929; actor JOHN RATZENBERGER, who was born in 1947; actor PAUL RUDD, who was born in 1969; actor ROY THINNES, who was born in 1938; scientist JAMES WATSON, who was born in 1928; and actor BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, who was born in 1937.

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RAPHAEL WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1483. The Italian painter and architect is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the High Renaissance, alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael died on his birthday in Italy in 1520.

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THE CAPITOL RECORDS BUILDING OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1956.  The world’s first circular office building, located near the famous Hollywood and Vine intersection in Los Angeles, California, was dedicated on this day. Designed by Louis Naidorf of Welton Becket and Associates, the Capitol Tower (official name) was not actually meant to resemble a stack of vinyl records — Naidorf designed the mid-century modern classic without knowing who his client was. The 13-story building, completed at a cost of $2 million, housed the headquarters of Capitol Records and state-of-the-art studios. The building is topped by a spire that blinks out “Hollywood” in Morse code at night.

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ROSE SCHNEIDERMAN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1882. She is best-remembered as a pioneer in the battle to increase wages and improve working conditions for women. At age 16 she began factory work in New York City’s garment district and quickly became a union organizer. Opposed to the open-shop policy, which permitted nonunion members to work in a unionized shop, Schneiderman organized a 1913 strike of 25,000 women shirtwaist makers. She worked as an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and for the Women’s Trade Union League, serving as president for more than 20 years. During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to his Labor Advisory Board as the board’s only female member. Schneiderman died in 1972 in New York.

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WEWORK DUMBO HEIGHTS WILL HOST “IT TAKES US” TONIGHT AT 81 Prospect St. at 7 p.m. Documentary photographer Joe Quint will present an honest look at the impact of gun violence on survivors and family members of victims. He will be joined by Natasha Christopher and her son Christopher Underwood — Natasha’s son and Christopher’s brother, Akeal, was shot and killed in Bushwick in 2012 at the age of 15. Quint will also be joined by local gun violence prevention advocates with the New York chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. For more information, call Jennifer Burner Barden at 646-676-4486.

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

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“The world moves fast, but change isn’t always a good thing when you got it right the first time around.” — actor Billy Dee Williams, who was born on this day in 1937

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