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MILESTONES: June 1, birthdays for Morgan Freeman, Alanis Morissette, Rene Auberjonois

May 31, 2017 Brooklyn Today Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actor Morgan Freeman celebrates his birthday today. Stock Photo

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 151st day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Alanis Morissette and Morgan Freeman, among others.

For more of Brooklyn Today, please turn to page 3.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1923, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article on the front page titled “Dusky Maid Hears Call of Carolina, Lays Robbery Plot.”

The article focused on a Bensonhurst maid who staged a robbery as a cover for the money she had stolen.

“Estelle said that a real rough man had entered the house, forced her back at the point of a revolver and bound her, after which he had robbed the house. He had taken $23 of hers from a saucer and some money from the boy’s bank. The story held together very well until one of the detectives found the missing money in the icebox,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor RENE AUBERJONOIS, who was born in 1940; retired librarian of Congress JAMES HADLEY BILLINGTON, who was born in 1929; actress LISA HARTMAN BLACK, who was born in 1956; singer and actor PAT BOONE, who was born in 1934; actress SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, who was born in 1977; comedian and actor MARK CURRY, who was born in 1964; Oscar Award-winning actor MORGAN FREEMAN, who was born in 1937; former tennis player JUSTINE HENIN, who was born in 1982; soccer player JAVIER “CHICHARITO” HERNANDEZ, who was born in 1988; fashion model HEIDI KLUM, who was born in 1973; sportscaster and Hall of Fame soccer player ALEXI LALAS, who was born in 1970; singer ALANIS MORISSETTE, who was born in 1974; Tony Award-winning actor JONATHAN PRYCE, who was born in 1947; comedian and actress AMY SCHUMER, who was born in 1981; opera singer FREDERICA VON STRADE, who was born in 1945; musician RON WOOD, who was born in 1947; and baseball player CARLOS ZAMBRANO, who was born in 1981.

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“SUPERMAN” DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1938. Ohio teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel wowed the comic book world with a new kind of pulp hero: Superman. Superman, a refugee with super powers from the planet Krypton, appeared in the June issue of “Action Comics #1.” Now a pop culture icon, Superman was then a smash hit who ushered in many more fantastical superheroes.

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MARILYN MONROE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1926. The American actress’ film career came to epitomize Hollywood glamour. In 1954, she wed New York Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, but the marriage didn’t last. Monroe was troubled by the pressures of Hollywood life and her death from a drug overdose in 1962 in California shocked the world. Among her films are “The Seven Year Itch,” “Bus Stop,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Misfits.”

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“SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND” WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967. After 700 hours of studio work, The Beatles released what many consider one of the greatest rock albums of the 20th century. No singles were released, but the album included such popular tracks as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “When I’m Sixty-Four” and “A Day in the Life.”

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CLEAVON LITTLE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1939. Best known for his role as the black sheriff who cleaned up a town of bumbling redneck toughs in the movie “Blazing Saddles,” the actor won a Tony Award for the 1970 musical “Purlie” and an Emmy in 1989 for a guest appearance on the television series “Dear John.” Little died in 1992 in California.

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

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“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.” — Morgan Freeman, who was born on this day in 1937