MILESTONES: August 30, birthdays for Warren Buffett, Bebe Rexha, Lewis Black

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August 30, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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On this day in 1943, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported the Red Army’s liberation of Taganrod in Russia from Nazi control. Locally, on the same page, a gravediggers’ strike in Flatbush postponed 20 burials.

On this day in 1948, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on then-NYC Mayor William O’Dwyers’ firing of American Labor Party city employees.

On this day in 1952, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle covered a fight in the court system over those who aspired to preside in courtrooms. The local Democratic Party was running two judgeship slates, and called for the ouster of the party leadership. The melee was held in the ballroom of the St. George Hotel.

On this day in 1946, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle covered a five-hour strike by 15 elevator girls and about 60 total service employees. The strike ended with the signing of a new labor contract.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actress ELIZABETH ASHLEY, who was born in 1939; comedian LEWIS BLACK, who was born in 1948; actor TIMOTHY BOTTOMS, who was born in 1951; CEO and philanthropist WARREN BUFFETT, who was born in 1931; Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor MICHAEL CHIKLIS, who was born in 1963; actor and comedian BILL DAILY, who was born in 1927; actress CAMERON DIAZ, who was born in 1972; Olympic alpine skier JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY, who was born in 1943; actress PEGGY LIPTON, who was born in 1947; actress MICHAEL MICHELE, who was born in 1966; actor DAVID PAYMER, who was born in 1954; pop star BEBE REXHA, who was born in 1990; tennis player ANDY RODDICK, who was born in 1982; and U.S. Sen. THOM TILLIS, who was born in 1960.

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ROY WILKINS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901. The civil rights leader was the grandson of a Mississippi slave and was an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He retired as its executive director in 1977. Wilkins died in New York in 1981.

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THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL BABY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893. Frances Folsom Cleveland (Mrs. Grover Cleveland) gave birth to a baby girl (Esther). The first child ever born in the White House was a grandson to Thomas Jefferson in 1806.

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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1797. The English novelist was the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, and the wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. In addition to being the author of the famous novel “Frankenstein,” Shelley is important in literary history for her work in the editing and publishing of her husband’s unpublished work after his early death. She died in 1851 in England.

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ERNEST RUTHERFORD WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1871. The physicist established the nuclear nature of the atom and the electrical structure of matter and achieved the transmutation of elements, research that later resulted in the atomic bomb. Rutherford died in Cambridge in 1937.

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TED WILLIAMS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918. He played his first major league baseball game for the Boston Red Sox in 1939. In the years that followed, he became known as perhaps the best hitter ever to play the game. His career batting average was .344, and his record average of .406 set during the 1941 season stands unsurpassed. He played 19 seasons for the Red Sox, but during the prime of his career, he missed three full seasons while serving as a navy pilot in World War II and most of two seasons serving as a marine pilot in the Korean War. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Williams died in 2002 in Florida.

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DR. CLAIRE STRAITH WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1891. After attending an international meeting in Paris at the end of World War I to share information regarding reconstructive surgical techniques used on the battlefield, Straith dedicated his career to the new field of plastic surgery. He developed many of the techniques used in plastic and cosmetic surgery, designed new surgical instruments and led a campaign that persuaded automakers, in 1930, to use safety glass and remove dangerous projections from the interior of cars. Straith died in 1958.

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

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“Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular.” — Roy Wilkins, who was born on this day in 1901