March 11, birthdays for Terrence Howard, Antonin Scalia, Rupert Murdoch

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March 11, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

"Empire" star Terrence Howard celebrates his birthday today. AP photo

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ON THIS DAY in 1908, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Killed on Brooklyn Bridge.”

The article focused on a trackman who was hit by street cars on the Brooklyn Bridge.

“Stefano Colluico, aged 40 years … who was employed as a trackman on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines on the Brooklyn Bridge, was ground under two cars on the south roadway of the bridge…” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “Doctor Who” actor John Barrowman, who was born in 1967; basketball player Elton Brand, who was born in 1979; astronaut Curtis Brown Jr., who was born in 1956; journalist Sam Donaldson, who was born in 1934; soccer player Didier Drogba, who was born in 1978; “Empire” actor Terrence Howard, who was born in 1969; “Macbeth” actress Alex Kingston, who was born in 1963; jazz musician, singer and songwriter Bobby McFerrin, who was born in 1950; media executive Rupert Murdoch, who was born in 1931; Associate Justice of the U.S. Antonin Scalia, who was born in 1936; and writer Jerry Zucker, who was born in 1950.

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TODAY IS JOHNNY APPLESEED Day. This holiday is celebrated on the anniversary of John Chapman’s death anniversary. Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, planted orchards and was known as a great medicine man by the Indians. He died on this day in 1845.

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“THE SELLOUT,” by Paul Beatty, will be presented at Greenlight Bookstore tonight at 7:30 p.m. Beatty will be in conversation with Sam Lipsyte. “The Sellout” is a “biting satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court…” See greelightbookstore.com.

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