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May 14, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actress Cate Blanchett celebrates her birthday today. AP Photo/Luca Bruno

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 134th day of the year.

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ON THIS DAY in 1908, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Who Is Virtuous Senator?”

The article focused on a senator (who was not identified) refusing a large offer in exchange for voting against an anti-gambling bill.

“The identity of the senator who refused an offer of $80,000 for a vote against the anti-gambling bill at Albany, as stated by the Rev. James O. Wilson, pastor of the Nostrand Avenue M.E. Church, was not disclosed to-day,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include multiple Oscar Award-winning actress CATE BLANCHETT, who was born in 1969; singer and composer DAVID BYRNE, who was born in 1952; filmmaker SOFIA COPPOLA, who was born in 1971; “They Live” actress MEG FOSTER, who was born in 1948; baseball player ROY HALLADAY, who was born in 1977; sportscaster SUZY KOLBER, who was born in 1964; “Star Wars” filmmaker GEORGE LUCAS, who was born in 1944; former baseball player JOSE DENNIS MARTINEZ, who was born in 1955; opera singer PATRICE MUNSEL, who was born in 1925; Hall of Fame baseball player ATANASIO “TONY” PEREZ, who was born in 1942; “Planet of the Apes” actor TIM ROTH, who was born in 1961; “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actress AMBER TAMBLYN, who was born in 1983; opera singer RONAN TYNAN, who was born in 1960; Oscar Award-winning director ROBERT ZEMECKIS, who was born in 1952; and computer programmer and co-founder of Facebook MARK ZUCKERBERG, who was born in 1984.

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LEWIS AND CLARK set out on their expedition on this day in 1804. Then-President Thomas Jefferson charged Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark to find a route to the Pacific. The two left St. Louis, Mo., with a 33-member group skilled in botany, zoology, outdoor survival and other skills. They arrived at the Pacific coast in November 1805.

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TODAY, CITI BIKE day-passes will be available for free at any Citi Bike station kiosk in honor of Bike-to-Work week. To ride for free, swipe a credit card and select the 24-hour Access Pass option (no promo code is needed). Standard overtime fees apply to trips that last longer than 30 minutes.

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