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July 15, birthdays for Angela Merkel, Arianna Huffington, Forest Whitaker

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July 15, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
German Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates her birthday today. AP photo
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 196th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Lightning Stuns Man on Sick Bed.”

The article focused on a Long Island man, Joseph Weeks, who was almost killed by lightning while in the hospital.

“…a ball of fire floated through the northeast window, made an angle so as to pass over Weeks as he lay in the bed, and disappeared out of the south window,” the Eagle reported. “The ball was said…to be about a foot in diameter and to have a dazzling incandescent appearance.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “Charles in Charge” actor WILLIE AAMES, who was born in 1960; model KIM ALEXIS, who was born in 1960; musician JULIAN BREAM, who was born in 1933; hockey player JONATHAN CHEECHOO, who was born in 1980; actress LOLITA DAVIDOVICH, who was born in 1961; actor BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN, who was born in 1973; The Huffington Post co-founder and editor ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, who was born in 1950; actress IRENE JACOB, who was born in 1966; “Dallas” actor KEN KERCHEVAL, who was born in 1935; Chancellor of Germany ANGELA MERKEL, who was born in 1954; “Lost” actor TERRY O’QUINN, who was born in 1952; actress LANA PARILLA, who was born in Brooklyn in 1977; singer LINDA RONSTADT, who was born in 1946; author RICHARD RUSSO, who was born in 1949; television personality ADAM SAVAGE, who was born in New York City in 1967; former professional wrestler JESSE VENTURA, who was born in 1951; actor JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT, who was born in 1944; and Oscar award-winning actor FOREST WHITAKER, who was born in 1961.

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DUTCH PAINTER and etcher, Rembrandt, was born on this day in 1606. One of the undisputed giants of Western art, known for “The Night Watch” and many portraits and self-portraits, he died in Amsterdam in October of 1669.

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

 

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