June 1, birthdays for Heidi Klum, Morgan Freeman, Amy Schumer

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June 1, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Heidi Klum celebrates her birthday today. AP Photo/Joel Ryan

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 153rd day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1923, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “City Gives Small Increase in Pay to Hospital Nurses.”

The article focused on the Board of Estimate granting a small pay raise to the city’s nurses after it was called out for its bad treatment of hospital employees.

“Commissioner of Welfare Bird S. Coler declared that the so-called ‘mandatory’ departments of the city’s government were squeezing less fortune departments such as his own to the point where the latter’s existence was at stake,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor RENE AUBERJONOIS, who was born in New York City in 1940; retired librarian of Congress JAMES HADLEY BILLINGTON, who was born in 1929; actress LISA HARTMAN BLACK, who was born in 1956; singer, actor and author 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 and TV personality HEIDI KLUM, who was born in 1973; sportscaster and former soccer player ALEXI LALAS, who was born in 1970; singer ALANIS MORISSETTE, who was born in 1974; Tony Award-winning actor JONATHAN PRICE, who was born in 1947; comedian and actress AMY SCHUMER, who was born in New York City in 1981; opera singer FREDERICA VON STADE, who was born in 1945; Rolling Stones member RON WOOD, who was born in 1947; and baseball player CARLOS ZAMBRANO, who was born in 1981.

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MARILYN MONROE was born on this day in 1926. The American actress and sex symbol of the 1950s had a rough childhood and lived in a series of orphanages and foster homes. Her film career came to epitomize Hollywood glamour. In 1954 she wed New York Yankee legend “Jolting Joe” DiMaggio, but the marriage didn’t last. Monroe remained fragile and insecure, tormented by the pressures of Hollywood life. Her death from a drug overdose on Aug. 5, 1962, shocked the world. Her films include “The Seven Year Itch,” “Bus Stop,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Misfits.”

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BRIGHAM YOUNG was born on this day in 1801. The Mormon church leader was known as “the American Moses” for having led thousands of religious followers across 1,000 miles of wilderness to settle more than 300 towns in the West. He died in Salt Lake City in 1877 and was survived by 17 wives and 47 children.

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