July 25, birthdays for Hulk, Matt LeBlanc, James Lafferty

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July 25, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Hulk celebrates his birthday today. AP photo

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 207th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1908, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Women Hoot Policemen at Rieg Girl’s Funeral.”

The article focused on a police officer who was charged with the murder of a young girl, and who was receiving special treatment and protection by law enforcement officials during his trial.

“The temper of the people who live in the neighborhood where Barbara Rieg lived was shown this morning at the girl’s funeral, when several women hooted the police who had been detailed to the procession and openly denounced them,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include journalist and author MIDGE DECTER, who was born in 1927; actress ILLEANA DOUGLAS, who was born in 1965; soccer star HULK, who was born in 1986; model and actress IMAN, who was born in 1955; actor JAMES LAFFERTY, who was born in 1985; and actor MATT LEBLANC, who was born in 1967

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MUSSOLINI WAS ousted on this day in 1943. Two weeks after the Allied attack on Sicily began, the Fascist Grand Council met for the first time since December 1939 and took a confidence vote resulting in Mussolini being removed from office and placed under arrest. Italy’s King Victor Emmanuel ordered Marshal Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.

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THE FIRST TEST Tube baby was born on this day in 1978. Louise Brown was born in Oldham, England and was the first documented birth of a baby conceived outside the body of a woman. The attending physicians were Patrick Christopher Steptoe and Robert Geoffrey Edwards.

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BROOKLYN HISTORICAL Society will host a screening and discussion of the film “Fed Up” tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 128 Pierrepont St. The event is part of the society’s Reel Food Screening & Discussion series and the movie will examine the food industry’s role in America’s obesity epidemic. The discussion will be led by restaurateurs and food activists George Weld and Evan Hanczor of Egg in Williamsburg. For more information, visit brooklynhistory.org.

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BROOKLYN BRIDGE Park in conjunction with powerHouse Arena will host Jessica Winter for a reading and discussion of her novel “Break in Case of Emergency” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Granite Prospect steps as part of the Books Beneath the Bridge series. The event will also feature an audience Q&A and a book signing. For more information, visit brooklynbridgepark.org.

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