Brooklyn Today: June 22, 2012
Good morning. Today is the 174th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for June 22, 1902, contained an item about a students’ ping pong tournament sponsored by Abraham & Straus. Among the Brooklyn schools that competed were Boys High School, Erasmus Hall High School, Long Island College Hospital (which had a medical school in those days), Polytechnic Institute, Pratt Institute and the Prospect Heights School.
Well-known people who were born today include U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, actress Amy Brenneman, Brooklyn-born actor Michael Lerner (“Eight Men Out,” “Barton Fink”) and actress Meryl Streep (“Doubt,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Sophie’s Choice.”)
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