Dec. 11, birthdays for John Kerry, Mos Def, Mo’Nique

Brooklyn Today

December 11, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

John Kerry celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo/Molly Riley

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ON THIS DAY in 1916, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Ackron Gets Life Term; Schloer, Too.” The article focused on a notorious dive keeper and swindler, Charles Ackron, who was sentenced to prison for life.

“‘Ackron, I sentence you to imprisonment for the term of your natural life!’” the Eagle reported a judge saying to the convict. “As County Judge Dike today thus sealed the doom of Charles E. Ackron, one of the most notorious dive keepers, swindlers and bad men who ever infested New York City, a gasp escaped from the crowd which packed Part I of the County Court House.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, who was born in 1941; former baseball player Jay Bell, who was born in 1965; rapper and actor Mos Def, who was born in Brooklyn in 1973; “CSI” actor Gary Dourdan, who was born in 1966; “The Black Stallion” actress Teri Garr, who was born in 1949; singer and songwriter David Gates, who was born in 1940; journalist, activist and politician Tom Hayden, who was born in 1940; Jackson 5 singer and musician Jermaine Jackson, who was born in 1954; U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who was born in 1943; singer Brenda Lee, who was born in 1944; “Melrose Place” actress Donna Mills, who was born in 1943; Oscar Award-winning actress for “Precious” Mo’Nique, who was born in 1967; Oscar Award-winning actress for “West Side Story” Rita Moreno, who was born in 1931; filmmaker Susan Seidelman, who was born in 1952; “True Grit” actress Hailee Steinfeld, who was born in 1996; hockey player Mark Streit, who was born in 1977; “Boy Meets World” actor Rider Strong, who was born in 1979; “The Wanderers” actor Ken Wahl, who was born in 1953; and musician and singer Curtis Williams, who was born in 1962.