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July 13, birthdays for Harrison Ford, Cameron Crowe, Patrick Stewart

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July 13, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Actor Harrison Ford celebrates his birthday today.
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 194th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1910, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Boy Walks Miles for Swim.”

The article focused on an 8-year-old boy who walked six miles from his home to Plumb Beach, beyond Sheepshead Bay.

“He was found late last night, dirty and tired, sleeping on a soap box on the beach, and campers on the sand took him in and gave him supper and a place to sleep,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oscar Award-winning director and screenwriter CAMERON CROWE, who was born in 1957; “The Fugitive” actor HARRISON FORD, who was born in 1942; actor ROBERT FORSTER, who was born in 1941; author JANE HAMILTON, who was born in 1957; country singer LOUISE MANDRELL, who was born in 1954; writer and actor CHEECH MARIN, who was born in 1946; The Byrds member ROGER MCGUINN, who was born in 1942; Rubik’s Cube inventor ERNO RUBIK, who was born in 1944; Nobel Prize-winning author WOLE SOYINKA, who was born in 1934; former boxer MICHAEL SPINKS, who was born in 1956; “Star Trek” actor PATRICK STEWART, who was born in 1940; author DAVID STOREY, who was born in 1933; and former basketball playerANTHONY JEROME “SPUD” WEBB, who was born in 1963.

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THE FIRST WORLD CUP took place on this day in 1930. The competition was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, with 14 countries participating. Uruguay defeated Argentina in the finals for the victory.

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





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