Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 287th day of the year.
ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Censoring the Movies.”
The article focused on the question of censorship in showing movies in the presence of children.
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“The Unity Child’s Welfare Association will hold a special meeting at the Unity Parish House, 9 Irving Place… at which there will be a conference on the advisability of a censorship of moving picture films by the city, state or nation,” the Eagle reported.
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor HARRY ANDERSON, who was born in 1952; actor STEVE COOGAN, who was born in 1965; Hall of Fame golfer BETH DANIEL, who was born in 1956; lawyer JOHN DEAN, who was born in 1938; actor GREG EVIGAN, who was born in 1953; pianist GARY GRAFFMAN, who was born in New York City in 1928; designer RAPLH LAUREN, who was born in 1939; country singer NATALIE MAINES, who was born in 1974; actor ROGER MOORE, who was born in 1928; actor DAVID OAKES, who was born in 1983; singer and actor USHER, who was born in 1978; and actress MIA WASIKOWSKA, who was born in 1989.
DWIGHT D. Eisenhower was born on this day in 1980. As the 34th president of the U.S., Eisenhower served two terms. His popular presidency promised to seek an end to the Korean War, and he was able to negotiate a truce in 1953. NASA was established under his watch in 1958 in response to the USSR’s lead in the space race. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1969.
Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.
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New York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.