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January 23, birthdays for Mariska Hargitay, Tito Ortiz, Addison Russell

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January 23, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay celebrates her birthday today. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
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Greetings, Brooklyn.  Today is the 23rd day of the year.

Notable people born on this day include Pat Haden and Mariska Hargitay, among others.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1951, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Czech DP’s Wedges Hid Illicit Stones.”

The article focused on an immigrant dressmaker who was arrested after she was tricked into smuggling jewels into the U.S.

“Mrs. Hoffman, wife of a Belgian rabbinical student, wept and sobbed today in Parker’s office in the Brooklyn Federal Building as she insisted that the shoes had been given to her by a man in Antwerp who told her they would be called for at his sister’s home in the Bronx. A native of Czechoslovakia, she was entering the country under the Belgian immigrant quota to establish permanent residence here when arrested yesterday,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor Richard Dean Anderson, who was born in 1950; Princess Caroline of Hanover, who was born in 1957; U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, who was born in 1947; actor Gil Gerard, who was born in 1943; college football executive and former player Pat Haden, who was born in 1953; actress Mariska Hargitay, who was born in 1964; actor Rutger Hauer, who was born in 1944; actress Jeanne Moreau, who was born in 1928; actress Gail O’Grady, who was born in 1963; mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz, who was born in 1975; singer and actress Chita Rivera, who was born in 1933; Chicago Cubs star Addison Russell, who was born in 1994; and actress Tiffani Thiessen, who was born in 1974.

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ELIZABETH BLACKWELL RECEIVED A MEDICAL DEGREE ON THIS DAY IN 1849. She became the first woman to receive an MD degree. The native of Bristol, England, was awarded her degree by the Medical Institution of Geneva, NY.

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TODAY IS NATIONAL HANDWRITING DAY. It is popularly observed on birthday of John Hancock to encourage more legible handwriting.

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ÉDOUARD MANET WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1832.  The painter is best-known for his paintings “Olympia” and “Déjeuner sur l’herbe.” Manet died in 1883 in Paris.

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ERNIE KOVACS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1919. Throughout the ’40s and ’50s the comedian and TV pioneer made a name for himself hosting his own shows, including “The Ernie Kovacs Show” and “Ernie in Kovacsland” and a variety of quiz shows. He died in a car accident in California in 1962.

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STENDHAL WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1783. The French author, born Marie-Henri Beyle, was known as Stendhal, his pseudonym. His best-remembered novels are “The Red and the Black” (1831) and “The Charterhouse of Parma” (1839). Stendhal died in Paris in 1842.

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USS PUEBLO WAS SEIZED BY NORTH KOREA ON THIS DAY IN 1968. The ship was seized in the Sea of Japan, claiming the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months and the vessel was confiscated. Accompanying the crew when released — on Dec 22, 1968 — was the body of Duane D. Hodges, the only crewman killed.

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

 

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