MILESTONES: March 28, birthdays for Reba McEntire, Lady Gaga, Derek Carr

March 28, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle

Reba McEntire. Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who was born in 1991; actress Conchata Ferrell, who was born in 1943; TV personality Kate Gosselin, who was born in 1975; singer and actress Lady Gaga, who was born in 1986; singer and actress Reba McEntire, who was born in 1955; basketball coach and former player Byron Scott, who was born in 1961; former basketball coach and player Jerry Sloan, who was born in 1942; actress Julia Stiles, who was born in 1981; hockey player Keith Tkachuk, who was born in 1972; actor Vince Vaughn, who was born in 1970; and Oscar Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest, who was born in 1948.

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THOR SOLBERG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893. The pioneering Norwegian aviator came to the U.S. in the 1920s and settled in Brooklyn. In 1935, he made the first successful flight from the U.S. to Norway. He also founded Solberg-Hunterdon Airport in New Jersey. He died in 1967.

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LUCILLE FLETCHER WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN ON THIS DAY IN 1912. A graduate of Bay Ridge High School, she is mostly remembered as the screenwriter of the 1943 radio thriller “Sorry, Wrong Number,” which Orson Welles referred to as “the greatest single radio script ever written.” In 1948, the big screen version garnered an Oscar nomination for Barbara Stanwyck. Fletcher died in 2000.

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IRVING “SWIFTY” LAZAR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907. The Hollywood talent agent whose clients included Ernest Hemingway, Lillian Hellman, Cole Porter, Richard Nixon and Humphrey Bogart was nicknamed “Swifty” after Lazar met Bogart’s challenge to make him five film deals in one day in 1955. Lazar died in 1993 in California.

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THE VIETNAM MORATORIUM CONCERT WAS HELD ON THIS DAY IN 1970. A seven-hour concert was held at Madison Square Garden and featured stars who donated their services for the antiwar cause. Among them were Jimi Hendrix, Dave Brubeck, Harry Belafonte, Judy Collins and the Broadway cast of “Hair.”

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TERESA OF AVILA WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1515. She was the founder of the discalced Carmelites, called “discalced” from their practice of wearing sandals. Creating a rule of silence, poverty and separation from the world, Teresa founded 17 reformed Carmelite convents. She befriended St. John of the Cross, with whom she established the first Carmelite community of friars. Her writings include “The Way of Perfection” and “The Interior Castle.” She died in 1582 in Alba de Tormes. Teresa was canonized in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.

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FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924. As a child star of the 1930s, he appeared in 24 films and became the second-highest-paid child star after Shirley Temple. Bartholomew died in Florida in 1992.

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

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“I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I’m not afraid of my flaws.” — singer Lady Gaga, who was born on this day in 1986