MILESTONES: November 2 birthdays for Larry Little, David Schwimmer, k.d. lang

November 2, 2020 Brooklyn Eagle History

Larry Little. Wilfredo Lee/AP

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Jay and the Americans singer Jay Black, who was born in 1938; political commentator Pat Buchanan, who was born in 1938; golfer Dave Stockton, who was born in 1941; “Hart to Hart” star Stefanie Powers, who was born in 1942; Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Little, who was born in 1945; singer-songwriter J.D. Souther, who was born in 1945; “Dewey Defeats Truman” author Thomas Mallon, who was born in 1951; “Right Back Where We Started From” singer Maxine Nightingale, who was born in 1952; 1985 National League MVP Willie McGee, who was born in 1958; “Constant Craving” singer k.d. lang, who was born in 1961; and “Friends” star David Schwimmer, who was born in 1966.

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BREAKING NEWS: The first commercial radio station went on the air on this day in 1920 when KDKA of Pittsburgh broadcast the results of the U.S. presidential election. The station got its license to broadcast on Nov. 7, 1921. By 1922 there were about 400 licensed radio stations in the U.S.

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AMERICAN CENTURY: Warren Harding was elected president 100 years ago today, on his 55th birthday. The 29th president was born in Ohio and made his name as a newspaper publisher. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 1914. As a presidential candidate, Harding promised a “return to normalcy” for a nation reeling from the aftermath of World War I, and won in a landslide in the first national election after women received the right to vote. He enjoyed popularity as president, but after his sudden death on Aug. 2, 1923, scandals involving his cabinet members and associates came to light, damaging his reputation. He was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.

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

Quotable:

“We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.”

— President Warren G. Harding, who was born on this day in 1865