NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Benson” star Inga Swenson, who was born in 1932; Oscar-winner Jon Voight, who was born in 1938; singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, who was born in 1946; “Cheers” star Ted Danson, who was born in 1947; “If I Can’t Have You” singer Yvonne Elliman, who was born in 1951; “Murder One” star Patricia Clarkson, who was born in 1959; former major league outfielder Devon White, who was born in 1962; “The Walking Dead” star Michael Cudlitz, who was born in 1964; The Offspring singer Dexter Holland, who was born in 1965; filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, who was born in 1967; “Cold Mountain” star Jude Law, who was born in 1972; baseball executive Theo Epstein, who was born in 1973; “ER” star Mekhi Phifer, who was born in 1974; “Rogue One” star Diego Luna, who was born in 1979; and “Community” star Alison Brie, who was born in 1982.
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RE-JOYCE: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” debuted on this day in 1916. The semiautobiographical novel by Irish modernist author James Joyce was published in the U.S. by B.W. Huebsch. It was originally serialized in the British literary journal The Egoist from 1914-15.
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SOMETHING ABOUT MARY: Mary Tyler Moore was born in Brooklyn Heights on this day in 1936. A seven-time Emmy winner, Moore broke new ground by wearing capris as the stylish, comedic housewife on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-66). As Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” she quietly revolutionized TV sitcoms, introducing a single, independent career woman. Her production company, MTM Enterprises, launched numerous hit shows, including “The Bob Newhart Show,” “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Hill Street Blues.” She also received an Oscar nomination for her role in “Ordinary People” (1980). She died in 2017.
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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.
Quotable:
“Take chances. Make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”
— actress and producer Mary Tyler Moore, who was born in Brooklyn on this day in 1936
