MILESTONES: March 12 birthdays for Darryl Strawberry, Jessica Hardy, Steve Harris

March 12, 2021 Brooklyn Eagle History

Darryl Strawberry. Seth Wenig/AP

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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Get Smart” star Barbara Feldon, who was born in 1933; race car driver Johnny Rutherford, who was born in 1938; entertainer Liza Minnelli, who was born in 1946; voice actor and singer Frank Welker, who was born in 1946; U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, who was born in 1947; musician James Taylor, who was born in 1948; Iron Maiden founder Steve Harris, who was born in 1956; baseball player Dale Murphy, who was born in 1956; actor Courtney B. Vance, who was born in 1960; actor Titus Welliver, who was born in 1961; baseball player Darryl Strawberry, who was born in 1962; U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who was born in 1968; and swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Jessica Hardy, who was born in 1987.

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GIRL POWER: The Girl Scouts of the United States of America was founded on this day in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. The organization’s motto is “Be prepared,” which in the 1947 handbook was specified as, “A Girl Scout is ready to help out wherever she is needed. Willingness to serve is not enough; you must know how to do the job well, even in an emergency.”

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RADIO DAYS: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt held the first of his Sunday evening “fireside chats” on this day in 1933. Speaking by radio from the White House, he reported on the economic problems of the nation and on his actions to deal with them. FDR gave 30 of these addresses during his 12 years in office. The last was on June 12, 1944, a week after the D-Day invasion.

Quotable:

“I’ve always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.”

— astronaut Wally Schirra, who was born on this day in 1923