Nov. 19, birthdays for Jodie Foster, Larry King, Allison Janney

Brooklyn Today

November 19, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actress Jodie Foster celebrates her birthday today. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 323rd day of the year.

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ON THIS DAY in 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Four Gunmen Found Guilty in First Degree.” The article focused on a man who was found guilty for murder. His was sentenced to “go to the chair.”

“The courtroom was absolutely silent as the verdict was announced,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include television pundit Dick Cavett, who was born in 1936; first female space shuttle commander Eileen Collins, who was born in 1956; television journalist Ann Curry, who was born in 1956; Olympic sprinter Gail Devers, who was born in born in 1966; “Girls” actor Adam Driver, who was born in 1983; “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” actress Terry Farrell, who was born in 1963; Oscar Award-winning actress for “The Accused” and “The Silence of the Lambs” Jodie Foster, who was born in 1962; dancer and choreographer Savion Glover, who was born in 1973; U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Harkin, who was born in 1939; baseball player Ryan Howard, who was born in 1979; “American Beauty” actress Allison Janney, who was born in 1960; Brooklyn native talk show host Larry King, who was born in 1933; New York City native fashion designer Calvin Klein, who was born in 1942; “Sleepless in Seattle” actress Meg Ryan, who was born in 1961; baseball, basketball and television executive Ted Turner, who was born in 1938; and journalist Garrick Utley, who was born in 1939.

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THE COLD WAR formally ended on this day in 1990. A summit was held at Paris with the leaders of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The highlight of the summit was the signing of a treaty to dramatically reduce conventional weapons in Europe.

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ROY CAMPANELLA was born on this day in 1921. Campanella was one of the first black major leaguers and a star on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ “Boys of Summer.” He died in 1993.

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LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG Address took place on this day in 1863. In that year, 17 acres of the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., were dedicated as a national cemetery. Lincoln’s address was later recognized as one of the most eloquent of the English language.

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DARCEY STEINKE will appear in conversation with Rick Moody at 7 p.m. tonight at WORD Brooklyn in Greenpoint. The event includes a reading, talk, Q&A and signing.

“WAYFINDERS,” written and directed by Holcombe Waller, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. tonight at BAM Fisher. Tickets are $20. The evening features Waller’s “theatrically staged song cycle.”

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