Nov. 3, birthdays for Roseanne Barr, Phil Simms, Colin Kaepernick

Brooklyn Today

November 3, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Former Super Bowl winning Giants Quarterback Phil Simms celebrates his birthday today. AP Photo/Bob Leverone

Share this:

Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 307th day of the year.

****

ON THIS DAY in 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Suffrage Defeat is 200,000 Votes.” The article focused on results at the time from voting on a women’s suffrage amendment.

“The majority against woman suffrage in New York state, late returns indicated today, will be from 195,000 to 200,000. The Brooklyn majority against it is 38,684,” the Eagle reported. “Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, issued a statement today in which she said that suffragists had every reason to feel elated at the result, and reiterated the determination of the National Association not to end the fight until it was victorious.”

****

NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer Adam Ant, who was born in 1954; singer and dancer Ken Berry, who was born in 1933; “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” actress Kate Capshaw, who was born in 1953; former governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis, who was born in 1933; U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, who was born in 1947; football player Colin Kaepernick, who was born in 1987; “The Drew Carey Show” actress Kathy Kinney, who was born in 1954; “Rocky IV” actor Dolph Lundgren, who was born in 1959; “Saturday Night Live” comedian and actor Dennis Miller, who was born in 1953; Olympic figure skater Evgeny Plushenko, who was born in 1982; comedienne and actress Roseanne Barr, who was born in 1953; sportscaster Philip Simms, who was born in 1956; and “The Red Desert” actress Monica Vitti, who was born in 1933.

****

TODAY IS SANDWICH DAY. This holiday recognizes the inventor of the sandwich, John Montagu. A rake and gambler, he is said to have invented the sandwich as a time-saving nourishment while engaged in a 24-hour-long gambling session in 1762.

****

THE “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” incorrect headline was printed in the Chicago Tribune notwithstanding on this day in 1948. Harry Truman defeated Republican candidate Thomas Dewey for the U.S. presidency.

****

“SPOILED BRATS,” by Brooklynite Simon Rich, will be featured at BookCourt today at 7 p.m. The event features a reading, audience Q&A and book signing. Rich’s “Spoiled Brats” focuses on the millennial generation.

****

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