Jan. 7, birthdays for Jeremy Renner, Nicolas Cage, Katie Couric

Brooklyn Today

January 7, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actor Jeremy Renner celebrates his birthday today. AP photo

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ON THIS DAY in 1909, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “City Scores a Victory in Water Supply Fight.”

The article focused on the state board refusing to sidetrack hearings by referring a water supply fight to the courts. Those opposing it were allegedly attempting to delay hearings.

“The city scored a substantial victory over the opponents of the plan to enter Suffolk County for additional water at the hearing which the State Water Board held on the matter to-day at the offices of the Board of Water Supply…” the Eagle reported. “The plan … will eventually increase the water supply of Brooklyn by at least 250,000,000 gallons…”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include “The Exorcist” novelist William Blatty, who was born in 1928; “Moonstruck” actor Nicolas Cage, who was born in 1964; “NYPD Blue” actor David Caruso, who was born in 1956; Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who was born in 1967; “The CBS Evening News” journalist Katie Couric, who was born in 1957; “Saved by the Bell” actor Dustin Diamond, who was born in 1977; former baseball player Eric Gagne, who was born in 1976; “Silver Spoons” actress Erin Gray, who was born in 1950; singer and songwriter Kenny Loggins, who was born in 1948; “The Town” actor Jeremy Renner, who was born in 1971; singer and pianist Paul Revere, who was born in 1938; baseball player Alfonso Soriano, who was born in 1978; and journalist and Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, who was born in 1947.

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CARTOONIST Charles Addams was born on this day in 1912. Addams became a full-time staff member of The New Yorker in 1935 and stayed there for his entire career, producing about 1,300 cartoons. He is most famous for “The Addams Family.” He died in 1988.

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