July 11, birthdays for Caroline Wozniacki, Georgio Armani, Jacoby Jones

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July 11, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki celebrates her birthday today. AP Photo/Ben Curtis

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 193rd day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1926, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Prince Here Today to View Museum’s Swedish Art Works.”

The article focused on the crown prince and princess of Sweden visiting Brooklyn with their family.

“The future Swedish king was drawn to this boro by the Brooklyn Museum, which has a section devoted to Swedish…art the only one of its kind in the country,” the Eagle reported. “Archeologist and student of art, as he is, the prince could not remain away from our display of the art of Sweden.”

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include fashion designer GIORGIO ARMANI, who was born in 1936; literary critic HAROLD BLOOM, who was born in New York City in 1930; actor JUSTIN CHAMBERS, who was born in 1970; actor GREG GRUNBERG, who was born in 1966; TV personality JOHN HENSON, who was born in 1967; actor TAB HUNTER, who was born in New York City in 1931; football player JACOBY JONES, who was born in 1984; actor STEPHEN LANG, who was born in Queens in 1952; hockey executive and former player AL MACINNIS, who was born in 1963; singer BONNIE POINTER, who was born in 1951; actor MICHAEL ROSENBAUM, who was born in 1972; Bon Jovi musician RICHIE SAMBORA, who was born in 1960; model JOAN SMALLS, who was born in 1988; former boxer LEON SPINKS, who was born in 1953; actress, director and producer BEVERLY TODD, who was born in 1946; singer SUZANNE VEGA, who was born in 1959; actress SELA WARD, who was born in 1956; and tennis player CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, who was born in 1990.

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was born on this day in 1767. He was the sixth president of the U.S. and the son of the second president. He served a singer term as president, followed by 17 years as a member of Congress. He died in 1948 at the House of Representatives. Adams was the only U.S. president whose father had also been president until George W. Bush became president in January 2001.

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E.B. WHITE was born on this day in 1899. The versatile author of books for adults and children, including “Charlotte’s Web” and “Stuart Little,” was also once the editor at The New Yorker. He died in 1985.

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BROOKLYN BRIDGE Park’s annual literature series Books Beneath the Bridge returns tonight with Heather Wolf’s birding book, “Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Ever Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront,” tonight at Granite Prospect at 7 p.m. The event is curated by Freebird Books and will feature a discussion, a Q&A and a book signing. For more information, visit brooklynbridgepark.org.

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BROOKLYN HISTORICAL Society will host the inaugural event of its series Hidden in Plain Sight: Portraits of Hunger in NYC tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 128 Pierrepont St. The event is a screening and discussion of “King Corn,” a film which looks at how government subsidies and industrialization in corn growth have affected farming and eating in the U.S. For more information, visit brooklynhistory.org.

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