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MILESTONES: August 10, birthdays for Antonio Banderas, Kylie Jenner, Andre Drummond

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August 10, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Actor Antonio Banderas. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include musician Ian Anderson, who was born in 1947; actress Rosanna Arquette, who was born in 1959; actor Antonio Banderas, who was born in 1960; Hall of Fame boxer Riddick Bowe, who was born in Brooklyn in 1967; basketball star Andre Drummond, who was born in 1993; actress Angie Harmon, who was born in 1972; Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who was born in 1952; model and reality star Kylie Jenner, who was born in 1997; fashion designer Betsey Johnson, who was born in 1942; and singer Ronnie Spector, who was born in 1943.

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HERBERT CLARK HOOVER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1874. The 31st president of the U.S. was the first president born west of the Mississippi River and the first to have a telephone on his desk. “Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die,” he said in Chicago at the Republican National Convention in 1944. Hoover died in New York in 1964.

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SON OF SAM WAS ARRESTED ON THIS DAY IN 1977. Postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, N.Y. and accused of being Son of Sam, the gunman who killed six people and wounded seven others in the New York City area. Berkowitz is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences.

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HENRI NESTLÉ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1814. The inventor of infant formula first trained as a pharmacist. In 1867, perhaps spurred on by the high infant mortality among his siblings, he created farine lactée, a substitute breast milk for infants unable to nurse. By the 1870s he was distributing the formula worldwide. Nestlé sold the Nestlé company in 1875, but the company retained his name, which means “little nest” and only later expanded its business to include chocolate and condensed milk. He died in 1890 in Switzerland.

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“CANDID CAMERA” PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1948. The show — which appeared at various times on the big three TV networks and in syndication — was created and hosted by Allen Funt. It was initially an Armed Forces Radio program based on Funt’s success in recording and broadcasting soldiers’ gripes. The show’s modus operandi was to catch people unawares on camera — either as part of a practical joke or just being themselves. It spawned numerous imitators.

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TODAY IS NATIONAL S’MORES DAY. The gooey, messy, chocolaty campfire treat is traditionally made with roasted marshmallows, a slab of chocolate and an enclosing sandwich of graham crackers. Girl Scout Loretta Scott Crew is credited with creating the sandwich: her recipe for “Some Mores” was published in Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts in 1927.

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

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“There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.” — scientist Percy Williams Bridgeman

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