Brooklyn Today for Nov. 30, 2012
Good morning. Today is the 335th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Nov. 30, 1902, reported on the death of a firefighter, James Dawe, who was battling a fire at 724 Carroll St. Dawe, who left a wife and one child, was considered an expert in climbing ladders. The small apartment building, between Sixth and Seventh avenues in Park Slope, still exists.
Well-known people who were born today include former baseball and football player Bo Jackson, singer-songwriter Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (“The FBI”) and actor Mandy Patinkin (“Evita,” “Sunday in the Park with George”).
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