Good morning. Today is the 322nd day of the year. On this day in 1985, radio shock jock Howard Stern began broadcasting on New York radio station WXRK-FM. Stern quickly became popular, but many people were outraged at elements of his show. The FCC frequently fined his broadcasts. In 2005 Stern ended his show and moved to satellite radio.

Well-known people who were born today include baseball player Gary Sheffield, Brooklyn-born actress Brenda Vaccaro, Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, former football player Harold Moon and actress Andrea Marcovicci.

P.S. 8 READING BENEFIT With Gabriel Byrne.

Tomorrow, P.S. 8 will host a reading benefit where actor Gabriel Byrne, Brooklyn Heights resident and star of HBO’s “In Treatment,� will join more than a dozen authors reading their works.

The event, Night to Celebrate Reading, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Umbrage Gallery at 111 Front St. in DUMBO. The readings will be broken into two parts, one lasting from 7 to 9 p.m. and the other from 8 to 9 p.m.

Authors who will read include Ted Friend, Warren St. John, Melissa Milgrom, Rich Benjamin, Paul Zelinsky and many others.

POLYTECHNIC LECTURE Will Feature Fist Woman To Receive Computing’s Top Award.

Polytechnic Institute of NYU’s 12th annual Lynford Lecture tomorrow will feature Fran Allen, the first woman to receive the A.M. Turing Award, considered the Noble Prize for computing.

An IBM employee for 45 years, her work in algorithms and technologies is the basis for the theory of program optimization that is widely used today.

Her services were also recruited by the National Security Agency for its code-breaking endeavors during the Cold War.

Her lecture will explore new paths to increasing computer performance.

It will take place at 4 p.m. at Polytechnic’s Dibner Auditorium, 4 MetroTech Center.

CYMBROIWTZ TO SHARE Thanksgiving Cheer With Firefighters, Police.

Fire trucks from local firehouses and police vans from the 60th, 61st and 70th precincts will be stopping by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’ office at 1800 Sheepshead Bay Road tomorrow to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys.

Assemblyman Cymbrowitz is presenting each firehouse and police precinct in his district with turkeys to help the firefighters and police officers enjoy Thanksgiving.

Local community organizations and religious institutions will also be picking up turkeys for distribution to needy families.

Cymbrowitz represents Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Midwood and Brighton Beach.

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