July 14, birthdays for Jane Lynch, Matthew Fox, Robin Ventura

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July 14, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Actress Jane Lynch celebrates her birthday today.

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 195th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1917 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Explosives from Sugar; Government Saves Fats.”

The article focused on a discovery in the Internal Revenue Division Laboratory of a process for manufacturing glycerin from sugar.

“Under the secret process evolved the cost of this substance, a heavy factor in the manufacture of explosives, will be reduced to slightly more than one-fourth of its present cost,” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actress POLLY BERGEN, who was born in 1930; actor MATTHEW FOX, who was born in 1966; actress MISSY GOLD, who was born in 1970; actor and former football player ROSEY GRIER, who was born in 1932; actress JACKIE EARLE HALEY, who was born in 1961; “Glee” actress JANE LYNCH, who was born in 1960; actor SCOTT PORTER, who was born in 1979; producer JOEL SILVER, who was born in 1952; sportscaster and former baseball player STEVE STONE, who was born in 1947; and former baseball player ROBIN VENTURA, who was born in 1967.

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THE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL Society is scheduled to host an event titled “A Biography of East New York” tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 128 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights. The event will feature a panel of residents, advocates and experts on how the neighborhood got to where it is now, as well as where it is heading. For tickets, visit http://www.brooklynhistory.org/.

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