Dec. 9, birthdays for Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirk Douglas, Judi Dench

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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 343rd day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1919, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled Strike Paralyzes Harbor Traffic; Ferries Tied Up.

The article focused on an extreme harbor strike among the boroughs, which delayed the mail and threatened a food crisis.

The greatest harbor strike in the history of the city went into effect as scheduled at 6 oclock this morning when 15,000 harbor men left their jobs, tying up virtually all the ferries, steam lighters, tow boats, coal barges, grain boats, steam holsters and other craft, the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading, who was born in 1950; actress Reiko Aylesworth, who was born in 1972; Emmy Award-winning actor Beau Bridges, who was born in 1941; Hall of Fame football player d**k Butkus, who was born in 1942; Oscar Award-winning actress Judi Dench, who was born in 1934; TV personality Kara DioGuardi, who was born in 1970; actor Kirk Douglas, who was born in 1916; actor Simon Helberg, who was born in 1980; U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, who was born in 1966; actor David Anthony Higgins, who was born in 1961; actress Felicity Huffman, who was born in 1962; golfer Tom Kite Jr., who was born in 1949; actor Joe Lando, who was born in 1961; actor John Malkovich, who was born in 1953; Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, who was born in 1995; actress Dina Merrill, who was born in New York City in 1925; actor Jesse Metcalfe, who was born in 1978; actor Michael Nouri, who was born in 1945; singer and actor Donny Osmond, who was born in 1957; and actor d**k Van Patten, who was born in 1928.

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JOHN MILTON was born on this day in 1608. An English poet, historian, civil servant and defender of freedom of the press, Milton is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. Author of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, he died from gout in November of 1674 in London. No man who knows aught, he wrote, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

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Special thanks to Chases Calendar of Events and Brooklyn Public Library.

Source: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/9/dec-9-birthdays-kirsten-gillibrand-kirk-douglas-judi-dench

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Diana Douglas, esposa de Kirk Douglas, fallece a los 92 aos

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Diana Douglas, la primera esposa de Kirk Douglas y madre de Michael Douglas, muri el sbado en Los Angeles. Tena 92 aos.

Douglas falleci de cncer en un asilo de la industria cinematogrfica en el vecindario de Woodland Hills, segn un obituario de la compaa productora de Michael Douglas, Furthur Films.

El texto cit al esposo de 15 aos de Diana Douglas, Donald A. Webster, de Washington, D.C.

Diana Love Dill, que fue su nombre inicial, naci en las Bermudas, donde su familia haba vivido durante siglos y su padre fue procurador general. Despus se fue a vivir a Nueva York y conoci a Kirk Douglas cuando ambos estudiaban en la Academia de Arte Dramtico de Estados Unidos.

Posteriormente se fue a California con un contrato de 200 dlares a la semana con Warner Bros., en contra de la recomendacin de Douglas de que mejor buscara una oportunidad en Broadway.

Durante seis dcadas fue actriz y modelo, particip en decenas de pelculas y programas de televisin, como la cinta de 1987 "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" de Steve Martin y los programas televisivos "ER" y "The West Wing".

Tambin actu en teatro, incluidas algunas obras en Broadway.

En mayo de 1943, Douglas sali en la portada de la revista Life, en la que modelaba prendas de primavera.

"Kirk Douglas, que entonces estaba de servicio en la Marina durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la vio en la portada y dijo a sus compaeros de barco que se casara con ella", segn el obituario.

Ambos se casaron en noviembre de ese ao y tuvieron dos hijos, Michael y Joel; se divorciaron en 1951.

"Habamos trado al matrimonio conceptos tan distintos de lo que constitua, que era de esperarse", escribi en su libro de memorias " In the Wings and Beyond".

Ambos mantuvieron despus una relacin amistosa. Ella incluso sali con l en diversas pelculas, como la ltima en la que actu en 2003, "It Runs in the Family", en la que tambin tuvieron un papel estelar Michael Douglas y uno de los nietos de ella, Cameron.

Douglas estuvo casada despus con el actor Bill Darrid de 1956 a 1992, cuando falleci su entonces esposo.

Source: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/entretenimiento/article26521123.html

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