Actress Kyra Sedgwick, 61, was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City, NY. She is best known for her roles in the films Heart and Souls, Murder in the First, Something to Talk About, Phenomenon, and Secondhand Lions.
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August 19, 2026
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On This Day
1917 - New York Giants manager John McGraw and Cincinnati Reds manager Christy Matthewson were arrested for breaking New York City's blue laws. Their crime was that their teams were playing baseball on Sunday.
Fact of the Day
Roughly 90% of new drugs that enter clinical trials fail to reach the market because they don’t produce the intended effect, they cause dangerous side effects, or the body doesn’t absorb, distribute or clear the drugs properly.
Nature Oddities
North America has only one carnivorous butterfly — the Harvester — which doesn’t eat plants at all, but hunts and eats aphids.
Food and Drink
Brownies were invented in 1893 when a chef at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago was asked to make a dessert that would be smaller than a piece of cake and easily eaten from boxed lunches.