• The Boston Braves played against the New York Giants, a game that the Braves won 5–4. The radio announcer for that day was Joe E. Brown.
  • Joe E Brown was born in July of 1891 in Holgate, Ohio. I lived near there (Defiance, Ohio) for four years and never knew that either.
    • Joe E. Brown and Winnie Lightner in Sit Tight (1931)
    • Joe E. Brown and Dorothy Lee in Local Boy Makes Good (1931)
    • Joe E. Brown in Elmer, the Great (1933)
  • By 1931, Joe E. Brown had become such a star that his name began to appear alone above the title of the movies in which he appeared.
  • Known now primarily as a film comedian (he was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the early 30s), Joe E. Brown began his professional career as an acrobat in...
  • Today, there are several tributes to Brown throughout his home state of Ohio. In his hometown of Holgate, OH-18 was named Joe E. Brown Ave.
  • The following year Bowling Green State University renamed its theater the Joe E. Brown Theatre in honor of his many performances.
  • Legendary character actor, Joe E. Brown, was born Joseph Evans Brown on Jul 28, 1892 in Holgate, OH.