Meatballs (film) Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman whose later comedies included Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday. June 13, 2012. American abolitionist writer Harriett Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 to Lyman Beecher, a Congregationalist minister.
There has never been a female major league baseball player. Harriett Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist and auth â¦ or of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Born in 1811, she was 58 years old when the first professional baseball team, the Cincinatti Red Stockings, was founded.