MILESTONES: August 15, birthdays for Ben Affleck, Debra Messing, Jennifer Lawrence
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 227th day of the year.
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oscar Award-winning screenwriter, director and actor BEN AFFLECK, who was born in 1972; actor, writer and producer ANTHONY ANDERSON, who was born in 1970; PRINCESS ANNE OF THE U.K., who was born in 1950; U.S. Associate Justice STEPHEN G. BREYER, who was born in 1938; journalist LINDA ELLERBEE, who was born in 1944; Oscar Award-winning director and screenwriter ALEJANDRO INARRITU, who was born in 1963; actor ZELJKO IVANEK, who was born in 1957; singer JOE JONAS, who was born in 1989; civil rights leader VERNON JORDAN JR., who was born in 1935; Oscar Award-winning actress JENNIFER LAWRENCE, who was born in 1990; actress DEBRA MESSING, who was born in Brooklyn in 1968; and Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist KERRI WALSH, who was born in 1978.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.