MILESTONES: December 7, birthdays for Sara Bareilles, Terrell Owens, Nicholas Hoult
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer SARA BAREILLES, who was born in 1979; Hall of Fame baseball player JOHNNY BENCH, who was born on this day in 1947; Hall of Fame basketball player LARRY BIRD, who was born in 1956; actress ELLEN BURSTYN, who was born in 1932; philosopher and linguist NOAM CHOMSKY, who was born in 1928; U.S. Sen. THAD COCHRAN, who was born in 1937; U.S. Sen. SUSAN M. COLLINS, who was born in 1952; actor NICHOLAS HOULT, who was born in 1989; actor C. THOMAS HOWELL, who was born in 1966; former baseball player TINO MARTINEZ, who was born in 1967; former NFL superstar TERRELL OWENS, who was born in 1973; soccer player JOHN TERRY, who was born in 1980; and singer and songwriter TOM WAITS, who was born in 1949.
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WILLA SIBERT CATHER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1873. The American author is best known for her novels about the development of early 20th-century American life, such as “O Pioneers!” and “My Ántonia.” She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1922 for her book “One of Ours.” Cather died in New York in 1947.
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’.