MILESTONES: January 8, birthdays for Noah Cyrus, Genevieve Padalecki, David Silva
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include singer Shirley Bassey, who was born in 1937; pop singer Noah Cyrus, who was born in 2000; game show host Bob Eubanks, who was born in 1937; pianist Vladimir Feltsman, who was born in 1952; baseball player Jeff Francoeur, who was born in 1984; baseball player Jason Giambi, who was born in 1971; actress Kathleen Noone, who was born in 1946; journalist Charles Osgood, who was born in 1933; and actress Genevieve Padalecki, who was born in 1981.
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DAVID BOWIE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1947. A relentless creative who explored rock, folk, electronic music, film and visual art in a career that spanned five decades, Bowie (born David Jones) defined pop stardom as a chameleonic innovator. From his hit debut, 1969’s “Space Oddity,” through his outsized Ziggy Stardust persona of 1972 and onward to numerous experiments in spectacle and showmanship, his work shapeshifted freely over three decades. He explored photography and post-Modernist painting, acted in films, mounted ambitious world tours and retained his status as a pop icon well into the 21st century. “Blackstar,” his last album, was released two days before his death in New York in 2016.
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’.