MILESTONES: February 5, birthdays for Sara Evans, Cristiano Ronaldo, Darrell Waltrip
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Hall of Fame baseball player and executive Hank Aaron, who was born in 1934; Hall of Fame baseball player Roberto Alomar, who was born in 1968; singer Bobby Brown, who was born in 1969; country singer Sara Evans, who was born in 1971; Emmy Award-winning writer Christopher Guest, who was born in 1948; actress Barbara Hershey, who was born in 1948; actor and producer David Alan Ladd, who was born in 1947; actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, who was born in 1962; actress Laura Linney, who was born in 1964; financial writer Jane Bryant Quinn, who was born in 1941; actress Charlotte Rampling, who was born in 1946; soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, who was born in 1985; actor David Selby, who was born in 1941; actor Michael Sheen, who was born in 1969; Hall of Fame football player Roger Staubach, who was born in 1942; soccer player Carlos Tevez, who was born in 1984; and auto racer Darrell Waltrip, who was born in 1947.
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THE LONGEST WAR IN HISTORY ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1985. The Third Punic War, between Rome and Carthage, started in the year 149 BC. It culminated in the year 146 BC, when Roman soldiers led by Scipio razed Carthage to the ground. The desolated site was cursed and rebuilding forbidden. On this date, 2,131 years after the war began, Ugo Vetere, mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, mayor of Carthage, met at Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War.
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’.