MILESTONES: February 7, birthdays for Tawakkol Karman, Gay Talese, Chris Rock
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include country singer Garth Brooks, who was born in 1962; actor Miguel Ferrer, who was born in 1955; former basketball player Juwan Howard, who was born in 1973; performer and actor Eddie Izzard, who was born in 1962; women’s rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Tawakkol Karman, who was born in 1979; actor Ashton Kutcher, who was born in 1978; former basketball player Steve Nash, who was born in 1974; actor and comedian Chris Rock, who was born in 1965; actor James Spader, who was born in 1960; and author and journalist Gay Talese, who was born in 1932.
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SINCLAIR LEWIS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1885. The American novelist and social critic is best-known for his novels “Main Street,” “Babbitt” and “It Can’t Happen Here.” He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. Lewis died in Italy in 1951.
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’.