MILESTONES: February 28, birthdays for Jason Aldean, Joel Pimentel, Olivia Palermo
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include country singer Jason Aldean, who was born in 1977; former auto racer Mario Gabriele Andretti, who was born in 1940; architect Frank Gehry, who was born in 1929; tennis player Jelena Jankovic, who was born in 1985; actress Ali Larter, who was born in 1976; actor Robert Sean Leonard, who was born in 1969; former hockey player Eric Lindros, who was born in 1973; former reality TV star Olivia Palermo, who was born in 1986; Tony Award-winning singer and actress Bernadette Peters, who was born in 1944; pop singer Joel Pimentel of CNCO, who was born in 1999; Tony Award-winning actor, singer, dancer, director and choreographer Tommy Tune, who was born in 1939; and actor John Turturro, who was born in Brooklyn in 1957.
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BEN HECHT WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1894. He is known for his newspaper column “1,001 Afternoons in Chicago,” which popularized human interest sketches. His play “The Front Page,” written with Charles MacArthur, was a hit on Broadway and on film. He was a successful reporter and his first novel “Eric Dorn” resulted partly from his time reporting from Berlin after WWI. Hecht wrote or co-wrote a number of successful movie scripts, including “Notorious” and “Wuthering Heights.” He died in New York City in 1964.
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’.