MILESTONES: March 5, birthdays for Samantha Eggar, Penn Jillette, Michael Warren
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actress Samantha Eggar, who was born in 1939; magician Penn Jillette, who was born in 1955; actor Paul Sand (Paul Sanchez), who was born in 1935; actor Dean Stockwell, who was born in 1936; actress Marsha Warfield, who was born in 1942; actor Michael Warren, who was born in 1946; and actor Fred Williamson, who was born in 1938.
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ON THIS DAY IN 1821, James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States. Monroe was the first president to be inaugurated on March 5 because March 4 was a Sunday. In 1849, Zachary Taylor was also sworn in on March 5 as 12th president of the United States. In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated as the 19th president of the United States, also on March 5, and in 1917, Woodrow Wilson was sworn in for his second term as president.
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’.