MILESTONES: March 11, birthdays for Sam Donaldson, Rupert Murdoch, Bobby McFerrin
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor John Barrowman, who was born in 1967; basketball player Elton Brand, who was born in 1979; astronaut Curtis Brown Jr., who was born in 1956; journalist Sam Donaldson, who was born in 1934; soccer player Didier Drogba, who was born in 1978; actor Terrence Howard, who was born in 1969; actress Alex Kingston, who was born in 1963; actor Elias Koteas, who was born in 1961; singer/songwriter Bobby McFerrin, who was born in 1950; former Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, who was born in 1962; media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who was born in 1931; and writer/producer Jerry Zucker, who was born in 1950.
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ON THIS DAY IN 2004, four Spanish commuter trains were bombed in Madrid by terrorists just days before the country’s elections. In total, 191 people were killed, and some 1,800 were injured.
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’.