MILESTONES: May 31, birthdays for Walt Whitman, Colin Farrell, Normani
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich, who was born in 1948; actor Tom Berenger, who was born in 1949; Oscar Award-winning actor Clint Eastwood, who was born in 1930; writer, comedian and actor Chris Elliott, who was born in 1960; actor Colin Farrell, who was born in 1976; actress Sharon Gless, who was born in 1943; actor Gregory Harrison, who was born in 1950; TV personality and host Phil Keoghan, who was born in 1967; former baseball player Kenny Lofton, who was born in 1967; actress Roma Maffia, who was born in 1958; Hall of Fame football player and former sportscaster Joe Namath, who was born in 1943; singer Normani, who was born in 1996; Emmy Award-winning actress Archie Panjabi, who was born in 1972; soccer star Marco Reus, who was born in 1989; actor Kyle Secor, who was born in 1957; actress Brooke Shields, who was born in 1965; actress Lea Thompson, who was born in 1961; Church of England special envoy Terry Waite, who was born in 1939; rapper Waka Flocka Flame, who was born in 1986; and singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow, who was born in 1938.
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PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924. She was the first African-American woman to serve in an ambassadorial post, the first African American to hold a cabinet position (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) and the first woman to serve as dean of a law school. Harris died in 1985 in Washington, D.C.
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’.