MILESTONES: June 10, birthdays for Kate Upton, Linda Evangelista, Doug McKeon
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE attorney F. Lee Bailey, who was born in 1933; former Sen. John Edwards, who was born in 1953; model Linda Evangelista, who was born in 1965; author and journalist Jeff Greenfield, who was born in 1943; actress Elizabeth Hurley, who was born in 1965; Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski, who was born in 1982; actor Doug McKeon, who was born in 1966; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was born in 1921; actress Leelee Sobieski, who was born in 1983; actress Jeanne Tripplehorn, who was born in 1963; and model Kate Upton, who was born in 1992.
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KNOWN FOR HIS IMMORTAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS, “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” author-illustrator Maurice Sendak was born on this date in Brooklyn in 1928. Sendak was widely recognized for his contributions to children’s literature, winning the Caldecott Medal in 1964, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 and the Laura Ingalls wilder Medal in 1983. Sendak died on May 8, 2012 in Danbury, Connecticut.
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’.