MILESTONES: August 21, birthdays for Brody Jenner, Kenny Rogers, Kim Cattrall
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actress Alicia Witt, who was born in 1975; Olympic track athlete Usain Bolt, who was born in 1986; actor Clarence Williams III, who was born in 1939; AOL founder Steve Case, who was born in 1958; director Peter Weir, who was born in 1944; actress Kim Cattrall, who was born in 1956; actor, director and playwright Melvin Van Peebles, who was born in 1932; singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon, who was born in 1941; U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, who was born in 1956; singer Kenny Rogers, who was born in 1938; TV personality Brody Jenner, who was born in 1983; actress Hayden Panettiere, who was born in 1989; and former football player Jim McMahon, who was born in 1959.
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HAWAII BECAME THE 50TH STATE admitted to the Union on this day in 1959, when President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation dissolving the Territory of Hawaii and announcing the island’s statehood.
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’.