MILESTONES: August 22, birthdays for James Corden, Tori Amos, Kristen Wiig
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who was born in 1967; Hall of Fame baseball player Carl Michael Yastrzemski, who was born in 1939; musician Tori Amos, who was born in 1963; actress Cindy Williams, who was born in 1947; actor Richard Armitage, who was born in 1971; actress Kristen Wiig, who was born in 1973; actor Ty Burrell, who was born in 1967; author Annie Proulx, who was born in 1935; former astronaut Gerald Paul Carr, who was born in 1932; former football coach Duane Charles Parcells, who was born in 1941; actor and talk show host James Corden, who was born in 1978; Hall of Fame baseball player Paul Molitor, who was born in 1956; chef Giada De Laurentiis, who was born in 1970; TV journalist Steve Kroft, who was born in 1945; U.S. Senator Cory Gardner, who was born in 1974; and actress Valerie Harper, who was born in 1939.
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DOROTHY PARKER was born on this day in 1893. The poet, critic and author known for her wit wrote for Vanity Fair, and was an original contributor to The New Yorker. She was a member of the elite New York City writers group the Algonquin Round Table. Parker was arrested at a Sacco Vanzetti rally in 1927 and her left-wing politics earned her a spot on the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, just as she was gaining momentum as a screenwriter. She died in 1967.
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’.