MILESTONES: September 12, birthdays for Jennifer Hudson, Yao Ming, Linda Gray
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, who was born in 1981; actress Amy Yasbeck, who was born in 1962; actress Linda Gray, who was born in 1940; actor Ian Holm, who was born in 1931; actress Rachel Ward, who was born in 1957; basketball executive and former player Yao Ming, who was born in 1980; actor Benjamin McKenzie, who was born in 1978; singer Maria Muldaur, who was born in 1943; actor Joe Pantoliano, who was born in 1951; and actress Emmy Rossum, who was born in 1986.
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RIGHT ON TRACK: James Cleveland (Jesse) Owens was born on this day in 1913 in Oakville, Alabama. While attending Ohio State University, Owens won eight NCAA championships, and at a single track meet in 1935, in the span of 45 minutes, Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, helping to destroy Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy on a global stage. He is ranked by ESPN as the greatest track and field athlete of the 20th century. Owens died on March 31, 1980.
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’.