MILESTONES: September 19, birthdays for Twiggy, Jimmy Fallon, Joe Morgan
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include author N.K. Jemisin, who was born in 1972; sportscaster and Hall of Fame baseball player Joe Morgan, who was born in 1943; television journalist and executive producer Soledad O’Brien, who was born in 1966; actor and dancer Columbus Short, who was born in 1982; model, actress and singer Twiggy, who was born in 1949; talk show host Jimmy Fallon, who was born in 1974; singer Trisha Yearwood, who was born in 1964; broadcast journalist Joan Lunden, who was born in 1950; and actress, reality show host, director and author Alison Sweeney, who was born in 1976.
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BIG SCARE FOR TOURISTS: Ötzi, who is also known as the Iceman, is Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy. Two German tourists accidentally discovered Ötzi, well-preserved and frozen in ice, on this day in 1991 in the Örtzal Alps. Ötzi’s remains are on display in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. He lived and died in the fourth century B.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’.