MILESTONES: September 23, birthdays for Bruce Springsteen, Anthony Mackie, Sean Spicer
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor Anthony Mackie, who was born in 1978; singer Julio Iglesias, who was born in 1943; singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who was born in 1970; singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, who was born in 1949; golfer Larry Mize, who was born in 1958; actor Paul Petersen, who was born in 1945; Former President of Brazil Michel Temer, who was born in 1940; actor Rob James-Collier, who was born in 1976; actor Jason Alexander, who was born in 1959; former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who was born in 1971; and writer and actress Mary Kay Place, who was born in 1947.
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THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, Victoria Woodhull, was born on this day in 1838. Woodhull was an American feminist, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement, and the first woman to start a weekly newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly. She was also the first woman to own a brokerage firm on Wall Street and ran for president of the U.S. in 1872. She died in Bredon, Worcestershire, England on June 9, 1927.
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’.