MILESTONES: October 23, birthdays for “Weird Al” Yankovic, Emilia Clarke, Ryan Reynolds
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include filmmaker Ang Lee, who was born in 1954; actress Emilia Clarke, who was born in 1986; former soccer player Pelé, who was born in 1940; neurosurgeon and medical reporter Sanjay Gupta, who was born in 1969; Hall of Fame soccer player Tiffeny Milbrett, who was born in 1972; actor, comedian and producer Ryan Reynolds, who was born in 1976; talk show host Nancy Grace, who was born in 1959; sportscaster and former football player Doug Flutie, who was born in 1962; singer and satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic, who was born in 1959; former golfer Chi-Chi Rodríguez, who was born in 1935; former basketball player Keith Van Horn, who was born in 1975; and singer-songwriter and actor Dwight Yoakam, who was born in 1956.
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KNOWN AS “QUEEN OF THE WAVES,” Gertrude Ederle was born on this day in 1906. Ederle was a competitive swimmer and the first woman to swim across the English Channel, breaking all five previous time records for the crossing. Winner of a gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games, Ederle set nine world records during her swimming career, the first when she was only 12 years old. She died on Nov. 30, 2003 in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
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’.