MILESTONES: November 12, birthdays for Neil Young, Tonya Harding, Anne Hathaway
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actress Anne Hathaway, who was born in 1982; actor Ryan Gosling, who was born in 1980; basketball player Russell Westbrook, who was born in 1988; singer-songwriter Neil Young, who was born in 1945; former figure skater Tonya Harding, who was born in 1970; actress, comedian and singer Megan Mullally, who was born in 1958; Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who was born in 1961; actor and director David Schwimmer, who was born in 1966; U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, who was born in 1949; and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, who was born in 1931.
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LEADER FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE: Elizabeth Stanton was born on this day in 1815. Stanton is widely believed to have set in motion the first U.S. women’s suffrage movement when she presented her “Declaration of Sentiments” at 1848’s Seneca Falls Convention. She died in New York City on Oct. 26, 1902.
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’.