MILESTONES: November 15, birthdays for Sam Waterston, Shailene Woodley, Yaphet Kotto
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor Yaphet Kotto, who was born in 1937; actress and producer Shailene Woodley, who was born in 1991; actor Ed Asner, who was born in 1929; basketball player Karl-Anthony Towns, who was born in 1995; musician Kevin Eubanks, who was born in 1957; actress, journalist and novelist Joanna Barnes, who was born in 1934; actress Beverly D’Angelo, who was born in 1951; singer, actress and composer Petula Clark, who was born in 1932; actor Jonny Lee Miller, who was born in 1972; musician and conductor Daniel Barenboim, who was born in 1942; and actor Sam Waterston, who was born in 1940.
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GREAT FORT GREENE POET Marianne Moore was born on this day in 1887. Moore, a resident of the neighborhood for 36 years, was a poet, critic, translator and editor who won the Bollingen Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Medal for Literature. Near the end of her life, while living in Greenwich Village, she often wore a tricorn hat and black cape. Moore died on Feb. 5, 1972 in New York City.
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’.