MILESTONES: January 8, birthdays for Ron Cephas Jones, Shirley Bassey, Kathleen Noone
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include singer Shirley Bassey, who was born in 1937; actor Ron Cephas Jones, who was born in 1957; radio and television writer and commentator Charles Osgood, who was born in 1933; classical pianist Vladimir Feltsman, who was born in 1952; former baseball player Jeff Francoeur, who was born in 1984; actress Kathleen Noone, who was born in 1945; game show host Bob Eubanks, who was born in 1938; former baseball player Jason Giambi, who was born in 1971; and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who was born in 1958.
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SPACE THEORETICIST AND AUTHOR Stephen Hawking was born on this day in 1942. A theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author, Hawking worked with collaborator Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems and theorized that black holes emit radiation. He was also the first to define a theory of cosmology based on the intersection of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Hawking published several books explaining his work to the general public. His most popular, “A Brief History of Time,” broke bestseller list records upon its release. Hawking died in 2018.
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’.