MILESTONES: January 9, birthdays for J.K. Simmons, Nina Dobrev, Dave Matthews
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include singer-songwriter and musician Joan Baez, who was born in 1941; actress Imelda Staunton, who was born in 1956; singer-songwriter and musician Dave Matthews, who was born in 1967; actor J.K. Simmons, who was born in 1955; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who was born in 1982; actress Joely Richardson, who was born in 1965; BMX rider Mat Hoffman, who was born in 1972; singer-songwriter and actress Crystal Gayle, who was born in 1951; golfer Sergio García, who was born in 1980; former basketball player Muggsy Bogues, who was born in 1965; actress Nina Dobrev, who was born in 1989; and former Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky, who was born in 1967.
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KEPT THEM DOGGIES ROLLIN’: The Western TV series “Rawhide” premiered on this day in 1959. The show told the story of cattle drovers Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) and Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood), who often came across trouble on the trail. The show ran for seven and a half years, until its final episode in 1966. It was the sixth-longest-running classic Western, after “Wagon Train,” “The Virginian,” “Bonanza,” “Death Valley Days” and “Gunsmoke.”
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’.