MILESTONES: February 3, birthdays for Morgan Fairchild, Thomas Calabro, Paul Aster
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor Thomas Calabro, who was born in Brooklyn in 1959; actor and writer Nathan Lane, who was born in 1956; actress and author Isla Fisher, who was born in 1976; actress Morgan Fairchild, who was born in 1950; singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Davies, who was born in 1947; writer and film director Paul Aster, who was born in 1947; actor and film director Keith Gordon, who was born in 1961; actress Maura Tierney, who was born in 1965; actress Blythe Danner, who was born in 1943; Hall of Fame football player Fran Tarkenton, who was born in 1940; basketball executive and former player Vlade Divac, who was born in 1968; and former football player Bob Griese, who was born in 1945.
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FATHER OF THE TRAMPOLINE George Nissen was born on this day in 1914. An NCAA three-time champion gymnast, Nissen worked with his coach, Larry Griswold, to build the first-ever trampoline. Nissen had been inspired by trapeze artists’ elastic safety nets. He and Griswold in 1941 founded the Griswold-Nissen Trampoline & Tumbling Company, which manufactured and marketed trampolines. Nissen lived to see trampoline gymnastics become an Olympic event in 2000.
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’.