MILESTONES: February 7, birthdays for Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Juwan Howard
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor and comedian Chris Rock, who was born in 1965; journalist, human rights activist and politician Tawakkol Karman, who was born in 1979; singer-songwriter Garth Brooks, who was born in 1962; actor, producer and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher, who was born in 1978; comedian, actor and political activist Eddie Izzard, who was born in 1962; literary journalist Gay Talese, who was born in 1932; former basketball player Steve Nash, who was born in 1974; basketball coach and former player Juwan Howard, who was born in 1973; and actor James Spader, who was born in 1960.
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JOURNALIST-TURNED-AUTHOR Charles Dickens was born on this day in 1812. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian Era, Dickens is best known for authoring “Oliver Twist” (1837), “A Christmas Carol” (1843) and “Great Expectations” (1861), although he first achieved literary fame through the 1836 serial publication of “The Pickwick Papers,” which was published when he was 24 and working in as a parliamentary secretary and freelance journalist. Dickens next became editor of literary magazine Bentley’s Miscellany, until he fell out with the owner and started writing “Oliver Twist.” Dickens died in 1870.
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’.