MILESTONES: February 28, birthdays for John Turturro, Bubba Smith, Bernadette Peters
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include architect Frank Gehry, who was born in 1929; actor Gavin McLeod, who was born in 1931; actor and director Tommy Tune, who was born in 1939; racing driver Mario Andretti, who was born in 1940; actress and dancer Kelly Bishop, who was born in 1944; football player and actor Bubba Smith, who was born in 1945; actress Bernadette Peters, who was born in 1948; actress Mercedes Ruehl, who was born in 1948; comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who was born in 1955; actor John Turturro, who was born in Brooklyn in 1957; actress Rae Dawn Chong, who was born in 1961; actor Robert Sean Leonard, who was born in 1969; Hockey Hall of Famer Eric Lindros, who was born in 1973; and actress Noureen DeWulf, who was born in 1984.
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THE WAR IS OVER, PART 1: The last episode of “M*A*S*H” was broadcast on this day in 1983. Based on a 1968 novel and Oscar-winning 1970 feature film, the show premiered in 1972 and became one of the most beloved and honored TV series of the 1970s. Concluding a run of 11 seasons and 255 episodes, the 2 1/2-hour finale was the most-watched TV show at that time, with 77 percent of all viewers —125 million people — glued to their sets.
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’.