MILESTONES: March 23, birthdays for Kyrie Irving, Chaka Khan, Keri Russell
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include football player and broadcaster Ron Jaworski, who was born in 1951; author Kim Stanley Robinson, who was born in 1952; former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was born in 1952; musician Chaka Khan, who was born in 1953; fashion designer Kenneth Cole, who was born in 1954; actress Amanda Plummer, who was born in 1957; actress Hope Davis, who was born in 1964; basketball player and coach Jason Kidd, who was born in 1973; actress Michelle Monaghan, who was born in 1976; actress Keri Russell, who was born in 1976; football player Brandon Marshall, who was born in 1984; baseball player Dellin Betances, who was born in 1988; author and TV personality Ayesha Curry, who was born in 1989; and basketball player Kyrie Irving, who was born in 1992.
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IT’S ALL GOOD: The Boston Morning Post printed the first known “ok” on this day in 1839. It derived from a jovial misspelling of “all correct”: “oll korrect.” Etymologist Allen Reed doggedly tracked down the word’s origin in the 1960s. “OK” is now used in most languages.
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’.