MILESTONES: June 12 birthdays for Adriana Lima, Hideki Matsui, Kerry Kittles
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “It’s a Small World (After All)” composer Richard M. Sherman, who was born in 1928; broadcaster and Basketball Hall of Famer Marv Albert, who was born in 1941; jazz fusion pioneer Chick Corea, who was born in 1941; “Sesame Street” star Sonia Manzano, who was born in 1950; “thirtysomething” star Timothy Busfield, who was born in 1957; “The Kids in the Hall” star Scott Thompson, who was born in 1959; psychologist and cultural critic Jordan Peterson, who was born in 1962; former Nets shooting guard Kerry Kittles, who was born in 1974; former Yankee and 2009 World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, who was born in 1974; 2004 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Antawn Jamison, who was born in 1976; former NFL tight end and Super Bowl champion Dallas Clark, who was born in 1979; and actress and supermodel Adriana Lima, who was born in 1981.
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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y., on this day in 1939. More than 200 individuals have been honored for their contributions to the game by induction in the hall. The first players chosen for membership were Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson. Relics and memorabilia from the history of baseball are housed at this shrine of America’s national sport.
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’.