MILESTONES: September 1 birthdays for Zendaya, Padma Lakshmi, Gloria Estefan
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Grace and Frankie” star Lily Tomlin, who was born in 1939; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Barry Gibb (Bee Gees), who was born in 1946; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Greg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone), who was born in 1948; TV personality and author Phil McGraw, who was born in 1950; two-time NBA champion Vinnie Johnson, who was born in Brooklyn in 1956; Miami Sound Machine singer Gloria Estefan, who was born in 1957; five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway, who was born in 1966; “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi, who was born in 1970; Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor, who was born in 1974; “Felicity” star Scott Speedman, who was born in 1975; former N.Y. Ranger Mats Zuccarello, who was born in 1987; Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell, who was born in 1994; and “Spider-Man” star Zendaya, who was born in 1996.
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FISH STORY: “The Old Man and the Sea” was published on this day in 1952. Ernest Hemingway’s novel about a Cuban fisherman’s battle with a giant marlin won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
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’.