MILESTONES: October 9 birthdays for Bella Hadid, Tony Shalhoub, Sean Lennon
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Henry V” star Brian Blessed, who was born in 1936; former N.Y. Yankees first baseman Joe Pepitone, who was born in Brooklyn in 1940; singer-songwriter Nona Hendryx, who was born in 1944; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne, who was born in 1948; TV personality Sharon Osbourne, who was born in 1952; “Monk” star Tony Shalhoub, who was born in 1953; “Quantum Leap” star Scott Bakula, who was born in 1954; “Seinfeld” star John O’Hurley, who was born in 1954; “Little House on the Prairie” star Linwood Boomer, who was born in 1955; Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Singletary, who was born in 1958; Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who was born in 1964; singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, who was born in 1975; and model Bella Hadid, who was born in 1996.
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GREEN DAY: The first PGA championship began on this day in 1916 at the Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y. The trophy and the lion’s share of the $2,580 purse were won by British golfer Jim Barnes. Barnes also won the second competition — not held until 1919 because of World War I. In 1921, co-founder Walter Hagen became the first American to win, a feat he accomplished four more times , from 1924-27.
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’.