MILESTONES: October 21 birthdays for Kim Kardashian, Joyce Randolph, Judge Judy
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “The Honeymooners” star Joyce Randolph, who was born in 1924; guitarist and singer Manfred Mann, who was born in 1940; U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer and N.Y Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello, who was born in 1942; judge and TV host Judy Sheindlin, who was born in Brooklyn in 1942; former N.Y. Rangers coach Mike Keenan, who was born in 1949; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was born in 1949; Go-Go’s guitarist Charlotte Caffey, who was born in 1953; Toto co-founder Steve Lukather, who was born in 1957; former N.Y. Jets linebacker Mo Lewis, who was born in 1969; “Growing Pains” star Jeremy Miller, who was born in 1976; TV personality Kim Kardashian, who was born in 1980; six-time baseball All-Star Zack Greinke, who was born in 1983; and Phoenix Suns point guard Ricky Rubio, who was born in 1990.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT: On this day in 1879, Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated the first incandescent lamp that could be used economically for domestic purposes. This prototype, developed at Edison’s Menlo Park, N.J., laboratory, could burn for 13 1/2 hours.
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’.