MILESTONES: December 10 birthdays for Emmanuelle Chriqui, Raven-Symone, Kenneth Branagh
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Basketball Hall of Fame referee Dick Bavetta, who was born in Brooklyn in 1939; “Lost” star Fionnula Flanagan, who was born in 1941; “The Partridge Family” star Susan Dey, who was born in 1952; Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, who was born in 1959; “Wallander” star Kenneth Branagh, who was born in 1960; “Fame” star Nia Peeples, who was born in 1961; celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who was born in 1964; Dinosaur Jr. singer J Mascis, who was born in 1965; White Stripes drummer Meg White, who was born in 1974; “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” star Emmanuelle Chriqui, who was born in 1975; former N.Y. Jets running back Matt Forte, who was born in 1985; and “That’s So Raven” star Raven-Symone, who was born in 1985.
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SPEAKING VOLUMES: The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published on this day in 1768. The prestigious general encyclopedia was published in three volumes in Edinburg, Scotland, by printer Colin Macfarquhar and engraver Andrew Bell. The publisher was identified as “A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland.”
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’.