MILESTONES: April 15 birthdays for Dara Torres, Maisie Williams, Emma Watson
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include Rockpile founder Dave Edmunds, who was born in 1944; screenwriter and producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who was born in 1947; former Bond girl Lois Chiles, who was born in 1947; UFO singer Phil Mogg, who was born in 1948; advice columnist Heloise, who was born in 1951; track and field star and Olympic gold medalist Evelyn Ashford, who was born in 1957; Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, who was born in 1959; swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres, who was born in 1967; former New York Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn, who was born in 1971; actor and producer Seth Rogen, who was born in 1982; “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson, who was born in 1990; and “Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams, who was born in 1997.
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NOW SERVING NUMBER 65: The first franchised McDonald’s opened on this day in 1955. Ray Kroc, who had gotten the idea from a California hamburger joint run by the McDonald brothers, sold burgers for 15 cents at the new Des Plaines, Illinois, establishment. The Big Mac was introduced in 1968 and the Quarter Pounder came along in 1971. Today there are 38,000 McDonald’s locations in 120 countries.
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’.