MILESTONES: September 4, birthdays for Beyoncé, Max Greenfield, Damon Wayans
NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include actor Damon Wayans, who was born in 1960; actor Wes Bentley, who was born in 1978; golfer Tom Watson, who was born in 1949; singer, dancer and actress Mitzi Gaynor, who was born in 1931; actress Ione Skye, who was born in 1970; actor Max Greenfield, who was born in 1980; singer Mark Ronson, who was born in 1975; actress Judith Ivey, who was born in 1951; former baseball player Mike Piazza, who was born in 1968; and singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, who was born in 1981.
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LOS ANGELES WAS FOUNDED by Spanish decree on this day in 1781. It was originally called “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula,” which translates to the Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels. The original settlement consisted of 44 people recruited from Estado de Occidente in Mexico. The city was officially incorporated into the United States in 1850.
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’.