MILESTONES: August 24, birthdays for Stephen Fry, Ava DuVernay, Marlee Matlin
Brooklyn Today
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include former boxer GERRY COONEY, who was born in 1956; U.S. Sen. BOB CORKER, who was born in 1952; director and producer AVA DuVERNAY, who was born in 1972; actor and novelist STEPEHEN FRY, who was born in 1957; baseball player RAFAEL FURCAL, who was born in 1978; author JOHN GREEN, who was born in 1977; actor RUPERT GRINT, who was born in 1988; actor STEVE GUTTENBERG, who was born in Brooklyn in 1958; TV host and former Arkansas Gov. MIKE HUCKABEE, who was born in 1955; TV personality CRAIG KILBORN, who was born in 1962; U.S. Sen. JOE MANCHIN III, who was born in 1947; Oscar Award-winning actress MARLEE MATLIN, who was born in 1965; author ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH, who was born in 1948; Hall of Fame basketball player REGGIE MILLER, who was born in 1965; actor CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, who was born in 1981; actor ALEX O’LOUGHLIN, who was born in 1976; actor MICHAEL RICHARDS, who was born in 1950; Hall of Fame baseball player CAL RIPKEN JR., who was born in 1960; and composer MASON WILLIAMS, who was born in 1938.
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