MILESTONES: November 1, birthdays for Tim Cook, Jenny McCarthy, Gary Player
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor Penn Badgley, who was born in 1986; actress Toni Collette, who was born in 1972; Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was born in 1960; publisher Larry Flynt, who was born in 1942; singer Lyle Lovett, who was born in 1957; model, actress and activist Jenny McCarthy, who was born in 1972; former golfer Gary Jim Player, who was born in 1935; actress and Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS Aishwarya Rai, who was born in 1973; actress Rachel Ticotin, who was born in 1958; and former baseball player Fernando Anguamea Valenzuela, who was born in 1960.
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THE HOCKEY MASK WAS INVENTED ON THIS DAY IN 1959. Tired of stopping hockey pucks with his face, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante, having received another wound, re-emerged from the locker room with seven new stitches and a face mask he had made from fiberglass and resin. Cliff Benedict had tried a leather mask back in the ’20s, but the idea didn’t catch on until Plante wore his. Soon after, goalies throughout the NHL began wearing protective plastic face shields.
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’.