MILESTONES: August 28, birthdays for Shania Twain, Florence Welch, LeAnn Rimes
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include former baseball player RON GUIDRY, who was born in 1950; sportscaster and Olympic figure skater SCOTT HAMILTON, who was born in 1958; actor ARMIE HAMMER, who was born in 1986; former Canadian Prime Minister PAUL MARTIN, who was born in 1938; former baseball manager and former player LOU PINIELLA, who was born in 1943; actor JASON PRIESTLEY, who was born in 1969; singer and songwriter FLORENCE WELCH, who was born in 1986; baseball player CARLOS QUENTIN, who was born in 1982; singer LeANN RIMES, who was born in 1982; actress EMMA SAMMS, who was born in 1960; actor DAVID SOUL, who was born in 1946; actor DANIEL STERN, who was born in 1957; country singer SHANIA TWAIN, who was born in 1965; and actress QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS, who was born in 2003.
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THE FIRST RADIO COMMERCIAL WAS BROADCAST ON THIS DAY IN 1922. Broadcasters realized radio could earn profits from the sale of advertising time. WEAF in New York ran a commercial “spot,” which was sponsored by the Queensboro Realty Corporation of Jackson Heights to promote Hawthorne Court, a group of apartment buildings in Queens. The commercial rate was $100 for 10 minutes.
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’.