Brockton, MA

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Brockton, MA

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.brockton.ma.us/

Population:
94304 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1821

County:
Plymouth County

Formerly part of Bridgewater, incorporated 1881.

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kristian Alfonso Actor 5-Sep-1964 Days of Our Lives

Andrew Card Government 10-May-1947 White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06

Al Davis Football 4-Jul-1929 Owner of the Oakland Raiders

Shawn Fanning Computer Programmer 22-Nov-1980 Founded the Napster mp3 free-for-all

Marvin Hagler Boxing 23-May-1954 Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy

George V. Higgins Novelist 13-Nov-1939 6-Nov-1999 The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Rocky Marciano Boxing 1-Sep-1924 31-Aug-1969 Undefeated heavyweight

Charles W. Socarides Activist 24-Jan-1922 25-Dec-2005 Deprogrammer of homosexuals

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