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
P. J. Crowley	Diplomat	28-Jul-1951		State Department Spokesman, 2009-11
Al Davis	Football	4-Jul-1929	8-Oct-2011	Owner of the Oakland Raiders
Shawn Fanning	Computer Programmer	22-Nov-1980		Founded the Napster mp3 free-for-all
Kenneth Feinberg	Government	23-Oct-1945		Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster
Marvin Hagler	Boxing	23-May-1954		Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy
Pooch Hall	Actor	8-Feb-1976		Derwin Davis on The Game
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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