This Week's Birthdays

December 27, 1943 – Cokie Roberts, American journalist

December 28, 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)

December 29, 1808 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)

December 30, 1957 – Matt Lauer, American newscaster

December 31, 1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)

January 1, 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor

January 2, 1940 – Jim Bakker, American televangelist