This Week’s Birthdays

August 23, 1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (d. 1819)

August 24, 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress

August 25, 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host

August 26, 1960 – Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader

August 27, 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)

August 28, 1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer

August 29, 1958 – Michael Jackson, American entertainer and pop singer (d. 2009)