1999

Actor Keanu Reeves, who brought laid-back charisma to
blockbusters like "Speed" and "The Matrix", is 61 years
old today.

       
CANILLE BOHANNON

                 
CAMILLE BOHANNON

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish
singer-songwriter and musician whose recording
career started in the 1960s. He is 80 today.

The group scored its first No. 1 single in 1969, with “I Want You
Back.” By age 11, Jackson was appearing on TV, and by age 14
he had released his first solo album.

On August 27, 1908, future President Lyndon Baines Johnson 
was born on a farm near Stonewall, Texas. The outspoken
Johnson grew up in an impoverished rural area and worked
his way through a teachers’ training college before entering
politics.