Blacksheep Speaks

Famous Birthdays for 8/27

I really dropped the ball on this one, but I'm putting it up anyway. I'll be doing the other two in a few minutes, too. Sorry for the delay....had some serious computer issues yeaterday and when things were back up and running....(drum roll)....I forgot.

1770 Georg Wilhelm F Hegel German philosopher/inventor (dialectic). 1809 Hannibal Hamlin (R) 15th VP (1861-65). 1865 Charles Gates Dawes (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925). 1871 Theodore Dreiser US, novelist (Sister Carrie, American Tragedy). 1882 Samuel Goldwyn pioneer film maker/producer (MGM). 1886 Eric Coates Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, composer. 1894 Charles Meredith Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort). 1899 C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. 1905 Frederick O'Neal Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You). 1908 Frank Leahy O'Neill Nebraska, football coach (Notre Dame). 1908 Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th Pres (1963-1969). 1908 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show). 1910 Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979). 1915 Walter W Heller economist (Old Myths & New Realities). 1927 Liselott Linsenhoff German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972). 1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952). 1929 Ira Levin author (Rosemary's Baby, Sleuth, This Perfect Day). 1932 Antonia Fraser biographer (Mary Queen of Scots). 1937 Tommy Sands singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me). 1941 Yuri V Malyshev cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11). 1942 Daryl Dragon Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille). 1943 Susan "Tuesday" Weld NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country). 1949 Barbara Bach [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me). 1950 Charles Fleischer Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit). 1950 Cynthia Potter US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976). 1952 Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens, actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)/ 1954 John Lloyd tennis player (former husband of Chris Everet). 1955 Diana Scarwid actress (Extremities, Psycho 3, Strange Invaders, Heat). 1959 Gerhard Berger formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988). 1961 "Downtown" Julie Brown TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition).