MILESTONES: August 15, birthdays for Ben Affleck, Debra Messing, Jennifer Lawrence
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 227th day of the year.
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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Oscar Award-winning screenwriter, director and actor BEN AFFLECK, who was born in 1972; actor, writer and producer ANTHONY ANDERSON, who was born in 1970; PRINCESS ANNE OF THE U.K., who was born in 1950; U.S. Associate Justice STEPHEN G. BREYER, who was born in 1938; journalist LINDA ELLERBEE, who was born in 1944; Oscar Award-winning director and screenwriter ALEJANDRO INARRITU, who was born in 1963; actor ZELJKO IVANEK, who was born in 1957; singer JOE JONAS, who was born in 1989; civil rights leader VERNON JORDAN JR., who was born in 1935; Oscar Award-winning actress JENNIFER LAWRENCE, who was born in 1990; actress DEBRA MESSING, who was born in Brooklyn in 1968; and Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist KERRI WALSH, who was born in 1978.