The best way to save face is to keep the bottom half shut.

The best way to save face is to keep the bottom half shutis my saying for today (August 21st)!

Quote of the day: "One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach." by Knute Rockne

Word of the day: boudeuse - noun: a sofa having two seats with a common backrest between them

August 21st is the 233rd day of the year (234th in a leap year) and there are 132 days left until the end of the year.

August 21st Worldwide holidays and observances:

Statehood Day (Hawaii)

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

Some other, Famous People who were born on August 21st!

1165, King Philip II of France (d. 1223)

1535, Japanese samurai and warlord, Shimazu Yoshihiro (d. 1619)

1567, Bishop of Geneva and saint, Francis de Sales (d. 1622)

1597, English antiquarian and royalist, Roger Twysden (d. 1672)

1643, King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)

1660, French scientist and civil engineer, Hubert Gautier (d. 1737)

1665, French-Italian astronomer, Giacomo F. Maraldi (d. 1729)

1670, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader, James FitzJames (d. 1734)

1725, French painter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (d. 1805)

1754, Scottish inventor, William Murdoch (d. 1839)

1754, British soldier and politician, Banastre Tarleton (d. 1833)

1765, William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)

1789, French mathematician, Augustin Louis Cauchy (d. 1857)

1798, French historian, Jules Michelet (d. 1874)

1800, American politician, Hiram Walden (d. 1880)

1801, Dutch politician, Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (d. 1876)

1813, Belgian chemist, Jean Stas (d. 1891)

1816, French chemist, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (d. 1856)

1826, German anatomist, Karl Gegenbaur (d. 1903)

1858, Crown Prince of Austria, Rudolf (d. 1889)

1869, Scottish/Australian poet, William Henry Ogilvie (d. 1963)

1872, English illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley (d. 1898)

1878, German football manager, Richard Girulatis (d. 1963)

1891, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, Emiliano Mercado del Toro (d. 2007)

1892, French actor and director, Charles Vanel (d. 1989)

1904, American bandleader, William "Count" Basie (d. 1984)

1906, American movie animator, Friz Freleng (d. 1995)

1908, British writer, M. M. Kaye (d. 2004)

1909, Russian mathematician, Nikolay Bogolyubov (d. 1992)

1912, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, Toe Blake (d. 1995)

1915, Danish singer, Raquel Rastenni (d. 1998)

1918, Canadian ice hockey player, Billy Reay (d. 2004)

1920, Inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, Christopher Robin Milne (d. 1996)

1924, American sports announcer, Jack Buck (d. 2002)

1924, American sports journalist, Chris Schenkel (d. 2005)

1924, American actor, Jack Weston (d. 1996)

1925, American professional wrestler, Judy Grable (d. 2008)

1925, French actor and director, Maurice Pialat (d. 2003)

1927, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), Thomas S. Monson

1928, American trumpet player, Art Farmer (d. 1999)

1928, American football player, Bud McFadin (d. 2006)

1929, American poet, X. J. Kennedy

1929, American comic book artist and colorist, Marie Severin

1930, Countess of Snowdon, Princess Margaret (d. 2002)

1930, American film director, Frank Perry (d. 1995)

1932, American actor and screenwriter, Melvin Van Peebles

1933, English mezzo-soprano, Janet Baker

1933, German mountaineer, Michael Dacher (d. 1994)

1934, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, Paul Panhuysen

1934, Indian politician, Sudhakarrao Naik ( d. 2001)

1936, American basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain (d. 1999)

1936, Painter of Figurative Art from Georgia, Radish Tordia

1937, American novelist, Robert Stone

1937, Gustavo Noboa, former President of Ecuador

1938, American singer and actor, Kenny Rogers

1939, American guitarist, James Burton

1939, Clarence Williams III, American actor

1939, President of Botswana, Festus Mogae

1943, American director, writer and actor, Hugh Wilson

1944, American singer, Jackie DeShannon

1944, Australian film director, Peter Weir

1944, Former prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie

1945, Baseball player, Jerry DaVanon

1945, American actress, Patty McCormack

1945, American film score composer, Basil Poledouris (d. 2006)

1949, American actress, Loretta Devine

1950, Swiss singer, Patrick Juvet

1950, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972, Arthur Bremer

1951, Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

1951, American medium, Char Margolis

1951, American television journalist, Harry Smith

1951, Canadian playwright, Margo Kane

1952, Canadian professional wrestler, Keith Hart

1952, British bassist and vocalist, Glenn Hughes

1952, Jirí Paroubek, former Czech prime minister

1952, British musician and singer, Joe Strummer (d. 2002)

1953, American writer, Ivan Stang

1954, Former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Archie Griffin

1954, American psychic, medium and television personality, Chip Coffey

1956, Kim Cattrall, English-born actress

1956, US Senator from Montana, John Tester

1959, American football player, Jim McMahon

1961, David Morales, American disc jockey

1961, American animator and cartoonist, Stephen Hillenburg

1961, Indian cricketer, V. B. Chandrasekhar

1962, Greek basketball player, John Korfas

1962, American actor, Jeff Stryker

1963, King Mohammed VI of Morocco

1963, American actor, Richmond Arquette

1964, American actress and model, Trinity Loren (d. 1998)

1965, American baseball player, Jim Bullinger

1965, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler, Caryn Mower

1966, Major League Baseball player, John Wetteland

1967, Canadian actress, Carrie-Anne Moss

1967, Armenian-born singer, Serj Tankian

1967, AFL footballer, Darren Bewick

1969, Canadian figure skater, Josée Chouinard

1970, American professional wrestler, Nathan Jones

1970, Dutch cyclist, Erik Dekker

1971, British musician, Liam Howlett

1971, Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese Soccer player

1971, Australian Rules Footballer, Robert Harvey

1973, Canadian hockey player, Steve McKenna

1973, Co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin

1973, Russian boxer, Nikolay Valuev

1975, American actress, Alicia Witt

1975, Australian cricketer, Simon Katich

1976, American hockey player, Alex Brooks

1976, Jamaican American soccer player, Jeff Cunningham

1976, Puerto Rican baseball player, Ramón Vázquez

1976, Greek singer, Nikos Vertis

1978, English rugby union player, Peter Buxton

1978, Indian Actress, Bhumika Chawla

1978, American football player, Reuben Droughns

1978, American baseball player, Lee Gronkiewicz

1978, Irish footballer, Alan Lee

1978, American baseball player, Jason Marquis

1979, American singer, Kelis Rogers-Jones

1980, American race car driver, Burney Lamar

1980, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver, Paul Menard

1981, Reggae & Dancehall artist, Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper)

1981, Greek basketball player, Andreas Glyniadakis

1981, Australian Golfer, Jarrod Lyle

1983, American professional BMX rider, Josh Harrington

1983, British TV personality, Chantelle Houghton

1983, American actor, Brody Jenner

1983, Australian footballer, Scott McDonald

1984, South African cricketer, Neil Dexter

1984, French singer, Alizée Jacotey

1984, American actress, Melissa Schuman

1984, American baseball player, B.J. Upton

1985, French singer, Melissa M

1985, American strongman, Kevin Nee

1986, Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt

1986, Dutch international footballer, Wout Brama

1987, Korean actor and singer, Kim Kibum

1988, English singer-songwriter, Louise Setara

1988, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5), Paris Bennett

1989, American actress, model and singer, Hayden Panettiere

1989, English snooker player, Judd Trump

1990, American comedic singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity, Bo Burnham

1990, German rugby player, Fabian Heimpel

1992, English songwriter and actor, Brad Kavanagh

1996, American singer and actress, Jamia Simone Nash

Famous People who died on August 21st!

1157, King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)

1153, French theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090)

1271, Son of Louis VIII of France, Alphonse of Toulouse (b. 1220)

1581, Japanese retainer and samurai, Sakuma Nobumori (b. 1527)

1614, The world's most prolific female serial killer, Elizabeth Báthory (b. 1560)

1627, French composer, Jacques Mauduit (b. 1557)

1673, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier, Henry Grey

1689, Scottish poet and soldier, William Cleland

1762, English writer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (b. 1689)

1763, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman, Charles Wyndham (b. 1710)

1796, American physician and President of Delaware, John McKinly (b. 1721)

1814, American physicist and inventor, Benjamin Thompson (b. 1753)

1836, French physicist, Claude-Louis Navier (b. 1785)

1838, German writer, Adelbert von Chamisso (b. 1781)

1854, American lawyer and politician, Thomas Clayton (b. 1777)

1870, Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China, Ma Xinyi (b. 1821)

1926, First king of Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck (b.1862)

1935, English tennis player, Double winner of Wimbledon, John Hartley (b. 1849)

1940, Russian revolutionary, Leon Trotsky (b. 1879)

1940, American poet, Ernest Lawrence Thayer (b. 1863)

1940, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Hermann Obrecht (b. 1882)

1943, Danish writer, Nobel Prize, Henrik Pontoppidan (b. 1857)

1947, Italian automobile manufacturer, Ettore Bugatti (b. 1881)

1951, British composer and conductor, Constant Lambert (b. 1905)

1957, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (b. 1888)

1957, Professional hockey player, Nels Stewart (b. 1902)

1960, American civil engineer and bridge designer, David Barnard Steinman (b. 1886)

1964, Italian communist leader, Palmiro Togliatti (b. 1893)

1971, American prisoner, Soledad Brother, Black Panther, George Jackson (b. 1941)

1978, American designer and architect, Charles Eames (b. 1907)

1979, Italian footballer, Giuseppe Meazza (b. 1910)

1981, The last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Michael Devine (b. 1954)

1982, King of Swaziland, Sobhuza II (b. 1899)

1983, Philippine opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, Jr. (b. 1932)

1988, American designer, artist and architect, Ray Eames (b. 1912)

1989, Brazilian singer, Raul Seixas (b. 1945)

1992, Canadian magician, Dai Vernon (b. 1894)

1995, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (b. 1910)

1997, Russian clown and actor, Yuri Nikulin (b. 1921)

2000, Prime Minister of Zambia, Daniel Lisulo (b. 1930)

2000, Artist and singer, Tomata du Plenty. (b. 1948)

2000, Polish mountaineer, Andrzej Zawada (b. 1928)

2001, Canadian hockey player, Calum MacKay (b. 1927)

2003, English philosopher and aid worker, Kathy Wilkes (b. 1946)

2003, American musician, Wesley Willis (b. 1963)

2005, Austrian mountaineer, Marcus Schmuck (b. 1925)

2005, American pioneer of electronic music, Robert Moog (b. 1934)

2005, Israeli poet, Dahlia Ravikovitch (b. 1936)

2005, Tenor, American opera singer, Martin Dillon (b. 1957)

2006, Dutch businessman and philanthropist, Paul Fentener van Vlissingen (b. 1941)

2006, Indian musician, Ustad Bismillah Khan (b. 1916)

2006, Israeli author, S. Yizhar (aka Yizhar Smilansky) (b. 1916)

2007, British/Irish writer, Siobhan Dowd (b. 1960)

2007, American Brigadier General, Elizabeth P. Hoisington (b. 1918)

2007, American actress, Haley Paige (b. 1981)

2008, American record producer, Jerry Finn (b. 1969)

2009, Singaporean author, Rex Shelley (b. 1930)

2009, Australian musician, Dean Turner (b. 1972)

2010, Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean writer (b. 1941)