Betty Crocker was a flour child. (August 13th)

Betty Crocker was a flour child.is my saying for today (August 13th)!

Quote of the day: "I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in the those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics" by Richard M Nixon

Word of the day: gunyah - noun: an aborginal hut in Australia

August 13th is the 225th day of the year (226th in a leap year) and there are 140 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Some other Famous People who were born on August 13th!
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In 582, French bishop and saint, Arnulf of Metz (d. 640)

In 1311,In King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)

In 1584, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Theophilus Howard (d. 1640)

In 1625, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist, Rasmus Bartholin (d. 1698)

In 1662, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Charles Seymour (d. 1748)

In 1666, English scholar, William Wotton (d. 1727)

In 1700, German statesman, Heinrich, count von Brühl (d. 1763)

In 1717, Prince of Conti, French military leader, Louis François I (d. 1776)

In 1752, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)

In 1764, French general, Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers (d. 1816)

In 1790, Australian explorer and politician, William Wentworth (d. 1872)

In 1792, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849)

In 1803, Russian philosopher and writer, Vladimir Odoevsky (d. 1869)

In 1814,, Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)

In 1818, American suffragette, Lucy Stone (d. 1893)

In 1819, Irish physicist, George Gabriel Stokes (d. 1903)

In 1820, English music historian, Sir George Grove (d. 1900)

In 1823, English-born historian and journalist, Goldwin Smith (d. 1910)

In 1841, Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)

In 1851, German-born educator, Felix Adler (d. 1933)

In 1860, American sharpshooter, Annie Oakley (d. 1926)

In 1866, Italian industrialist, Giovanni Agnelli (d. 1945)

In 1872, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Richard Willstätter (d. 1942)

In 1879, English composer, John Ireland (d. 1962)

In 1884, England cricketer, Harry Dean (d. 1957)

In 1887, American inventor and banker, Julius Freed (d. 1952)

In 1888, Scottish television pioneer, John Logie Baird (d. 1946)

In 1888, Russian-American sculptor, Gleb W. Derujinsky (d. 1975)

In 1889, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal, Camillien Houde (d. 1958)

In 1890, Danish Olympic champion fencer, Ellen Osiier (d. 1962)

In 1895, American actor, Bert Lahr (d. 1967)

In 1899, English film director, Alfred Hitchcock (d. 1980)

In 1902, German engineer and inventor, Felix Wankel (d. 1988)

In 1904, American actor, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (d. 1999)

In 1907, Scottish architect, Sir Basil Spence (d. 1976)

In 1908, American actor, Gene Raymond (d. 1998)

In 1911, Famous Advertiser, William Bernbach (d. 1982)

In 1912, American golfer, Ben Hogan (d. 1997)

In 1912, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Salvador Luria (d. 1991)

In 1913, English snooker player, Fred Davis (d. 1998)

In 1913, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus, Makarios III (d. 1977)

In 1914, Basque operetta singer, Luis Mariano (d. 1970)

In 1917, American baseball player, Sid Gordon (d. 1975)

In 1918, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Frederick Sanger

In 1919, American television evangelist, Rex Humbard (d. 2007)

In 1919, British jazz pianist, Sir George Shearing

In 1920, American actor, Neville Brand (d. 1992)

In 1926, Cuban revolutionary and politician, Fidel Castro

In 1929, American actor, Pat Harrington, Jr.

In 1930, American musician, Don Ho (d. 2007)

In 1930, English comedian, Bernard Manning (d. 2007)

In 1930, American baseball player, Wilmer David Mizell (d. 1999)

In 1933, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Joycelyn Elders

In 1935, American baseball player, Mudcat Grant

In 1935, British television entertainer, Rod Hull (d. 1999)

In 1938, American pop keyboardist, Dave "Baby" Cortez

In 1940, American basketball head coach, Bill Musselman (d. 2000)

In 1941, Canadian actress, Erin Fleming (d. 2003)

In 1943, English George Cross recipient, Michael Willetts (d. 1971)

In 1944, British athlete and racing driver, Divina Galica

In 1944, American actor, Kevin Tighe

In 1945, Swedish politician, Lars Engqvist

In 1945, England cricketer, Robin Jackman

In 1947, Canadian actor, John Stocker

In 1947, Swedish politician, Margareta Winberg

In 1948, American soprano, Kathleen Battle

In 1949, Canadian hockey player, Bobby Clarke

In 1949, Philippe Petit, French high wire artist

In 1951, American singer/songwriter, Dan Fogelberg (d. 2007)

In 1952, American photographer, Herb Ritts (d. 2004)

In 1952, American musician, Hughie Thomasson (d. 2007)

In 1954, Brazilian musician, Nico Assumpção (d. 2001)

In 1955, British racing driver, Keith Ahlers

In 1955, Japanese racing driver, Hideo Fukuyama

In 1955, English film director, Paul Greengrass

In 1958, Golfer, David Feherty

In 1958, Musician, Fergal Sharkey

In 1958, American Medal of Honor recipient, Randall Shughart (d. 1993)

In 1959, American actor, Danny Bonaduce

In 1959, American baseball player, Tom Niedenfuer

In 1959, England cricketer, Bruce French

In 1960, English darts player, Phil Taylor

In 1960, Japanese composer, Koji Kondo

In 1961, Greek basketball player, Christos Christodoulou

In 1961, American actress, Dawnn Lewis

In 1961, England cricketer, Neil Mallender

In 1961, English music writer and broadcaster, Stuart Maconie

In 1961, American novelist, Tom Perrotta

In 1961, Indian Actor, Producer Sunil Shetty

In 1962, Greek singer, Thanos Kalliris

In 1962, American actor, John Slattery

In 1963, Indian actress, Sridevi

In 1964, American baseball player, Jay Buhner

In 1964, American actor, Hank Cheyne

In 1965, American baseball player, Mark Lemke

In 1965, Japanese composer, Hayato Matsuo

In 1966, Canadian hockey player, Shayne Corson

In 1966, American screenwriter, Sean Hood

In 1967, Belgian writer, Amélie Nothomb

In 1967, American actress Quinn Cummings

In 1969, Japanese figure skater, Midori Ito

In 1970, American novelist, Will Clarke

In 1970, American football player, Elvis Grbac

In 1970, American professional wrestler, Matt Hyson

In 1970, English footballer, Alan Shearer

In 1971, German actor, Moritz Bleibtreu

In 1971, Quebec racing driver, Patrick Carpentier

In 1971, Salvadoran-born actor, Rolando Molina

In 1972, American entrepreneur, Kevin Plank

In 1972, Australian television presenter, John Safran

In 1973, American actress, Brittany Andrews

In 1973, American journalist, Molly Henneberg

In 1973, American drag racer and rodeo star, Eric Medlen (d. 2007)

In 1974, American baseball player, Jarrod Washburn

In 1974, American singer, Sam Endicott

In 1975, Pakistani cricketer, Shoaib Akhtar

In 1975, American actor, James Carpinello

In 1975, English snooker player, Joe Perry

In 1975, Canadian hockey player, Marty Turco

In 1976, Canadian actress, Jody Thompson

In 1977, Australian swimmer, Michael Klim

In 1979, Dominican baseball player, Román Colón

In 1979, American baseball player, Corey Patterson

In 1979, Japanese politician, Taizo Sugimura

In 1980, Greek figure skater, Panagiotis Markouizos

In 1982, American speed skater, Shani Davis

In 1983, Czech hockey player, Ales Hemsky

In 1983, Romanian/American actor, Sebastian Stan

In 1984, Croatian footballer, Niko Kranjcar

In 1984, American baseball player, Boone Logan

In 1985, German rugby player and coach, Gerrit van Look

In 1985, Slovenian cyclist, Grega Bole

In 2000, American child reporter, Piper Reese

Famous People who died on August 13th!

In 586, Consort of Clotaire I, Radegund

In 900, King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (b. 870)

In 1134, Consort of John II Comnenus, Piroska of Hungary (b. 1088)

In 1382, Consort of John I of Castile, Eleanor of Aragon (b. 1358)

In 1523, Flemish painter, Gerard David

In 1617, Swiss Protestant clergyman, Johann Jakob Grynaeus (b. 1540)

In 1667, Irish author and bishop, Jeremy Taylor (b. 1613)

In 1686, French historian, Louis Maimbourg (b. 1610)

In 1721, French bibliographer, Jacques Lelong (b. 1665)

In 1744, Dutch-born American politician and Mayor of New York City, John Cruger (b. 1678)

In 1749, German critic and poet, Johann Elias Schlegel (b. 1719)

In 1755, Italian composer, Francesco Durante (b. 1684)

In 1826, French physician, René Laënnec (b. 1781)

In 1863, French painter, Eugène Delacroix (b. 1798)

In 1865, Austro-Hungarian physician, Ignaz Semmelweis (b. 1818)

In 1910, English nurse, Florence Nightingale (b. 1820)

In 1912, French composer, Jules Massenet (b. 1842)

In 1917, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Eduard Buchner (b. 1860)

In 1937, Australian civil engineer, Arthur Plunkett (b. unknown)

In 1946, English writer, H. G. Wells (b. 1866)

In 1948, American actress, Elaine Hammerstein (b. 1897)

In 1958, German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne, Otto Witte (b. 1868)

In 1965, Japanese politician, Ikeda Hayato (b. 1899)

In 1982, American singer and songwriter, Joe Tex (b. 1933)

In 1984, Soviet-Armenian chess player, Tigran Petrosian (b. 1929)

In 1986, American make-up artist, Way Bandy (b. 1941)

In 1989, American race car driver, Tim Richmond (b. 1955)

In 1989, American politician, Larkin Smith (b. 1944)

In 1991, American designer (Barbie), Jack Ryan, (b. 1926)

In 1995, Czech writer, Jan Kresadlo (b. 1926)

In 1995, American baseball player,, Mickey Mantle (b. 1931)

In 1995, Mountain climber, Rob Slater (1960)

In 1996, Portuguese general and politician, António de Spínola (b. 1910)

In 1996, American pianist and composer, David Tudor (b. 1926)

In 1998, French-Italian singer and composer, Nino Ferrer (b. 1934)

In 1998, American novelist, Julien Green (b. 1900)

In 1998, American serial killer, Waneta Hoyt (b. 1946)

In 1999, Colombian journalist and comedian, Jaime Garzón (b. 1960)

In 2000, Pakistani pop singer, Nazia Hassan (b. 1965)

In 2001, Austrian race car driver, Otto Stuppacher (b. 1947)

In 2003, American songwriter and producer, Ed Townsend (b. 1929)

In 2004, American chef and television personality, Julia Child (b. 1912)

In 2005, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand, David Lange (b. 1942)

In 2006, English actor, Tony Jay (b. 1933)

In 2006, Swedish vocalist, Jon Nödtveidt (b. 1975)

In 2006, Thai Olympic boxer, Payao Poontarat (b. 1957)

In 2007, American professional wrestler, Brian Adams (b. 1964)

In 2007, American philanthropist, Brooke Astor (b. 1902)

In 2007, Japanese supercentenarian, Yone Minagawa (b. 1893)

In 2007, American baseball player and sportscaster, Phil Rizzuto (b. 1917)

In 2008, American political figure, Bill Gwatney (b. 1959)

In 2008, American Formula-1 engineer, Dino Toso (b. 1969)

In 2008, American businessman, Jack Weil (b. 1901)

In 2008, American tallest woman in the world, Sandy Allen (b. 1955)

In 2008, French mathematician, Henri Cartan (b. 1904)

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!
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