Cosmetology students take makeup exams.

Cosmetology students take makeup exams.is my saying for today (August 16th)!

Quote of the day: "Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people think they are doing something very clever when they are wasting their time" by George Bernard Shaw

Word of the day: syndet - noun: a synthetic detergent

Today's GIF

"Self Defense GIF"

August 16th is the 228th day of the year (229th in a leap year) and there are 137 days left until the end of the year.

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!

Famous People That Were Born On August 16th

1355, Countess of Ulster, Philippa Plantagenet (d. 1382)

1378, Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)

1401, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France, Jacqueline (d. 1436)

1557, Italian artist, Agostino Carracci (d. 1602)

1573, Queen Anna of Austriax (d. 1598)

1596, Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)

1637, German countess and poet, Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1706)

1645, French writer, Jean de La Bruyère (d. 1696)

1650, Italian cartographer and encylopedist, Vincenzo Coronelli (d. 1718)

1682, Duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne, Louis (d. 1712)

1761, Russian composer, Yevstigney Fomin (d. 1800)

1815, Italian priest and educator, John Bosco (d. 1888)

1820, Canadian politician, Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (d. 1892)

1831, Quebec politician, John Jones Ross (d. 1901)

1832, German psychologist, Wilhelm Wundt (d. 1920)

1842, German mathematician, Jakob Rosanes (d. 1922)

1845, French physicist, Nobel laureate, Gabriel Lippmann (d. 1921)

1856, Uruguayan politician and military leader, Aparicio Saravia (d. 1904)

1858, German writer, Arthur Achleitner (d. 1927)

1860, French poet, Jules Laforgue (d. 1887)

1860, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer, Martin Hawke (d. 1938)

1862, American coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg (d. 1965)

1868, American publisher, Bernarr McFadden (d. 1955)

1876, Russian illustrator, Ivan Bilibin (d. 1942)

1876, American academic, Julian Ashby Burruss (d. 1947)

1882, Danish-American supercentenarian, Christian Mortensen (d. 1998)

1884, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher, Hugo Gernsback (d. 1967)

1884, German field marshal, Walther von Reichenau (d. 1942)

1888, English writer and soldier, T. E. Lawrence (d. 1935)

1888, American musician, Armand J. Piron (d. 1943)

1892, American cartoonist, Otto Messmer (d. 1983)

1894, American labor union leader, George Meany (d. 1980)

1895, Swiss novelist, Albert Cohen (d. 1981)

1895, Austrian actress, Liane Haid (d. 2000)

1902, English novelist, Georgette Heyer (d. 1974)

1904, American chemist, Nobel laureate, Wendell Meredith Stanley (d. 1971)

1908, American novelist and editor, William Maxwell (d. 2000)

1908, American classical cellist and educator, Orlando Cole (d. 2010)

1911, German economist and statistician, E. F. Schumacher (d. 1977)

1912, English footballer, Ted Drake (d. 1995)

1913, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate, Menachem Begin (d. 1992)

1915, American singer, Al Hibbler (d. 2001)

1916, American race car driver, Iggy Katona (d. 2003)

1920, American poet, Charles Bukowski (d. 1994)

1922, American pianist and arranger, Ernie Freeman (d. 2001)

1923, Brazilian playwright, Millôr Fernandes

1924, American actor, Fess Parker (d. 2010)

1924, American female baseball player, Inez Voyce

1925, American baseball player, Willie Jones (d. 1983)

1928, American actress, Ann Blyth

1929, American jazz pianist, Bill Evans (d. 1980)

1929, German footballer, Helmut Rahn (d. 2003)

1929, American civil rights activist, Wyatt Tee Walker

1929, American professional wrestler, Fritz Von Erich (d. 1997)

1930, American actor, Robert Culp (d. 2010)

1930, American football player and announcer, Frank Gifford

1930, American former tennis player, Tony Trabert

1931, American singer, Eydie Gormé

1933, American actress, Julie Newmar

1933, American astronaut, Stuart Roosa (d. 1994)

1934, British author, Diana Wynne Jones

1934, American singer, Ketty Lester

1934, French actor, Pierre Richard

1935, Greek footballer and coach, Andreas Stamatiadis

1935, Canadian National Hockey League executive, Cliff Fletcher

1937, Canadian politician, David Anderson

1939, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader, Sir Trevor Mcdonald

1939, Cardinal-Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Seán Brady

1940, Australian film director, Bruce Beresford

1940, English journalist and television presenter, John Craven

1941, Former Rwandan army officer,and alleged planner of the Rwandan Genocide, Théoneste Bagosora

1942, American singer and songwriter, Barbara George (d. 2006)

1943, American actress and tap dancer, Sharon Baird

1945, ballet dancer, Suzanne Farrell

1946, Iraqi Kurdish politician, Massoud Barzani

1946, American actress, Lesley Ann Warren

1946, American professional wrestler, Dick Murdoch (d. 1996)

1947, American politician and lawyer, Carol Moseley Braun

1947, English fashion designer, Katharine Hamnett

1947, Canadian actor, Marc Messier

1948, American baseball player, Mike Jorgensen

1948, Canadian politician and teacher, Pierre Reid

1948, Indian-born Dutch singer, Barry Hay

1949, American musician, Scott Asheton

1949, American voice actress, Barbara Goodson

1950, Trinidadian athlete, Hasely Crawford

1950, Iranian-born American actor, Marshall Manesh

1950, Canadian politician, Stockwell Day

1950, Australian cricketer, Jeff Thomson

1951, American puppeteer, Richard Hunt (d. 1992)

1951, Nigerian politician, Umaru Yar'Adua

1952, American actor, Reginald VelJohnson

1952, Sri Lankan cricketer, Mahes Goonatilleke

1953, American singer and actress, Kathie Lee Gifford

1953, American singer, James "J.T." Taylor

1954, British politician, George Galloway

1954, Canadian film director, James Cameron

1956, Belgian cyclist, Daniel Willems

1957, Australian musician, Tim Farriss

1957, Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer

1958, American actress, Angela Bassett

1958, Argentine tennis player, José Luis Clerc

1958, Swiss-born Italian rugby player and coach, Oscar Collodo

1958, American anthropologist, Michael Harkin

1958, American singer and actress, Madonna

1959, American actress, Laura Innes

1959, Belgian cyclist, Marc Sergeant

1960, American actor, Timothy Hutton

1961, American football player, Christian Okoye

1961, Swedish singer, Michaela Dornonville de la Cour

1962, American actor and comedian, Steve Carell

1963, American voice actress, Christine Cavanaugh

1964, American tennis player, Jimmy Arias

1966, American choreographer, musician and actor, Barry Lather

1967, Swedish television personality, Ulrika Jonsson

1967, American convicted murderess, Pamela Smart

1968, Slovenian alpine skier, Mateja Svet

1969, American voice actor, Andy Milder

1970, American sportscaster, Bonnie Bernstein

1970, Italian cyclist, Fabio Casartelli (d. 1995)

1970, American rapper, Killah Priest

1970, Nepalese Bollywood actress, Manisha Koirala

1970, Indian actor, Saif Ali Khan

1971, American Greco-Roman wrestler, Rulon Gardner

1971, German footballer, Stefan Klos

1972, Australian footballer, Stan Lazaridis

1972, American country singer, Emily Robison

1972, Scottish comedian, Frankie Boyle

1972, Canadian television and radio personality, George Stroumboulopoulos

1973, American baseball player, Damian Jackson

1974, Venezuelan baseball player, Roger Cedeño

1974, Guyanese cricketer, Shivnarine Chanderpaul

1974, Hungarian swimmer, Krisztina Egerszegi

1974, Ecuadorian footballer, Iván Hurtado

1975, French footballer, Didier Agathe

1975, Greek footballer, Pantelis Konstantinidis

1975, American actor, George Stults

1976, Finnish footballer, Jonatan Johansson

1976, Finnish discus thrower, Tiina Kankaanpää

1976, American concert producer, Dave Ockun

1977, Egyptian singer/actor, Tamer Hosny

1978, Chinese female diver, Fu Mingxia

1978, British children's tv presenter, Thalia Pellegrini

1978, American basketball player, Eddie Gill

1979, Belgian athlete, Monder Rizki

1979, Scottish football player, Paul Gallacher

1980, American singer/songwriter, Vanessa Carlton

1980, Brazilian footballer, Emerson

1980, English musician (Franz Ferdinand), Robert Hardy

1980, Dutch professional bicyclist, Piet Rooijakkers

1981, Paraguayan footballer, Roque Santa Cruz

1981, American actress, Taylor Rain

1982, American actor, Cam Gigandet

1982, English footballer, Joleon Lescott

1983, American football player, Colt Brennan

1983, English TV presenter and DJ, Colin Griffiths

1983, Greek basketball player, Nikos Zisis

1984, American basketball player, Candice Dupree

1985, American actress, Agnes Bruckner

1986, Japanese baseball player, Yu Darvish

1986, American actor, Shawn Pyfrom

1987, Canadian Hockey Player, Carey Price

1987, Australian footballer, Evan Berger

1987, Australian actor, Kyal Marsh

1988, American actor, Kevin Schmidt

1988, American actress, Rumer Willis

1991, Irish actress, Evanna Lynch

1991, Canadian actress, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

1991, Hong Kong singer, G.E.M.

Famous People who died on August 16th!

1027, King of Georgia, Giorgi I (b. 998)

1297, John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)

1327, French saint, Roch (b. 1295)

1358, Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)

1419, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)

1443, Japanese shogun, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (b. 1434)

1445, Consort of Louis XI, Margaret of Scotland (b. 1424)

1518, French composer, Loyset Compère (b. circa 1445)

1532, John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)

1661, English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller (b. 1608)

1678, English poet, Andrew Marvell (b. 1621)

1705, Swiss mathematician and scientist, Jakob Bernoulli (b. 1654)

1733, English deist, Matthew Tindal (b. 1657)

1791, Marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat, Charles-François de Broglie (b. 1719)

1836, French mathematician, Marc-Antoine Parseval (b. 1755)

1855, British publisher, Henry Colburn (b. ?)

1886, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna (b. 1836)

1888, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola, John Pemberton (b. 1831)

1893, French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot (b. 1825)

1899, German chemist, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (b. 1811)

1900, Portuguese writer, Eça de Queiroz (b. 1845)

1907, Scottish geologist, James Hector (b. 1834)

1921, King Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

1938, American blues singer and guitarist, Robert Johnson (b. 1911)

1938, Slovak politician and priest, Andrej Hlinka (b. 1864)

1948, American baseball player, Babe Ruth (b. 1895)

1949, American novelist, Margaret Mitchell (b. 1900)

1951, French actor and producer, Louis Jouvet (b. 1887)

1952, American painter, Lydia Field Emmet (b. 1866)

1956, Hungarian actor, Bela Lugosi (b. 1882)

1957, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Irving Langmuir (b. 1881)

1959, American Navy Admiral, William Halsey Jr. (b. 1882)

1959, Polish harpsichordist, Wanda Landowska (b. 1879)

1961, Indian educator and linguist, Father of Modern Urdu, Maulvi Abdul Haq (b. 1870)

1971, Greek-born American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox, Spyros Skouras (b. 1893)

1972, French actor, Pierre Brasseur (b. 1905)

1973, Ukrainian-born American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Selman Waksman (b. 1888)

1975, Ukrainian-born Soviet distance runner, Vladimir Kuts (b. 1927)

1977, American singer, actor, and guitarist, Elvis Presley (b.1935)

1978, Dutch lawyer and politician, Alidius Stachouwer (b. 1888)

1979, Canadian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker (b. 1895)

1983, American baseball player, Earl Averill (b. 1902)

1986, Bolivian poet and novelist, and short story writer, Jaime Saenz (b. 1921)

1989, American actress, Amanda Blake (b. 1929)

1990, New Zealand professional wrestler, Pat O'Connor (b. 1925)

1991, Italian film director, Luigi Zampa (b. 1905)

1992, American singer-songwriter, Mark Heard (b. 1951)

1993, British film actor, Stewart Granger (b. 1913)

1995, American radio personality, J.P. McCarthy (b. 1933)

1997, Pakistani musician & singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (b. 1948)

1997, Irish playwright and actor, Gerard McLarnon (b. 1915)

1999, American country musician and songwriter, Pee Wee King (b. 1914)

2002, American actor, Jeff Corey (b. 1914)

2002, Palestinian political leader, Abu Nidal (b. 1937)

2002, American baseball player and coach, John Roseboro (b. 1933)

2003, Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin (b. 1928)

2004, Czech hockey coach, Ivan Hlinka (b. 1950)

2004, American photographer, Carl Mydans (b. 1907)

2004, American boxer, Robert Quiroga (b. 1969)

2005, American animator, Joe Ranft (b. 1960)

2005, Swiss monk and mystic, Frère Roger (b. 1915)

2005, American musician, Vassar Clements (b. 1928)

2005, English children's author, William Corlett (b. 1938)

2005, Greek singer, Vicky Moscholiou (b. 1943)

2005, Italian cinematographer, Tonino Delli Colli (b. 1922)

2006, Australian playwright and author, Alex Buzo (b. 1944)

2006, American pilot, Herschel Green (b. 1920)

2006, Swedish musician, Jon Nödtveidt (b. 1975)

2006, Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner (b. 1912)

2007, American percussionist, Drummer, and composer, Max Roach (b. 1924)

2007, Iranian politician, Bahaedin Adab (b. 1945)

2007, Canadian professional wrestler, Dewey Robertson (b. 1939)

2008, Irish singer, Ronnie Drew (b. 1934)

2008, Brazilian singer and songwriter, Dorival Caymmi (b. 1914)

2008, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist, Elena Leusteanu (b. 1935)

2008, Japanese sustainable farmer and author, Masanobu Fukuoka (b. 1913)

2010, American baseball player, Bobby Thomson updated by BrianMc