Just when you think you've won the race, along come faster rats.is my saying for today (August 25th)!
Quote of the day: "
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." by J. Paul Getty
Grandparent's quote/image of the day is
Grandma QuoteWord of the day:
hyposmia - noun: impaired sense of smell
August 25th is the 237th day of the year (238th in a leap year) and there are 128 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!
Some other,
Famous People who were born on August 25th!1530, Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1561, Dutch astronomer, Philippe van Lansberge (d. 1632)
1624, French confessor of Louis XIV of France, François de la Chaise (d. 1709)
1662, American educator, John Leverett the Younger (d. 1724)
1707, King Louis I of Spain, (d. 1724)
1719, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (d. 1795)
1724, British painter, George Stubbs (d. 1806)
1741, German theologian, Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (d. 1792)
1744, German writer, Johann Gottfried Herder (d. 1803)
1767, French revolutionary and writer, Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just (d. 1794)
1786, King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796, American land baron, James Lick (d. 1876)
1802, Austrian poet, Nikolaus Lenau (d. 1850)
1803, The Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (d. 1880)
1829, Italian composer and concert pianist, Carlo Acton (d. 1909)
1836, American writer, Bret Harte (d. 1902)
1841, Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate, Emil Theodor Kocher (d. 1917)
1845, King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1867, American jurist and diplomat, James W. Gerard (d. 1951)
1868, Greek shooter, Nikolaos Levidis
1882, Irish politician, Seán T. O'Kelly (d. 1966)
1891, Russian-born Israeli poet and writer, David Shimoni (d. 1956)
1893, American dental researcher, Henry Trendley Dean (d. 1962)
1898, German mathematician, Helmut Hasse (d. 1975)
1898, England cricketer, Arthur Wood (d. 1973)
1900, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate, Hans Adolf Krebs (d. 1981)
1902, German-born composer, Stefan Wolpe (d. 1972)
1903, American chess writer, Arpad Elo (d. 1992)
1905, Polish mystic, Faustina Kowalska (d. 1938)
1906, England cricketer, Jim Smith (d. 1979)
1909, English actor, Michael Rennie (d. 1971)
1910, Canadian singer and actress, Ruby Keeler (d. 1993)
1910, American painter, Dorothea Tanning
1910, American baseball player, George Cisar (d. 2010)
1911, Vietnamese general and statesman, Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)
1912, East German politician, Erich Honecker (d. 1994)
1913, American cartoonist, Walt Kelly (d. 1973)
1913, American actor, Don DeFore (d. 1993)
1915, American violist, Walter Trampler (d. 1997)
1916, American actor, Van Johnson (d. 2008)
1916, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate, Frederick Chapman Robbins (d. 2003)
1916, Japanese aviator, Saburo Sakai (d. 2000)
1917, Cuban-American actor, Film director and film producer, Mel Ferrer (d. 2008)
1917, Danish actress, Lisbeth Movin
1918, American conductor and composer, Leonard Bernstein (d. 1990)
1918, English actor, Richard Greene (d. 1985)
1919, American politician, George Wallace (d. 1998)
1921, Canadian-born game show host, Monty Hall
1921, Irish-born writer, Brian Moore (d. 1999)
1921, Canadian politician, Bryce Mackasey (d. 1999)
1925, Canadian politician, Thea Astleyx (d. 2004)
1927, American tennis player, Althea Gibson (d. 2003)
1928, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert Kroemer
1928, American baseball player, Darrell Johnson (d. 2004)
1928, American football player, John "Kayo" Dottley
1930, Scottish actor, Sean Connery
1930, Canadian actor, Graham Jarvis (d. 2003)
1930, New Zealand actor, Bruce Allpress
1931, Los Angeles based local news anchor, Hal Fishman (d. 2007)
1931, American television host, Regis Philbin
1933, American jazz musician, Wayne Shorter
1933, American actor, Tom Skerritt
1934, French Canadian politician, Lise Bacon
1934, Filipino disk jockey, Television host, And Senator, Eddie Ilarde
1935, American poet, Charles Wright
1938, American actor, David Canary
1938, English author, Frederick Forsyth
1939, American film director, John Badham
1940, Belgian baritone, José Van Dam
1941, American film writer, Marshall Brickman
1942, American politician, Nathan Deal
1944, American actor, Anthony Heald
1944, Newspaper magnate, Conrad Black
1944, Canadian hockey coach, Jacques Demers
1946, American baseball player, Rollie Fingers
1946, American poet and children's author, Charles Ghigna (Father Goose)
1946, American football player, Charlie Sanders
1948, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer, Nicholas A. Peppas
1949, English novelist, Martin Amis
1949, American actor, John Savage
1949, Israeli-born musician, Gene Simmons
1949, Canadian-Iranian composer, Fariborz Lachini
1950, American jazz musician, Charles Fambrough
1951, English singer, Rob Halford
1951, American radio personality, Bill Handel
1952, English keyboardist, Geoff Downes
1952, Sri Lankan cricketer, Duleep Mendis
1954, English musician, Elvis Costello
1955, German politician, Gerd Müller
1955, Tamil actor and politician, Vijayakanth
1956, Japanese football manager, Takeshi Okada
1956, Finnish rally driver, Henri Toivonen (d. 1986)
1957, Pakistani cricketer, Sikander Bakht
1957, British actor, writer and theatre director, Simon McBurney
1958, American film director, Tim Burton
1958, American actor, Christian LeBlanc
1958, American academic, Sterling Harwood
1959, American operatic soprano, Ruth Ann Swenson
1960, American actress, Ashley Crow
1960, Austrian footballer, Georg Zellhofer
1961, American singer and actor, Billy Ray Cyrus
1962, American actor, David Packer
1962, Irish musician, Vivian Campbell
1962, Pakistani cricketer, Shahid Mahboob
1963, Canadian actress, Christine McGlade
1964, Russian mathematician, Maxim Kontsevich
1964, Greek chess grandmaster, Vasilios Kotronias
1964, American television writer and producer, Marti Noxon
1964, American comic book artist and writer, Dan Parent
1964, American actor, Blair Underwood
1964, British actress, Joanne Whalley
1965, American singer, Mia Zapata (d. 1993)
1965, Indian cricketer, Sanjeev Sharma
1965, American football player, Cornelius Bennett
1966, American baseball player, Albert Belle
1966, American keyboardist, Derek Sherinian
1966, American actor, Robert Maschio
1967, English actor, Tom Hollander
1967, American singer, Jeff Tweedy
1968, Turkish singer and composer, Rafet El Roman
1968, Japanese actress, Model and racing driver, Yuri Mitsui
1968, Scottish musician, Stuart Murdoch
1968, Japanese singer and composer, Takeshi Ueda
1968, American chef and television personality, Rachael Ray
1968, American musician, Spider One
1969, Canadian actor, Cameron Mathison
1969, Author, Sportswriter, Actor and Ballhawk, John Witt
1969, Indian cricketer, Vivek Razdan
1969, American voice actor, Steve Staley
1969, English actress, Rachel Shelley
1970, American basketball player, Robert Horry
1970, American country music singer, Jo Dee Messina
1970, German model, Claudia Schiffer
1971, Professional wrestler, Mike Lockwood (d. 2003)
1972, American football player, Marvin Harrison
1973, Turkish/German film director, Fatih Akin
1974, American actor, Eric Millegan
1974, Dutch comedian, Dave Luza
1974, Dominican baseball player, Pablo Ozuna
1975, Australian swimmer, Petria Thomas
1976, Swedish actor, Alexander Skarsgård
1976, Pakistani cricketer, Javed Qadeer
1976, American basketball player, Damon Jones
1977, Canadian actress, Sophie Cadieux
1977, American boxer, Diego Corrales (d. 2007)
1977, Canadian hockey player, Andy McDonald
1977, American actor, Jonathan Togo
1978, American actor, Kel Mitchell
1978, German rugby player, Robert Mohr
1979, American basketball player, Marlon Harewoodx
1979, American basketball player, Deanna Nolan
1980, American baseball player, Neal Musser
1981, American actress, Rachel Bilson
1981, Australian cancer activist, Clare Oliver (d. 2007)
1983, British racing driver, James Rossiter
1987, Panamanian/American actress, Whitney Stevens
1987, Canadian actress, Stacey Farber
1987, Chinese actress and singer, Liu Yifei
1987, American actress, Blake Lively
1987, Scottish singer and songwriter, Amy Macdonald
1987, American baseball player, Justin Upton
1987, Australian footballer, James Wesolowski
1988, English singer, Alexandra Burke
1988, Brazilian/American golfer, Angela Park
1988, English singer, Ray Quinn
1992, Japanese singer, Miyabi Natsuyaki
1998, American actress and singer, China Anne McClain
Famous People who Died on August 25th!
383, Roman Emperor, Gratian (b. 359)
471, Patriarch of Constantinople, Gennadius I (b. 458)
1192, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1270, King Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
1282, English saint, Thomas Cantilupe (b. c. 1218)
1330, Scottish soldier, Sir James Douglas (b. 1286)
1482, Queen of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
1554, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Thomas Howard (b. 1473)
1632, English dramatist, Thomas Dekker (b. c. 1572)
1650, English poet, Richard Crashaw (b. c. 1613)
1688, Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan (b. c. 1635)
1699, King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Edward Villiers
1742, Portuguese composer, Carlos Seixas (b. 1704)
1774, Italian composer, Niccolò Jommelli (b. 1714)
1776, Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume (b. 1711)
1792, French writer, Jacques Cazotte (b. 1719)
1794, Belgian-born Austrian diplomat, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (b. 1727)
1822, German-born astronomer, William Herschel (b. 1738)
1867, English scientist, Michael Faraday (b. 1791)
1900, German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche (b. 1844)
1900, Prime Minister of Japan, Kuroda Kiyotaka (b. 1840)
1904, French painter, Henri Fantin-Latour (b. 1836)
1904, Canadian Royal Naval sailor, William Hall (b. 1827)
1908, French physicist, Nobel laureate, Henri Becquerel (b. 1852)
1924, Filipino general, Mariano Álvarez (b. 1818)
1925, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (b. 1852)
1930, American Boxer, Frankie Campbell (b. 1904)
1938, Russian writer, Aleksandr Kuprin (b. 1870)
1939, Canadian hockey player, Babe Siebert (b. 1904)
1940, Duc de Guise, Orleanist pretender to the French throne, Jean d'Orleans (b. 1874)
1942, Duke of Kent, George Edward Alexander Windsor (b. 1902)
1945, American intelligence officer and missionary, John Birch (b. 1918)
1950, Professional wrestler, Earl Caddock (b. 1888)
1956, American research biologist, Alfred Kinsey (b. 1894)
1965, American baseball player, Moonlight Graham (b. 1879)
1967, Eighth Prime Minister of Australia, Stanley Bruce (b. 1883)
1967, Polish actor, Paul Muni (b. 1895)
1967, American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell (b. 1918)
1968, Australian cricketer, Stan McCabe (b. 1910)
1970, Japanese architect, Tachu Naito (b. 1886)
1971, American musician and entertainer, Ted Lewis (b. 1890)
1976, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate, Eyvind Johnson (b. 1900)
1979, American musician and bandleader, Stan Kenton (b. 1911)
1980, American dancer and choreographer, Gower Champion (b. 1919)
1984, American author, Truman Capote (b. 1924)
1984, American baseball player, Waite Hoyt (b. 1899)
1984, Soviet gymnast, Viktor Chukarin (b. 1921)
1985, American social activist, Samantha Smith (b. 1972)
1990, Canadian writer, Morley Callaghan (b. 1903)
1999, English musician, Rob Fisher (b. 1956)
2000, American cartoonist, Carl Barks (b. 1901)
2000, American record producer, Jack Nitzsche (b. 1937)
2001, American R&B singer and actress, Aaliyah (b. 1979)
2001, Canadian hockey player, Carl Brewer (b. 1938)
2001, British race driver, Ken Tyrrell (b. 1924)
2001, French actor and singer, Philippe Léotard (b. 1940)
2002, Greek actor, Giannis Gionakis (b. 1922)
2002, Australian writer, Dorothy Hewett (b. 1923)
2005, German politician, Peter Glotz (b. 1939)
2006, 2nd president of Trinidad & Tobago, Noor Mohamed Hassanali (b. 1918)
2007, English footballer, Ray Jones (b. 1988)
2008, American basketball player, Kevin Duckworth (b. 1964)
2008, Slovenian mountaineer, Pavle Kozjek (b. 1959)
2009, United States Senator from Massachusetts, Brother of John F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (b. 1932)
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