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"Stand for something, or you'll fail for anything" is my saying for today (August 19th)!

Quote of the day: "The trouble with growing older is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure who didn't amount to much when he was your age." by Bill Vaughan

Word of the day: zarf - noun: an ornamental holder for coffee cups without handles

August 19th is the 231st day of the year (232nd in a leap year) and there are 134 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 19th!

  • 1342, Duchess of Bavaria, Katharine of Bohemia (d. 1395)
  • 1398, Spanish poet, Marqués de Santillana (d. 1458)
  • 1557, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
  • 1590, English soldier, Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (d. 1649)
  • 1596, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, Elizabeth Stuart (d. 1662)
  • 1621, Dutch painter, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (d. 1674)
  • 1631, English poet, John Dryden (d. 1700)
  • 1646, First English Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed (d. 1719)
  • 1686, English writer, Eustace Budgell (d. 1737)
  • 1689, English writer, Samuel Richardson (d. 1761)
  • 1711, British admiral, Edward Boscawen (d. 1761)
  • 1743, French courtesan, Madame du Barry (d. 1793)
  • 1846, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, Luis Martín (d. 1906)
  • 1848, French Painter, Gustave Caillebotte (d. 1894)
  • 1849, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist, Joaquim Nabuco (d. 1910)
  • 1853, Russian general, Aleksei Brusilov (d. 1926)
  • 1870, American financier, Bernard Baruch (d. 1965)
  • 1871, American aviation pioneer, Orville Wright (d. 1948)
  • 1875, Croatian explorer, Stjepan Seljan (d. 1936)
  • 1878, 2nd President of the Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon (d. 1944)
  • 1881, Romanian composer, George Enescu (d. 1955)
  • 1883, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal, José Mendes Cabeçadas (d. 1965)
  • 1883, French clothing designer, Coco Chanel (d. 1971)
  • 1883, American film actress, Elsie Ferguson (d. 1961)
  • 1892, American actor, Alfred Lunt (d. 1977)
  • 1896, Russian-born actress, Olga Baclanova (d. 1974)
  • 1899, English comedian actor, Charlie Hall (d. 1959)
  • 1900, American film actress, Colleen Moore(d. 1988)
  • 1900, French writer and adventurer, Gontran de Poncins (d. 1962)
  • 1900, British philosopher, Gilbert Ryle (d. 1976)
  • 1902, American poet, Ogden Nash (d. 1971)
  • 1902, Filipino jurist, J. B. L. Reyes (d. 1994)
  • 1903, American novelist, James Gould Cozzens (d. 1978)
  • 1906, American inventor, Philo Farnsworth (d. 1971)
  • 1907, American politician, Thruston B. Morton (d. 1982)
  • 1907, Generally considered the first air traffic controller, Archie League (d. 1986)
  • 1912, British racing driver, Austin Dobson (d. 1963)
  • 1913, American actor, Richard Simmons (d. 2003)
  • 1913, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method, John Argyris (d. 2004)
  • 1914, Hungarian footballer, Lajos Baróti (d. 2005)
  • 1915, American journalist and screenwriter, Ring Lardner Jr (d. 2000)
  • 1915, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group), Alfred Rouleau (d. 1985)
  • 1919, American publisher, Malcolm Forbes (d. 1990)
  • 1921, American television producer, Gene Roddenberry (d. 1991)
  • 1925, Canadian playwright, Claude Gauvreau (d. 1971)
  • 1926, American venture capitalist, Arthur Rock
  • 1927, American actor, L.Q. Jones
  • 1928, English journalist, author, and broadcaster, Bernard Levin (d. 2004)
  • 1928, Canadian singer, Norman Brooks (d. 2006)
  • 1928, Canadian actor, Walter Massey
  • 1930, Irish-American author, Frank McCourt (d. 2009)
  • 1931, American jockey, Willie Shoemaker (d. 2003)
  • 1932, 75th Governor of Vermont, Thomas P. Salmon
  • 1934, American physician, Renée Richards
  • 1935, American baseball player, Bobby Richardson
  • 1938, American actress, Diana Muldaur
  • 1939, English musician, Ginger Baker
  • 1940, American singer-songwriter, Johnny Nash
  • 1940, American actress, Jill St. John
  • 1941, Greek politician, Mihalis Papagiannakis (d. 2009)
  • 1942, American politician and actor, Fred Thompson
  • 1943, British singer, Billy J. Kramer
  • 1944, American author and speaker, Jack Canfield
  • 1944, Chicago radio personality, Buzz Kilman
  • 1944, Swedish writer, Bodil Malmsten
  • 1944, Chinese-born philanthropist, Charles Wang
  • 1945, English singer, Ian Gillan
  • 1945, Marquess of Douro, English heir of the 8th Duke of Wellington, Charles Wellesley
  • 1946, 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton
  • 1946, Swiss conductor, Beat Raaflaub
  • 1946, American film producer, Dawn Steel (d. 1997)
  • 1947, English actor, Dave Dutton
  • 1947, American football coach, Terry Hoeppner (d. 2007)
  • 1947, American conductor, Gerard Schwarz
  • 1948, American actor, Gerald McRaney
  • 1948, Second Lady of the United States, Tipper Gore
  • 1950, British journalist, Jennie Bond
  • 1950, Indian social worker and writer, Sudha Murthy
  • 1950, Australian cricketer, Graeme Beard
  • 1951, English musician, John Deacon
  • 1951, Argentine film composer, Gustavo Santaolalla
  • 1952, American actor and director, Jonathan Frakes
  • 1953, American blues musician, Lynwood Slim
  • 1953, American political consultant, Mary Matalin
  • 1953, Italian film actor, director and producer, Nanni Moretti
  • 1954, Argentine racing driver, Oscar Larrauri
  • 1955, American actor, Peter Gallagher
  • 1955, American baseball player and manager, Ned Yost
  • 1956, American actor, Adam Arkin
  • 1957, Indonesia-born American poet, Li-Young Lee
  • 1957, Belgian high jumper, Christine Soetewey
  • 1957, England cricketer, Ian Gould
  • 1957, Netherland cricketer, Paul-Jan Bakker
  • 1958, American football player, Anthony Muñoz
  • 1958, American baseball player, Gary Gaetti
  • 1958, Australian politician, Brendan Nelson
  • 1959, American basketball player, Ricky Pierce
  • 1959, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer, Susan Cummings
  • 1960, American football player, Morten Andersen
  • 1960, American baseball player and announcer, Ron Darling
  • 1961, British author, Jonathan Coe
  • 1962, American political commentator, Tammy Bruce
  • 1962, French actress, Valérie Kaprisky
  • 1963, American actor, John Stamos
  • 1963, Hong Kong musician, Yip Sai Wing
  • 1963, Swedish singer, Joey Tempest
  • 1965, American actress, Kyra Sedgwick
  • 1965, American actor, Kevin Dillon
  • 1965, Portuguese actress and director, Maria de Medeiros
  • 1966, Wrestling announcer, Lilian Garcia
  • 1966, American musician, Lee Ann Womack
  • 1968, Greek windsurfer, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
  • 1968, Country music singer, Mark McGuinn
  • 1969, American rapper, Nate Dogg
  • 1969, American football analyst (College GameDay), Kirk Herbstreit
  • 1969, Hispanic fugitive on FBI's Most Wanted list, Emigdio Preciado
  • 1969, American actress, Paula Jai Parker
  • 1969, American actor, Matthew Perry
  • 1969, Japanese baseball player, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
  • 1969, American actor, Patrick Van Horn
  • 1969, American singer, Clay Walker
  • 1970, American rapper, Fat Joe
  • 1970, American baseball Player, Jeff Tam
  • 1971, Portuguese football player, João Vieira Pinto
  • 1971, Tennis player, Mary Jo Fernandez
  • 1972, Argentine footballer, Roberto Abbondanzieri
  • 1972, Hong Kong singer and actress, Sammi Cheng Sau Man
  • 1972, Japanese singer, Chihiro Yonekura
  • 1973, Crown Princess of Norway, Mette-Marit
  • 1973, British actor, Callum Blue
  • 1973, Italian footballer, Marco Materazzi
  • 1973, New Zealand cricketer, Carl Bulfin
  • 1974, American musician, Tim Kasher
  • 1975, American comic book creator, Chynna Clugston
  • 1975, American actress, Tracie Thoms
  • 1975, Italian bassist, Marco Coti Zelati
  • 1977, Spanish cyclist, Iban Mayo
  • 1977, Japanese bassist, Takahiro Yamada
  • 1978, American baseball player, Chris Capuano
  • 1979, American musician, Dave Douglas
  • 1979, Swiss footballer, Oumar Kondé
  • 1980, Korean rapper, Jun Jin
  • 1980, French singer, Houcine Camara
  • 1980, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor, Darius Danesh
  • 1980, Welsh footballer, Paul Parry
  • 1980, American musician, Michael Todd
  • 1982, Erika Christensen, American actress
  • 1982, American baseball player, J. J. Hardy
  • 1982, Belgian pole vaulter, Kevin Rans
  • 1982, French singer, Willy Denzey
  • 1983, Australian singer-songwriter, Missy Higgins
  • 1983, American football player, John McCargo
  • 1983, Australian actress & singer, Tammin Sursok
  • 1983, British racing driver, Mike Conway
  • 1984, American actor, Micah Alberti
  • 1984, English actor and comedian, Simon Bird
  • 1984, Italian footballer, Alessandro Matri
  • 1984, English footballer, Ryan Taylor
  • 1985, American singer, Megan Rochell
  • 1986, Japanese volleyball player, Saori Kimura
  • 1987, Swedish singer, Anaïs Lameche
  • 1987, English footballer, Richard Stearman
  • 1988, American actor, Travis Tedford
  • 1989, American rapper and basketball player, Romeo Miller
  • 1998, Filipino actress, Ella Guevara
  • 2003, Filipino actress, Xyriel Manabat

    Famous People who died on August 19th!

  • 14, Roman Emperor, Augustus (b. 63 BC)
  • 1186, Duke of Brittany, Geoffrey II (b. 1158)
  • 1245, Count of Provence, Ramon Berenguer IV (b. 1195)
  • 1284, Earl of Chester, Son of Edward I of England, Alphonso (b. 1273)
  • 1297, French Catholic bishop, Saint Louis of Toulouse (b. 1274)
  • 1493, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III (b. 1415)
  • 1580, Italian architect, Andrea Palladio (b. 1508)
  • 1646, Scottish theologian, Alexander Henderson
  • 1662, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, Blaise Pascal (b. 1623)
  • 1680, French catholic priest, Founder of the Eudists, Jean Eudes (b. 1601)
  • 1692, Salem farmer and tavern keeper, John Proctor (b.1632)
  • 1753, German architect, Balthasar Neumann (b. 1687)
  • 1808, Swedish naval architect and vice admiral, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (b. 1721)
  • 1819, Scottish inventor, James Watt (b. 1736)
  • 1822, French mathematician, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (b. 1749)
  • 1883, American statesman, Jeremiah S. Black (b. 1810)
  • 1889, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
  • 1895, American gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin (b. 1853)
  • 1900, Belgian composer, Jean-Baptiste Accolay (b. 1833)
  • 1914, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Franz Xavier Wernz (b. 1844)
  • 1923, Italian sociologist and economist, Vilfredo Pareto (b. 1845)
  • 1928, Greek banker, Diplomat and Prime Minister, Stephanos Skouloudis (b. 1838)
  • 1929, Russian ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev (b. 1872)
  • 1936, Spanish author, Federico García Lorca (b. 1898)
  • 1944, German field marshal, Günther von Kluge (b. 1882)
  • 1945, Chilean philanthropist, Tomas Burgos (b. 1875)
  • 1950, Italian physicist, Giovanni Giorgi (b. 1871)
  • 1954, Prime Minister of Italy, Alcide De Gasperi (b. 1881)
  • 1957, English painter, David Bomberg (b. 1890)
  • 1957, Swedish meteorologist, Carl-Gustaf Rossby (b. 1898)
  • 1959, American-born sculptor, Jacob Epstein (b. 1880)
  • 1959, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Blind Willie McTell (b. 1901)
  • 1963, Canadian violinist, Kathleen Parlow (b. 1890)
  • 1967, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher, Hugo Gernsback (b. 1884)
  • 1967, British Marxist historian, Isaac Deutscher (b. 1907)
  • 1968, Ukrainian-born physicist, George Gamow (b. 1904)
  • 1970, Polish historian, Pawel Jasienica (b. 1909)
  • 1975, American race car driver and engineer, Mark Donohue (b. 1937)
  • 1975, Greek wrestler, Jim Londos (b. 1897)
  • 1976, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University, Alastair Sim (b. 1900)
  • 1976, New Zealand cricketer, Ken Wadsworth (b. 1946)
  • 1977, American comedian and actor, Groucho Marx (b. 1890)
  • 1977, British actor, Peter Dyneley (b. 1921)
  • 1979, American singer, Dorsey Burnette (b. 1932)
  • 1979, Great Rebbi and Talmudic scholar, Joel Teitelbaum(b. 1887)
  • 1980, Father of Anne Frank, Otto Frank (b. 1889)
  • 1981, English actress, Jessie Matthews (b. 1907)
  • 1982, Estonian wrestler, August Neo (b. 1908)
  • 1986, English actress, Hermione Baddeley (b. 1906)
  • 1994, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace, Linus Pauling (b. 1901)
  • 1995, French composer, Pierre Schaeffer (b. 1910)
  • 2000, Italian professional wrestler, Antonio Pugliese (b. 1941)
  • 2000, Bodo littérateur and religious figure, Bineshwar Brahma
  • 2000, American judge, Theodore Trautwein (b. 1920)
  • 2001, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist, Donald Woods (b. 1933)
  • 2001, American singer and pianist, Betty Everett (b. 1939)
  • 2003, President of Honduras, Carlos Roberto Reina (b. 1926)
  • 2003, Brazilian diplomat, Sérgio Vieira de Mello (b. 1948)
  • 2005, Dutch comedian and actor, Bueno de Mesquita (b. 1918)
  • 2005, British politician, Mo Mowlam (b. 1949)
  • 2008, Zambian politician, Levy Mwanawasa (b. 1948)
  • 2008, American musician, LeRoi Moore (b. 1961)
  • 2009, Television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt (b. 1922)
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