Showing posts with label August 15th birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 15th birthdays. Show all posts

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Blaming Myself




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Loving you was never a mistake, but loving you more than myself definitely was. While you were being unfaithful, I was blaming myself, unfaithful quote by BrianMc
Blaming Myself - My Mistake


One of my favorite, "Being Unfaithfull" quote is Loving you was never a mistake, but loving you more than myself definitely was. While you were being unfaithful, I was blaming myself.

It is not whether, you win or loss but how you place the blame.is my saying for today (August 15th)!

Quote of the day: "There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "yes", you know he's crooked" by Groucho Marx

Word of the day: quidnunc - noun: a busybody or a gossip

August 15th is the 227th day of the year (228th in a leap year) and there are 138 days left until the end of the year.

August 15th Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Feast of the Assumption (Catholic)

    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!

    Here some trivia about August 15th, who was born, who died on August 15th!

    People who were born on August 15th!

  • 1171, King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
  • 1195, Portuguese saint, Anthony of Padua (d. 1231)
  • 1432, Italian poet, Luigi Pulci (d. 1484)
  • 1575, Croatian writer and linguist, Bartol Kašic (d. 1650)
  • 1613, French scholar, Gilles Ménage (d. 1692)
  • 1717, English roadbuilder, Blind Jack (d. 1810)
  • 1740, German poet, Matthias Claudius (d. 1815)
  • 1769, Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1821)
  • 1771, Scottish novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott (d. 1832)
  • 1785, English author, Thomas De Quincey (d. 1859)
  • 1813, 2nd President of the French Third Republic, Jules Grévy (d. 1891)
  • 1844, Canadian journalist and politician, Thomas-Alfred Bernier (d. 1908)
  • 1856, Ukrainian writer, Ivan Franko (d. 1916)
  • 1857, German shipping tycoon, Albert Ballin (d. 1918)
  • 1858, English author, E. Nesbit (d. 1924)
  • 1859, American baseball owner, Charles Comiskey (d. 1931)
  • 1860, American elocutionist, Henrietta Vinton Davis (d. 1941)
  • 1860, American First Lady, Florence Harding (d. 1924)
  • 1863, Russian engineer and mathematician, Alexei Krylov (d. 1945)
  • 1865, Japanese founder of Reiki, Usui Mikao (d. 1926)
  • 1872, Indian writer and philosopher, Sri Aurobindo (d. 1950)
  • 1875, English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (d. 1912)
  • 1876, Greek military officer and Prime Minister of Greece, Stylianos Gonatas (d. 1966)
  • 1877, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna, Tachiyama Mineemon (d. 1941)
  • 1878, Russian counter-revolutionary, Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (d. 1928)
  • 1879, American actress, Ethel Barrymore (d. 1959)
  • 1881, German-born American activist, Alfred Wagenknecht (d. 1956)
  • 1883, Croatian sculptor, Ivan Meštrovic (d. 1962)
  • 1885, American novelist, Edna Ferber (d. 1968)
  • 1886, Australian cricketer, Bill Whitty (d. 1974)
  • 1890, American Supercentenarian, Elizabeth Bolden (d. 2006)
  • 1890, French composer, Jacques Ibert (d. 1962)
  • 1892, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Louis (d. 1987)
  • 1893, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, Leslie Comrie (d. 1950)
  • 1896, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Gerty Cori (d. 1957)
  • 1896, Russian-born Canadian activist, Catherine Doherty (d. 1985)
  • 1896, American photographer, Paul Outerbridge (d. 1958)
  • 1896, Russian inventor, Leon Theremin (d. 1993)
  • 1898, Polish poet, Jan Brzechwa (d. 1966)
  • 1900, American actress, Estelle Brody (d. 1995)
  • 1901, Russian mathematician, Pyotr Novikov (d. 1975)
  • 1904, Canadian inventor, George Klein (d. 1992)
  • 1905, Canadian dog sled racer, Emile St. Godard (d. 1948)
  • 1909, American composer and bandleader, Hugo Winterhalter (d. 1973)
  • 1910, Swedish actress, Signe Hasso (d. 2002)
  • 1912, Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)
  • 1912, English actress, Dame Wendy Hiller (d. 2003)
  • 1914, American graphic designer, Paul Rand (d. 1996)
  • 1916, Albanian writer, Aleks Çaçi (d. 1989)
  • 1917, Irish politician , Jack Lynch(d. 1999)
  • 1917, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest, Oscar Romero (d. 1980)
  • 1919, American actor, Huntz Hall (d. 1999)
  • 1919, Irish author, Benedict Kiely (d. 2007)
  • 1922, German-born composer, Lukas Foss (d. 2009)
  • 1922, Greek songwriter and musician, Giorgos Mouzakis (d. 2005)
  • 1923, American actress, Rose Marie
  • 1924, English playwright and screenwriter, Robert Bolt (d. 1995)
  • 1924, German actor, Werner Abrolat (d. 1997)
  • 1925, American actor, Mike Connors
  • 1925, Canadian jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson (d. 2007)
  • 1925, American baritone singer, Bill Pinkney (d. 2007)
  • 1926, Author and the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Sami Michael
  • 1926, Greek politician, Costis Stephanopoulos
  • 1927, England cricketer, Eddie Leadbeater
  • 1928, English film director, Nicolas Roeg
  • 1930, Estonian freedom fighter, Ageeda Paavel
  • 1933, American pop singer, Bobby Helms (d. 1997)
  • 1933, American game show host, Jim Lange
  • 1934, American soul/funk singer, Bobby Byrd (d. 2007)
  • 1934, French-Italian singer, Nino Ferrer (d. 1998)
  • 1934, West Indian cricketer, Reginald Scarlett
  • 1935, Jim Dale, English actor
  • 1935, American presidential advisor, Vernon Jordan Jr.
  • 1935, American football player, Lionel Taylor
  • 1938, American politician, Maxine Waters
  • 1938, Polish writer, Janusz A. Zajdel
  • 1940, German terrorist, Gudrun Ensslin (d. 1977)
  • 1940, American soprano, Rita Shane
  • 1941, Greek politician, Manolis Mavrommatis
  • 1942, American martial arts instructor, Larry Hartsell (d. 2007)
  • 1943, Mexican actress and politician, María Rojo
  • 1944, American journalist, Linda Ellerbee
  • 1944, American politician, Tom Murphy
  • 1944, Greek lawyer and politician, Dimitris Sioufas
  • 1944, Bulgarian pop singer, Sylvie Vartan
  • 1945, American football player and union leader, Gene Upshaw (d. 2008)
  • 1945, Bangladeshi politician, Begum Khaleda Zia
  • 1946, English actor and television presenter, Tony Robinson
  • 1946, American musician and composer, Jimmy Webb
  • 1947, Indian actress, Raakhee Gulzar
  • 1947, British TV presenter, Jenny Hanley
  • 1948, American actress and model, Uschi Digard
  • 1948, Canadian pop singer, Patsy Gallant
  • 1948, British engineer, George Ryton
  • 1949, American pilot, Beverly Lynn Burns
  • 1949, Welsh sculptor, Richard Deacon
  • 1949, Australian author, Garry Disher
  • 1949, President of Florida International University, Mark B. Rosenberg
  • 1950, American musician, Tommy Aldridge
  • 1950, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, The Princess Anne
  • 1950, American baseball manager, Tom Kelly
  • 1951, American film and television writer, Ann Biderman
  • 1951, American singer and musician, Bobby Caldwell
  • 1951, England cricketer, John Childs
  • 1951, Malian politician, Daba Diawara
  • 1951, Sri Lankan cricketer, Ranjan Gunatilleke
  • 1954, Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson (d. 2004)
  • 1954, American poet, Mary Jo Salter
  • 1956, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer, Lorraine Desmarais
  • 1957, Slovenian-American actor, Željko Ivanek
  • 1958, Canadian hockey player/coach, Craig MacTavish
  • 1958, Russian satirist, Victor Shenderovich
  • 1958, American actor and comedian, Rondell Sheridan
  • 1961, American White House counsel to George W. Bush, Ed Gillespie
  • 1961, American football coach, Gary Kubiak
  • 1962, American chef, Tom Colicchio
  • 1963, Mexican film director, Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • 1963, England cricketer, Jack Russell
  • 1963, Entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner, Valery Levaneuski
  • 1964, American wife of Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates
  • 1965, American writer, Rob Thomas
  • 1966, American baseball player, Scott Brosius
  • 1966, Hong Kong singer, Shirley Kwan
  • 1966, Greek basketball player, Dimitris Papadopoulos
  • 1967, American actor, Peter Hermann
  • 1968, American actress, Debra Messing
  • 1969, Hong Kong actor and singer, Kevin Cheng
  • 1969, American actor/choreographer, Cris Judd
  • 1969, Australian singer/songwriter, Bernard Fanning
  • 1970, American comedian and actor, Anthony Anderson
  • 1970, American actress, Maddie Corman
  • 1970, American TV executive, Ben Silverman
  • 1972, American actor, Ben Affleck
  • 1972, American film director/actor, Chris Morrissey
  • 1972, American actor and sound editor, Matthew Wood
  • 1972, Canadian ballet dancer, Jennifer Alexander (d. 2007)
  • 1973, Music composer, singer, Adnan Sami
  • 1973, Offspring drummer, Adam Willard
  • 1974, Canadian actress, Natasha Henstridge
  • 1975, American football player, Bertrand Berry
  • 1975, Indian cricketer, Vijay Bharadwaj
  • 1975, Canadian hockey player, Brendan Morrison
  • 1975, American basketball player, Kara Wolters
  • 1976, Dutch football player, Boudewijn Zenden
  • 1977, Canadian hockey goaltender, Martin Biron
  • 1977, Italian gymnast, Igor Cassina
  • 1977, American actress, Nicole Paggi
  • 1978, American bassist, Tim Foreman
  • 1978, Ukrainian gymnast, Lilia Podkopayeva
  • 1978, Greek footballer, Stavros Tziortziopoulos
  • 1978, American beach volleyball player, Kerri Walsh
  • 1979, American NASCAR driver, Carl Edwards
  • 1980, English actress, Nathalie Press
  • 1981, American swimmer, Brendan Hansen
  • 1981, South Korean actress, Song Ji-hyo
  • 1981, American baseball player, Oliver Perez
  • 1982, American weightlifter, Casey Burgener
  • 1988, American performer, Tiffanie Anderson
  • 1989, Mexican singer, Belinda
  • 1989, American actor and singer, Carlos Pena Jr.
  • 1989, American actor and singer, Joe Jonas

    Famous People who died on August 15th!

  • 423, Western Roman Emperor, Flavius Honorius (b. 384)
  • 778, Frankish commander, Roland
  • 1038, King Stephen I of Hungary
  • 1040, King Duncan I of Scotland
  • 1057, King Macbeth of Scotland
  • 1118, Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1048)
  • 1196, Duke of Swabia, Conrad II (b. 1173)
  • 1274, Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
  • 1369, Queen consort of Edward III of England, Philippa of Hainault
  • 1528, French military leader, Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (b. 1485)
  • 1552, German Catholic archbishop, Hermann of Wied (b. 1477)
  • 1621, Scottish writer, John Barclay (b. 1582)
  • 1666, German Jesuit missionary, Johann Adam Schall von Bell (b. 1591)
  • 1714, Prince of Wallachia, Constantin Brâncoveanu (b. 1654)
  • 1728, French composer and viol player, Marin Marais (b. 1656)
  • 1758, French mathematician, Pierre Bouguer (b. 1698)
  • 1799, Italian poet, Giuseppe Parini (b. 1729)
  • 1852, Finnish scientist, Johan Gadolin (b. 1760)
  • 1859, U.S. politician, Nathaniel Claiborne (b. 1777)
  • 1880, English actress, Adelaide Neilson (b. 1848)
  • 1907, Austrian violinist, Joseph Joachim (b. 1831)
  • 1909, Brazilian writer and sociologist, Euclides da Cunha (b. 1866)
  • 1917, Decorated Union Army soldier, Thomas J. Higgins (b. 1831)
  • 1925, Estonian artist, Konrad Mägi (b. 1878)
  • 1931, Azerbaijani WWI nurse, Nigar Shikhlinskaya (b. ca. 1878)
  • 1935, American pilot (airplane crash), Wiley Post (b. 1898)
  • 1935, American humorist and actor (airplane crash), Will Rogers (b. 1879)
  • 1935, French painter, Paul Signac (b. 1863)
  • 1936, Nobel Prize Laureate, Grazia Deledda, Italian writer (b. 1871)
  • 1942, Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai (b.1892)
  • 1945, Japanese War Minister, Korechika Anami (b. 1887)
  • 1951, Polish pianist, Artur Schnabel (b. 1882)
  • 1953, German physicist, Ludwig Prandtl (b. 1875)
  • 1959, American singer, Blind Willie McTell (b. 1901)
  • 1962, Chinese revolutionary, Lei Feng (b. 1940)
  • 1967, Belgian painter, René Magritte (b. 1898)
  • 1971, Hungarian-born actor, Paul Lukas (b. 1887)
  • 1975, Founder and first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (b. 1920)
  • 1975, Alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman, Clay Shaw (b. 1913)
  • 1982, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Hugo Theorell (b. 1903)
  • 1989, Greek Army officer who served in World War I, the Minor Asia Campaign and World War II, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (b. 1897)
  • 1990, Russian musician, Viktor Tsoi (b. 1962)
  • 1995, American journalist, John Cameron Swayze (b. 1906)
  • 1999, British architect and artist, Sir Hugh Casson (b. 1910)
  • 2001, Kenyan athlete, Richard Chelimo (b. 1972)
  • 2003, Finnish songwriter and singer, Gösta Sundqvist (b. 1957)
  • 2004, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Sune Bergström (b. 1916)
  • 2004, First Turkish opera singer, Semiha Berksoy (b. 1910)
  • 2004, Indian politician, Amarsinh Chaudhary (b. 1941)
  • 2005, Indian dermatologist, Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana (b. 1927)
  • 2006, Maori queen, Te Atairangi Kaahu (b. 1931)
  • 2006, Australian rugby league player, Rick Bourke (b. c. 1955)
  • 2006, Dutch computer scientist, Coenraad Bron (b. 1937)
  • 2006, Dutch international footballer, Faas Wilkes (b. 1923)
  • 2007, British opera conductor, Richard Bradshaw (b. 1944)
  • 2007, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate, John Gofman (b. 1918)
  • 2007, New Zealand bush walker, Geoffrey Orbell (b. 1908)
  • 2007, Canadian sports executive, Sam Pollock (b. 1925)
  • 2008, Music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues", Jerry Wexler (b. 1917)
  • 2008, American businessman, James Orthwein (b. 1924)
  • 2008, American journalist, Leroy Sievers (b. 1955)
  • 2008, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion, Vic Toweel (b. 1929)

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