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Horse lovers are stable people.



Horse lovers are stable people.is my saying for today (August 30th)!

Quote of the day: "Zsa Zsa Gabor is a excellent housekeeper. Every time she gets divorced, she keeps the house." by Henny Youngman

Word of the day: gride - verb: to scrape harshly; make a grating sound

August 30th is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in a leap year) and there are 123 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 who were born on August 30th

  • 1334, King Peter of Castile (d. 1369)
  • 1377, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia, Shah Rukh (d. 1447)
  • 1705, English philosopher, David Hartley (d. 1757)
  • 1720, English brewer, Samuel Whitbread (d. 1796)
  • 1748, French painter, Jacques-Louis David (d. 1825)
  • 1768, American writer, Joseph Dennie (d. 1812)
  • 1797, English writer, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (d. 1851)
  • 1808, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
  • 1813, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1862)
  • 1818, 30th Governor of Massachusetts, Alexander H. Rice (d. 1895)
  • 1821, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Anita Garibaldi (d. 1849)
  • 1839, French Catholic prelate, Gulstan Ropert (d. 1903)
  • 1842, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)
  • 1848, Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
  • 1850, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist and revolutionary (d. 1896)
  • 1852, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1911)
  • 1856, Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)
  • 1860, Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)
  • 1870, Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
  • 1871, Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
  • 1884, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate, Theodor Svedberg (d. 1971)
  • 1890, British fighter ace, Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson (d. 1918)
  • 1893, American politician, Huey Long (d. 1935)
  • 1896, Canadian actor, Raymond Massey (d. 1983)
  • 1898, American actress, Shirley Booth (d. 1992)
  • 1901, American civil rights leader, Roy Wilkins (d. 1981)
  • 1901, American writer, John Gunther (d. 1970)
  • 1906, American actress, Joan Blondell (d. 1979)
  • 1908, American actor, Fred MacMurray (d. 1991)
  • 1912, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Edward Mills Purcell (d. 1997)
  • 1912, New Zealand-born British World War II secret agent, Nancy Wake AC GM
  • 1913, British economist, Nobel laureate, Richard Stone (d. 1991)
  • 1915, American composer, Robert Strassburg (d. 2003)
  • 1917, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey
  • 1917, Grand Duke of Russia, pretender to the Russian throne, Vladimir Kirillovich (d. 1992)
  • 1918, American baseball player, Ted Williams (d. 2002)
  • 1918, American baseball player, Billy Johnson (d. 2006)
  • 1919, American singer, Kitty Wells
  • 1919, German opera director, Wolfgang Wagner (d. 2010)
  • 1922, Australian politician, Lionel Murphy (d. 1986)
  • 1922, American mezzo-soprano, Regina Resnik
  • 1923, British physician, Founder of paediatric rheumatology, Barbara Ansell (d. 2001)
  • 1923, Australian writer and essayist, Charmian Clift (d. 1969)
  • 1923, American tennis player, Vic Seixas
  • 1924, American fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene (d. 2004)
  • 1925, French writer and illustrator, Laurent de Brunhoff
  • 1928, American racecar driver and owner, Lloyd Casner (d. 1965)
  • 1930, American entrepreneur, Warren Buffett
  • 1930, American basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian
  • 1930, New Zealand cricketer, Noel Harford (d. 1981)
  • 1931, American astronaut, Jack Swigert (d. 1982)
  • 1933, Canadian politician, Don Getty
  • 1934, Indian cricketer, Baloo Gupte (d. 2005)
  • 1935, American singer-songwriter, John Phillips (d. 2001)
  • 1937, New Zealand car racer and founder of McLaren racing team, Bruce McLaren (d. 1970)
  • 1939, English radio disc jockey, John Peel (d. 2004)
  • 1939, American actress, Elizabeth Ashley
  • 1941, American actor, politician and essayist, Ben L. Jones
  • 1942, Pakistani cricketer, Pervez Sajjad
  • 1943, American cartoonist, Robert Crumb
  • 1943, French skier, Jean-Claude Killy
  • 1944, American political humorist, Molly Ivins (d. 2007)
  • 1944, American baseball player, Tug McGraw (d. 2004)
  • 1946, American actress, Peggy Lipton
  • 1946, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
  • 1947, Canadian politician and diplomat, Allan Rock
  • 1948, American comedian, Lewis Black
  • 1948, American Black Panther Party leader, Fred Hampton (d. 1969)
  • 1948, Irish poker player and swimmer, Donnacha O'Dea
  • 1949, Romania-born German singer-songwriter, Peter Maffay
  • 1949, American financier, Ted Ammon (d. 2001)
  • 1949, American actor and comedian, Christopher Collins (d. 1994)
  • 1949, Canadian politician, Don Boudria
  • 1950, English sculptor, Antony Gormley
  • 1951, American actor, Timothy Bottoms
  • 1951, Irish singer and politician, Dana Rosemary Scallon
  • 1953, British bassist, Horace Panter
  • 1953, American basketball player, Robert Parish
  • 1953, American politician, Ron George
  • 1954, American actor, David Paymer
  • 1954, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko
  • 1956, American comedian, Frank Conniff
  • 1958, British drummer, Martin Jackson
  • 1958, Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya (d. 2006)
  • 1959, Australian rules footballer and actor, Mark "Jacko" Jackson
  • 1960, Mexican singer-songwriter, Chalino Sánchez (d. 1992)
  • 1960, American Medal of Honor recipient, Gary Gordon (d. 1993)
  • 1960, Quebec humorist, television host and producer, Guy A. Lepage
  • 1962, Russian KGB officer, Alexander Litvinenko (d. 2006)
  • 1963, American actor, Michael Chiklis
  • 1963, British disc jockey, Paul Oakenfold
  • 1963, American vocalist, Oderus Urungus
  • 1964, British engineer, Gavin Fisher
  • 1966, American actress, Michael Michele
  • 1967, New Zealand cricketer, Justin Vaughan
  • 1967, Dutch model, Frederique van der Wal
  • 1968, Russian hockey player, Vladimir Malakhov
  • 1969, Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros
  • 1970, Italian rugby player and manager, Carlo Checchinato
  • 1970, Malaysia-born Chinese singer, Michael Wong
  • 1971, American guitarist, Lars Frederiksen
  • 1972, American actress, Cameron Diaz
  • 1972, Czech footballer, Pavel Nedved
  • 1973, American journalist, Lisa Ling
  • 1974, Spanish cyclist, Javier Otxoa
  • 1974, American vocalist and guitarist, Aaron Barrett
  • 1975, Tunisian footballer, Radhi Jaidi
  • 1976, American actor, Lillo Brancato Jr.
  • 1976, American baseball player, Mike Koplove
  • 1976, English actress, Sarah-Jane Potts
  • 1977, American football player, Shaun Alexander
  • 1977, American baseball player, Marlon Byrd
  • 1977, American actor, Elden Henson
  • 1977, Polish footballer, Kamil Kosowski
  • 1977, German guitarist, Jens Ludwig
  • 1978, American record producer and rapper, Swizz Beatz
  • 1978, American baseball player, Cliff Lee
  • 1978, Irish Olympic figure skater and ice dancer, Sinead Kerr
  • 1979, Argentine tennis player, Juan Ignacio Chela
  • 1979, British actor, Leon Lopez
  • 1979, Hong Kong actress and singer, Niki Chow
  • 1979, Canadian baseball player, Scott Richmond
  • 1979, Hong Kong actress, Tavia Yeung
  • 1980, American football player, Derrick Ward
  • 1981, American actor, Germán Legarreta
  • 1982, American tennis player, Andy Roddick
  • 1982, Australian racing driver, Will Davison
  • 1983, Japanese singer and actor, Jun Matsumoto
  • 1983, Argentine footballer, Gustavo Eberto (d. 2007)
  • 1984, Zimbabwean cricketer, Anthony Ireland
  • 1985, Welsh footballer, Richard Duffy
  • 1985, Australian swimmer, Leisel Jones
  • 1985, Australian swimmer, Eamon Sullivan
  • 1985, Hungarian swimmer, Éva Risztov
  • 1985, Scottish footballer, Steven Smith
  • 1986, American guitarist, Ryan Ross
  • 1988, American professional gamer, Michael Cavanaugh
  • 1988, Latvian tennis player, Ernests Gulbis
  • 1988, Estonian singer, Laura Põldvere
  • 1989, Paraguayan footballer, Ronald Huth
  • 1991, Scottish footballer, Liam Cooper
  • 2001, American child pianist and composer, Emily Bear

    Famous People who died on August 30th

  • 526, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy, Theodoric the Great (b. 454)
  • 1158, King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
  • 1329, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire, Khutughtu Khan (b. 1300)
  • 1428, Emperor Shoko of Japan (b. 1401)
  • 1483, King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
  • 1580, Duke of Savoy, Emmanuel Philibert (b. 1528)
  • 1619, Japanese samurai and warlord, Shimazu Yoshihiro (b. 1535)
  • 1723, Dutch tradesman and scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)
  • 1751, Swedish scientist and inventor, Christopher Polhem (b. 1661)
  • 1856, English writer, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (b. 1811)
  • 1879, American Confederate general, John Bell Hood (b. 1831)
  • 1886, American politician, Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (b. 1836)
  • 1896, Russian statesman, Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky (b. 1824)
  • 1906, Swiss architect, Hans Auer (b. 1847)
  • 1907, American actor and manager, Richard Mansfield (b. 1857)
  • 1928, German physicist, Nobel laureate, Wilhelm Wien (b. 1864)
  • 1935, French novelist and journalist, Henri Barbusse (b. 1873)
  • 1938, Polish-born American make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer, Max Factor, Sr. (b. 1877)
  • 1940, English physicist, Nobel laureate, J.J. Thomson (b. 1856)
  • 1941, Danish engineer and physicist, Peder Oluf Pedersen (b. 1874)
  • 1943, Dutch Catholic priest, Father Eustaquio van Lieshout (b. 1890)
  • 1946, Russian fascist, Konstantin Rodzaevsky (b. 1907)
  • 1949, English cricketer, Arthur Fielder (b. 1877)
  • 1961, American actor, Charles Coburn (b. 1877)
  • 1963, English-born Soviet spy, Guy Burgess (b. 1911)
  • 1968, American actor, William Talman (b. 1915)
  • 1970, American comedian, Del Moore (b. 1916)
  • 1981, American actress, Vera-Ellen (b. 1921)
  • 1981, Iranian statesman, Mohammad-Ali Rajai (b. 1933)
  • 1985, English-born American novelist, Taylor Caldwell (b. 1900)
  • 1989, American journalist, essayist and literary critic, Seymour Krim (b. 1922)
  • 1991, Swiss painter and sculptor, Jean Tinguely (b. 1925)
  • 1993, American actor, Richard Jordan (b. 1938)
  • 1994, English film director, Lindsay Anderson (b. 1923)
  • 1995, American economist, Fischer Black (b. 1938)
  • 1995, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (b. 1942)
  • 1996, French actress and director, Christine Pascal (b. 1953)
  • 1999, French comics artist, Raymond Poïvet (b. 1910)
  • 2000, American actor, David Haskell (b. 1948)
  • 2001, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, Ivor Spencer-Thomas (b. 1907)
  • 2002, English film director, J. Lee Thompson (b. 1914)
  • 2003, American actor, Charles Bronson (b. 1921)
  • 2003, American philosopher, Donald Davidson (b. 1917)
  • 2004, American astronomer, Fred Lawrence Whipple (b. 1906)
  • 2004, American motorcycle builder and stuntman, Indian Larry (b. 1949)
  • 2006, Canadian-born American actor, Glenn Ford (b. 1916)
  • 2006, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate, Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911)
  • 2006, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords, Robin Cooke (b. 1926)
  • 2007, British beer and whiskey author and expert, Michael Jackson (b. 1942)
  • 2007, American politician, Charles Vanik (b. 1918)
  • 2008, Canadian professional wrestler, Killer Kowalski (b. 1926)
  • 2010, French filmmaker, Alain Corneau (b. 1943)

    Famous People who died on August 30th

  • 526, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy, Theodoric the Great (b. 454)
  • 1158, King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
  • 1329, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire, Khutughtu Khan (b. 1300)
  • 1428, Emperor Shoko of Japan (b. 1401)
  • 1483, King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
  • 1580, Duke of Savoy, Emmanuel Philibert (b. 1528)
  • 1619, Japanese samurai and warlord, Shimazu Yoshihiro (b. 1535)
  • 1723, Dutch tradesman and scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)
  • 1751, Swedish scientist and inventor, Christopher Polhem (b. 1661)
  • 1856, English writer, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (b. 1811)
  • 1879, American Confederate general, John Bell Hood (b. 1831)
  • 1886, American politician, Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (b. 1836)
  • 1896, Russian statesman, Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky (b. 1824)
  • 1906, Swiss architect, Hans Auer (b. 1847)
  • 1907, American actor and manager, Richard Mansfield (b. 1857)
  • 1928, German physicist, Nobel laureate, Wilhelm Wien (b. 1864)
  • 1935, French novelist and journalist, Henri Barbusse (b. 1873)
  • 1938, Polish-born American make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer, Max Factor, Sr. (b. 1877)
  • 1940, English physicist, Nobel laureate, J.J. Thomson (b. 1856)
  • 1941, Danish engineer and physicist, Peder Oluf Pedersen (b. 1874)
  • 1943, Dutch Catholic priest, Father Eustaquio van Lieshout (b. 1890)
  • 1946, Russian fascist, Konstantin Rodzaevsky (b. 1907)
  • 1949, English cricketer, Arthur Fielder (b. 1877)
  • 1961, American actor, Charles Coburn (b. 1877)
  • 1963, English-born Soviet spy, Guy Burgess (b. 1911)
  • 1968, American actor, William Talman (b. 1915)
  • 1970, American comedian, Del Moore (b. 1916)
  • 1981, American actress, Vera-Ellen (b. 1921)
  • 1981, Iranian statesman, Mohammad-Ali Rajai (b. 1933)
  • 1985, English-born American novelist, Taylor Caldwell (b. 1900)
  • 1989, American journalist, essayist and literary critic, Seymour Krim (b. 1922)
  • 1991, Swiss painter and sculptor, Jean Tinguely (b. 1925)
  • 1993, American actor, Richard Jordan (b. 1938)
  • 1994, English film director, Lindsay Anderson (b. 1923)
  • 1995, American economist, Fischer Black (b. 1938)
  • 1995, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (b. 1942)
  • 1996, French actress and director, Christine Pascal (b. 1953)
  • 1999, French comics artist, Raymond Poïvet (b. 1910)
  • 2000, American actor, David Haskell (b. 1948)
  • 2001, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, Ivor Spencer-Thomas (b. 1907)
  • 2002, English film director, J. Lee Thompson (b. 1914)
  • 2003, American actor, Charles Bronson (b. 1921)
  • 2003, American philosopher, Donald Davidson (b. 1917)
  • 2004, American astronomer, Fred Lawrence Whipple (b. 1906)
  • 2004, American motorcycle builder and stuntman, Indian Larry (b. 1949)
  • 2006, Canadian-born American actor, Glenn Ford (b. 1916)
  • 2006, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate, Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911)
  • 2006, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords, Robin Cooke (b. 1926)
  • 2007, British beer and whiskey author and expert, Michael Jackson (b. 1942)
  • 2007, American politician, Charles Vanik (b. 1918)
  • 2008, Canadian professional wrestler, Killer Kowalski (b. 1926)
  • 2010, French filmmaker, Alain Corneau (b. 1943)
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    Get even...Live long enough to be a problem to your children.is my saying for today (August 28th)!

    Quote of the day: "Judge a man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes." by Thomas R. Dewar

    Word of the day: oligophagous - adjective: feeding on only a few particular type of food. especially insects.

    August 28th is the 240th day of the year (241st in a leap year) and there are 125 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 who were born on August 28th

  • 1025, Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
  • 1582, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, Taichang (d. 1620)
  • 1592, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, George Villiers (d. 1628)
  • 1612, Dutch scholar, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (d. 1653)
  • 1667, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721)
  • 1691, Holy Roman Empire Empress, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)
  • 1714, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anthony Ulrich II (d. 1774)
  • 1749, German writer and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (d. 1832)
  • 1774, American-born Catholic saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (d. 1821)
  • 1789, Grand Duchess of Baden, Stéphanie de Beauharnais (d. 1860)
  • 1801, French mathematician, Antoine Augustin Cournot (d. 1877)
  • 1814, Irish writer, Sheridan le Fanu (d. 1873)
  • 1827, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
  • 1828, Russian author, Leo Tolstoy (d. 1910)
  • 1840, Scottish merchant, Alexander Cameron Sim (d. 1900)
  • 1853, Russian engineer and inventor, Vladimir Shukhov (d. 1939)
  • 1859, Italian photographer, Vittorio Sella (d. 1943)
  • 1867, Italian composer, Umberto Giordano (d. 1948)
  • 1878, American doctor and Nobel laureate, George Whipple (d. 1976)
  • 1884, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Peter Fraser (d. 1950)
  • 1885, Australian author, Vance Palmer (d. 1959)
  • 1894, Austrian conductor, Karl Böhm (d. 1981)
  • 1898, American baseball player, Charlie Grimm (d. 1983)
  • 1899, French actor, Charles Boyer (d. 1978)
  • 1899, Russian writer, Andrei Platonov (d. 1951)
  • 1903, American psychologist, Bruno Bettelheim (d. 1990)
  • 1904, Italian jet engine pioneer, Secondo Campini (d. 1980)
  • 1905, England cricketer, Cyril Walters (d. 1992)
  • 1906, English poet, John Betjeman (d. 1984)
  • 1908, American ornithologist, Roger Tory Peterson (d. 1996)
  • 1910, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans (d. 1985)
  • 1911, Dutch politician, Joseph Luns (d. 2002)
  • 1913, Canadian writer, Robertson Davies (d. 1995)
  • 1913, American entrepreneur, Jack Dreyfus (d. 2009)
  • 1913, Australian cricketer, Lindsay Hassett (d. 1993)
  • 1913, Slovenian writer, Boris Pahor
  • 1913, British bridge player, Terence Reese (d. 1996)
  • 1913, American tenor, Richard Tucker (d. 1975)
  • 1915, British sports commentator, Max Robertson (d. 2009)
  • 1915, American illustrator, Tasha Tudor (d. 2008)
  • 1916, American author, Jack Vance
  • 1916, Quebec singer and folklorist, Hélène Baillargeon (d. 1997)
  • 1917, American comic book artist, Jack Kirby (d. 1994)
  • 1919, English electrical engineer, Nobel Laureate, Godfrey Hounsfield (d. 2004)
  • 1921, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright, Fernando Fernán Gómez (d. 2007)
  • 1921, American actress, Nancy Kulp (d. 1991)
  • 1924, New Zealand author, Janet Frame (d. 2004)
  • 1924, American actress, Peggy Ryan (d. 2004)
  • 1924, New Zealand cricketer, Tony MacGibbon
  • 1925, American singer, dancer, and actor, Donald O'Connor (d. 2003)
  • 1925, American country music singer and guitarist, Billy Grammer
  • 1928, American advertising executive, F. William Free (d. 2003)
  • 1929, Hungarian conductor, István Kertész (d. 1973)
  • 1929, South African actor, Ken Gampu (d. 2003)
  • 1930, British actor, Windsor Davies
  • 1930, American actor, Ben Gazzara
  • 1931, English bass-baritone, John Shirley-Quirk
  • 1931, Argentinian stage impresario and director, Tito Capobianco
  • 1932, Canadian hockey player, Andy Bathgate
  • 1935, French Canadian politician, Gilles Rocheleau (d. 1998)
  • 1936, American baseball umpire, Don Denkinger
  • 1938, Canadian politician, Paul Martin
  • 1938, Italian television journalist, Maurizio Costanzo
  • 1940, American actor, Ken Jenkins
  • 1940, French cylist, Roger Pingeon
  • 1940, English musician, Nik Turner
  • 1941, Belgian aristocrat, Sybille de Selys Longchamps
  • 1941, American opera singer, Paul Plishka
  • 1942, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (d. 1995)
  • 1943, American actor, David Soul
  • 1943, American baseball manager, Lou Piniella
  • 1943, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former), Surayud Chulanont
  • 1944, Dutch swimmer, Marianne Heemskerk
  • 1944, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, Melvin Dummar
  • 1945, American film director/producer, Robert Greenwald
  • 1945, American musician, Bob Segarini
  • 1947, Hong Kong actress, Liza Wang
  • 1947, Japanese martial artist, Shoto Tanemura
  • 1948, American musician, Danny Seraphine
  • 1948, New Zealand cricketer, Murray Parker
  • 1948, Canadian businesswoman, Heather Reisman
  • 1949, British musician, Hugh Cornwell
  • 1949, Serbian basketball player and coach, Svetislav Pešic
  • 1951, Japanese composer, Keiichi Suzuki
  • 1951, American singer, Wayne Osmond
  • 1952, American poet, Rita Dove
  • 1952, German businessman, Wendelin Wiedeking
  • 1952, Canadian actor, Guy Nadon
  • 1952, Canadian politician, Jacques Chagnon
  • 1954, American geneticist, George Church
  • 1956, Puerto Rican actor, Luis Guzmán
  • 1956, Puerto Rican actor, Mark Lutz
  • 1957, President of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic
  • 1957, American actor, Daniel Stern
  • 1957, American actor, Rick Rossovich
  • 1958, American figure skater, Scott Hamilton
  • 1960, English actress, Emma Samms
  • 1961, English singer, Kim Appleby
  • 1961, American football player, Cliff Benson
  • 1962, English footballer, Paul Allen
  • 1962, American music video and film director, David Fincher
  • 1963, American actress, Jennifer Coolidge
  • 1963, American athlete, Regina Jacobs
  • 1965, Founder of Game Freak, Satoshi Tajiri
  • 1965, Canadian actress, Amanda Tapping
  • 1965, Canadian singer, Shania Twain
  • 1966, Indian social worker and politician, Priya Dutt
  • 1967, Philippine-born Australian poet, Frederick Kesner
  • 1968, Scottish actor, Billy Boyd
  • 1969, Canadian-born actor, Jason Priestley
  • 1969, American actor, Jack Black
  • 1969, English photographer, Mary McCartney
  • 1969, French Canadian hockey player, Pierre Turgeon
  • 1970, Australian actress/singer, Sherrié Austin
  • 1970, Jewish singer, Rick Recht
  • 1971, American figure skater, Todd Eldredge
  • 1971, American swimmer, Janet Evans
  • 1971, Mexican-born American boxer, Raul Marquez
  • 1971, American baseball player, Shane Andrews
  • 1972, American baseball player, Jay Witasick
  • 1972, Kenyan cricketer, Ravindu Shah
  • 1973, American actor, Matthew John Armstrong
  • 1973, American musician, DJ Assault
  • 1973, Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor
  • 1974, Swedish game programmer, Johan Andersson
  • 1974, German footballer, Carsten Jancker
  • 1974, Japanese composer, Takahito Eguchi
  • 1975, English footballer, Jamie Cureton
  • 1975, Irish footballer, Gareth Farrelly
  • 1975, Finnish actress and model, Vera Jordanova
  • 1976, Uruguayan footballer, Federico Magallanes
  • 1978, American drummer, Jess Margera
  • 1979, German football referee, Robert Hoyzer
  • 1979, Spanish singer, Shaila Durcal
  • 1979, Australian netballer, Kristen Hughes
  • 1979, German footballer, Markus Pröll
  • 1979, American basketball player, Ruth Riley
  • 1980, Canadian actress, Carly Pope
  • 1981, Czech hockey player, Martin Erat
  • 1981, Swiss footballer, Daniel Gygax
  • 1981, Polish weightlifter, Agata Wróbel
  • 1981, Brazilian racing driver, Raphael Matos
  • 1982, Brazilian footballer, Anderson Silva de França
  • 1982, American singer, LeAnn Rimes
  • 1982, Scottish footballer, Kevin McNaughton
  • 1982, Brazilian footballer, Thiago Motta
  • 1983, Sri Lankan cricketer, Lasith Malinga
  • 1983, Mexican actor and singer, Alfonso Herrera
  • 1984, American actress and model, Sarah Roemer
  • 1986, Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit
  • 1989, American Pop Musician, Cassadee Pope
  • 1989, South Korean singer, Jokwon
  • 1990, Spanish footballer, Bojan Krkic
  • 1991, American actor and rapper, Kyle Massey
  • 1999, Danish royalty, Prince Nikolai of Denmark

    Famous People who died on August 28th

  • 388, Roman usurper, Magnus Maximus
  • 430, North African saint and theologian, Augustine of Hippo (b. 354)
  • 1341, King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
  • 1481, King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
  • 1645, Dutch philosopher and writer, Hugo Grotius (b. 1583)
  • 1654, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, Axel Oxenstierna (b. 1583)
  • 1678, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier, John Berkeley (b. 1602)
  • 1757, English philosopher, David Hartley (b. 1705)
  • 1784, Spanish missionary, Junípero Serra (b. 1713)
  • 1785, French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (b. 1714)
  • 1793, French general (executed), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (b. 1740)
  • 1805, Scottish church leader, Alexander Carlyle (b. 1722)
  • 1818, Founder of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
  • 1820, American surveyor, Andrew Ellicott (b. 1754)
  • 1839, English geologist, William Smith (b. 1769)
  • 1900, English philosopher, Henry Sidgwick (b. 1838)
  • 1903, American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (b. 1822)
  • 1933, American actress, Helen Dunbar (b. 1863)
  • 1943, King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
  • 1947, Spanish bullfighter, Manolete (b. 1917)
  • 1955, American civil rights movement icon, Emmett Till (b. 1941)
  • 1959, Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu (b. 1890)
  • 1965, Israeli physicist, Giulio Racah (b. 1909)
  • 1971, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar, Reuvein Margolies (b. 1889)
  • 1975, Austrian sculptor, Fritz Wotruba (b. 1907)
  • 1976, American actress, Anissa Jones (b. 1958)
  • 1978, English actor and writer, Robert Shaw (b. 1927)
  • 1981, Hungarian footballer, Béla Guttman (b. 1900)
  • 1982, South African cricketer, Geoff Chubb (b. 1911)
  • 1985, American actress, Ruth Gordon (b. 1896)
  • 1987, American movie director, John Huston (b. 1906)
  • 1988, French Canadian union leader and politician, Jean Marchand (b. 1918)
  • 1990, Belgian cartoonist, Willy Vandersteen (b. 1913)
  • 1991, Greek writer and film director, Alekos Sakellarios (b. 1913)
  • 1993, American poet, William Stafford (b. 1914)
  • 1995, American rodeo pioneer, Earl Bascom (b. 1906)
  • 2003, American criminal, Brian Douglas Wells (b. 1956)
  • 2005, French actor, Jacques Dufilho (b. 1914)
  • 2005, Hungarian mathematician, Esther Szekeres (b. 1910)
  • 2005, Hungarian mathematician, George Szekeres (b. 1911)
  • 2006, French Canadian politician, Benoît Sauvageau (b. 1963)
  • 2006, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Melvin Schwartz (b. 1932)
  • 2007, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, Arthur Jones (b. 1926)
  • 2007, American musician, Hilly Kristal (b. 1932)
  • 2007, American aeronautical engineer, Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (b. 1925)
  • 2007, Spanish footballer, Antonio Puerta (b. 1984)
  • 2007, Spanish journalist, Novelist, Biographer and essayist, Francisco Umbral (b. 1935)
  • 2007, Japanese-born American actress, Miyoshi Umeki (b. 1929)
  • 2007, New Zealand winemaker, Nikola Nobilo (b. 1913)
  • 2008, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion, Phil Hill (b. 1927)
  • 2009, American DJ also known as DJ AM, Adam Goldstein (b. 1973)
  • 2010, Notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University, William P. Foster

  • Friday

    Since I gave up hope, I feel much better.



    Since I gave up hope, I feel much better.is my saying for today (August 27th)!

    Quote of the day: "One man's pay increase is another man's price increase." by Harold Wilson

    Word of the day: nemoricole - adjective: living in a grove

    August 27th is the 239th day of the year (240th in a leap year) and there are 126 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 27th!

  • 1407, Japanese shogun, Ashikaga Yoshikazu (d. 1425)
  • 1471, Duke of Saxony, George (d. 1539)
  • 1487, Queen of Denmark, Anna of Brandenburg (d. 1514)
  • 1637, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland, Charles Calvert (d. 1715)
  • 1665, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, John Hervey (d. 1751)
  • 1669, Queen of Italy, Anne Marie of Orléans (d. 1728)
  • 1668, Founder of the Chasiddic movement, Baal Shem Tov (d. 1760)
  • 1677, Austrian field marshal, Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun (d. 1748)
  • 1724, Swiss-born Continental Congressman, John Joachim Zubly (d. 1781)
  • 1730, German philosopher, Johann Georg Hamann (d. 1788)
  • 1770, German philosopher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (d. 1831)
  • 1803, American theologian, Edward Beecher (d. 1895)
  • 1809, Vice President of the United States of America, Hannibal Hamlin (d. 1891)
  • 1858, Italian mathematician, Giuseppe Peano (d. 1932)
  • 1865, American Egyptologist, James Henry Breasted (d. 1935)
  • 1865, 30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Charles G. Dawes (d. 1951)
  • 1868, Korean independence activist, Hong Beom-do (d. 1943)
  • 1870, Mexican poet, Amado Nervo (d. 1919)
  • 1871, American author, Theodore Dreiser (d. 1945)
  • 1874, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate, Carl Bosch (d. 1940)
  • 1875, American women's rights activist, Katharine McCormick (d. 1967)
  • 1877, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce, Charles Rolls (d. 1910)
  • 1877, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Ernst Wetter (d. 1963)
  • 1884, French President, Vincent Auriol (d. 1966)
  • 1886, English composer and violist, Rebecca Helferich Clarke (d. 1979)
  • 1886, English composer, Eric Coates (d. 1957)
  • 1890, American photographer and artist, Man Ray (d. 1976)
  • 1896, Russian actress, Faina Ranevskaya (d. 1984)
  • 1898, French Canadian parliamentarian, Gaspard Fauteux (d. 1963)
  • 1899, British author, C. S. Forester (d. 1966)
  • 1899, American actor, Byron Foulger (d. 1970)
  • 1904, British author, Norah Lofts (d. 1983)
  • 1904, American financier, John Hay Whitney (d. 1982)
  • 1906, American serial killer, Ed Gein (d. 1984)
  • 1908, Australian cricketer, Don Bradman (d. 2001)
  • 1908, 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson (d. 1973)
  • 1908, German artist, Kurt Wegner (d. 1985)
  • 1909, Belgian cyclist, Sylvère Maes (d. 1966)
  • 1909, American musician, Lester Young (d. 1959)
  • 1911, British actress, Kay Walsh (d. 2005)
  • 1912, Mexican socialite and writer, Gloria Guinness (d. 1980)
  • 1913, Russian-born wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
  • 1914, German actress, Heidi Kabel (d. 2010)
  • 1915, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate, Norman Foster Ramsey
  • 1916, American actress, Martha Raye (d. 1994)
  • 1916, South African cricketer, Tony Harris (d. 1993)
  • 1917, American baseball player, Peanuts Lowrey (d. 1986)
  • 1918, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 until 1967, Jelle Zijlstra (d. 2001)
  • 1919, American songwriter and cabaret singer, Murray Grand (d. 2007)
  • 1921, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Alexander (d. 1996)
  • 1921, American film director, Leo Penn (d. 1998)
  • 1924, Australian poet, David Rowbotham
  • 1925, French actor, Darry Cowl (d. 2006)
  • 1925, English footballer, Nat Lofthouse
  • 1926, English actress, Pat Coombs (d. 2002)
  • 1926, Norwegian mathematician, Kristen Nygaard (d. 2002)
  • 1928, South African politician, Mangosuthu Buthelezi
  • 1929, American author, Ira Levin (d. 2007)
  • 1931, Indian guru, Sri Chinmoy (d. 2007)
  • 1931, American baseball player, Joe Cunningham
  • 1932, British author, Antonia Fraser
  • 1935, American baseball player, Ernie Broglio
  • 1935, American film producer, Frank Yablans
  • 1936, American politician, Joel Kovel
  • 1937, American jazz musician, Alice Coltrane (d. 2007)
  • 1937, American actor and singer, Tommy Sands
  • 1939, American author, William Least Heat-Moon
  • 1940, American jazz guitarist, Sonny Sharrock (d. 1994)
  • 1941, American actor, Harrison Page
  • 1942, American keyboardist, Daryl Dragon
  • 1942, Canadian politician, Brian Peckford
  • 1943, American actress Tuesday Weld
  • 1944, American actor, G. W. Bailey
  • 1946, West Indian cricketer, Tony Howard
  • 1947, American actress, Barbara Bach
  • 1947, American actor, Harry Reems
  • 1947, New Zealand cricketer, John Morrison
  • 1947, South African cricketer, Gavin Pfuhl (d. 2002)
  • 1948, Greek musician, Pavlos Sidiropoulos (d. 1990)
  • 1948, American professional wrestler, Sgt. Slaughter
  • 1949, Vocals, guitar, keyboards, Bass, Fiddle, Banjo and mandolin player, Jeff Cook
  • 1950, American actor, Charles Fleischer
  • 1951, American baseball player-manager, Buddy Bell
  • 1951, American University of Texas Head Football Coach, Mack Brown
  • 1952, American actor, (aka Pee-wee Herman), Paul Reubens
  • 1953, Canadian guitarist, Alex Lifeson
  • 1953, Swedish-born actor, Peter Stormare
  • 1954, British tennis player, John Lloyd
  • 1954, British race car driver, Derek Warwick
  • 1955, Dutch singer, Laura Fygi
  • 1955, American cinematographer, Robert Richardson
  • 1955, American actress, Diana Scarwid
  • 1957, American author and game designer, Jeff Grubb
  • 1957, German golfer and two-time Masters champion, Bernhard Langer
  • 1958, Canadian comedian and television and radio host, Normand Brathwaite
  • 1958, Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev
  • 1958, Belgian author, Tom Lanoye
  • 1959, Austrian racing driver and F1 team co-owner, Gerhard Berger
  • 1959, Colombian artist, Juan Fernando Cobo
  • 1959, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ, Downtown Julie Brown
  • 1961, American gospel singer, Yolanda Adams
  • 1961, American fashion designer, Tom Ford
  • 1962, Canadian hockey player, Adam Oates
  • 1962, American photographer, Thomas Duggan
  • 1962, American voice actor, Vic Mignogna
  • 1964, American actor, Robert Bogue
  • 1965, Zimbabwean cricketer, Wayne James
  • 1966, Prime Minister of Estonia, Juhan Parts
  • 1967, Filipino singer and actor, Ogie Alcasid
  • 1969, British actor and comedian, Reece Shearsmith
  • 1969, England cricketer, Mark Ealham
  • 1969, Mexican dog trainer, Cesar Millan
  • 1969, American actress, Chandra Wilson
  • 1970, Australian cricketer, Andy Bichel
  • 1970, English snooker player, Peter Ebdon
  • 1970, England cricketer, Mark Ilott
  • 1970, English musician, Tony Kanal
  • 1970, Irish footballer, Jeff Kenna
  • 1970, American baseball player, Jim Thome
  • 1970, Italian mountaineer, Karl Unterkircher (d. 2008)
  • 1971, Hong Kong actor and singer, Julian Cheung
  • 1971, Dutch footballer and coach, Ernest Faber
  • 1971, German politician, Aygül Özkan
  • 1972, American musician, Jimmy Pop
  • 1972, Dutch field hockey player, Jaap-Derk Buma
  • 1972, English heptathlete, Denise Lewis
  • 1972, Indian professional wrestler, The Great Khali
  • 1973, American professional wrestler, Carlene Begnaud
  • 1973, Welsh footballer, Danny Coyne
  • 1973, German footballer, Dietmar Hamann
  • 1973, Swedish author, Johan Norberg
  • 1973, Turkish pop singer, Burak Kut
  • 1973, Canadian actor, Cory Bowles
  • 1974, Puerto Rican baseball player, José Vidro
  • 1974, Pakistani cricketer, Mohammad Yousuf
  • 1974, New Zealand cricketer, Michael Mason
  • 1975, American skier, Jonny Moseley
  • 1975, Swedish guitarplayer,, Björn Gelotte
  • 1975, Australian footballer, Mark Rudan
  • 1976, Canadian actress, Sarah Chalke
  • 1976, Spanish tennis player, Carlos Moyà
  • 1976, Japanese professional wrestler, Milano Collection Akihito Terui
  • 1976, Australian racing driver, Mark Webber
  • 1977, Portuguese footballer, Deco
  • 1977, American rapper, Mase
  • 1979, American filmmaker and actor, Giovanni Capitello
  • 1979, American actor, Aaron Paul
  • 1979, Chinese diver, Tian Liang
  • 1979, Canadian musician, Sarah Neufeld
  • 1979, American shorttracker, Rusty Smith
  • 1980, Indian model and actress, Neha Dhupia
  • 1980, American actor, Kyle Lowder
  • 1981, American actress, Demetria McKinney
  • 1981, Spanish footballer, Maxwell Cabelino Andrade
  • 1982, French cyclist, Damien Monier
  • 1983, Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
  • 1984, English footballer, David Bentley
  • 1984, Ghanaian footballer, Sulley Muntari
  • 1985, Romanian/American artist, Alexandra Nechita
  • 1986, American R&B singer, Mario
  • 1987, American football player, Darren McFadden
  • 1988, American actress, Alexa Vega
  • 1993, Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

    Famous People who Died on August 27th!

  • 542, Saint Caesarius of Arles
  • 827, Pope Eugene II
  • 1312, Duke of Brittany, Arthur II (b. 1262)
  • 1394, Emperor of Japan, Chokei (b. 1343)
  • 1450, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician, Reginald West (b. 1395)
  • 1521, Flemish composer, Josquin des Prez
  • 1545, Polish Catholic archbishop, Piotr Gamrat (b. 1487)
  • 1572, French composer, Claude Goudimel
  • 1577, Titian, Italian artist
  • 1590, Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
  • 1635, Spanish poet and playwright, Félix Lope de Vega (b. 1562)
  • 1664, Spanish painter, Francisco Zurbarán (b. 1598)
  • 1748, Scottish poet, James Thomson (b. 1700)
  • 1773, Prussian general, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (b. 1721)
  • 1857, American literary critic and editor, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (b. 1815)
  • 1865, Canadian author, Thomas Chandler Haliburton (b. 1796)
  • 1871, American politician, William Whiting Boardman (b. 1794)
  • 1875, American banker, William Chapman Ralston (b. 1826)
  • 1909, Danish fermentation physiologist, Emil Christian Hansen (b. 1842)
  • 1929, Slovenian rocket scientist, Herman Potocnik Noordung (b. 1892)
  • 1931, Irish author and editor, Frank Harris (b. 1856)
  • 1931, American borax magnate, Francis Marion Smith (b. 1846)
  • 1944, German nobleman, Georg von Boeselager (b. 1915)
  • 1948, U.S. Supreme Court justice, Charles Evans Hughes (b. 1862)
  • 1958, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Ernest Lawrence (b. 1901)
  • 1963, American inventor, Garrett Morgan (b. 1877)
  • 1963, American civil rights activist and scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois (b. 1868)
  • 1963, Pakistani scholar and politician, Allama Mashriqi (b. 1888)
  • 1964, American actress and comedienne, Gracie Allen (b. 1895)
  • 1965, Swiss architect, Le Corbusier (b. 1887)
  • 1967, English manager of The Beatles, Brian Epstein (b. 1934)
  • 1968, Duchess of Kent, Princess Marina (b. 1906)
  • 1969, English novelist, Ivy Compton-Burnett (b. 1884)
  • 1969, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann, Erika Mann (b. 1905)
  • 1971, American publisher and television personality, Bennett Cerf (b. 1898)
  • 1971, American photo-journalist, Margaret Bourke-White (b. 1906)
  • 1975, Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I (b. 1892)
  • 1976, Indian playback singer, Mukesh (b. 1923)
  • 1979, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British admiral and statesman (assassinated), Louis Mountbatten (b. 1900)
  • 1980, American humorist, Douglas Kenney (b. 1947)
  • 1981, Soviet hockey player, Valeri Kharlamov (b. 1948)
  • 1984, English actor, Bernard Youens (b. 1914)
  • 1987, American DJ, Scott La Rock (b. 1962)
  • 1988, British psychiatrist, William Sargant (b. 1907)
  • 1988, Filipino actor, Mario Montenegro (b. 1928)
  • 1990, American guitarist, Stevie Ray Vaughan (b. 1954)
  • 1996, American actor, Greg Morris (b. 1933)
  • 1997, Greek singer, Sotiria Bellou (b. 1921)
  • 1999, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop, Hélder Câmara (b. 1909)
  • 2001, Leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abu Ali Mustafa (b. 1938)
  • 2001, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science, Michael Dertouzos (b. 1936)
  • 2002, "Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement," Founder of the Christian Men's Network (CMN), Dr. Edwin Louis Cole (b. 1922)
  • 2003, French politician, Pierre Poujade (b. 1920)
  • 2004, American baseball player, Willie Crawford (b. 1946)
  • 2005, Greek songwriter and musician, Giorgos Mouzakis (b. 1922)
  • 2005, Gaelic footballer, Seán Purcell (b. 1929)
  • 2006, Indian film director, Hrishikesh Mukherjee (b. 1922)
  • 2006, Oldest living person from 2004–2006, María Capovilla (b. 1889)
  • 2006, Mexican-born guitarist, Jesse Pintado (b. 1969)
  • 2007, Spanish actress, Emma Penella (b. 1930)
  • 2008, Australian actor, Mark Priestley (b. 1970)
  • 2009, Russian writer and poet, Sergey Mikhalkov (b. 1913)
  • 2010, Professional Wrestler, Luna Vachon (b. 1962)
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  • Thursday

    The weather is here..wish you were beautiful.



    The weather is here..wish you were beautiful.is my saying for today (August 26th)!

    Quote of the day: "People are wrong when they say that opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what wrong with it." by Noel Coward

    Word of the day: pavonine - adjective: resembling the feathers of a peacock

    August 26th is the 238th day of the year (239th in a leap year) and there are 127 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 26th!

  • 1469, Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
  • 1540, King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
  • 1676, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Walpole (d. 1745)
  • 1694, American rector of Yale College, Elisha Williams (d. 1755)
  • 1728, Swiss scientist, Johann Heinrich Lambert (d. 1777)
  • 1736, French chemist, Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (d. 1790)
  • 1740, French inventor, Joseph Montgolfier (d. 1810)
  • 1743, French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier (d. 1794)
  • 1775, German writer, William Joseph Behr (d. 1851)
  • 1789, Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza (d. 1833)
  • 1792, Uruguayan political figure, Manuel Oribe (d. 1857)
  • 1819, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1861)
  • 1826, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
  • 1845, English victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols (d. 1888)
  • 1850, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, Charles Richet (d. 1935)
  • 1854, England cricketer, Arnold Fothergill (d. 1932)
  • 1862, American son of William and Catherine Booth, Herbert Booth (d. 1926)
  • 1864, Older sister of Vladimir Lenin, Anna Ulyanova (d. 1935)
  • 1865, Scottish inventor, Arthur James Arnot (d. 1946)
  • 1873, American inventor, Lee DeForest (d. 1961)
  • 1874, American novelist, Zona Gale (d. 1938)
  • 1875, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada, John Buchan (d. 1940)
  • 1880, French poet and art critic, Guillaume Apollinaire (d. 1918)
  • 1882, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate, James Franck (d. 1964)
  • 1885, French author, Jules Romains (d. 1972)
  • 1890, Australian cricketer, Tommy Andrews (d. 1970)
  • 1894, Baseball player, Sparky Adams (d. 1989)
  • 1896, Bulgarian revolutionary, Ivan Mihailov (d. 1990)
  • 1897, President of South Korea, Yoon Boseon (d. 1990)
  • 1898, American art collector, Peggy Guggenheim (d. 1979)
  • 1899, Mexican painter, Rufino Tamayo (d. 1991)
  • 1900, German engineer and inventor, Hellmuth Walter (d. 1980)
  • 1901, German engineer and SS officer, Hans Kammler (disappeared in 1945)
  • 1901, American general, Maxwell Taylor (d. 1987)
  • 1901, Chinese communist military commander and politician, Chen Yi (d. 1972)
  • 1904, English-born writer, Christopher Isherwood (d. 1986)
  • 1906, American polio researcher, Albert Sabin (d. 1993)
  • 1908, Prussian-born Iranist, W. B. Henning (d. 1967)
  • 1908, Film producer, Aubrey Schenck (d. 1999)
  • 1908, Australian cricketer, Bill Hunt (d. 1983)
  • 1909, American actor, Jim Davis (d. 1981)
  • 1909, Baseball player, Gene Moore (d. 1978)
  • 1909, South African cricketer, Eric Davies (d. 1976)
  • 1910, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary, Mother Teresa (d. 1997)
  • 1914, Argentine writer, Julio Cortázar (d. 1984)
  • 1920, American cartoonist, Brant Parker (d. 2007)
  • 1920, Thai soldier and politician, Prem Tinsulanonda
  • 1921, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient, Shimshon Amitsur (d. 1994)
  • 1921, American journalist, Benjamin Bradlee
  • 1922, American journalist, Irving R. Levine (d. 2009)
  • 1923, German conductor and pianist, Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • 1924, Baseball player, Alex Kellner (d. 1996)
  • 1925, American economist, Jack Hirshleifer (d. 2005)
  • 1925, French politician and writer, Alain Peyrefitte (d. 1999)
  • 1925, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order, Sangharakshita
  • 1926, Armenian Violinist, Anahit Tsitsikian
  • 1927, Indian architect, B. V. Doshi
  • 1928, Canadian jazz vibraphonist, Peter Appleyard
  • 1928, Canadian novelist and essayist, Naïm Kattan
  • 1930, West Indian cricketer, Joe Solomon
  • 1932, Chilean basketball player, Luis Salvadores
  • 1934, American basketball player and commentator, Tom Heinsohn
  • 1935, American politician, Geraldine Ferraro
  • 1936, American actress, Yvette Vickers
  • 1938, English Drummer, Jet Black
  • 1939, Israeli politician, Pinchas Goldstein (d. 2007)
  • 1940, American voice actor, Don LaFontaine (d. 2008)
  • 1941, Swiss film director, Barbet Schroeder
  • 1941, English singer and drummer, Chris Curtis (d. 2005)
  • 1941, British actress, Jane Merrow
  • 1941, Japanese actress, Akiko Wakabayashi
  • 1942, American singer, Vic Dana
  • 1942, British politician, Dennis Turner
  • 1944, Duke of Gloucester, British prince, Prince Richard
  • 1944, English actor, Stephen Greif
  • 1944, American musician, Maureen Tucker
  • 1945, American feminist scholar, Jo Freeman
  • 1945, First United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge
  • 1946, American singer, Valerie Simpson
  • 1946, American composer, Mark Snow
  • 1946, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Ji
  • 1946, Quebec singer and actress, Chantal Renaud
  • 1947, Cuban actor, Emiliano Díez
  • 1947, Romanian footballer, Nicolae Dobrin (d. 2007)
  • 1950, American actor, Benjamin Hendrickson (d. 2006)
  • 1952, Canadian hockey player, Bryon Baltimore
  • 1952, American actor, Michael Jeter (d. 2003)
  • 1952, American crossword editor, Will Shortz
  • 1953, Irish footballer, Pat Sharkey
  • 1954, Filipino pool player, Efren Reyes
  • 1954, BBC Radio 2 DJ, Steve Wright
  • 1956, American football coach, Mark Mangino
  • 1956, American actor, Brett Cullen
  • 1957, Nigerian-Swedish singer, Dr. Alban
  • 1957, Canadian paraplegic athlete, Rick Hansen
  • 1958, Belgian cyclist, Jan Nevens
  • 1959, American basketball coach, Stan Van Gundy
  • 1960, American saxophonist and bandleader, Branford Marsalis
  • 1960, Canadian-born singer, Nancy Martinez
  • 1960, American actress, Wanda De Jesus
  • 1961, French singer-songwriter, Composer and pianist, Daniel Lévi
  • 1961, American baseball player, Jeff Parrett
  • 1962, American cyclist and attorney, Bob Mionske
  • 1963, English cricketer, David Byas
  • 1965, Chilean actress, Carolina Arregui
  • 1965, American actor, Chris Burke
  • 1965, Wrestler, Bobby Duncum, Jr. (d. 2000)
  • 1965, American actor, Jon Hensley
  • 1966, Dutch field hockey player, Jacques Brinkman
  • 1966, Scottish singer, Shirley Manson
  • 1966, Israeli artist and painter, Avner Ben-Gal
  • 1967, British politician, Michael Gove
  • 1968, Canadian actor, Byron Lawson
  • 1970, Russian athlete, Olimpiada Ivanova
  • 1970, South African cricketer, Brett Schultz
  • 1971, Mexican singer, Thalía
  • 1974, American basketball player, Kelvin Cato
  • 1975, American baseball player, Morgan Ensberg
  • 1975, Canadian Singer, Tyler Connolly
  • 1976, Spanish singer, Amaia Montero
  • 1976, Russian singer, Zemfira
  • 1977, Japanese seiyu, Saeko Chiba
  • 1977, American basketball player, Morris Peterson
  • 1977, Hampshire cricketer and rugby league player, Liam Botham
  • 1978, Pakistani singer, Raja Kashif
  • 1979, American football player, Jamal Lewis
  • 1979, Ecuadorian footballer, Cristian Mora
  • 1979, Spanish footballer, Rubén Pazos
  • 1979, American musician, Allison Robertson
  • 1979, Turkish Musician, Yagmur Sarigül
  • 1980, American actor, Macaulay Culkin
  • 1980, American baseball player, Brendan Harris
  • 1980, Greek basketball player, Manolis Papamakarios
  • 1980, American actor, Chris Pine
  • 1981, West Indian cricketer, Tino Best
  • 1981, Greek basketball player, Andreas Glyniadakis
  • 1981, American actress, Demetria McKinney
  • 1981, Greek footballer, Vangelis Moras
  • 1981, Australian yachtsman, Jesse Martin
  • 1981, Canadian professional wrestler, Petey Williams
  • 1982, New Zealand musician, David Long
  • 1982, American hockey player, Noah Welch
  • 1983, Spanish racing driver, Félix Porteiro
  • 1985, American football player, Brandon McDonald
  • 1986, American singer, Cassie
  • 1986, Turkish footballer, Colin Kazim-Richards
  • 1988, Venezuelan baseball player, Elvis Andrus
  • 1988, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Maria Laura of Belgium
  • 1988, American actor, Evan Ross
  • 1988, American actress, Danielle Savre
  • 1988, Actress, Tori Black
  • 1990, English singer-songwriter and TV personality, Lil' Chris
  • 1992, Chinese gymnast, Yang Yilin
  • 1993, American actress, Keke Palmer

    Famous People who Died on August 26th!

  • 1214, Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael IV
  • 1278, King Otakar II of Bohemia
  • 1346, Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
    Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297),
    Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304),
    John of Bohemia (b. 1296),
    Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
  • 1349, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bradwardine
  • 1551, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, Margareta Leijonhufvud (b. 1516)
  • 1572, French philosopher, Petrus Ramus (b. 1515)
  • 1595, Prior of Crato, Claimant to the throne of Portugal, Antonio (b. 1531)
  • 1666, Dutch painter, Frans Hals (b. c. 1580)
  • 1714, English Bishop of Gloucester, Edward Fowler (b. 1632)
  • 1723, Dutch scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)
  • 1785, British soldier and politician, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (b. 1716)
  • 1810, Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Santiago de Liniers (b. 1753)
  • 1850, Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
  • 1865, German astronomer, Johann Franz Encke (b. 1791)
  • 1908, American vaudeville performer, Tony Pastor (b. 1837)
  • 1910, American psychologist and philosopher, William James (b. 1842)
  • 1930, American actor, Lon Chaney, Sr. (b. 1883)
  • 1944, German diplomat, Adam von Trott zu Solz (b. 1909)
  • 1945, Austrian writer, Franz Werfel (b. 1890)
  • 1946, American actress and screenwriter, Jeanie MacPherson (b. 1887)
  • 1956, German-born American activist, Alfred Wagenknecht (b. 1881)
  • 1958, English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. 1872)
  • 1968, American actress, Kay Francis (b. 1899)
  • 1974, American aviator, Charles Lindbergh (b. 1902)
  • 1976, German soprano, Lotte Lehmann (b. 1888)
  • 1978, French actor, Charles Boyer (b. 1899)
  • 1978, Argentine footballer, José Manuel Moreno (b. 1916)
  • 1979, Finnish author, Mika Waltari (b. 1908)
  • 1980, German actress, Rosa Albach-Retty (b. 1874)
  • 1980, American cartoonist, Tex Avery (b. 1908)
  • 1981, Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Roger Nash Baldwin (b. 1884)
  • 1981, American folksinger, Lee Elhardt Hays (b. 1914)
  • 1986, American actor, Ted Knight (b. 1923)
  • 1987, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Georg Wittig (b. 1897)
  • 1987, West Indian cricketer, John Goddard (b. 1919)
  • 1988, Portuguese singer, Carlos Paião (b. 1957)
  • 1989, American author, Irving Stone (b. 1903)
  • 1990, Japanese astronomer, Minoru Honda (b. 1913)
  • 1992, American suspected murderer, Arthur Leigh Allen (b. 1933)
  • 1992, Belgian comics artist, Bob de Moor (b. 1925)
  • 1998, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Frederick Reines (b. 1918)
  • 2000, Iranian scientist, Akbar Adibi (b. 1939)
  • 2001, Canadian painter, Louis Muhlstock (b. 1904)
  • 2003, American football coach, Jim Wacker (b. 1937)
  • 2004, American singer, Laura Branigan (b. 1957)
  • 2005, Canadian guitarist, Denis D'Amour (b. 1960)
  • 2005, American interior designer, Robert Denning (b. 1927)
  • 2005, Canadian professional wrestler, Ed White (b. 1949)
  • 2006, German politician, Rainer Barzel (b. 1924)
  • 2006, Barbadian West Indies cricketer, Clyde Walcott (b. 1926)
  • 2007, Luxembourger politician, Gaston Thorn (b. 1928)
  • 2007, Filipino martial arts actor, Ramon Zamora (b. 1935)
  • 2009, American writer, Vanity Fair correspondent, Dominick Dunne (b. 1925)
    updated by BrianMc
  • Wednesday

    Just when you think you've won the race, along come faster rats.



    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
    Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting, BrianMc,myway2fortune.info
    Grandma Quote


    Word 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)
  • Tuesday

    Why be difficult? With a bit more effort, you could be impossible.




    "Why be difficult? With a bit more effort, you could be impossible" is my saying for today (August 24th)!

    Quote of the day: "Never loan shylock money to a woman, because you can't beat her up to collect." a Mafia Proverb

    Word of the day: rhetor - noun: an orator

    August 24th is the 236th day of the year (237th in a leap year) and there are 129 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 24th!

  • 1113, Count of Anjou, Geoffrey of Anjou (d. 1151)
  • 1198, King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
  • 1358, King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
  • 1393, Duke of Brittany, Arthur III (d. 1458)
  • 1552, Italian painter, Lavinia Fontana (d. 1614)
  • 1580, English poet, John Taylor (d. 1654)
  • 1591, English poet, Robert Herrick (d. 1674)
  • 1635, Danish statesman, Peder Griffenfeld (d. 1699)
  • 1669, Italian composer, Alessandro Marcello (d. 1747)
  • 1707, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist, Selina Hastings (d. 1791)
  • 1750, Mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Letizia Ramolino (d. 1836)
  • 1758, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
  • 1759, English abolitionist, William Wilberforce (d. 1833)
  • 1772, King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
  • 1787, English explorer of Antarctica, James Weddell (d. 1834)
  • 1817, Russian writer, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (d. 1875)
  • 1837, French composer and teacher, Théodore Dubois (d. 1924)
  • 1845, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer, James C. Calhoun (d. 1876)
  • 1851, Australian cricketer, Tom Kendall (d. 1924)
  • 1852, American baseball player, Deacon White (d. 1919)
  • 1863, Croatian explorer, Dragutin Lerman (d. 1918)
  • 1865, King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
  • 1872, British caricaturist, Max Beerbohm (d. 1956)
  • 1880, American entrepreneur, Creator of Lionel Trains, Joshua Lionel Cowen (d. 1965)
  • 1884, American author, Earl Derr Biggers (d. 1933)
  • 1887, American baseball player, Harry Hooper (d. 1974)
  • 1890, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer, Duke Kahanamoku (d. 1968)
  • 1890, British writer, Jean Rhys (d. 1979)
  • 1893, German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize, Haim Ernst Wertheimer (d. 1978)
  • 1895, Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cushing (d. 1970)
  • 1897, American songwriter and publishing executive, Fred Rose (d. 1954)
  • 1898, American literary critic, Malcolm Cowley (d. 1989)
  • 1899, Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges (d. 1986)
  • 1899, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate, Albert Claude (d. 1983)
  • 1899, American comic book writer, Gaylord DuBois (d. 1993)
  • 1901, American actor, Preston Foster (d. 1970)
  • 1902, French historian, Fernand Braudel (d. 1985)
  • 1902, Sicilian-born American mafioso, Carlo Gambino (d. 1976)
  • 1903, Nazi official, Karl Hanke (d. 1945)
  • 1904, American actress, Alice White (d. 1983)
  • 1905, American singer and guitarist, Arthur Crudup (d. 1976)
  • 1905, President of Sierra Leone, Siaka Stevens (d. 1988)
  • 1907, Swiss architect, Bruno Giacometti
  • 1909, South African cricketer, Ronald Grieveson (d. 1998)
  • 1911, English automotive engineer and race team manager, Lofty England (d. 1995)
  • 1911, Greek Trotskyist leader, Michel Pablo (d. 1996)
  • 1912, American television personality, Durward Kirby (d. 2000)
  • 1913, American mountaineer, Charles Snead Houston (d. 2009)
  • 1915, American writer, James Tiptree, Jr. (d. 1987)
  • 1916, French composer and singer, Léo Ferré (d. 1993)
  • 1916, American actor, Hal Smith (d. 1994)
  • 1917, American game show host, Dennis James (d. 1997)
  • 1918, Governor of Kerala, Sikander Bakht (d. 2004)
  • 1919, Mexican professional wrestler, Enrique Llanes (d. 2004)
  • 1920, Canadian painter, Alex Colville
  • 1921, Zimbabwean racing driver, Sam Tingle (d. 2008)
  • 1922, Premier of Quebec, René Lévesque (d. 1987)
  • 1922, American historian and activist, Howard Zinn (d. 2010)
  • 1923, American psychologist, Arthur Jensen
  • 1924, British bandleader Alyn Ainsworth (d. 1990)
  • 1924, British actor, Jimmy Gardner (d. 2010)
  • 1927, Australian author, David Ireland
  • 1927, American economist, Nobel laureate, Harry Markowitz
  • 1929, Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat (d. 2004)
  • 1929, American feminist and sex educator, Betty Dodson
  • 1930, American racing driver, Roger McCluskey (d. 1993)
  • 1932, LDS apostle, Robert D. Hales
  • 1934, English actor, Kenny Baker
  • 1936, English novelist, A. S. Byatt
  • 1936, American Governor, Nevada, Kenny Guinn
  • 1937, Nigerian politician, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (d. 1998)
  • 1938, Icelandic politician, Halldór Blöndal
  • 1938, American bassist, David Freiberg
  • 1938, American guitarist and composer, Mason Williams
  • 1940, Quebec politician, Francine Lalonde
  • 1942, American politician, Max Cleland
  • 1942, British novelist and newspaper columnist, Howard Jacobson
  • 1943, American guitarist, John Cipollina (d. 1989)
  • 1943, Israeli football agent, Pini Zahavi
  • 1944, Canadian hockey player, Bill Goldsworthy (d. 1996)
  • 1944, American astronaut, Gregory Jarvis (d. 1986)
  • 1944, Canadian professional wrestler, Rocky Johnson
  • 1945, English musician, Ken Hensley
  • 1945, American professional wrestling promoter, Vince McMahon
  • 1947, American actress, Anne Archer
  • 1947, Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho
  • 1947, Belgian cyclist, Roger De Vlaeminck
  • 1947, American politician, governor of West Virginia, Joe Manchin
  • 1947, Russian admiral, Vladimir Masorin
  • 1948, French musician, Jean-Michel Jarre
  • 1948, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force, Kim Sung-Il
  • 1949, American actor, Joe Regalbuto
  • 1949, American actor, Charles Rocket (d. 2005)
  • 1950, Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion, John Banaszak
  • 1950, American anthropologist, Tim White
  • 1951, American writer, Orson Scott Card
  • 1951, American author, Oscar Hijuelos
  • 1952, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee, Bob Corker
  • 1952, American model, Holly Hallstrom
  • 1952, American football coach, Mike Shanahan
  • 1952, Jamaican dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • 1953, American tenor saxophonist, Ron Holloway
  • 1954, French singer, Philippe Cataldo
  • 1954, French Canadian hockey player, Alain Daigle
  • 1955, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee
  • 1956, American politician, John Culberson
  • 1956, Singaporean singer-songwriter, Dick Lee
  • 1957, American dancer and singer, Jeffrey Daniel
  • 1957, English comedian and actor, Stephen Fry
  • 1958, American actor, Steve Guttenberg
  • 1958, American artist, Tracy Harris
  • 1958, American author, Chris Offutt
  • 1959, Former South African cricketer, Adrian Kuiper
  • 1960, Danish footballer, Kim Christofte
  • 1960, Japanese filmmaker, Takashi Miike
  • 1960, American baseball player, Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 1961, Belgian judoka, Ingrid Berghmans
  • 1961, English actor, Jared Harris
  • 1962, American talk show host, Craig Kilborn
  • 1962, American actor, David Koechner
  • 1962, Major Garrett, American journalist
  • 1963, American singer, John Bush
  • 1963, Japanese video game director, Hideo Kojima
  • 1964, French racing driver, Éric Bernard
  • 1964, American comedian and writer, Dana Gould
  • 1964, Russian cosmonaut, Salizhan Sharipov
  • 1965, American actress, Marlee Matlin
  • 1965, American basketball player, Reggie Miller
  • 1965, Sri Lankan cricketer, Brian Rajadurai
  • 1967, English footballer, Michael Thomas
  • 1968, French Canadian hockey player, Benoît Brunet
  • 1968, Japanese professional wrestler, Shoichi Funaki
  • 1968, Brazilian guitarist, Andreas Kisser
  • 1968, American baseball player, Tim Salmon
  • 1968, Professional boxer, James Toney
  • 1970, American television journalist, David Gregory
  • 1970, American Mixed martial artist, Dan Henderson
  • 1970, Turkish footballer, Tugay Kerimoglu
  • 1971, Italian actor, Pierfrancesco Favino
  • 1972, Canadian freestyle skier, Jean-Luc Brassard
  • 1973, Canadian hockey player, Andrew Brunette
  • 1973, American actor and Comedian, Dave Chappelle
  • 1973, Dutch swimmer, Inge de Bruijn
  • 1973, Voice actress, Grey DeLisle
  • 1973, American actor, Carmine Giovinazzo
  • 1974, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman, Orla Fallon
  • 1974, American actress, Jennifer Lien
  • 1975, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, Mark de Vries
  • 1975, Australian actor, Alex O'Loughlin
  • 1976, Dutch footballer, Nordin Wooter
  • 1977, Brazilian footballer, Denílson
  • 1977, German footballer, Robert Enke (d. 2009)
  • 1977, Danish footballer, Per Gade
  • 1977, American author, John Green
  • 1977, Austrian footballer, Jürgen Macho
  • 1978, Dominican baseball player, Rafael Furcal
  • 1978, Canadian hockey player, Derek Morris
  • 1978, American actress, Beth Riesgraf
  • 1979, Dutch footballer, Orlando Engelaar
  • 1979, Taiwanese singer, Elva Hsiao
  • 1979, American basketball player, Michael Redd
  • 1979, German rugby player, Markus Walger
  • 1980, Canadian actress, Sonja Bennett
  • 1981, Taiwanese singer, Actor, Model, Jiro Wang
  • 1981, American actor, Chad Michael Murray
  • 1982, Swedish footballer, Kim Kallstrom
  • 1983, German hockey player, Marcel Goc
  • 1983, British actor, Christopher Parker
  • 1984, Canadian actor, Kyle Schmid
  • 1984, Korean singer, Yesung
  • 1984, American basketball player, Charlie Villanueva
  • 1986, American baseball player, Nick Adenhart (d. 2009)
  • 1986, Italian footballer, Fabiano Santacroce
  • 1987, Slovenian hockey player, Anže Kopitar
  • 1987, American basketball player, Jon Scheyer
  • 1988, English actor, Rupert Grint
  • 1988, Filipina actress, Helga Krapf
  • 1990, Argentine actor and singer, Juan Pedro Lanzani
  • 2003, Son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Alexandre Coste

    Famous People who Died on August 24th!

  • 79, Roman writer and naturalist, Pliny the Elder (b. 23)
  • 1042, Byzantine Emperor, Michael V (b. 1015)
  • 1103, King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
  • 1217, French mercenary and pirate, Eustace the Monk (b. c.1170)
  • 1540, Italian painter, Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (b. 1503)
  • 1542, Italian diplomat and cardinal, Gasparo Contarini (b. 1483)
  • 1572, Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
    French Huguenot leader, Gaspard de Coligny (b. 1519)
    French humanist, Pierre de la Ramée (b. 1515)
    French Huguenot soldier, Charles de Téligny (b. c.1535)
  • 1595, English astronomer, Thomas Digges (b. 1546)
  • 1647, English sculptor and architect, Nicholas Stone (b. 1586)
  • 1664, Silesian astronomer, Maria Cunitz (b. c.1610)
  • 1679, French cardinal and agitator, Jean François Paul de Gondi (b. 1614)
  • 1680, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels, Thomas Blood (b. 1618)
  • 1683, English non-conformist theologian, John Owen (b. 1616)
  • 1759, German poet, Ewald Christian von Kleist (b. 1715)
  • 1779, Greek Orthodox martyr, Saint Cosmas of Aetolia (b. 1714)
  • 1798, English clergyman, Thomas Alcock (b. 1709)
  • 1818, U.S. Congressman, James Carr (b. 1777)
  • 1831, Prussian field marshal, August von Gneisenau (b. 1760)
  • 1832, French mathematician, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (b. 1796)
  • 1841, English author, Theodore Edward Hook (b. 1788)
  • 1841, Privateer of the War of 1812, John Ordronaux (b. 1778)
  • 1888, German physicist, Rudolf Clausius (b. 1822)
  • 1895, British mountaineer, Albert F. Mummery (b. 1855)
  • 1921, Russian poet, Nikolay Gumilyov (b. 1886)
  • 1930, English freak showman, Tom Norman (b. 1860)
  • 1940, German television pioneer, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (b. 1860)
  • 1943, French philosopher and social activist, Simone Weil (b. 1909)
  • 1945, Japanese actress, Survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, died of radiation poisoning, Midori Naka (b. 1909)
  • 1946, U.S. Supreme Court justice, James Clark McReynolds (b. 1862)
  • 1954, President of Brazil, Getúlio Vargas (b. 1882)
  • 1956, Japanese film director, Kenji Mizoguchi (b. 1898)
  • 1958, Northern Irish artist, Paul Henry (b. 1876)
  • 1967, American industrialist, Henry J. Kaiser (b. 1882)
  • 1967, Hong Kong radio commentator, Lam Bun (b. 1930)
  • 1974, Russian-American aviation pioneer, Alexander de Seversky (b. 1894)
  • 1977, Canadian hockey player, Buddy O'Connor (b. 1916)
  • 1978, American band leader, Louis Prima (b. 1910)
  • 1979, German test pilot, Hanna Reitsch (b. 1912)
  • 1979, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker, Sampson Sievers (b. 1898)
  • 1980, British actress, Yootha Joyce (b. 1927)
  • 1982, French Canadian catholic priest and novelist, Félix-Antoine Savard (b. 1896)
  • 1983, American writer, educator and activist, Scott Nearing (b. 1883)
  • 1985, American composer, Paul Creston (b. 1906)
  • 1987, English wrestler, Malcolm Kirk (b. 1936)
  • 1990, Russian writer, Sergei Dovlatov (b. 1941)
  • 1990, Sudanese writer, Gailli AbedElrhman (b. 1931)
  • 1991, Italian inventor, Bernard Castro (b. 1904)
  • 1995, German-born photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt (b. 1898)
  • 1997, German actor, Werner Abrolat (b. 1924)
  • 1998, American actor, E.G. Marshall (b. 1910)
  • 1999, Greek-Italian classical guitarist, Alexandre Lagoya (b. 1929)
  • 2000, Swiss karateka and kickbox champion, Andy Hug (b. 1964)
  • 2001, American actress, Jane Greer (b. 1924)
  • 2002, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest, Nikolay Guryanov (b. 1909)
  • 2003, British explorer, Sir Wilfred Thesiger (b. 1910)
  • 2004, Swiss-born psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (b. 1926)
  • 2005, Colombian Vallenato singer, Kaleth Morales (b. 1984)
  • 2005, American singer, Harold "Hal" Kalin (b. 1934)
  • 2006, French Canadian tenor, Léopold Simoneau (b. 1916)
  • 2006, Romanian film director, Cristian Nemescu (b. 1979)
  • 2007, Mayor of Quebec City, Andrée P. Boucher (b. 1937)
  • 2007, American film producer and director, Aaron Russo (b. 1943)
  • 2010, Japanese film director, Satoshi Kon (b. 1963)
  • Monday

    False Accusations

    Okay just have to get this off my chest! It is basically about a X friend of mine, her mom and me! To keep a long story short, I will just post about what happened recently! I plan on adding more (with images and documentation) later on, so stay tuned, this nice guy going to stop being submissive and defend his reputation (with proof)!

    Let the story begin:

    On 01/06/2015, I just finished another long day at a renovation project that I got hired to do (more about this project later) and as my usual routine, I headed to the coffee shop that is halfway between my place to use the Internet. My plans were to message my x friend mom about whether or not, they are interested in renting out the place that I was renovating, so the daughter can have a new and safe place for her and her kids(more later)

    After getting my coffee and sitting down, I went to facebook from my cellphone (free WIFI at this coffee shop) and as soon as I logged in, I seen that there was a message from my x friend mom. I was kinda excited because I figured that she was messaging me about the house (renovation project)..boy was I wrong..below you will find part of the message (names have been blocked out but still have the original screenshot..


    Did you read what I was accused off? Do you know how bad of a reputation, I would get if this accusation was remotely true?

    Now there is the fact that this message is very libelous and slanderous (accusation was told verbally and also posted in written form AND BELIEVED!), and I probably could sue! There also the fact that this is not the first time that the daughter told this story, only difference is that the people she told it too, didn't believe her (they know me well, she was just trying to get people to hate me) and more important, they have no money!

    Now, the reason that I am just posting about this very slanderous message is
    • I can understand a loving mother wanting to protect her child! Isn't that what a mom does? I can respect that!
    • I am hoping that this "crap"about me will never be mentioned again!


    Now, here is a little background about my relationship with the daughter, going to be vague and only share what I exactly know!
    1. In the message, I mentioned Quetiapine (yes I spelled it wrong in the message but click on the word and you will find some valid and relevant information about the drug).

      Now when I first starting hanging out with the daughter, I noticed a pill bottle on her coffee table and I asked her about it. Her response was that "it helps her stay calm and lessens her anxiety." I googled that drug and read the same information that the link showed.

    2. At the time had deep feeling for the daughter, feelings that I never experienced for a long time and just recently lost them! So I figured, this girl (daughter) is very pretty, smart and fun to be around with (girlfriend material) but she has problems. Problems that were just part of her and if I wanted her in my life, I would have to accept! Isn't that what real love is about?

    3. Now another big factor to this story is that the daughter just ended a long term relationship (yes I know I was the rebound guy) with a controlling, manipulative, abusive boy who lived off of woman.

      Now when this jerk (bum etc) found out that the daughter was hanging out with me, he started telling people that I was a drug dealer and was supplying the daughter with drugs and that was why she was hanging out with me! DO YOU REMEMBER THIS STORY MOM?

      Now anyone that know me or the daughter know that I don't do drugs and neither does the daughter!

    4. Now let me fast forward this story a few months maybe a year later...me and the daughter had a falling out (I didn't want to be part of a triangle again)! The daughter goes off her meds, we have a few arguments, I started to message the mom about what happening in her daughters life (new "friend" who is a woman beating junkie)..daughter gets pissed off at me cause I am "ratting her out" to her mom... mom and daughter have nightly talk...for reason of her own, daughter tells this story about me

    5. The summer that was mentioned was also the time that the daughter was not eating and drinking up to 6 large Ice caps (32 grams of sugar in each one) and thinking back..around that time..while visiting me, I gave the daughter a tea and she watched me put saccharine in it..cause of the amount of sugar that day, about two hours after I gave her the tea, she went into a coma..since it was the first one of many comas that I seen, I didn't know what to do but put her on my bed, cover her up and wipe her forehead..THAT IT, NOTHING FUNNY HAPPENED..NO DRUGS..NO SEX

    Here are some relevant links... Put your mouse over the drumming image, you should see some words! (click on those words)
    and
    Scroll down to the bottom of the posting (click on those words)

    END OF STORY...SO FAR



    I'd like to help you out; which way did you come in?is my saying for today (August 23rd)!

    Quote of the day: "If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf." by Bob Hope

    Word of the day: oppilate - verb: to obstruct; to stop up

    August 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in a leap year) and there are 130 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 23rd!

  • 1486, Austrian diplomat and historian, Sigismund von Herberstein (d. 1566)
  • 1524, French lawyer and writer, François Hotman (d. 1590)
  • 1623, Polish Socinian theologist, Stanislaw Lubieniecki (d. 1675)
  • 1724, American Continental Congressman, Abraham Yates (d. 1796)
  • 1741, French explorer, Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse (d. 1788)
  • 1754, King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
  • 1757, German actress, Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann (d. 1775)
  • 1769, French biologist and statesman, Georges Cuvier (d. 1832)
  • 1783, English civil engineer, William Tierney Clark (d. 1852)
  • 1785, American naval officer, Oliver Hazard Perry (d. 1819)
  • 1805, Austrian statesman, Anton von Schmerling (d. 1893)
  • 1814, American religious leader, James Roosevelt Bayley (d. 1877)
  • 1829, German mathematician, Moritz Cantor (d. 1920)
  • 1836, Queen of the Belgians, Marie Henriette of Austria (d. 1902)
  • 1843, Canadian newspaper publisher, William Southam (d. 1932)
  • 1846, American sculptor, Alexander Milne Calder (d. 1923)
  • 1847, American physicist and astronomer, Sarah Frances Whiting (d. 1927)
  • 1849, British poet, Critic, And editor, William Ernest Henley (d. 1903)
  • 1852, English economist and social reformer, Arnold Toynbee (d. 1883)
  • 1852, President of Colombia, Clímaco Calderón (d. 1913)
  • 1854, Polish/German composer, Moritz Moszkowski (d. 1925)
  • 1864, Prime Minister of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (d. 1936)
  • 1868, American author, Edgar Lee Masters (d. 1950)
  • 1875, English radio pioneer, William Eccles (d. 1966)
  • 1875, Russian artist, Eugene Lanceray (d. 1946)
  • 1880, Russian writer, Alexander Grin (d. 1932)
  • 1883, American general, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (d. 1953)
  • 1884, American humorist, Will Cuppy (d. 1949)
  • 1884, American Secretary of the Treasury, Ogden L. Mills (d. 1937)
  • 1900, Austrian-born composer, Ernst Krenek (d. 1991)
  • 1900, American folk singer/songwriter, Malvina Reynolds (d. 1978)
  • 1901, American politician, John Sherman Cooper (d. 1991)
  • 1901, Major League Baseball pitcher, Guy Bush (d. 1985)
  • 1903, Scottish violist, William Primrose (d. 1982)
  • 1905, British composer, Constant Lambert (d. 1951)
  • 1908, Scottish artist, Hannah Frank (d. 2008)
  • 1909, English cricketer, Syd Buller (d. 1970)
  • 1910, Italian footballer, Giuseppe Meazza (d. 1979)
  • 1910, American baseball player, Lonny Frey (d. 2009)
  • 1911, Norwegian ski-jumper, Birger Ruud (d. 1998)
  • 1912, American dancer and actor, Gene Kelly (d. 1996)
  • 1917, American singer, Tex Williams (d. 1985)
  • 1919, Soviet mathematician, Vladimir Rokhlin (d. 1984)
  • 1921, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner, Kenneth Arrow
  • 1921, England cricketer, Sam Cook (d. 1996)
  • 1922, American child actress, Jean Darling
  • 1922, French Canadian painter, Television writer and producer, Pierre Gauvreau
  • 1922, American baseball player, George Kell (d. 2009)
  • 1923, English computer scientist, Edgar F. Codd (d. 2003)
  • 1924, Israeli writer, Ephraim Kishon (d. 2005)
  • 1924, American economist, Nobel laureate, Robert Solow
  • 1925, American film director, Robert Mulligan (d. 2008)
  • 1926, American anthropologist, Clifford Geertz (d. 2006)
  • 1927, Dutch illustrator, Dick Bruna
  • 1927, French jazz pianist and composer, Martial Solal
  • 1928, American actress, Marian Seldes
  • 1929, American actress, Vera Miles
  • 1930, French politician, Michel Rocard
  • 1931, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Hamilton O. Smith
  • 1932, President of Algeria, Houari Boumedienne (d. 1978)
  • 1932, American comedian and political commentator, Mark Russell
  • 1933, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Curl
  • 1933, American politician, Pete Wilson
  • 1934, American actress and singer, Barbara Eden
  • 1934, American football player, Sonny Jurgensen
  • 1936, American serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas (d. 2001)
  • 1943, American novelist, Nelson DeMille
  • 1944, Former United States Surgeon General, Antonia Novello
  • 1945, American football player, Rayfield Wright
  • 1946, English musician, Keith Moon (d. 1978)
  • 1947, British playwright, Willy Russell
  • 1947, British actor, David Robb
  • 1948, Romanian writer, essayist, Andrei Plesu
  • 1948, American motivational speaker, Daniel Ruettiger
  • 1949, Greek actress and singer, Katiana Balanika
  • 1949, English strongman, Geoff Capes
  • 1949, American actress, Shelley Long
  • 1949, Australian singer and actor, Rick Springfield
  • 1951, President of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov (d. 2004)
  • 1951, American basketball head coach, Allan Bristow
  • 1951, Queen Noor of Jordan
  • 1951, American singer, Jimi Jamison
  • 1952, Greek singer and politician, Vicky Leandros
  • 1953, British singer, Bobby G
  • 1954, American director, writer, Actor and drag queen, Charles Busch
  • 1956, German mathematician, Andreas Floer (d. 1991)
  • 1956, Norwegian politician, Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
  • 1956, American actor, Skipp Sudduth
  • 1957, Greek footballer and politician, Tasos Mitropoulos
  • 1958, Dominican baseball player, Julio Franco
  • 1959, Greek tennis player, George Kalovelonis
  • 1960, American graphic artist, Rodney Alan Greenblat
  • 1960, Canadian actor, Chris Potter
  • 1960, American Guitarist, Gary Hoey
  • 1961, American musician, Dean DeLeo
  • 1961, English footballer, Gary Mabbutt
  • 1962, Canadian politician, Martin Cauchon
  • 1962, English musician, Shaun Ryder
  • 1963, German field hockey player, Hans-Henning Fastrich
  • 1963, American race car driver, Kenny Wallace
  • 1963, Korean director and screenwriter, Park Chan-wook
  • 1963, England cricketer, Richard Illingworth
  • 1964, Belgian cyclist, Johan Bruyneel
  • 1964, Singaporean pastor, Kong Hee
  • 1964, Japanese professional wrestler, Yoshikazu Taru
  • 1964, American designer, Wendy Pepper
  • 1965, Canadian screenwriter, director, And producer, Roger Avary
  • 1966, Dutch-American basketball player, Rik Smits
  • 1967, New Zealand cricketer, Richard Petrie
  • 1968, American golfer, Chris DiMarco
  • 1968, American operatic soprano, Laura Claycomb
  • 1969, English artist, Keith Tyson
  • 1969, American sportswriter, Jeremy Schaap
  • 1969, Quebec television and film actress, Geneviève Brouillette
  • 1970, American basketball coach, Lawrence Frank
  • 1970, Indian Singer, "KK" Krishnakumar Kunnath
  • 1970, American pianist, Brad Mehldau
  • 1970, American actor and comedian, Jay Mohr
  • 1970, American actor, River Phoenix (d. 1993)
  • 1971, Italian footballer, Demetrio Albertini
  • 1971, American rapper, BoneCrusher
  • 1972, English footballer, Martin Grainger
  • 1972, Puerto Rican baseball player, Raul Casanova
  • 1972, England cricketer, Mark Butcher
  • 1973, American baseball player, Casey Blake
  • 1973, New Zealand cricketer, Kerry Walmsley
  • 1973, Indian actress and model, Malaika Arora Khan
  • 1974, Scottish actor, Ray Park
  • 1974, American musician, Seth Binzer, Aka Shifty Shellshock
  • 1974, Kenyan runner, Benjamin Limo
  • 1974, American graphic novelist and actor, Christian Beranek
  • 1975, English singer and fiddler, Eliza Carthy
  • 1975, New Zealander-born basketball player, Sean Marks
  • 1975, Romanian journalist and war correspondent, Mile Carpenian (d. 2010)
  • 1976, American actor, Scott Caan
  • 1976, American basketball player, Pat Garrity
  • 1977, Costa Rican footballer, Douglas Sequeira
  • 1978, American basketball player, Kobe Bryant
  • 1978, American singer, Julian Casablancas
  • 1979, Mexican boxer, Edgar Sosa
  • 1979, British musician, Ritchie Neville
  • 1980, Dominican baseball player, Denny Bautista
  • 1980, American football player, Rex Grossman
  • 1980, Angolan Rapper, Diamondog
  • 1981, Ivorian footballer, Stephan Loboué
  • 1981, American actress, Carmen Luvana
  • 1981, Spanish footballer, Carlos Cuéllar
  • 1982, American swimmer, Natalie Coughlin
  • 1982, American soccer player, Scott Palguta
  • 1982, American musician and computer hacker, YTCracker
  • 1983, Chinese basketball player, Sun Ming Ming
  • 1983, American football player, Tony Moll
  • 1984, English footballer, Glen Johnson
  • 1986, American cartoonist and musician, Neil Cicierega
  • 1987, Nikki Gil, Filipina actress and host
  • 1988, American basketball player, Jeremy Lin
  • 2001, Filipino actor, Zaijian Jaranilla

    Famous People who Died on August 23rd!

  • 93, Roman Governor of Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola (b. 40)
  • 634, Arabian caliph, Abu Bakr (b. 578)
  • 1106, Duke of Saxony, Magnus (b. 1045)
  • 1176, Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)
  • 1305, Scottish patriot, William Wallace (b. 1272)
  • 1387, King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)
  • 1507, French writer, Jean Molinet (b. 1435)
  • 1519, Swiss patriot, Philibert Berthelier (b. 1465)
  • 1540, French scholar, Guillaume Budé (b. 1467)
  • 1591, Spanish poet and mystic, Luis Ponce de León (b. 1527)
  • 1618, Dutch writer, Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (b. 1585)
  • 1628, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, George Villiers (b. 1592)
  • 1652, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician, John Byron (b. 1600)
  • 1706, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia, Colonel Edward Nott (b. 1654)
  • 1723, New England Puritan minister, Increase Mather (b. 1639)
  • 1806, French physicist, Charles Augustin de Coulomb (b. 1736)
  • 1813, Scottish-born ornithologist, Alexander Wilson (b. 1766)
  • 1819, American naval officer, Oliver Hazard Perry (b. 1785)
  • 1853, First mayor of Beaumont, Texas, Alexander Calder (b. 1806)
  • 1867, French poet, Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (b. 1796)
  • 1892, 1st President of Brazil, Deodoro da Fonseca (b. 1827)
  • 1924, Austrian operetta composer, Heinrich Berté (b. 1856)
  • 1926, Italian actor, Rudolph Valentino (b. 1895)
  • 1927, Italian anarchist, Nicola Sacco (b. 1891)
  • 1927, Italian anarchist, Bartolomeo Vanzetti (b. 1888)
  • 1937, French composer, Albert Roussel (b. 1869)
  • 1955, British actor, Reginald Tate (b. 1896)
  • 1960, American lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein II (b. 1895)
  • 1962, German folklorist, Walter Anderson (b. 1885)
  • 1962, American actor, Hoot Gibson (b. 1892)
  • 1963, American jazz musician, Glen Gray (b. 1900)
  • 1966, American actor, Francis X. Bushman (b. 1883)
  • 1967, Belgian racing driver, Georges Berger (b. 1918)
  • 1971, SeaWorld orca, The original Shamu
  • 1974, Italian psychiatrist, Roberto Assagioli (b. 1888)
  • 1977, Russian artist, Naum Gabo (b. 1890)
  • 1982, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Stanford Moore (b. 1913)
  • 1987, French racing car driver, Didier Pironi (b. 1952)
  • 1989, Sudanese writer and academic, Mohammed Abed Elhai (b. 1944)
  • 1989, Scottish psychiatrist, R. D. Laing (b. 1927)
  • 1990, American composer and orchestra leader, David Rose (b. 1910)
  • 1995, Canadian musician, Dwayne Goettel (b. 1964)
  • 1996, Indigenous Australian activist and autobiographer, Margaret Tucker (b. 1904)
  • 1997, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, John Kendrew (b. 1917)
  • 1999, American screenwriter, Norman Wexler (b. 1926)
  • 1999, Northern Irish writer, James White (b. 1928)
  • 2000, Roman Catholic priest, John Anthony Kaiser (b. 1932)
  • 2001, American actress, Kathleen Freeman (b. 1919)
  • 2001, American novelist, Peter Maas (b. 1929)
  • 2002, American baseball player, Hoyt Wilhelm (b. 1922)
  • 2003, American baseball player and manager, Bobby Bonds (b. 1946)
  • 2003, Australian rules footballer, Jack Dyer (b. 1913)
  • 2003, American Catholic priest, John Geoghan (b. 1935)
  • 2005, American actor, Brock Peters (b. 1927)
  • 2005, Canadian author and urban explorer, Ninjalicious (b. 1973)
  • 2006, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Maynard Ferguson (b. 1928)
  • 2007, American actor, Robert Symonds (b. 1926)
  • 2008, British-born American art critic and author, John Russell (b. 1919)
  • 2010, Japanese director of anime films, Satoshi Kon (b. 1963)
    updated by BrianMc