Showing posts with label today's quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label today's quote. Show all posts

Sunday

If you drink like a fish, swim, don't drive.

If you drink like a fish, swim, don't drive. is my saying for today (September 5th)!

Quote of the day: "A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life." by Jim Samuels

Word of the day: encomium - noun: eulogy; formal expression of high praise

September 5th Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Father's Day (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand)
  • Teachers' Day (India)
  • First night of Selichot (Ashkenazi Judaism)

    September 5th is the 248th day of the year (249th in a leap year) and there are 117 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!
  • 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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