Dreams don't seem true until you get up and go to work.is my saying for today (August 18th)!
Quote of the day: "
Girls bored me; they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known" by Walt Disney
Word of the day:
eche - verb: t increase or enlarge
August 18th is the 230th day of the year (231st in a leap year) and there are 135 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 Today..
1414, Persian poet, Jami (d. 1492)
1450, Croatian poet, Marko Marulic (d. 1524)
1579, Roman Catholic nun, Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)
1587, First English child born in North America, Virginia Dare
1596, Flemish Jesuit writer, Jean Bolland (d. 1665)
1605, English churchman, Henry Hammond (d. 1660)
1606, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary, Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
1611, Queen of Poland, Ludwika Maria Gonzaga (d. 1650)
1657, Italian architect/designer, Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (d. 1743)
1685, English mathematician, Brook Taylor (d. 1731)
1692, Prime Minister of France, Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon (d. 1740)
1720, English murderer, Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (d. 1760)
1750, Italian composer, Antonio Salieri (d. 1825)
1754, French general, François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat (d. 1833)
1774, American explorer, Meriwether Lewis (d. 1809)
1792, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (d. 1878)
1803, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford(d. 1881)
1819, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna (d. 1876)
1822, American Union general, Isaac P. Rodman (d. 1862)
1830, Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916)
1834, American retailer, Marshall Field (d. 1906)
1841, American naval officer, William Halford (d. 1919)
1855, English artist and mariner, Alfred Wallis (d. 1942)
1857, Belgian Catholic prelate, Libert H. Boeynaems (d. 1926)
1870, England cricketer, Hugh Bromley-Davenport (d. 1954)
1870, Russian general, Lavr Georgevich Kornilov (d. 1918)
1879, Russian general, Aleksandr Rodzyanko (d. 1970)
1885, Australian poet and essayist, Nettie Palmer (d. 1964)
1890, German Nazi politician, Walther Funk (d. 1960)
1893, Canadian musician, Ernest MacMillan (d. 1973)
1893, American baseball player, Burleigh Grimes (d. 1985)
1896, Canadian-born actor, Jack Pickford (d. 1933)
1900, American archaeologist, Glenn Albert Black (d. 1964)
1902, Estonian painter, Adamson-Eric (d. 1968)
1902, American conservationist, naturalist and author, Margaret Murie (d. 2003)
1903, French singer, Lucienne Boyer (d. 1983)
1904, Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1906, French film director, Marcel Carné (d. 1996)
1908, French politician and historian, Edgar Faure (d. 1988)
1908, New Zealand cricketer, Bill Merritt (d. 1977)
1909, French Canadian businessman and journalist, Gérard Filion (d. 2005)
1911, American leader in the Schiller Institute, Amelia Boynton Robinson
1913, Belgian cyclist, Romain Maes (d. 1983)
1915, Baseball player, Max Lanier (d. 2007)
1916, Romanian diplomat, Neagu Djuvara
1916, American actor, Don Keefer
1916, British pianist, Dame Moura Lympany (d. 2005)
1917, American politician, Caspar Weinberger (d. 2006)
1918, American folk singer, Cisco Houston (d. 1961)
1919, 2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska, Walter Joseph Hickel (d. 2010)
1920, England cricketer, Godfrey Evans (d. 1999)
1920, Baseball player, Bob Kennedy (d. 2005)
1920, American actress, Shelley Winters (d. 2006)
1921, Soviet pilot, one of only two female flying aces, Lydia Litvyak (d. 1943)
1921, Jr., Polish art historian, Zdzislaw Zygulski
1922, French writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet (d. 2008)
1923, Indian cricketer, Jenni Irani (d. 1982)
1923, Indian cricketer, Sadashiv Shinde (d. 1955)
1925, English writer, Brian Aldiss
1925, French Canadian cardiac surgeon, Pierre Grondin (d. 2006)
1927, First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter
1928, Baseball team owner, Marge Schott (d. 2004)
1929, French singer, Hugues Aufray
1930, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre, Liviu Librescu (d. 2007)
1930, Korean church leader, Bo Hi Pak
1931, Canadian Salvation Army general, Bramwell Tillsley
1931, English footballer, Dick White
1931, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Hans van Mierlo (d. 2010)
1932, Premier of British Columbia, William R. Bennett
1933, French footballer, Just Fontaine
1933, Polish-born director and actor, Roman Polanski
1934, American attorney, Vincent Bugliosi
1934, British singer, Ronnie Carroll
1934, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian, Roberto Clemente (d. 1972)
1935, American athlete, Rafer Johnson
1935, New Zealand entertainer, Howard Morrison
1936, American actor, Robert Redford
1938, American radio personality, Joe Frank
1939, Norwegian actor and comedian, Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (d. 2008)
1939, British businessman, Robert Horton
1939, American singer, Johnny Preston
1942, First British winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Judith Keppel
1943, American comedian, Martin Mull
1943, Italian footballer and politician, Gianni Rivera
1943, English singer, Carl Wayne (d. 2004)
1944, Australian Sculptor, Robert Hitchcock
1945, American singer, Barbara Harris
1948, British actor, Joseph Marcell
1949, Indonesian badminton player, Rudy Hartono
1952, American comedian, Elayne Boosler
1952, American actor, Patrick Swayze (d. 2009)
1952, Argentine former footballer, Ricky Villa
1953, American politician, Louie Gohmert
1954, Greek singer, Angela Dimitriou
1955, Egyptian scientist, Taher ElGamal
1956, American composer, John Debney
1956, Indian cricketer, Sandeep Patil
1956, American musician, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
1957, French actress, Carole Bouquet
1957, American comedian and actor, Denis Leary
1958, American actress, Madeleine Stowe
1959, American wrestler, Tom Prichard
1960, Baseball player, Mike LaValliere
1960, American basketball player, Fat Lever
1961, 75th and current US Secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner
1961, German-Turkish actor, Birol Ünel
1961, American journalist, anchor, Bob Woodruff
1962, President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón
1962, Canadian hockey player, Geoff Courtnall
1964, American actor, Craig Bierko
1964, American singer/songwriter, Edith Frost
1964, American basketball player, Kenny Walker
1965, American comedian, Jim Florentine
1965, Japanese singer, Koji Kikkawa
1966, Argentine artist, Gustavo Charif
1966, South Korean actress, Kang Soo-yeon
1967, American comic-book writer, Brian Michael Bendis
1967, Indian bhangra/pop singer, Daler Mehndi
1967, American musician, Dan Peters
1968, South Korean actress, Lee Seung-yeon
1969, American basketball player, Isaac Austin
1969, American musician, Everlast
1969, American rapper, Masta Killa
1969, German rugby player, Mark Kuhlmann
1969, American actor, Edward Norton
1969, American actor, Christian Slater
1970, Hong Kong actress, Jessica Hsuan
1970, American film journalist, Greg Dean Schmitz
1970, American actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
1971, Irish musician, Richard D James
1971, American actor, Jacob Vargas
1972, Hong Kong singer, Leo Ku
1972, Japanese singer, Masahiro Nakai
1972, Australian artist, Shaun Wilson
1972, Japanese singer, Keiko Yamada
1973, British writer, presenter and poker player, Victoria Coren
1975, American actress, Kaitlin Olson
1976, Greek footballer, Paraskevas Antzas
1976, American actress and glamor model, Daphnee Duplaix Samuel
1976, American rower, Bryan Volpenhein
1977, Canadian musician Arcade Fire, Régine Chassagne
1978, American comedian, Andy Samberg
1978, Welsh musician, Luke Williams
1979, Australian rules footballer, Stuart Dew
1980, Argentine footballer, Esteban Cambiasso
1980, Welsh-born German rugby player, Kieron Davies
1980, Indian actress, Preeti Jhangiani
1980, Australian racing driver, Rob Nguyen
1980, Greek race walker, Athina Papayianni
1980, American football player, Bart Scott
1980, American football player, Jeremy Shockey
1981, Argentine footballer, César Delgado
1981, Pakistani Squash Player, Carla Khan
1981, Greek footballer, Dimitris Salpigidis
1981, American musician, Jon Schneck
1983, Australian cricketer, Cameron White
1983, Scottish footballer, Kris Boyd
1983, American record producer/hip-hop artist, Danny!
1983, Lebanese/British musician, Mika
1983, American football player, Michael Montgomery
1984, German footballer, Robert Huth
1985, Spanish Basque cyclist, Julen Goikoetxea (d. 2006)
1985, Dutch swimmer, Inge Dekker
1986, Scottish footballer, Ross McCormack
1987, American actress, Mika Boorem
1988, South Korean musician, G-Dragon
1988, Icelandic football player, Eggert Jónsson
1988, English footballer, Jack Hobbs
1992, American swimmer, Elizabeth Beisel
1992, American daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain
1992, Japanese actress, Riko Narumi
1994, American voice actress, Jessie
Famous People who died on August 18th!
353, Roman usurper, Decentius
472, Roman general, Ricimer
849, German monk and theologian, Walafrid Strabo
1227, Khagan of Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan
1258, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea, Theodore II Lascaris
1276, Pope Adrian V
1318, Italian Abbess and religious leader, Clare of Montefalco (b. c. 1268)
1430, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician, Thomas de Ros (b. 1406)
1503, Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1559, Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
1563, French judge and writer, Étienne de La Boétie (b. 1530)
1613, Italian composer, Giovanni Artusi
1620, Emperor of China, Wanli (b. 1563)
1634, French priest, Urbain Grandier (b. 1590)
1642, Italian painter, Guido Reni (b. 1575)
1645, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia, Eudoxia Streshneva (b. 1608)
1683, English actor, Charles Hart (b. 1625)
1707, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman, William Cavendish (b. 1640)
1712, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier, Richard Savage
1765, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I (b. 1708)
1809, English manufacturer and engineer, Matthew Boulton (b. 1728)
1815, American politician, Chauncey Goodrich (b. 1759)
1842, French explorer, Louis de Freycinet (b. 1779)
1850, French writer, Honoré de Balzac (b. 1799)
1919, Canadian distillery founder, Joseph E. Seagram (b. 1841)
1940, American automobile executive, Walter P. Chrysler (b. 1875)
1942, Italian-born American actress, Rafaela Ottiano (b. 1888)
1943, Russian-Azerbaijani general, Ali-Agha Shikhlinski (b. 1865)
1945, Indian independence movement leader, Subhas Chandra Bose popularly known as Netaji (b. 1897)
1949, American musician, Paul Mares (b. 1900)
1952, Chilean Jesuit saint, Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (b. 1901)
1963, American playwright, Clifford Odets (b. 1906)
1981, American screenwriter, Anita Loos (b. 1889)
1983, German-born art historian, Nikolaus Pevsner (b. 1902)
1990, Danish singer, Grethe Ingmann (b. 1938)
1990, American psychological theorist, B.F. Skinner (b. 1904)
1992, Subject of the book Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless (b. 1968)
1994, The General, infamous Dublin criminal, Martin Cahill (b. 1949)
1998, Indian actress, Persis Khambatta (b. 1950)
1998, Greek photographer, Nelly's (b. 1899)
2001, British scientist, David Peakall (b. 1931)
2002, American film and television writer, Dean Riesner (b. 1918)
2003, English musician, Tony Jackson (b. 1938)
2004, American composer, Elmer Bernstein (b. 1922)
2004, Former U.S. Senator from Hawaii, Hiram Fong (b. 1906)
2005, American wrestler, Christopher Bauman (b. 1982)
2005, Chinese comedy actress, Gao Xiumin (b. 1959)
2006, Canadian singer and actor, Fernand Gignac (b. 1934)
2006, Caribbean-born physician, Jamie Astaphan (b. 1946)
2007, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Michael Deaver (b. 1938)
2009, 15th President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung (b. 1925)
2009, American journalist and commentator, Robert Novak (b. 1931)
updated by BrianMc
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