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 30th1334, 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)
updated by BrianMc
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