Would You Mind

Would You Mind If I Played A Little Guitar For You?

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The opposite of PROgress is Con...is my saying for today (August 20th)!

Quote of the day: "Well, If I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" by James Thurber

Word of the day: geck - noun: a contemptible person

August 20th is the 232th day of the year (233rd in a leap year) and there are 133 days left until the end of the year.

August 20th Worldwide holidays and observances:

St.Stephen's day (Hungary)

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 20th!

1517, French church leader, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (d. 1586)

1561, Italian composer, Jacopo Peri (d. 1633)

1625, French dramatist, Thomas Corneille (d. 1709)

1632, French Jesuit preacher, Louis Bourdaloue (d. 1704)

1710, British mathematician, Thomas Simpson (d. 1761)

1719, French soldier and diplomat, marquis de Ruffec, Charles-François de Broglie (d. 1791)

1719, Czech astronomer, Christian Mayer (d. 1783)

1778, South American revolutionary, Bernardo O'Higgins (d. 1842)

1779, Swedish chemist, Jöns Jakob Berzelius (d. 1848)

1833, 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison (d. 1901)

1845, Polish Catholic Saint, St. Albert Chmielowski (d. 1916)

1847, England cricketer, Andrew Greenwood (d. 1889)

1847, Polish writer, Boleslaw Prus (d. 1912)

1856, Sorbian writer, Jakub Bart-Cišinski (d. 1909)

1860, French statesman, Raymond Poincaré (d. 1934)

1865, South African cricketer, Bernard Tancred (d. 1911)

1868, American tennis player, Ellen Roosevelt (d. 1954)

1873, Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (d. 1950)

1881, English poet, Edgar Guest (d. 1959)

1886, German-American theologian, Paul Tillich (d. 1965)

1890, American writer, H. P. Lovecraft (d. 1937)

1897, Norwegian writer, Tarjei Vesaas (d. 1970)

1898, Swedish author and historian, Vilhelm Moberg (d. 1973)

1901, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate, Salvatore Quasimodo (d. 1968)

1905, German-born author, linguist, and poet, Jean Gebser (d. 1973)

1905, American musician, Jack Teagarden (d. 1964)

1907, Original voice of Fred Flintstone, Alan Reed (d. 1977)

1908, American baseball player and manager, Al Lopez (d. 2005)

1909, New Zealand cricketer, Alby Roberts (d. 1978)

1910, Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen (d. 1961)

1913, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Roger Wolcott Sperry (d. 1994)

1916, Estonian–German chess player, Paul Felix Schmidt (d. 1984)

1918, American novelist, Jacqueline Susann (d. 1974)

1921, Australian cricketer, Jack Wilson (d. 1985)

1923, US country music singer, Jim Reeves (d.1964)

1924, American baseball player, George Zuverink

1926, American and Canadian football player and coach, Nobby Wirkowski

1927, English video blogger, Geriatric1927

1927, English actress, Yootha Joyce (d. 1980)

1929, Gaelic footballer, Kevin Heffernan

1930, Canadian conductor, Mario Bernardi

1931, American boxing promoter, Don King

1932, British actor, Anthony Ainley (d. 2004)

1932, Russian novelist, Vasily Aksyonov (d. 2009)

1932, South African cricketer, Atholl McKinnon (d. 1983)

1933, Former United States Senator, George J. Mitchell

1934, Finnish beauty queen, Armi Kuusela

1935, US Congressman, 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate, Ron Paul

1936, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Hideki Shirakawa

1937, English comedian, Jim Bowen

1937, Spanish singer and actor, El Fary (d. 2007)

1937, Russian film director, Andrei Konchalovsky

1938, French politician, Alain Vivien

1939, Filipino actor and politician, Fernando Poe Jr. (d. 2004)

1940, American politician, Rubén Hinojosa

1940, Australian cricketer, Rex Sellers

1941, British musician, Dave Brock

1941, American football coach, Rich Brooks

1941, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Miloševic (d. 2006)

1941, British journalist, Robin Oakley

1941, Mexican motor racing team manager and author, Jo Ramirez

1942, American singer, songwriter and actor, Isaac Hayes (d. 2008)

1942, American baseball player, Fred Norman

1943, Scottish actor, Sylvester McCoy

1944, Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi (d. 1991)

1944, American baseball player, Graig Nettles

1946, American journalist, Connie Chung

1946, German musician, Ralf Hütter

1946, Indian businessman, N.R. Narayana Murthy

1947, English conceptual artist, Alan Lee

1948, Australian actor, John Noble

1948, British Musician, Robert Plant

1949, Greek composer and singer, Nikolas Asimos (d. 1988)

1949, South African cricketer, Norman Featherstone

1949, English TV presenter, Alan Hardwick

1949, Irish musician, Phil Lynott (d. 1986)

1951, American author, Greg Bear

1952, English cricketer, John Emburey

1952, American musician, Doug Fieger (d. 2010)

1952, American musician, John Hiatt

1953, American wheelchair Olympian, Gerry Bertier (d. 1981)

1954, American basketball player and coach, Quinn Buckner

1954, American disc jockey, Tawn Mastrey (d. 2007)

1954, American television personality, Al Roker

1954, American actor, Don Stark

1955, Hong Kong singer and writer, Agnes Chan

1956, American actress, Joan Allen

1956, West Indian cricketer, Alvin Greenidge

1957, Scottish rugby player, Finlay Calder

1958, Canadian film director and screenwriter, Patricia Rozema

1958, American journalist, John Stehr

1961, Australian author, Greg Egan

1961, English comedian, Joe Pasquale

1962, English actress, Sophie Aldred

1962, American actor, James Marsters

1962, South Korean tennis player, Dong-Wook Song

1965, American rapper, KRS-One

1966, American guitarist, Dimebag Darrell (d. 2004)

1967, American baseball player, Andy Benes

1967, American actor, Colin Cunningham

1967, American yogini and professional wrestler, Terri Poch

1968, Swedish footballer, Klas Ingesson

1968, Japanese voice actress and singer, Yuri Shiratori

1969, American professional wrestler, Duke Droese

1970, Belgian tennis player, Els Callens

1970, American computer game programmer, John D. Carmack

1970, American singer, Fred Durst

1971, Vietnamese/American actor, Jonathan Ke Quan

1971, English footballer, Steve Stone

1971, British comedian, David Walliams

1972, American actor, Chaney Kley (d. 2007)

1973, American baseball player, Todd Helton

1974, American actress, Amy Adams

1974, American rapper, Big Moe (d. 2007)

1974, Hungarian footballer, Szabolcs Sáfár

1974, Australian musician, Andy Strachan

1974, Russian violinist, Maxim Vengerov

1974, American actor and producer, Misha Collins

1975, American author, Marcus Mastin

1976, American hockey player, Chris Drury

1977, Argentine rugby player, Felipe Contepomi

1977, Argentine rugby player, Manuel Contepomi

1977, Icelandic footballer, Ivar Ingimarsson

1977, Cuban model and actress, Mayra Veronica

1977, England cricketer, James Ormond

1977, English footballer, Wayne Brown

1979, British musician, Jamie Cullum

1979, American baseball player, Cory Sullivan

1979, South Korean entertainer, Haha

1980, American actor, Corey Carrier

1980, British actress, Rochelle Gadd

1980, French cyclist, Samuel Dumoulin

1981, English actor, Ben Barnes

1981, French footballer, Bernard Mendy

1982, Brazilian footballer, Cléber Luis Alberti

1982, Ethiopian footballer, Youssouf Hersi

1982, Australian footballer, Joshua Kennedy

1982, Zimbabwean cricketer, Barney Rogers

1983, American football player, Brian Schaefering

1984, Japanese actor, Mirai Moriyama

1986, Canadian actor, Robert Clark

1987, Romanian gymnast, Catalina Ponor

1988, American basketball player, Jerryd Bayless

1990, Zimbabwean cricketer, Barney Rogers

1990, Dutch swimmer, Ranomi Kromowidjojo

1991, Serbian tennis player, Marko Ðokovic

1991, English footballer, Luke O'Neill

1992, American actress and singer, Demi Lovato

1992, Croatian footballer, Matej Delac

1995, American actress, Liana Liberato

Famous People who died on August 20th!

535, Disciple of St. Patrick, Mochta of Louth

917, Byzantine Admiral, Constantine Lips

984, Pope John XIV

1384, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life, Geert Groote (b. 1340)

1572, Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi (b. 1502)

1580, Portuguese historian, Jeronymo Osorio (b. 1506)

1611, Spanish composer, Tomás Luis de Victoria (b. 1548)

1639, German poet, Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (b. 1597)

1643, English Puritan preacher, Anne Hutchinson (b. 1591)

1648, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher, Edward Herbert (b. 1583)

1672, Dutch politician, Johan de Witt (b. 1625)

1672, Dutch politician, Cornelis de Witt (b. 1623)

1680, English informer, William Bedloe (b. 1650)

1701, English playwright, Charles Sedley (b. 1639)

1707, French organist and composer, Nicolas Gigault (b. 1627)

1731, Spanish historian, Enrique Florez (b. 1701)

1811, French explorer, Louis Antoine de Bougainville (b. 1729)

1823, Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)

1825, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland, William Waldegrave (b. 1753)

1854, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna, Shiranui Dakuemon (b. 1801)

1887, French poet, Jules Laforgue (b. 1860)

1904, French statesman, René Waldeck-Rousseau (b. 1846)

1912, English founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth (b. 1829)

1914, Pope Pius X (b. 1835)

1915, German scientist, Nobel laureate, Paul Ehrlich (b. 1854)

1917, German chemist, Nobel laureate , Adolf von Baeyer (b. 1835)

1919, England cricketer, Greg MacGregor (b. 1869)

1930, Australian cricketer, Charles Bannerman (b. 1851)

1959, American Admiral, William Halsey, Jr (b. 1882)

1961, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Percy Williams Bridgman (b. 1882)

1963, Dutch astronomer, Joan Voûte (b. 1879)

1965, American activist, Jonathan Myrick Daniels (b. 1939)

1971, Pakistani Air Force pilot, Rashid Minhas (b. 1951)

1980, American singer, Joe Dassin (b. 1938)

1982, Swedish actress, Ulla Jacobsson (b. 1929)

1986, Canadian poet, Milton Acorn (b. 1923)

1989, India-born English game warden and lion expert, George Adamson (b. 1906)

1993, Dutch philosopher, Bernard Delfgaauw (b. 1912)

1996, German rock musician and singer, Rio Reiser (b. 1950)

1997, American physicist, Norris Bradbury (b. 1909)

1997, French-Canadian political scientist, Léon Dion (b. 1922)

1998, Danish singer, Raquel Rastenni (b. 1915)

2001, English astronomer and science fiction writer, Sir Fred Hoyle (b. 1915)

2001, American actress, Kim Stanley (b. 1925)

2005, American football player, Thomas Herrion (b. 1981)

2005, Polish drummer, Krzysztof Raczkowski (b. 1970)

2006, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor, Claude Blanchard (b. 1932)

2006, American photographer, Joe Rosenthal (b. 1911)

2006, British soldier, Cpl Bryan Budd VC (b. 1977)

2007, American hotel operator and real estate investor, Leona Helmsley (b. 1920)

2007, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto, Larry Hartsell (b. 1942)

2008, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Hua Guofeng (b. 1921)

2008, American politician, Stephanie Tubbs Jones (b. 1949)

2008, American football player and union leader, Gene Upshaw (b. 1945)

2008, Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient, Ed "Too Tall" Freeman(b. 1927)

2009, American keyboard player and bassist, Larry Knechtel (b. 1940)