Organic farming is tilling like it is.

Richard Gere

Organic farming is tilling like it is. is my saying for today (August 11th)! I have also included some historical facts and information about August 11th.

Quote of the day: "An honourable defeat is better than a dishonourable victory" by Millard Fillmore

Word of the day: gerenuk - noun: a reddish-brown, slender-necked antelope of East Africa

August 11th is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) and there are 142 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

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Some other Famous People who were born on August 11th!
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!

English princess, Mary of York, (1467 d. 1482)

American minister, Jeremiah Shepard (1648 d. 1720)

last of the Medicis, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667 d. 1743)

English physician, Richard Mead (1673 d. 1754)

Swiss-born British colonial governor, Sir Frederick Haldimand (1718 d. 1791)

English physician, Richard Brocklesby (1722 d. 1797)

German gymnastics educator and nationalist, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778 d. 1852)

American engraver, James Barton Longacre (1794 d. 1869)

American politician, David Rice Atchison (1807 d. 1886)

American politician, William W. Chapman (1808 d. 1892)

American politician and soldier, Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 d. 1899)

Japanese politician, Kido Takayoshi (1833 d. 1877)

American politician, Warren Brown (1836 d. 1919)

French statesman, Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837 d. 1894)

Australian cricketer, John Hodges (1855 d. 1933)

Dutch physician and Nobel Prize Laureate, Christiaan Eijkman (1858 d. 1930)

President of the French Third Republic, Gaston Doumergue (1863 d. 1937)

English cricketer, Tom Richardson (1870 d. 1912)

Canadian soccer player, Walter Bowman (1870 d. ?)

Prime Minister of Japan, Shidehara Kijuro (1872 d. 1951)

Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, Adolph M. Christianson (1877 d. 1954)

English poet and author, Oliver W F Lodge (1878 d. 1955)

Japanese novelist, Eiji Yoshikawa (1892 d. 1962)

Scottish poet, Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 d. 1978)

West Indian cricketer, Archie Wiles (1892 d. 1957)

American poet, Louise Bogan (1897 d. 1970)

English author, Enid Blyton (1897 d. 1968)

American archaeologist, Philip Phillips (1900 d. 1994)

Italian cyclist, Alfredo Binda (1902 d. 1986)

American actor, Lloyd Nolan (1902 d. 1985)

Austrian biochemist, Erwin Chargaff (1905 d. 2002)

Australian cricketer, Ted a'Beckett (1907 d. 1989)

Japanese composer, Yuji Koseki (1909 d. 1989)

German astronomer, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912 d. 1954)

Prime Minister of Thailand, Thanom Kittikachorn (1912 d. 2004)

British novelist, Angus Wilson (1913 d. 1991)

French Canadian actor, Paul Dupuis (1913 d. 1976)

American professional baseball player and manager, Bob Scheffing (1913 d. 1985)

American parapsychologist, José Silva (1914 d. 1999)

Belgian racing driver, Johnny Claes (1916 d. 1956)

French violinist, Ginette Neveu (1919 d. 1949)

Puerto Rican baseball player, Luis Olmo (1919)

Canadian hockey player. Chuck Rayner (1920 d. 2002)

American historian, Alex Haley (1921 d. 1992)

American television reporter, Stan Chambers (1923)

American entertainer, Mike Douglas (1925 d. 2006)

National Hockey League player, Floyd Curry (1925 d. 2006)

Lithuanian-born chemist,Nobel Prize Laureate, Aaron Klug (1926)

Danish-born British socialite, Claus von Bülow (1926)

English conductor, Raymond Leppard (1927)

American actress, Arlene Dahl (1928)

Canadian actor and television personality, Paul Soles (1930)

Spanish writer, Fernando Arrabal (1932)

American architect, Peter Eisenman (1932)

Canadian tax lawyer, Israel Asper (1932 d. 2003)

English director, John Gorrie (1932)

American preacher, Jerry Falwell (1933 d. 2007)

Polish theatre director, Jerzy Grotowski (1933 d. 1999)

American short-story writer, Andre Dubus (1936 d. 1999)

Slovenian chemist, Branko Stanovnik (1938)

American rockabilly performer, Ronnie Dawson (1939 d. 2003)

American NASCAR driver, Lennie Pond (1940)

British musician, Mike Hugg (1942)

American heiress and Manson murder victim, Abigail Folger (1943 d. 1969)

Polish mezzo-soprano, Stefania Toczyska (1943)

Pakistani politician, Pervez Musharraf (1943)

Scottish actor, Ian McDiarmid (1944)

American entrepreneur, Frederick W. Smith (1944)

American newspaper columnist, Marilyn vos Savant (1946)

American country music singer, John Conlee (1946)

Greek politician, Georgios Karatzaferis (1947)

Czechoslovakian student protester, Jan Palach (1948 d. 1969)

American musician, Eric Carmen (1949)

American politician, Tim Hutchinson (1949)

American musician, Erik Brann (1950 d. 2003)

Russian weapons inventor, Gennidy Nikonov (1950 d. 2003)

American computer pioneer, Steve Wozniak (1950)

Canadian actor and comedian, Vincent Bilodeau (1951)

American musician, Bob Mothersbaugh (1952)

American professional wrestler, Hulk Hogan (1953)

American Pop Rock singer, Amy Holland (1953)

English singer, Joe Jackson (1954)

Argentine composer, Juan Maria Solare (1954)

Indian cricketer, Yashpal Sharma (1954)

Indian cricketer, M. V. Narasimha Rao (1954)

British politician, Sylvia Hermon (1955)

Canadian politician, Marc Bureau (1955)

French mathematician, Pierre-Louis Lions (1956)

British singer, Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957 d. 1993)

Argentinian musician, Gustavo Cerati (1959)

Japanese investor, Yoshiaki Murakami (1959)

American basketball player, Craig Ehlo (1961)

Sri Lankan cricketer, Shaul Karnain (1962)

American basketball player, Ennis Whatley (1962)

Japanese baseball player, Hiromi Makihara (1963)

Korean comic book artist, Jim Lee (1964)

American actress, Nikki Randall (1964)

American actor, Miguel A. Núñez,Jr. (1964)

Canadian hockey player, Marc Bergevin (1965)

Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil), Shinji Mikami (1965)

American actress, Viola Davis (1965)

American actress, Embeth Davidtz (1965)

American actor, Duane Martin (1965)

English footballer, Nigel Martyn (1966)

Spanish singer, Enrique Bunbury (1967)

Brazilian bobsledder, Eric Maleson, (1967)

Taiwanese actor, Collin Chou (1967)

American television host,comedian,commentator,and actor,Joe Rogan (1967)

British actress, Ashley Jensen (1969)

Canadian actress, Teresa Pavlinek (1970)

English football player, Tommy Mooney (1971)

Mexican actress, Alejandra Barros (1971)

Glamor model, Julie Clarke (1971)

American model, Jonathon Prandi (1972)

British actor, Nigel Harman (1973)

American model, Carolyn Murphy (1973)

French diver, Audrey Mestre (1974 d. 2002)

Pakistani singer, Hadiqa Kiyani (1974)

Canadian figure skater, Marie-France Dubreuil (1974)

Indian cricketer, Anju Jain (1974)

American musician, Davey von Bohlen (1975)

Colombian footballer, Iván Córdoba (1976)

American baseball player, Bubba Crosby (1976)

American actor, Will Friedle (1976)

American musician, Ben Gibbard (1976)

American poker player, Erick Lindgren (1976)

Slovak hockey player, Lubomír Višnovský (1976)

Irish singer, Gemma Hayes (1977)

Greek footballer, Spyros Gogolos (1978)

American reality television personality, Amber Mariano (1978)

American boxer, Jermain Taylor (1978)

Greek actress, Aggeliki Daliani (1979)

American football player, Lee Suggs (1980)

British cyclist, Daniel Lloyd (1980)

Hong Kong singer and actress Fiona Sit (1981)

Scottish singer, Sandi Thom (1981)

British actor, Alan Halsall (1982)

Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth (1983)

Dominican baseball player, Melky Cabrera (1984)

Brazilian racing driver, Lucas di Grassi (1984)

American beauty pageant contestant, Katie Rees (1984)

American singer, J-Boog (1985)

American rapper, Asher Roth (1985)

Irish footballer, Richard Keogh (1986)

Japanese voice actress, Kaori Fukuhara (1986)

Venezuelan baseball player, Pablo Sandoval (1986)

French footballer, Dany N'Guessan (1987)

American actress,model,singer and dancer, Alyson Stoner (1993)

Famous People who died on August 11th!

In 480 BC,King of Sparta,Leonidas during the Battle of Thermopylae (b. c. 540 BC)

In 353,Roman usurper, Magnentius (b. 303)

In 449,Patriarch of Constantinople, Flavian

In 897,Count of Barcelona, Wilfred the Hairy

In 1204,King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)

In 1253,Italian follower of Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi (b. 1194)

In 1259,Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Möngke Khan

In 1456,Regent of Hungary, John Hunyadi (b. 1387)

In 1464,German philosopher and mathematician, Nicholas of Cusa (b. 1401)

In 1494,Flemish painter, Hans Memling (b. 1430)

In 1519,German opponent of the Reformation, Johann Tetzel (b. 1465)

In 1563,Spanish composer, Bartolomé de Escobedo (b. c. 1500)

In 1578,Portuguese mathematician, Pedro Nunes (b. 1502)

In 1596,Son of William Shakespeare, Hamnet Shakespeare (b. 1585)

In 1614, Italian painter, Lavinia Fontana (b. 1552)

In 1656, Austrian-Italian field marshal, Ottavio Piccolomini (b. 1599)

In 1774, French writer, Tiphaigne de la Roche (b. 1722)

In 1813, English poet, Henry James Pye (b. 1745)

In 1851, German naturalist, Lorenz Oken (b. 1779)

In 1854, Italian physicist, Macedonio Melloni (b. 1798)

In 1886, Estonian poet, Lydia Koidula (b. 1843)

In 1890, English Catholic cardinal, John Henry Newman (b. 1801)

In 1892, Italian mathematician, Enrico Betti (b. 1813)

In 1903, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist, Eugenio Maria de Hostos (b. 1839)

In 1908, Indian freedom fighter, Khudiram Bose (b. 1889)

In 1919, Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (b. 1835)

In 1936 Spanish writer and politician, Blas Infante (b. 1885)

In 1937, American author, Edith Wharton (b. 1862)

In 1939, Italian automobile designer, Jean Bugatti (b. 1909)

In 1953, Italian race car driver, Tazio Nuvolari (b. 1892)

In 1954, Sicilian-born American mobster, Santo Trafficante,Sr. (b. 1886)

In 1956, American artist, Jackson Pollock (b. 1912)

In 1961, Lithuanian writer actor and director, Antanas Škema (b. 1910)

In 1965, Australian cricketer, Bill Woodfull (b. 1897)

In 1972, South African virologist,Nobel Prize Laureate, Max Theiler (b. 1899)

In 1974, Venezuelan musician, Vicente Emilio Sojo (b. 1887)

In 1974, German typographer, Jan Tschichold (b. 1902)

In 1975, Zionist political figure and wife of 3rd President of Israel, Rachel Katznelson-Shazar (b. 1885)

In 1980, French lexicographer and publisher, Paul Robert (b. 1910)

In 1982, American actor, Tom Drake (b. 1918)

In 1984, American publisher, Alfred A. Knopf (b. 1892)

In 1984, German chess player, Paul Felix Schmidt (b. 1916)

In 1988, American actress, Anne Ramsey (b. 1929)

In 1991, American NASCAR driver, J. D. McDuffie (b. 1938)

In 1994, British actor, Peter Cushing (b. 1913)

In 1995, American singer and comedian, Phil Harris (b. 1904)

In 1996, Czech-born conductor and composer, Rafael Kubelík (b. 1914)

In 1996, American drummer, Mel Taylor (b. 1933)

In 1996, Bulgarian prophet,mystic,clairvoyant and herbalist, Baba Vanga (b. 1911)

In 2000, Canadian composer,Jean Papineau-Couture (b. 1916)

In 2001, English racing cyclist, Percy Stallard (b. 1909)

In 2002, American photographer and mountain climber, Galen Rowell (b. 1940)

In 2003, Swiss mathematician, Armand Borel (b. 1923)

In 2003, American ice hockey coach,Herb Brooks (b. 1937)

In 2005, English actor,James Booth (b. 1927)

In 2006, American singer and talk show host, Mike Douglas (b. 1925)

In 2009, Founder of Special Olympics,sister of John F. Kennedy,Eunice Kennedy Shriver (b. 1921)
updated by BrianMc