Support the right to arm bears.

Support the right to arm bears.is my saying for today (August 22nd)!

Quote of the day: "A man finds out what is meant by a spitting image when he tries to feed cereal to his infant." by Imogene Fey

Word of the day: etiolate - verb: to bleach; to cause a plant to whiten by excluding light

August 22nd is the 234th day of the year (235th in a leap year) and there are 131 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 22nd!

1601, French writer, Georges de Scudéry (d. 1667)

1624, French writer, Jean Renaud de Segrais (d. 1701)

1647, French physicist and inventor, Denis Papin (d. c. 1712)

1679, French cardinal, Pierre Guérin de Tencin (d. 1758)

1760, Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)

1764, French architect, Charles Percier (d. 1838)

1771, English inventor, Henry Maudslay (d. 1831)

1731, French explorer, Aimé Bonpland (d. 1858)

1779, American author, James Kirke Paulding (d. 1860)

1800, U.S. general, William S. Harney (d. 1889)

1800, Italian-Jewish scholar, Samuel David Luzzatto (d. 1865)

1811, American inventor, William Kelly (d. 1888)

1822, Wife of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Clemm Poe (d. 1847)

1827, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician, Ezra Butler Eddy (d. 1906)

1834, American astronomer, Samuel Pierpont Langley (d. 1906)

1836, American artist, Archibald MacNeal Willard (d. 1918)

1845, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, William Lewis Douglas (d. 1924)

1848, American newspaper publisher, Melville E. Stone (d. 1929)

1854, King of Serbia, Milan I (d. 1901)

1857, American baseball player and manager, Ned Hanlon (d. 1937)

1860, German inventor, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (d. 1940)

1860, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria, Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz (d. 1917)

1862, French composer, Claude Debussy (d. 1918)

1867, Swiss physician and nutritionist, Maximilian Bircher-Benner (d. 1939)

1873, Russian physician and philosopher, Alexander Bogdanov (d. 1928)

1874, German philosopher, Max Scheler (d. 1928)

1880, George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)

1880, Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)

1887, German minister of finance , Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk(d. 1977)

1891, Lithuanian/American sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz (d. 1973)

1893, American writer, Dorothy Parker (d. 1967)

1893, British Salvation Army general, Wilfred Kitching (d. 1977)

1895, French Canadian politician, Paul Comtois (d. 1966)

1900, Russian lexicographer, Sergei Ozhegov (d. 1964)

1902, German film director, Leni Riefenstahl (d. 2003)

1902, American politician, Thomas Pelly (d. 1973)

1904, Premier of the People's Republic of China, Deng Xiaoping (d. 1997)

1908, French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson (d. 2004)

1908, German rugby player and coach, Erwin Thiesies (d. 1993)

1909, American screenwriter, Julius J. Epstein (d. 2000)

1909, American football player, Mel Hein (d. 1992)

1909, American actress, Lucille Ricksen (d. 1925)

1913, Italian physicist, Bruno Pontecorvo (d. 1993)

1915, American social rights and peace movement leader, David Dellinger (d. 2004)

1915, British actor, Hugh Paddick (d. 2000)

1915, Co-inventor of the electron microscope, James Hillier (d. 2007)

1915, Polish Prime Minister, Edward Szczepanik (d. 2005)

1917, American musician, John Lee Hooker (d. 2001)

1918, American journalist, Mary McGrory (d. 2004)

1920, American writer, Ray Bradbury

1920, American heart surgeon, Denton Cooley

1921, Greek film director and screenwriter, Dinos Dimopoulos (d. 2003)

1922, French actress, Micheline Presle

1925, English actress, Honor Blackman

1925, American playwright and author, James Kirkwood, Jr. (d. 1989)

1928, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate, Tinga Seisay

1928, German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen (d. 2007)

1930, Brazilian football player, Gilmar

1932, American astronaut, Gerald P. Carr

1934, U.S. general, Norman Schwarzkopf

1934, English bass-baritone, Sir Donald McIntyre

1935, American author, E. Annie Proulx

1936, American singer and songwriter, Dale Hawkins (d. 2010)

1936, German roller coaster designer and engineer, Werner Stengel

1938, American football commentator, Paul Maguire

1939, American actor, George Reinholt

1939, American baseball player, Carl Yastrzemski

1939, American actress, Valerie Harper

1940, American football coach, Bill McCartney

1941, American football coach, Bill Parcells

1941, Austrian plasma physicist, Hannspeter Winter

1942, Turkish journalist and writer, Ugur Mumcu (d. 1993)

1943, Japanese computer scientist, Masatoshi Shima

1945, American songwriter and record producer, Ron Dante

1945, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician, Erol Gelenbe

1947, American actress, Cindy Williams

1947, Singer, Donna Godchaux

1948, Italian actress, Eleonora Brown

1949, American swimmer, Diana Nyad

1949, Baseball player, Doug Bair

1949, Icelandic writer, Þórarinn Eldjárn

1950, Baseball player , Ray Burris

1950, White House Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby

1951, Nepalese politician, Chandra Prakash Mainali

1952, American musician, Peter Laughner (d. 1977)

1953, American wrestling manager, Paul Ellering

1955, Writer, Will Shetterly

1955, Telugu films Indian film actor, Chiranjeevi

1956, Baseball player, Paul Molitor

1957, English snooker player, Steve Davis

1958, American actor, Colm Feore

1958, American professional wrestler, Lane Huffman

1958, American musician, Vernon Reid

1959, American musician, Juan Croucier

1959, Danish politician, Pia Gjellerup

1961, Argentine musician, Andres Calamaro

1961, British musician, Roland Orzabal

1961, American musician, Debbi Peterson

1963, American singer/songwriter , Tori Amos

1963, American basketball player, Terry Catledge

1964, Swedish tennis player, Mats Wilander

1965, American voice actor, Tom Gibis

1965, American actor, Courtney Gains

1965, Singaporean actress, Chen Liping

1966, American football player, Eric Andolsek (d. 1992)

1966, American rapper, GZA

1966, Dutch footballer, Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer

1967, American musician, Layne Staley (d. 2002)

1967, British actor, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

1967, American comedian, Ant

1967, American actor, Ty Burrell

1967, American screenwriter, Alfred Gough

1967, Japanese singer, Yukiko Okada (d. 1986)

1968, Australian guitarist, Paul Colman

1968, Danish comedian, Casper Christensen

1968, American magazine editor, Rich Lowry

1968, Russian footballer, Alexander Mostovoi

1968, Austrian tennis player, Horst Skoff (d. 2008)

1970, English writer, Charlie Connelly

1970, Italian/American chef and television host, Giada De Laurentiis

1971, English actor, Richard Armitage

1971, American actor, Rick Yune

1972, American baseball player, Steve Kline

1972, South African pole vaulter, Okkert Brits

1972, American drummer, Paul Doucette

1972, Brazilian racing driver, Max Wilson

1973, American comedian, Kristen Wiig

1973, American singer, Howie Dorough

1974, American professional wrestler, Brimstone

1974, Argentine rugby player, Agustín Pichot

1974, Italian guitarist, Stefano Verderi

1975, Australian footballer, Clint Bolton

1975, British actress, Sheree Murphy

1975, Brazilian actor, Rodrigo Santoro

1977, Icelandic footballer, Heiðar Helguson

1977, American actress, Jenna Leigh Green

1978, Greek basketball player, Giannis Gagaloudis

1978, Canadian musician, Jeff Stinco

1979, American actor, Brandon Quintin Adams

1979, American football player, Matt Walters

1979, Canadian-born actress, Jennifer Finnigan

1980, American model and actress, Christi Shake

1980, German footballer, Roland Benschneider

1980, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete, Nicolas Macrozonaris

1981, American football player, Alex Holmes

1981, Japanese actor and model, Saito Takumi

1983, Dutch cyclist, Theo Bos

1983, American actress, Laura Breckenridge

1984, English footballer, Lee Camp

1985, American voice actress, Kether Donahue

1986, Japanese actress, Keiko Kitagawa

1987, Italian footballer, Leonardo Moracci

1991, Italian footballer, Federico Macheda

1991, Canadian hockey player, Brayden Schenn

Famous People who died on August 22nd!

408, Roman general, Stilicho (b. 359)

1155, Emperor of Japan, Konoe (b. 1139)

1188, King of Leon, Ferdinand II (b. 1137)

1241, Pope Gregory IX, (b. c.1143)

1280, Pope Nicholas III (b. c.1216)

1304, Count of Hainaut, John II (b. 1247)

1350, King of France, Philip VI (b. 1293)

1358, Queen of England, Isabella (b. c. 1295)

1485, King of England, Richard III (b. 1452)

1553, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, John Dudley (b. 1504)

1572, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy (b. 1528)

1584, Polish writer, Jan Kochanowski (b. 1530)

1599, English explorer and privateer, Italian composer, Luca Marenzio (b. c.1553)

1607, Bartholomew Gosnold (b. 1572)

1609, Jewish mystic and philosopher, Maharal of Prague (b. 1525)

1652, Swedish soldier and statesman, Jacob De la Gardie (b. 1583)

1680, Elector of Saxony, John George II (b. 1613)

1701, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, John Granville (b. 1628)

1711, French marshal, Duc de Boufflers, Louis François (b. 1644)

1752, English mathematician, William Whiston (b. 1667)

1731, English writer and politician, George Lyttelton (b. 1709)

1793, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France, Louis (b. 1713)

1793, German mother-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cäcilia Weber (b. 1727)

1797, Alsatian-born Austrian general, Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (b. 1724)

1806, French artist, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (b. 1732)

1818, British Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings (b. 1732)

1828, Austrian neuroscientist, Franz Joseph Gall (b. 1758)

1850, Austrian poet, Nikolaus Lenau (b. 1802)

1861, Emperor of China, Xianfeng (b. 1831)

1891, Czech author, Jan Neruda (b. 1834)

1903, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Cecil (b. 1830)

1904, Literary figure, Kate Chopin (b.1850)

1909, British dermatologist, Henry Radcliffe Crocker (b. 1846)

1914 Italian religious figure, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi (b. 1859)

1918, German neurologist, Korbinian Brodmann (b. 1868)

1922, Irish revolutionary, Michael Collins (b. 1890)

1926, American University president, Charles William Eliot (b. 1834)

1940, English physicist, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (b. 1851)

1942, Russian choreographer and dancer, Michel Fokine (b. 1880)

1950, American geologist, Kirk Bryan (b. 1888)

1951, Canadian businessman and sports team owner, J. P. Bickell (b. 1884)

1953, American baseball player, Jim Tabor (b. 1916)

1958, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate, Roger Martin du Gard (b. 1881)

1960, Estonian wrestler, Eduard Pütsep (b. 1898)

1965, American airline stewardess, Ellen Church (b. 1904)

1967, American endocrinologist, Gregory Goodwin Pincus (b. 1903)

1970, Russian structuralist scholar, Vladimir Propp (b. 1895)

1973, American actress, Louise Huff (b. 1895)

1974, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter, Jacob Bronowski (b. 1908)

1976, President of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (b. 1902)

1976, Greek pianist, Gina Bachauer (b. 1913)

1977, English-born actor, Sebastian Cabot (b. 1918)

1978, First President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (b. c.1892)

1979, American novelist, James T. Farrell (b. 1904)

1980, American aircraft manufacturer, James Smith McDonnell (b. 1899)

1980, German racing team manager, Alfred Neubauer (b. 1891)

1989, Belgian cyclist, Robert Grondelaers (b. 1933)

1989, American activist, Huey P. Newton (b. 1942)

1991, Canadian actress, Colleen Dewhurst (b. 1924)

1994, French-Canadian film director, Gilles Groulx (b. 1931)

2003, Swiss figure skating trainer, Arnold Gerschwiler (b. 1914)

2003, American widow of Ted Ammon, Generosa Ammon (b. 1956)

2003, Argentinian singer and actress, Imperio Argentina (b. 1906)

2004, Russian chess player, Konstantin Aseev (b. 1960)

2004, Canadian television and movie director, Daniel Petrie (b. 1920)

2004, American Elvis Presley concert announcer, Al Dvorin (b. 1922)

2005, French composer, Luc Ferrari (b. 1929)

2005, American scientist, Ernest Kirkendall (b. 1914)

2006, American rock drummer, Bruce Gary (b. 1951)

2008, Canadian World War I veteran, Gladys Powers (b. 1899)

2009, American Western novelist, Elmer Kelton (b. 1926)

2010, Yugoslav football player, Stjepan Bobek (b. 1923)