The weather is here..wish you were beautiful.

The weather is here..wish you were beautiful.is my saying for today (August 26th)!

Quote of the day: "People are wrong when they say that opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what wrong with it." by Noel Coward

Word of the day: pavonine - adjective: resembling the feathers of a peacock

August 26th is the 238th day of the year (239th in a leap year) and there are 127 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 26th!

1469, Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)

1540, King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)

1676, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Walpole (d. 1745)

1694, American rector of Yale College, Elisha Williams (d. 1755)

1728, Swiss scientist, Johann Heinrich Lambert (d. 1777)

1736, French chemist, Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (d. 1790)

1740, French inventor, Joseph Montgolfier (d. 1810)

1743, French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier (d. 1794)

1775, German writer, William Joseph Behr (d. 1851)

1789, Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza (d. 1833)

1792, Uruguayan political figure, Manuel Oribe (d. 1857)

1819, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1861)

1826, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)

1845, English victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols (d. 1888)

1850, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, Charles Richet (d. 1935)

1854, England cricketer, Arnold Fothergill (d. 1932)

1862, American son of William and Catherine Booth, Herbert Booth (d. 1926)

1864, Older sister of Vladimir Lenin, Anna Ulyanova (d. 1935)

1865, Scottish inventor, Arthur James Arnot (d. 1946)

1873, American inventor, Lee DeForest (d. 1961)

1874, American novelist, Zona Gale (d. 1938)

1875, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada, John Buchan (d. 1940)

1880, French poet and art critic, Guillaume Apollinaire (d. 1918)

1882, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate, James Franck (d. 1964)

1885, French author, Jules Romains (d. 1972)

1890, Australian cricketer, Tommy Andrews (d. 1970)

1894, Baseball player, Sparky Adams (d. 1989)

1896, Bulgarian revolutionary, Ivan Mihailov (d. 1990)

1897, President of South Korea, Yoon Boseon (d. 1990)

1898, American art collector, Peggy Guggenheim (d. 1979)

1899, Mexican painter, Rufino Tamayo (d. 1991)

1900, German engineer and inventor, Hellmuth Walter (d. 1980)

1901, German engineer and SS officer, Hans Kammler (disappeared in 1945)

1901, American general, Maxwell Taylor (d. 1987)

1901, Chinese communist military commander and politician, Chen Yi (d. 1972)

1904, English-born writer, Christopher Isherwood (d. 1986)

1906, American polio researcher, Albert Sabin (d. 1993)

1908, Prussian-born Iranist, W. B. Henning (d. 1967)

1908, Film producer, Aubrey Schenck (d. 1999)

1908, Australian cricketer, Bill Hunt (d. 1983)

1909, American actor, Jim Davis (d. 1981)

1909, Baseball player, Gene Moore (d. 1978)

1909, South African cricketer, Eric Davies (d. 1976)

1910, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary, Mother Teresa (d. 1997)

1914, Argentine writer, Julio Cortázar (d. 1984)

1920, American cartoonist, Brant Parker (d. 2007)

1920, Thai soldier and politician, Prem Tinsulanonda

1921, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient, Shimshon Amitsur (d. 1994)

1921, American journalist, Benjamin Bradlee

1922, American journalist, Irving R. Levine (d. 2009)

1923, German conductor and pianist, Wolfgang Sawallisch

1924, Baseball player, Alex Kellner (d. 1996)

1925, American economist, Jack Hirshleifer (d. 2005)

1925, French politician and writer, Alain Peyrefitte (d. 1999)

1925, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order, Sangharakshita

1926, Armenian Violinist, Anahit Tsitsikian

1927, Indian architect, B. V. Doshi

1928, Canadian jazz vibraphonist, Peter Appleyard

1928, Canadian novelist and essayist, Naïm Kattan

1930, West Indian cricketer, Joe Solomon

1932, Chilean basketball player, Luis Salvadores

1934, American basketball player and commentator, Tom Heinsohn

1935, American politician, Geraldine Ferraro

1936, American actress, Yvette Vickers

1938, English Drummer, Jet Black

1939, Israeli politician, Pinchas Goldstein (d. 2007)

1940, American voice actor, Don LaFontaine (d. 2008)

1941, Swiss film director, Barbet Schroeder

1941, English singer and drummer, Chris Curtis (d. 2005)

1941, British actress, Jane Merrow

1941, Japanese actress, Akiko Wakabayashi

1942, American singer, Vic Dana

1942, British politician, Dennis Turner

1944, Duke of Gloucester, British prince, Prince Richard

1944, English actor, Stephen Greif

1944, American musician, Maureen Tucker

1945, American feminist scholar, Jo Freeman

1945, First United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge

1946, American singer, Valerie Simpson

1946, American composer, Mark Snow

1946, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Ji

1946, Quebec singer and actress, Chantal Renaud

1947, Cuban actor, Emiliano Díez

1947, Romanian footballer, Nicolae Dobrin (d. 2007)

1950, American actor, Benjamin Hendrickson (d. 2006)

1952, Canadian hockey player, Bryon Baltimore

1952, American actor, Michael Jeter (d. 2003)

1952, American crossword editor, Will Shortz

1953, Irish footballer, Pat Sharkey

1954, Filipino pool player, Efren Reyes

1954, BBC Radio 2 DJ, Steve Wright

1956, American football coach, Mark Mangino

1956, American actor, Brett Cullen

1957, Nigerian-Swedish singer, Dr. Alban

1957, Canadian paraplegic athlete, Rick Hansen

1958, Belgian cyclist, Jan Nevens

1959, American basketball coach, Stan Van Gundy

1960, American saxophonist and bandleader, Branford Marsalis

1960, Canadian-born singer, Nancy Martinez

1960, American actress, Wanda De Jesus

1961, French singer-songwriter, Composer and pianist, Daniel Lévi

1961, American baseball player, Jeff Parrett

1962, American cyclist and attorney, Bob Mionske

1963, English cricketer, David Byas

1965, Chilean actress, Carolina Arregui

1965, American actor, Chris Burke

1965, Wrestler, Bobby Duncum, Jr. (d. 2000)

1965, American actor, Jon Hensley

1966, Dutch field hockey player, Jacques Brinkman

1966, Scottish singer, Shirley Manson

1966, Israeli artist and painter, Avner Ben-Gal

1967, British politician, Michael Gove

1968, Canadian actor, Byron Lawson

1970, Russian athlete, Olimpiada Ivanova

1970, South African cricketer, Brett Schultz

1971, Mexican singer, Thalía

1974, American basketball player, Kelvin Cato

1975, American baseball player, Morgan Ensberg

1975, Canadian Singer, Tyler Connolly

1976, Spanish singer, Amaia Montero

1976, Russian singer, Zemfira

1977, Japanese seiyu, Saeko Chiba

1977, American basketball player, Morris Peterson

1977, Hampshire cricketer and rugby league player, Liam Botham

1978, Pakistani singer, Raja Kashif

1979, American football player, Jamal Lewis

1979, Ecuadorian footballer, Cristian Mora

1979, Spanish footballer, Rubén Pazos

1979, American musician, Allison Robertson

1979, Turkish Musician, Yagmur Sarigül

1980, American actor, Macaulay Culkin

1980, American baseball player, Brendan Harris

1980, Greek basketball player, Manolis Papamakarios

1980, American actor, Chris Pine

1981, West Indian cricketer, Tino Best

1981, Greek basketball player, Andreas Glyniadakis

1981, American actress, Demetria McKinney

1981, Greek footballer, Vangelis Moras

1981, Australian yachtsman, Jesse Martin

1981, Canadian professional wrestler, Petey Williams

1982, New Zealand musician, David Long

1982, American hockey player, Noah Welch

1983, Spanish racing driver, Félix Porteiro

1985, American football player, Brandon McDonald

1986, American singer, Cassie

1986, Turkish footballer, Colin Kazim-Richards

1988, Venezuelan baseball player, Elvis Andrus

1988, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Maria Laura of Belgium

1988, American actor, Evan Ross

1988, American actress, Danielle Savre

1988, Actress, Tori Black

1990, English singer-songwriter and TV personality, Lil' Chris

1992, Chinese gymnast, Yang Yilin

1993, American actress, Keke Palmer

Famous People who Died on August 26th!

1214, Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael IV

1278, King Otakar II of Bohemia

1346, Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297),
Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304),
John of Bohemia (b. 1296),
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)

1349, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bradwardine

1551, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, Margareta Leijonhufvud (b. 1516)

1572, French philosopher, Petrus Ramus (b. 1515)

1595, Prior of Crato, Claimant to the throne of Portugal, Antonio (b. 1531)

1666, Dutch painter, Frans Hals (b. c. 1580)

1714, English Bishop of Gloucester, Edward Fowler (b. 1632)

1723, Dutch scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)

1785, British soldier and politician, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (b. 1716)

1810, Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Santiago de Liniers (b. 1753)

1850, Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)

1865, German astronomer, Johann Franz Encke (b. 1791)

1908, American vaudeville performer, Tony Pastor (b. 1837)

1910, American psychologist and philosopher, William James (b. 1842)

1930, American actor, Lon Chaney, Sr. (b. 1883)

1944, German diplomat, Adam von Trott zu Solz (b. 1909)

1945, Austrian writer, Franz Werfel (b. 1890)

1946, American actress and screenwriter, Jeanie MacPherson (b. 1887)

1956, German-born American activist, Alfred Wagenknecht (b. 1881)

1958, English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. 1872)

1968, American actress, Kay Francis (b. 1899)

1974, American aviator, Charles Lindbergh (b. 1902)

1976, German soprano, Lotte Lehmann (b. 1888)

1978, French actor, Charles Boyer (b. 1899)

1978, Argentine footballer, José Manuel Moreno (b. 1916)

1979, Finnish author, Mika Waltari (b. 1908)

1980, German actress, Rosa Albach-Retty (b. 1874)

1980, American cartoonist, Tex Avery (b. 1908)

1981, Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Roger Nash Baldwin (b. 1884)

1981, American folksinger, Lee Elhardt Hays (b. 1914)

1986, American actor, Ted Knight (b. 1923)

1987, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Georg Wittig (b. 1897)

1987, West Indian cricketer, John Goddard (b. 1919)

1988, Portuguese singer, Carlos Paião (b. 1957)

1989, American author, Irving Stone (b. 1903)

1990, Japanese astronomer, Minoru Honda (b. 1913)

1992, American suspected murderer, Arthur Leigh Allen (b. 1933)

1992, Belgian comics artist, Bob de Moor (b. 1925)

1998, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Frederick Reines (b. 1918)

2000, Iranian scientist, Akbar Adibi (b. 1939)

2001, Canadian painter, Louis Muhlstock (b. 1904)

2003, American football coach, Jim Wacker (b. 1937)

2004, American singer, Laura Branigan (b. 1957)

2005, Canadian guitarist, Denis D'Amour (b. 1960)

2005, American interior designer, Robert Denning (b. 1927)

2005, Canadian professional wrestler, Ed White (b. 1949)

2006, German politician, Rainer Barzel (b. 1924)

2006, Barbadian West Indies cricketer, Clyde Walcott (b. 1926)

2007, Luxembourger politician, Gaston Thorn (b. 1928)

2007, Filipino martial arts actor, Ramon Zamora (b. 1935)

2009, American writer, Vanity Fair correspondent, Dominick Dunne (b. 1925)
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