If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't.

If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't. is my saying for today (September 1st)!

Quote of the day: "A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset." by James Gould Cozzens

Word of the day: kakapo - noun: a large, nocturnal parrot of New Zealand

September 1st is the 244th day of the year (245th in a leap year) and there are 121 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

September 1st Worldwide holidays and observances:

Constitution Day (Slovakia)

Independence Day (Uzbekistan)


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 born on September 1st

1286, Queen of Poland, Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)

1453, Spanish general, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (d. 1515)

1566, English actor, Edward Alleyn (d. 1626)

1588, Prince of Condé, French nobleman, Henry II (d. 1646)

1651, Tsaritsa of Russia, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina (d. 1694)

1653, German composer, Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706)

1689, Czech Baroque architect, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (d. 1751)

1711, Prince of Orange, William IV (d. 1759)

1795, American newspaper publisher, James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (d. 1872)

1818, First President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic, José María Castro Madriz (d. 1892)

1848, Swiss entomologist, Auguste-Henri Forel (d. 1931)

1854, German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck (d. 1921)

1855, Russian poet, Innokenty Annensky (d. 1909)

1856, Russian scientist, Sergei Winogradsky (d. 1953)

1866, American heavyweight boxer, James J. Corbett (d. 1933)

1868, French Canadian politician and publisher, Henri Bourassa (d. 1952)

1871, American Undersecretary of State, J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (d. 1961)

1875, American writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs (d. 1950)

1876, English political activist, Harriet Shaw Weaver (d. 1961)

1877, Nobel laureate, Francis William Aston (d. 1945)

1878, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)

1878, British Army officer and military theorist, J.F.C. Fuller (d. 1966)

1883, French Canadian hockey player, Didier Pitre (d. 1934)

1884, Swedish actor and film director, Sigurd Wallén (d. 1947)

1886, Swiss composer and conductor, Othmar Schoeck (d. 1957)

1887, Swiss writer, Blaise Cendrars (d. 1961)

1888, Croatian physician, Andrija Štampar (d. 1958)

1892, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, Leverett Saltonstall (d. 1979)

1895, Indian musician, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (d. 1974)

1895, German helicopter pioneer, Engelbert Zaschka (d. 1955)

1896, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, The Hare Krishna Movement, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (d. 1977)

1897, Irish footballer, Andy Kennedy (d. 1963)

1899, American actor, Richard Arlen (d. 1976)

1904, American actor, Johnny Mack Brown (d. 1974)

1905, Puerto Rican dancer, Elvera Sanchez (d. 2000)

1906, President of the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer (d. 2002)

1906, German composer, Franz Biebl (d. 2001)

1906, English writer, Eleanor Burford Hibertt (Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr...) (d. 1993)

1907, American labor union leader, Walter Reuther (d. 1970)

1907, American actress, Miriam Seegar

1908, Pakistani cricketer, Amir Elahi (d. 1980)

1909, Canadian diplomat, E. Herbert Norman (d. 1957)

1913, Austrian painter and graphic artist, Ludwig Merwart (d. 1979)

1913, American director and film editor, Christian Nyby (d. 1993)

1916, American tennis player, Dorothy Cheney

1919, South African cricketer, Ossie Dawson (d. 2008)

1920, American feminist writer, Liz Carpenter (d. 2010)

1920, American actor, Richard Farnsworth (d. 2000)

1921, Dutch writer, Willem Frederik Hermans (d. 1995)

1921, Indian cricketer, Madhav Mantri

1922, Canadian-born actress, Yvonne De Carlo (d. 2007)

1922, Italian actor, Vittorio Gassman (d. 2000)

1923, American boxer, Rocky Marciano (d. 1969)

1923, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman, Kenneth Thomson (d. 2006)

1925, American musician, Art Pepper (d. 1982)

1926, President of Bangladesh, Abdur Rahman Biswas

1926, American comic book artist, Gene Colan

1927, American author and screenwriter, Wyatt Cooper (d. 1978)

1928, Canadian politician, Clifford Lincoln

1928, American actor, George Maharis

1929, American actress, Anne Ramsey (d. 1988)

1931, American country musician, Boxcar Willie (d. 1999)

1931, British politician, Cecil Parkinson

1932, Nauruan politician, Derog Gioura

1932, American socialite, Sunny von Buelow (d. 2008)

1933, 45th Governor of Texas, Ann Richards (d. 2006)

1933, American singer, Conway Twitty (d. 1993)

1935, Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa

1937, American golfer, Al Geiberger

1937, American actor, Film director and screenwriter, Ron O'Neal (d. 2004)

1938, Danish artist, Per Kirkeby

1939, American actress and comedian, Lily Tomlin

1941, Australian rugby league footballer, Graeme Langlands

1942, American writer, C. J. Cherryh

1943, American actor, Don Stroud

1944, American conductor, Leonard Slatkin

1945, Turkish writer, Mustafa Balel

1946, American drummer, Greg Errico

1946, English singer, Barry Gibb

1946, President of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun (d. 2009)

1947, American politician, Al Green

1948, Polish archbishop and philosopher, Józef Zycinski

1949, Indian politician, P.A. Sangma

1950, American football coach, Phillip Fulmer

1950, American talk show host, Dr. Phil McGraw

1951, Romanian politician, Nicu Ceausescu (d. 1996)

1951, England cricketer, David Bairstow (d. 1998)

1952, American radio personality, Phil Hendrie

1953, American voice actor, Beau Billingslea

1953, American professional wrestler, Ted Petty (d. 2002)

1954, Canadian hockey player, Dave Lumley

1955, American martial artist, Billy Blanks

1955, English bassist, Bruce Foxton

1956, American basketball player, Vinnie Johnson

1956, American voice artist, Philece Sampler

1956, American broadcaster and editor, Bernie Wagenblast

1957, Cuban/American singer, Gloria Estefan

1957, Montenegrin basketball coach, Duško Ivanovic

1958, Finnish singer, Armi Aavikko (d. 2002)

1959, American sports journalist, Kenny Mayne

1960, American singer and film score composer, Joseph Williams

1961, American professional wrestler, Bam Bam Bigelow (d. 2007)

1962, Dutch footballer, Ruud Gullit

1962, Irish footballer, Tony Cascarino

1963, Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer

1963, Carola Smit, Dutch singer

1964, Canadian hockey player, Brian Bellows

1964, Irish DJ and TV presenter, Ray D'Arcy

1964, American cartoonist, Holly Golightly

1964, Swedish model, Cécilia Rhode

1965, Slovak politician, Ludovít Kaník

1966, American basketball player, Tim Hardaway

1967, Quebec politician, David Whissell

1968, Egyptian terrorist, Mohamed Atta (d. 2001)

1969, Norwegian footballer, Henning Berg

1970, South Korean actor, Hwang Jung-min

1970, Indian actress, Padma Lakshmi

1970, Quebec singer, Television and radio host, actress, Mitsou

1970, Croatian singer, Vanna

1971, American actor, Ricardo Antonio Chavira

1971, American soccer player, Joe Enochs

1971, Japanese composer, Yoshitaka Hirota

1971, French singer, Lââm

1971, American professional wrestler, Jimmy Snuka, Jr.

1971, Turkish footballer, Hakan Sükür

1972, British professional wrestler, Doug Williams

1973, Indian actor, Ram Kapoor

1973, Canadian singer, J. D. Fortune

1973, American football player, Zach Thomas

1974, American football player, Jason Taylor

1974, American comic book artist, Jhonen Vasquez

1975, English-born actor, Scott Speedman

1975, Australian actress and singer, Natalie Bassingthwaighte

1975, Puerto Rican musician, Omar Rodríguez-López

1975, American basketball player, Cuttino Mobley

1975, Flemish film director, R. Kan Albay

1976, Australian racing driver, Marcos Ambrose

1976, Mexican boxer, Erik Morales

1976, American actress, Jada Fire

1976, Canadian actress, Polly Shannon

1976, Chilean footballer, Sebastián Rozental

1976, England Woman cricketer, Clare Connor

1977, American football player, Aaron Schobel

1977, Italian racing driver, Raffaele Giammaria

1977, American stage actress, Shoshana Bean

1977, Indian television actor, Aamir Ali

1977, Spanish footballer, David Albelda

1977, American attorney and Muslim advocate, Arsalan Iftikhar

1978, Australian soccer player, Max Vieri

1978, English murder victim, Lucie Blackman (d. 2000)

1979, American Figure Skating Champion, Andrew Muldoon

1979, Irish footballer, James O'Connor

1980, English footballer, Chris Riggott

1980, Ghanaian footballer, Sammy Adjei

1980, American songwriter, Musician, Model and the son of Rod Stewart, Sean Stewart

1981, American football player, Clinton Portis

1981, Canadian voice actor, Michael Adamthwaite

1981, Australian basketball player, Adam Quick

1981, Australian Rower, Matthew McGuire

1982, American basketball player, Ryan Gomes

1982, Australian racing driver, Paul Dumbrell

1982, Canadian figure skater, Jeffrey Buttle

1983, Spanish footballer, José Antonio Reyes

1983, Canadian hockey player, Jeff Woywitka

1984, American musician, Joseph Trohman

1984, American footballer, Nick Noble

1984, Canadian hockey player, Rod Pelley

1985, Filipino-American singer, Camile Velasco

1985, American swimmer, Larsen Jensen

1986, French tennis player, Gaël Monfils

1986, English rugby union player, Anthony Allen

1987, New Zealand musician, Dann Hume

1988, American footballer, Gabriel Ferrari

1988, Bangladeshi cricketer, Mushfiqur Rahim

1989, German singer, Bill Kaulitz

1989, English footballer, Daniel Sturridge

1993, French singer, Ilona Mitrecey

1994, American singer, Bianca Ryan

Famous People who died on September 1st

1067, Baldwin V of Flanders

1159, Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)

1256, Japanese shogun, Kujo Yoritsune (b. 1218)

1414, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England, William de Ros (b. 1369)

1557, French explorer, Jacques Cartier (b. 1491)

1581, Fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das (b. 1534)

1600, Czech physician, Tadeáš Hájek (b. 1525)

1615, French lawyer, Étienne Pasquier (b. 1529)

1648, French mathematician, Marin Mersenne (b. 1588)

1685, Welsh lawyer, Leoline Jenkins (b. 1625)

1687, English philosopher, Henry More (b. 1614)

1715, French sculptor, François Girardon (b. 1628)

1715, King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)

1818, British naval officer, Robert Calder (b. 1745)

1930, Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician, Peeter Põld (b. 1878)

1938, American explorer, Part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark (b. 1770)

1943, Cameroonian chief, Charles Atangana (b. 1880)

1947, Father of the international Scouting movement, Frederick Russell Burnham (b. 1861)

1953, Australian poet, Bernard O'Dowd (b. 1866)

1957, English musician, Dennis Brain (b. 1921)

1967, English poet, Siegfried Sassoon (b. 1886)

1967, Nazi war criminal, Ilse Koch (b. 1906)

1969, American newspaper columnist, Drew Pearson (b. 1897)

1970, French writer, Nobel laureate, François Mauriac (b. 1885)

1977, Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)

1981, Nazi official, Albert Speer (b. 1905)

1981, American actress, Ann Harding (b. 1901)

1982, American mathematician, Haskell Curry (b. 1900)

1982, Polish communist leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka (b. 1905)

1983, American politician, Henry M. Jackson (b. 1912)

1983, American congressman, Larry McDonald (b. 1935)

1985, German race car driver, Stefan Bellof (b. 1957)

1986, American actor, Murray Hamilton (b. 1923)

1988, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Luis Alvarez (b. 1911)

1989, American baseball commissioner, A. Bartlett Giamatti (b. 1938)

1989, Polish inventor, Tadeusz Sendzimir (b. 1894)

1990, Thai conservationist, Seub Nakhasathien (b. 1949)

1991, German graphic designer, Otl Aicher (b. 1922)

1994, American professional wrestler, Boris Malenko (b. 1933)

1998, Polish poet, Józef Krupinski (b. 1930)

1998, American golfer, Cary Middlecoff (b. 1921)

1999, Zambian computer scientist, W. Richard Stevens (b. 1951)

2001, British sports commentator, Brian Moore (b. 1932)

2003, British artist, Sir Terry Frost (b. 1915)

2004, Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmed Kuftaro (b. 1915)

2005, American musician, R. L. Burnside (b. 1926)

2005, Greek actor, Thanos Leivaditis (b. 1934)

2006, Welsh landscape painter, Kyffin Williams (b. 1918)

2006, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bob O'Connor (b. 1944)

2006, Wife of Texas governor John Connally, Nellie Connally (b. 1919)

2006, American pollster, Warren Mitofsky (b. 1934)

2007, New Zealand philanthropist, Roy McKenzie (b. 1922)

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

2008, American musician and actor, Jerry Reed (b. 1937)

2008, Israeli-American mathematician, Oded Schramm (b. 1961)

2009, South Korean actress, Jang Jin-young (b. 1974)

2010, Japanese sumo wrestler, The 45th Yokozuna, Wakanohana Kanji I (b. 1928)
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