MW2F: Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie.

Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie.
Washington was no fisherman; he couldn't tell a lie. is my saying for today (September 28th)!

Quote of the day: "I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me." by Dick Martin

Word of the day: withershins - adverb: in a direction contrary to the normal one

September 28th is the 271st day of the year (272nd in a leap year) and there are 94 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Famous People who born on September 28th

551 BC, Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479)

58 BC, Livia Drusilla, Wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)

1330, French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel (d. 1418)

1493, Italian poet, Agnolo Firenzuola (d. 1545)

1605, French astronomer, Ismaël Bullialdus (d. 1694)

1667, Japanese warlord, Asano Naganori (d. 1701)

1681, German composer, Johann Mattheson (d. 1764)

1705, English statesman, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (d. 1774)

1746, English philologist, Sir William Jones (d. 1794)

1792, Grandfather of Adolf Hitler, Johann Georg Hiedler (d. 1857)

1803, French author, Prosper Mérimée (d. 1870)

1809, American physician and botanist, Alvan Wentworth Chapman (d. 1899)

1821, American politician, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (d. 1874)

1823, French painter, Alexandre Cabanel (d. 1889)

1824, British critic and poet, Francis Turner Palgrave (d. 1897)

1835, Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)

1836, English inventor, Thomas Crapper (d. 1910)

1841, French politician, Georges Clemenceau (d. 1929)

1852, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Henri Moissan (d. 1907)

1856, American children's author, Kate Douglas Wiggin (d. 1923)

1861, Queen of Portugal, Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)

1867, Prime Minister of Japan, Hiranuma Kiichiro (d. 1952)

1881, American actor, Pedro de Cordoba (d. 1950)

1887, American athlete and sports official, Avery Brundage (d. 1975)

1889, American baseball player, Jack Fournier (d. 1973)

1891, American actress, Myrtle Gonzalez (d. 1918)

1893, Greek writer and dramatist, Giannis Skaribas (d. 1984)

1898, Nazi concentration camp doctor, Carl Clauberg (d. 1957)

1899, American heiress, Alice de Janzé (d. 1941)

1901, American radio and television executive, William S. Paley (d. 1990)

1901, American television show host, Ed Sullivan (d. 1974)

1905, German boxer, Max Schmeling (d. 2005)

1907, Finnish gymnast, Heikki Savolainen (d. 1997)

1909, American cartoonist, Al Capp (d. 1979)

1910, 9th President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal (d. 1997)

1910, Filipino politician and resistance leader, Wenceslao Vinzons (d. 1942)

1913, Swiss artist and illustrator, Warja Honegger Lavater (d. 2007)

1915, Soviet spy, Ethel Rosenberg (d. 1953)

1916, English born actor, Peter Finch (d. 1977)

1918, Argentinian football player and coach, Ángel Labruna (d. 1983)

1918, American comic actor, Arnold Stang (d. 2009)

1919, American actress, Doris Singleton

1923, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician, John Scott (d. 2007)

1923, American actor, William Windom

1924, Italian actor, Marcello Mastroianni (d. 1996)

1925, American computer scientist, Seymour Cray (d. 1996)

1925, South African composer, Cromwell Everson (d. 1991)

1926, American comedian, Jerry Clower (d. 1998)

1929, Indian playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar

1930, American sociologist, Immanuel Wallerstein

1932, Chilean folk singer and activist, Víctor Jara (d. 1973)

1933, Sculptor, Miguel Berrocal (d. 2006)

1934, French actress, Brigitte Bardot

1934, British actress, Janet Munro (d. 1972)

1935, British actress, Heather Sears (d. 1994)

1937, English politician and labor leader, Alice Mahon

1937, American television announcer, Rod Roddy (d. 2003)

1938, American r&b singer, Ben E. King

1939, American biologist, Stuart Kauffman

1939, Trinidadian born British actor, Rudolph Walker

1941, German politician, Edmund Stoiber

1942, American actor, Marshall Bell

1942, French actor, Pierre Clémenti (d. 1999)

1942, Brazilian singer, Tim Maia (d. 1998)

1943, Canadian musician, Nick St. Nicholas

1943, American actor, J. T. Walsh (d. 1998)

1943, American media executive, Warren Lieberfarb

1945, Japanese Red Army Founder, Fusako Shigenobu.

1946, American actor, Jeffrey Jones

1946, English singer, Helen Shapiro

1947, Australian politician, Bob Carr

1947, Bangladeshi politician, Sheikh Hasina

1949, Canadian actor and writer, Jim Henshaw

1950, American musician, Laurie Lewis

1950, American director and screenwriter, John Sayles

1951, Canadian journalist, Wei Chen

1952, Dutch actress, Sylvia Kristel

1954, American football player and U.S. Congressman, Steve Largent

1954, American musician, George Lynch

1955, Canadian politician, Stéphane Dion

1957, Zydeco musician, C. J. Chenier

1959, Canadian race car driver, Ron Fellows

1959, American actor, Steve Hytner

1959, Nauruan politician, Dantes Tsitsi

1960, American pop singer, Jennifer Rush

1961, Pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Quentin Kawananakoa

1962, Canadian hockey player, Grant Fuhr

1962, American music journalist, Chuck Taylor

1963, American professional wrestler, Steve Blackman

1964, Argentine football manager, Claudio Borghi

1964, American actress, Laura Cerón

1964, American actress and comedian, Janeane Garofalo

1964, English football manager, Paul Jewell

1966, American actress, Singer, Maria Canals Barrera

1966, American musician, Ginger Fish

1966, Indian film director, Puri Jagannadh

1967, American actress, Mira Sorvino

1967, American singer and actress, Moon Unit Zappa

1968, Finnish race car driver, Mika Häkkinen

1968, English born Australian actress, Naomi Watts

1968, American NASCAR driver, Rob Moroso (d. 1990)

1969, Dutch decathlete, Marcel Dost

1969, American fugitive, Mark Everett (d. 2008)

1969, American author, Ben Greenman

1969, Canadian singer, Éric Lapointe

1969, Belgian footballer, Nico Vaesen

1970, American baseball player, Mike DeJean

1970, Brazilian racing driver, Gualter Salles

1971, English footballer, Alan Wright

1971, American singer songwriter, Joseph Arthur

1972, American burlesque artist, Dita Von Teese

1973, Finnish electronic musician, Jori Hulkkonen

1973, American hockey player, Brian Rafalski

1974, Italian footballer, Marco Di Loreto

1974, Russian swimmer, Mariya Kiselyova

1974, Finnish footballer, Joonas Kolkka

1974, Australian rugby player, Shane Webcke

1974, English actor, John Light

1975, Australian cricketer, Stuart Clark

1975, American swimmer, Lenny Krayzelburg

1976, Russian mixed martial artist, Fedor Emelianenko

1976, German footballer, Timo Hampf

1977, American rapper, Young Jeezy

1977, Polish footballer, Ireneusz Marcinkowski

1977, Korean golfer, Se Ri Pak

1978, German rapper, Bushido

1979, American skateboarder, Bam Margera

1981, Spanish basketball player, José Calderón

1981, Ecuadorian footballer, Jorge Guagua

1981, Turkish model and actress, Gül Gölge

1981, Brazilian musician, Iracema Trevisan

1982, Russian footballer, Aleksandr Anyukov

1982, Canadian hockey player, Ray Emery

1982, Indian actor, Ranbir Kapoor

1982, French singer, Nolwenn Leroy

1982, American basketball player, Emeka Okafor

1982, Canadian hockey player, Dustin Penner

1982, Brazilian basketball player, Anderson Varejão

1982, Indian shooter, Abhinav Bindra

1983, English footballer, Stefan Moore

1984, American singer and dancer, Melody Thornton

1984, American baseball player, Ryan Zimmerman

1985, Korean Singer, Shindong

1986, Mexican footballer, Andrés Guardado

1987, American actress, Singer, Hilary Duff

1988, Croatian tennis player, Marin Cilic

1988, Dutch singer, Esmée Denters

1988, Australian footballer, Aleks Vrteski

1989, English footballer, Mark Randall

1990, American actress, Kirsten Prout

1992, American actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak

2000, American actor, Frankie Jonas

Famous People who died on September 28th

48 BC, Roman general and politician, Pompey (b. 106 BC)

235, Saint Pontianus, Pope

876, King of Eastern Francia, Louis the German (b. 804)

935, Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I (b. 907)

1104, King of Aragon and Navarre, Pedro I (b. 1068)

1197, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI (b. 1165)

1429, Wife of Duke Ernest of Austria, Cymburgis of Masovia

1582, Scottish historian, George Buchanan (b. 1506)

1618, English poet, Joshua Sylvester (b. 1563)

1687, Swiss theologian, Francis Turretin (b. 1623)

1694, French scientist, Gabriel Mouton (b. 1618)

1702, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman, Robert Spencer (b. 1640)

1742, French churchman, Jean Baptiste Massillon (b. 1663)

1781, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein (b. 1717)

1829, Russian general, Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky (b. 1771)

1844, Russian general and statesman, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy (b. 1769)

1873, French writer and journalist, Émile Gaboriau (b. 1832)

1891, American novelist, Herman Melville (b. 1819)

1895, French scientist, Louis Pasteur (b. 1822)

1914, Businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), Richard Sears (b. 1863)

1915, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita, Saitou Hajime (b. 1844)

1918, German sociologist and philosopher, Georg Simmel (b. 1858)

1918, American soldier, Freddie Stowers (b. 1896)

1935, Scottish inventor, W.K. Dickson (b. 1860)

1938, American automobile manufacturer, Charles Duryea (b. 1861)

1953, American astronomer, Edwin Hubble (b. 1889)

1956, American aviation pioneer, William Edward Boeing (b. 1881)

1957, Uruguayan composer and musician, Luis Cluzeau Mortet (b. 1888)

1959, German race car driver, Rudolf Caracciola (b. 1901)

1964, American comedian and actor, Harpo Marx (b. 1888)

1966, French poet, André Breton (b. 1896)

1970, American novelist, John Dos Passos (b. 1896)

1970, The second President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser (b. 1918)

1978, Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)

1979, Canadian physicist, John Herbert Chapman (b. 1921)

1981, President of Venezuela, Rómulo Betancourt (b. 1908)

1982, American actress, Mabel Albertson (b. 1901)

1989, President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos (b. 1917)

1991, American jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis (b. 1926)

1993, American novelist, Peter De Vries (b. 1910)

1993, Canadian jazz saxophonist, Fraser MacPherson (b. 1928)

1993, American soldier, Alexander A. Drabik (b. 1910)

1994, Estonian singer and musician, Urmas Alender (b. 1953)

1994, Mexican politician, José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (b. 1946)

1994, American film producer, Harry Saltzman (b. 1915)

2000, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau (b. 1919)

2002, U.S. Congresswoman, Patsy Mink (b. 1927)

2002, Canadian businessman, Senator and sports executive, Hartland Molson (b. 1907)

2003, American tennis player, Althea Gibson (b. 1927)

2003, Greek born American film director, Elia Kazan (b. 1909)

2003, Saint Lucian politician, George Odlum (b. 1934)

2004, American fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene (b. 1924)

2004, American disc jockey, Scott Muni (b. 1930)

2005, American judge, Constance Baker Motley (b. 1921)

2007, French mountaineer, René Desmaison (b. 1930)

2007, Founder of the NHRA, Wally Parks (b. 1913)

2009, Swedish actor, Ulf Larsson (b. 1956)

2009, Former President of Panama, Guillermo Endara (b. 1936)
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Famous People who born on September 28th