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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If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends birthday 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 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)
updated by BrianMc

The best way to save face is to keep the bottom half shut.

The best way to save face is to keep the bottom half shutis my saying for today (August 21st)!

Quote of the day: "One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach." by Knute Rockne

Word of the day: boudeuse - noun: a sofa having two seats with a common backrest between them

August 21st is the 233rd day of the year (234th in a leap year) and there are 132 days left until the end of the year.

August 21st Worldwide holidays and observances:

Statehood Day (Hawaii)

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 21st!

1165, King Philip II of France (d. 1223)

1535, Japanese samurai and warlord, Shimazu Yoshihiro (d. 1619)

1567, Bishop of Geneva and saint, Francis de Sales (d. 1622)

1597, English antiquarian and royalist, Roger Twysden (d. 1672)

1643, King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)

1660, French scientist and civil engineer, Hubert Gautier (d. 1737)

1665, French-Italian astronomer, Giacomo F. Maraldi (d. 1729)

1670, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader, James FitzJames (d. 1734)

1725, French painter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (d. 1805)

1754, Scottish inventor, William Murdoch (d. 1839)

1754, British soldier and politician, Banastre Tarleton (d. 1833)

1765, William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)

1789, French mathematician, Augustin Louis Cauchy (d. 1857)

1798, French historian, Jules Michelet (d. 1874)

1800, American politician, Hiram Walden (d. 1880)

1801, Dutch politician, Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (d. 1876)

1813, Belgian chemist, Jean Stas (d. 1891)

1816, French chemist, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (d. 1856)

1826, German anatomist, Karl Gegenbaur (d. 1903)

1858, Crown Prince of Austria, Rudolf (d. 1889)

1869, Scottish/Australian poet, William Henry Ogilvie (d. 1963)

1872, English illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley (d. 1898)

1878, German football manager, Richard Girulatis (d. 1963)

1891, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, Emiliano Mercado del Toro (d. 2007)

1892, French actor and director, Charles Vanel (d. 1989)

1904, American bandleader, William "Count" Basie (d. 1984)

1906, American movie animator, Friz Freleng (d. 1995)

1908, British writer, M. M. Kaye (d. 2004)

1909, Russian mathematician, Nikolay Bogolyubov (d. 1992)

1912, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, Toe Blake (d. 1995)

1915, Danish singer, Raquel Rastenni (d. 1998)

1918, Canadian ice hockey player, Billy Reay (d. 2004)

1920, Inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, Christopher Robin Milne (d. 1996)

1924, American sports announcer, Jack Buck (d. 2002)

1924, American sports journalist, Chris Schenkel (d. 2005)

1924, American actor, Jack Weston (d. 1996)

1925, American professional wrestler, Judy Grable (d. 2008)

1925, French actor and director, Maurice Pialat (d. 2003)

1927, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), Thomas S. Monson

1928, American trumpet player, Art Farmer (d. 1999)

1928, American football player, Bud McFadin (d. 2006)

1929, American poet, X. J. Kennedy

1929, American comic book artist and colorist, Marie Severin

1930, Countess of Snowdon, Princess Margaret (d. 2002)

1930, American film director, Frank Perry (d. 1995)

1932, American actor and screenwriter, Melvin Van Peebles

1933, English mezzo-soprano, Janet Baker

1933, German mountaineer, Michael Dacher (d. 1994)

1934, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, Paul Panhuysen

1934, Indian politician, Sudhakarrao Naik ( d. 2001)

1936, American basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain (d. 1999)

1936, Painter of Figurative Art from Georgia, Radish Tordia

1937, American novelist, Robert Stone

1937, Gustavo Noboa, former President of Ecuador

1938, American singer and actor, Kenny Rogers

1939, American guitarist, James Burton

1939, Clarence Williams III, American actor

1939, President of Botswana, Festus Mogae

1943, American director, writer and actor, Hugh Wilson

1944, American singer, Jackie DeShannon

1944, Australian film director, Peter Weir

1944, Former prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie

1945, Baseball player, Jerry DaVanon

1945, American actress, Patty McCormack

1945, American film score composer, Basil Poledouris (d. 2006)

1949, American actress, Loretta Devine

1950, Swiss singer, Patrick Juvet

1950, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972, Arthur Bremer

1951, Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

1951, American medium, Char Margolis

1951, American television journalist, Harry Smith

1951, Canadian playwright, Margo Kane

1952, Canadian professional wrestler, Keith Hart

1952, British bassist and vocalist, Glenn Hughes

1952, Jirí Paroubek, former Czech prime minister

1952, British musician and singer, Joe Strummer (d. 2002)

1953, American writer, Ivan Stang

1954, Former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Archie Griffin

1954, American psychic, medium and television personality, Chip Coffey

1956, Kim Cattrall, English-born actress

1956, US Senator from Montana, John Tester

1959, American football player, Jim McMahon

1961, David Morales, American disc jockey

1961, American animator and cartoonist, Stephen Hillenburg

1961, Indian cricketer, V. B. Chandrasekhar

1962, Greek basketball player, John Korfas

1962, American actor, Jeff Stryker

1963, King Mohammed VI of Morocco

1963, American actor, Richmond Arquette

1964, American actress and model, Trinity Loren (d. 1998)

1965, American baseball player, Jim Bullinger

1965, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler, Caryn Mower

1966, Major League Baseball player, John Wetteland

1967, Canadian actress, Carrie-Anne Moss

1967, Armenian-born singer, Serj Tankian

1967, AFL footballer, Darren Bewick

1969, Canadian figure skater, Josée Chouinard

1970, American professional wrestler, Nathan Jones

1970, Dutch cyclist, Erik Dekker

1971, British musician, Liam Howlett

1971, Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese Soccer player

1971, Australian Rules Footballer, Robert Harvey

1973, Canadian hockey player, Steve McKenna

1973, Co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin

1973, Russian boxer, Nikolay Valuev

1975, American actress, Alicia Witt

1975, Australian cricketer, Simon Katich

1976, American hockey player, Alex Brooks

1976, Jamaican American soccer player, Jeff Cunningham

1976, Puerto Rican baseball player, Ramón Vázquez

1976, Greek singer, Nikos Vertis

1978, English rugby union player, Peter Buxton

1978, Indian Actress, Bhumika Chawla

1978, American football player, Reuben Droughns

1978, American baseball player, Lee Gronkiewicz

1978, Irish footballer, Alan Lee

1978, American baseball player, Jason Marquis

1979, American singer, Kelis Rogers-Jones

1980, American race car driver, Burney Lamar

1980, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver, Paul Menard

1981, Reggae & Dancehall artist, Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper)

1981, Greek basketball player, Andreas Glyniadakis

1981, Australian Golfer, Jarrod Lyle

1983, American professional BMX rider, Josh Harrington

1983, British TV personality, Chantelle Houghton

1983, American actor, Brody Jenner

1983, Australian footballer, Scott McDonald

1984, South African cricketer, Neil Dexter

1984, French singer, Alizée Jacotey

1984, American actress, Melissa Schuman

1984, American baseball player, B.J. Upton

1985, French singer, Melissa M

1985, American strongman, Kevin Nee

1986, Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt

1986, Dutch international footballer, Wout Brama

1987, Korean actor and singer, Kim Kibum

1988, English singer-songwriter, Louise Setara

1988, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5), Paris Bennett

1989, American actress, model and singer, Hayden Panettiere

1989, English snooker player, Judd Trump

1990, American comedic singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity, Bo Burnham

1990, German rugby player, Fabian Heimpel

1992, English songwriter and actor, Brad Kavanagh

1996, American singer and actress, Jamia Simone Nash

Famous People who died on August 21st!

1157, King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)

1153, French theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090)

1271, Son of Louis VIII of France, Alphonse of Toulouse (b. 1220)

1581, Japanese retainer and samurai, Sakuma Nobumori (b. 1527)

1614, The world's most prolific female serial killer, Elizabeth Báthory (b. 1560)

1627, French composer, Jacques Mauduit (b. 1557)

1673, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier, Henry Grey

1689, Scottish poet and soldier, William Cleland

1762, English writer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (b. 1689)

1763, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman, Charles Wyndham (b. 1710)

1796, American physician and President of Delaware, John McKinly (b. 1721)

1814, American physicist and inventor, Benjamin Thompson (b. 1753)

1836, French physicist, Claude-Louis Navier (b. 1785)

1838, German writer, Adelbert von Chamisso (b. 1781)

1854, American lawyer and politician, Thomas Clayton (b. 1777)

1870, Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China, Ma Xinyi (b. 1821)

1926, First king of Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck (b.1862)

1935, English tennis player, Double winner of Wimbledon, John Hartley (b. 1849)

1940, Russian revolutionary, Leon Trotsky (b. 1879)

1940, American poet, Ernest Lawrence Thayer (b. 1863)

1940, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Hermann Obrecht (b. 1882)

1943, Danish writer, Nobel Prize, Henrik Pontoppidan (b. 1857)

1947, Italian automobile manufacturer, Ettore Bugatti (b. 1881)

1951, British composer and conductor, Constant Lambert (b. 1905)

1957, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (b. 1888)

1957, Professional hockey player, Nels Stewart (b. 1902)

1960, American civil engineer and bridge designer, David Barnard Steinman (b. 1886)

1964, Italian communist leader, Palmiro Togliatti (b. 1893)

1971, American prisoner, Soledad Brother, Black Panther, George Jackson (b. 1941)

1978, American designer and architect, Charles Eames (b. 1907)

1979, Italian footballer, Giuseppe Meazza (b. 1910)

1981, The last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Michael Devine (b. 1954)

1982, King of Swaziland, Sobhuza II (b. 1899)

1983, Philippine opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, Jr. (b. 1932)

1988, American designer, artist and architect, Ray Eames (b. 1912)

1989, Brazilian singer, Raul Seixas (b. 1945)

1992, Canadian magician, Dai Vernon (b. 1894)

1995, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (b. 1910)

1997, Russian clown and actor, Yuri Nikulin (b. 1921)

2000, Prime Minister of Zambia, Daniel Lisulo (b. 1930)

2000, Artist and singer, Tomata du Plenty. (b. 1948)

2000, Polish mountaineer, Andrzej Zawada (b. 1928)

2001, Canadian hockey player, Calum MacKay (b. 1927)

2003, English philosopher and aid worker, Kathy Wilkes (b. 1946)

2003, American musician, Wesley Willis (b. 1963)

2005, Austrian mountaineer, Marcus Schmuck (b. 1925)

2005, American pioneer of electronic music, Robert Moog (b. 1934)

2005, Israeli poet, Dahlia Ravikovitch (b. 1936)

2005, Tenor, American opera singer, Martin Dillon (b. 1957)

2006, Dutch businessman and philanthropist, Paul Fentener van Vlissingen (b. 1941)

2006, Indian musician, Ustad Bismillah Khan (b. 1916)

2006, Israeli author, S. Yizhar (aka Yizhar Smilansky) (b. 1916)

2007, British/Irish writer, Siobhan Dowd (b. 1960)

2007, American Brigadier General, Elizabeth P. Hoisington (b. 1918)

2007, American actress, Haley Paige (b. 1981)

2008, American record producer, Jerry Finn (b. 1969)

2009, Singaporean author, Rex Shelley (b. 1930)

2009, Australian musician, Dean Turner (b. 1972)

2010, Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean writer (b. 1941)

Would He?

Would He?

Would he give you the moon, if you asked for it?

Now we all know that it is impossible for someone to give someone the moon. But would he, show you he cares in his own unique way?

1. Would he, buy 3 ply toilet paper just for your personal comfort?
   
   
2. Would he, carry around a backpack that had "juice boxes" and "granola bars", just in case your sugars went low!
   
   
3. Would he, spend hours rubbing your back cause you were in pain?
   
   
4. Would he, visit you in the hospital and push you around in a wheel chair?
   
   
5. Would he, buy crafts accessories for you, so you might make some extra money from selling your crafts.
   He even paid $20.00 each for dream catchers that he knew you bought at the dollar store cause he knew you needed money
   
   
6. Would he, spend hours online, studying your illness just so he could understand you better?
   
   
7. Would he, offer to fix your place at no cost just for you safety and health?
   
   
8. Would he, fix a door that "the other guy" kicked in?
   
   
9. Would he, buy your favorite snacks, (Mussels) even though he didn't eat them.
   
   
10. Would he, buy something out of the blue just cause he seen it and thought of you when he was shopping.
    
    
11. Would he, think of you when he hears a certain song?
    
    
12. Would he, worry about you when he hasn't heard or seen you in a few days?

Those were just a few of the many things, that "he" did to show you that you were special to him!

He is a nice hard working guy that would do anything for that someone that treats him right!

Take care, KLR

"Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"

I can't tell ya baby what went wrong
I can't make you feel what you felt
So long ago, I'll let it show
I can't give you back what's been hurt
Heartaches come and go and all that's
left are the words I can't let go
If we take some time to think it over baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go

Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long

I can't feel the things that cause you pain
I can't clear my heart of your love
It falls like rain, ain't the same
I hear you calling far away
Tearing through my soul I just can't
Take another day, Who's to blame
If we take some time to think it over baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go

Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long

Do you wanna see me beggin' baby
Can't you give me just one more day
Can't you see my heart's been draggin' lately
I've been lookin' for the words to say

Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long

---

Possessiveness is a state of mind is my saying for today (August 10th)! I have also included some historical facts and information about August 10th.

Quote of the day: "Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on his hands, and goes back to work" by Carl Sandburg

Word of the day: lamprophony - adjective: clarity and loudness of voice

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) and there are 143 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Some other Famous People who were born on August 10th!

King James II of Aragon (1267 d. 1327)

John of Bohemia (1296 d. 1346)

Italian jurist,Francesco Zabarella (1360 d. 1417)

Holy Roman Emperor,Albert II of Germany (1397 d. 1439)

German statesman and reformer, Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck (1489 d. 1553)

Wife of James V of Scotland,Madeleine of Valois (1520 d. 1537)

German composer,Hieronymus Praetorius (1560 d. 1629)

French mathematician,Gilles de Roberval (1602 d. 1675)

Italian Catholic missionary,Eusebio Kino (1645 d. 1711)

Russian painter,Anton Losenko (1737 d. 1773)

American naturalist,John Kirk Townsend (1809 d. 1851)

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia,Camillo Benso (1810 d. 1861)

Swiss industrialist,Henri Nestlé (1814 d. 1890)

American financier,Jay Cooke (1821 d. 1905)

Manx preacher,Hugh Stowell Brown (1823 d. 1886)

Slovenian politician,Lovro Toman (1827 d. 1870)

Russian physicist,Aleksandr Stoletov (1839 d. 1896)

Kazakh poet,Abay Qunanbayuli (1845 d. 1904)

English promoter of daylight saving time,William Willett (1856 d. 1915)

Indian musician,Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860 d. 1936)

Russian composer,Alexander Glazunov (1865 d. 1936)

British poet,Laurence Binyon (1869 d. 1943)

American musician,Bill Johnson (1872 d. 1972)

31st President of the United States,Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 d. 1964)

American chess player,Frank Marshall (1877 d. 1944)

German writer,Alfred Döblin (1878 d. 1957)

American businessman,and Mayor of Dallas,Texas,Robert L. Thornton (1880 d. 1964)

Romanian writer,Panait Istrati (1884 d. 1935)

Inventor,Charles Darrow (1889 d. 1967)

Canadian politician,Angus Lewis Macdonald (1890 d. 1954)

Fourth President of India,V. V. Giri (1894 d. 1980)

Former Australian cricketer,Hammy Love (1895 d. 1969)

American businessman,John W. Galbreath (1897 d. 1988)

American actor,Jack Haley (1898 d. 1979)

New Zealand politician and athlete, Baron Arthur Porritt (1900 d. 1994)

Canadian actress,Norma Shearer (1902 d. 1983)

German-born author,Curt Siodmak (1902 d. 2000)

Swedish chemist,Nobel laureate,Arne Tiselius (1902 d. 1971)

American author,Ward Moore (1903 d. 1978)

American journalist,Era Bell Thompson (1905 d. 1986)

Chinese Communist military leader,Su Yu (1907 d. 1984)

American soccer player,Adelino ("Billy") Gonsalves (1908 d. 1977)

Australian naturalist and botanic,Rica Erickson (1908 d. 2009)

American luthier,Leo Fender (1909 d. 1991)

English historian,A. N. Sherwin-White (1911 d. 1993)

Brazilian novelist,Jorge Amado (1912 d. 2001)

German physicist,Nobel laureate,Wolfgang Paul (1913 d. 1993)

American actor,Noah Beery,Jr. (1913 d. 1994)

American actor,Jeff Corey (1914 d. 2002)

Argentine racing driver Carlos Menditeguy (1914 d. 1973)

French cinematographer,Sacha Vierny (1919 d. 2001)

American basketball coach,Red Holzman (1920 d. 1998)

American actress,Rhonda Fleming (1923)

Former England cricketer,Fred Ridgway (1923)

American actress,Martha Hyer (1924)

British romance novelist,Nancy Buckingham Sawyer (Christina Abbey,Erica Quest,Nancy John,Hilary London) (1924)

American actor,Vernon Washington (1927 d. 1988)

American singer and businessman,Jimmy Dean (1928)

American-born Australian actor,Gus Mercurio (1928)

American singer,Eddie Fisher (1928)

Filipino cardinal and Archbishop of Manila,Gaudencio Rosales (1932)

American poker player,Doyle Brunson (1933)

American baseball player,Rocky Colavito (1933)

English mechanical engineer,Keith Duckworth (1933 d. 2005)

Russian politician,Anatoly Sobchak (1937)

British actress,Kate O'Mara (1939)

American singer,Bobby Hatfield (1940 d. 2003)

Darts Commentator for the PDC,Sid Waddell (1940)

American fashion designer,Betsey Johnson (1942)

American singer,Ronnie Spector (1943)

French Canadian singer,songwriter and actress,Louise Forestier (1943)

American guitarist,Jimmy Griffin (1943 d. 2005)

American trumpeter and composer,Michael Mantler (1943)

Former Pakistani cricketer,Shafqat Rana (1943)

White House Counsel,Harriet Miers (1945)

Tribal Chair,Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi,Laura Spurr (1945)

Scottish singer,Ian Anderson (1947)

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia,Anwar Ibrahim (1947)

Former England cricketer,Alan Ward (1947)

American singer,Patti Austin (1948)

Canadian actor,Rémy Girard (1950)

American actor,Daniel Hugh Kelly (1952)

American actress,Diane Venora (1952)

American poet and prose writer,Mark Doty (1953)

American wrestler,Fred Ottman (1956)

American record producer,singer-songwriter,Charlie Peacock (1956)

Former England cricketer,Jack Richards (1958)

American actress,Rosanna Arquette (1959)

Innu-Canadian musician,Florent Vollant (1959)

Spanish actor,Antonio Banderas (1960)

Italian actress,Nicoletta Braschi (1960)

First USAF Member inducted into Army's Order of Military Medical Merit,Todd David Hess (1960)

American golfer,Kenny Perry (1960)

Australian musician,Jon Farriss (1961)

English-born journalist,Andrew Sullivan (1963)

Indian bandit and revolutionary,Phoolan Devi (1963 d. 2001)

American songwriter,Aaron Hall (1964)

American actress,Claudia Christian (1965)

American jockey,Mike E. Smith (1965)

American basketball player,John Starks (1965)

German singer,Hansi Kürsch (1966)

Belgian former footballer,Philippe Albert (1967)

American boxer,Riddick Bowe (1967)

Estonian singer and actor,Mart Sander(1967)

Dutch cricketer,Reinout Scholte (1967)

Singer and author,Lorraine Pearson (1967)

American singer, Michael Bivins(1968)

Canadian hockey player,Greg Hawgood (1968)

American film director,Pete Docter (1968)

Australian actress,Emily Symons (1969)

American hockey player,Bret Hedican (1970)

Australian footballer,Steve Mautone (1970)

Australian cricketer,Brendon Julian (1970)

Irish footballer,Roy Keane (1971)

Cuban boxer,Mario Kindelán (1971)

American actor,Justin Theroux (1971)

American baseball player,Sal Fasano (1971)

American mixed martial artist,Kevin Randleman (1971)

Norwegian musician,Stephan Groth (1971)

English rugby union footballer,Lawrence Dallaglio (1972)

American model and actress,Angie Harmon (1972)

Swedish musician,Christofer Johnsson (1972)

American tennis player,Lisa Raymond (1973)

Argentinian footballer,Javier Zanetti (1973)

French footballer,David Sommeil (1974)

American feminist and author,Rachel Simmons (1974)

Costa Rican footballer,Luis Marín (1974)

Turkish footballer,Ilhan Mansiz (1975)

American wrestler,Michael Depoli (1976)

Northern Irish footballer,Danny Griffin (1977)

American musician,Aaron Kamin (1977)

British comedian,Matt Morgan (1977)

Australian footballer,Daniel Allsopp (1978)

American basketball player,Marcus Fizer (1978)

English cricketer,Chris Read (1978)

Hong Kong actress,Claire Yiu (1978)

French racing driver,Yannick Schroeder (1979)

American actress,Joanna García (1979)

American filmmaker and author,Ted Geoghegan (1979)

Sri Lankan cricketer,Dinusha Fernando (1979)

Fashion Innovator,Alin Anuar (1979)

American baseball player,Brandon Lyon (1979)

English Wrestler,Stu Bennett (1980)

Japanese singer,Natsumi Abe (1981)

Indonesian badminton player,Taufik Hidayat (1981)

Saudi Arabian footballer,Malek Mouath (1981)

American baseball player,Josh Anderson (1982)

American model and actress,Devon Aoki (1982)

Russian hockey player,Alexander Perezhogin (1983)

Canadian hockey player,Mathieu Roy (1983)

Italian footballer,Enrico Cortese (1985)

Irish footballer,Roy O'Donovan (1985)

Canadian hockey player,Sam Gagner (1989)

Israeli footballer,Ben Sahar (1989)

South Korean actress,Ko Ah-seong (1992)

Japanese actor and singer,Yuto Nakajima (1993)

Famous People who died on August 10th!

In 258: Saint Lawrence,martyr

In 1535: Ippolito de' Medici,ruler of Florence (b. 1509)

In 1637: Johann Gerhard,German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)

In 1653: Maarten Tromp,Dutch admiral (b. 1598)

In 1655: Alfonso de la Cueva,marqués de Bedmar,Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)

In 1723: Guillaume Dubois,French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)

In 1759: King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)

In 1784: Allan Ramsay,Scottish painter (b. 1713)

In 1802: Franz Aepinus,German scientist (b. 1724)

In 1806: Michael Haydn,Austrian composer (b. 1737)

In 1839: John St Aubyn,British fossil collector (b. 1758)

In 1862: Honinbo Shusaku,Japanese Go player (b. 1829)

In 1875: Karl Andree,German geographer (b. 1808)

In 1896: Otto Lilienthal,German aviation pioneer (b. 1848)

In 1915: Henry Moseley,English physicist (b. 1887)

In 1918: Erich Loewenhardt,Germany flying ace (b. 1897)

In 1920: Ádám Politzer,Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1835)

In 1928: Rex Cherryman,American actor (b. 1897)

In 1929: Pierre Fatou,French mathematician (b. 1878)

In 1932: Rin Tin Tin,German shepherd dog (b. 1918)

In 1945: Robert H. Goddard,American rocket scientist (b. 1882)

In 1948: Kwan-Ichi Asakawa,Japanese historian(b. 1873)

In 1948: Andrew Brown,Scottish football coach (b. 1870)

In 1948: Montague Summers,English writer (b. 1880)

In 1958: Frank Demaree,baseball player (b. 1910)

In 1963: Estes Kefauver,American politician (b. 1903)

In 1963: Ernst Wetter,member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1877)

In 1969: Leno LaBianca,American businessman (b. 1925)

In 1969: Rosemary LaBianca,American housewife (b. 1930)

In 1976: Bert Oldfield,Australian cricketer (b. 1894)

In 1979: Walter Gerlach,German physicist (b. 1889)

In 1979: Dick Foran,American actor (b. 1910)

In 1980: Yahya Khan,Pakistani politician (b. 1917)

In 1982: Anderson Bigode Herzer,Brazilian writer and poet (b. 1962)

In 1993: Øystein Aarseth,Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. 1968)

In 1987: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas,Greek lawyer,politician and Prime Minister (b. 1893)

In 1997: Conlon Nancarrow,American composer (b. 1912)

In 1997: Jean-Claude Lauzon,Quebec film director (b. 1953)

In 1999: Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya,Indian Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)

In 2000: Gilbert Parkhouse,English cricketer (b. 1925)

In 2001: Lou Boudreau,American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)

In 2002: Michael Houser,American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)

In 2002: Kristen Nygaard,Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)

In 2003: Carmita Jiménez,Puerto Rican singer

In 2007: Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler,American military pilot and civil rights activist (b. 1925)

In 2007: James E. Faust,American religious figure (b. 1920)

In 2007: Tony Wilson,British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)

In 2007: Chris Reyka,American law enforcement official (b. 1956)

In 2008: Isaac Hayes,American musician and actor (b. 1942)


What happened on August 10th (Historical Events):

610: In Islam,the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr,when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.

In 955: Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I,Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars,ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.

In 991: Battle of Maldon: English,led by Bryhtnoth,Duke of Essex,are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.

In 1270: Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia.

In 1316: Second Battle of Athenry.

In 1519: Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.

In 1557: Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.

In 1628: The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.

In 1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.

In 1680: The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.

In 1776: American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.

In 1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.

In 1809: Quito,now the capital of Ecuador,declares independence from Spain.

In 1821: Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

In 1829: First ascent of Finsteraarhorn,the highest summit of the Bernese Alps.

In 1846: The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000 for such a purpose.

In 1861: American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.

In 1901: The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.

In 1904: Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets.

In 1905: Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.

In 1913: Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria,Romania,Serbia,Montenegro,and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest,ending the war.

In 1920: World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.

In 1932: A 5.1kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

In 1944: World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.

In 1948: Candid Camera makes its television debut

In 1949: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment,streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government,and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.

In 1954: At Massena,New York,the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

In 1969: A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others,members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

In 1971: The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown,New York.

In 1977: In Yonkers,New York,24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.

In 1978: Three members of the Ulrich family were killed in an Accident. This accident lead to the famous Ford Pinto litigation.

In 1981: Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. Inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.

In 1988: Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988,providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

In 1990: The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

In 1990: The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries.

In 1993: An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.

In 1995: Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony.

In 1998: The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the crown prince of Brunei.

In 2003: The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK. 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

In 2003: Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.

In 2006: Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
updated by BrianMc

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