Blaming Myself

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Blaming Myself - My Mistake

One of my favorite, "Being Unfaithfull" quote is Loving you was never a mistake, but loving you more than myself definitely was. While you were being unfaithful, I was blaming myself.

It is not whether, you win or loss but how you place the blame.is my saying for today (August 15th)!

Quote of the day: "There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "yes", you know he's crooked" by Groucho Marx

Word of the day: quidnunc - noun: a busybody or a gossip

August 15th is the 227th day of the year (228th in a leap year) and there are 138 days left until the end of the year.

August 15th Worldwide holidays and observances:

Feast of the Assumption (Catholic)

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!

Here some trivia about August 15th, who was born, who died on August 15th!

People who were born on August 15th!

1171, King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)

1195, Portuguese saint, Anthony of Padua (d. 1231)

1432, Italian poet, Luigi Pulci (d. 1484)

1575, Croatian writer and linguist, Bartol Kašic (d. 1650)

1613, French scholar, Gilles Ménage (d. 1692)

1717, English roadbuilder, Blind Jack (d. 1810)

1740, German poet, Matthias Claudius (d. 1815)

1769, Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1821)

1771, Scottish novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott (d. 1832)

1785, English author, Thomas De Quincey (d. 1859)

1813, 2nd President of the French Third Republic, Jules Grévy (d. 1891)

1844, Canadian journalist and politician, Thomas-Alfred Bernier (d. 1908)

1856, Ukrainian writer, Ivan Franko (d. 1916)

1857, German shipping tycoon, Albert Ballin (d. 1918)

1858, English author, E. Nesbit (d. 1924)

1859, American baseball owner, Charles Comiskey (d. 1931)

1860, American elocutionist, Henrietta Vinton Davis (d. 1941)

1860, American First Lady, Florence Harding (d. 1924)

1863, Russian engineer and mathematician, Alexei Krylov (d. 1945)

1865, Japanese founder of Reiki, Usui Mikao (d. 1926)

1872, Indian writer and philosopher, Sri Aurobindo (d. 1950)

1875, English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (d. 1912)

1876, Greek military officer and Prime Minister of Greece, Stylianos Gonatas (d. 1966)

1877, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna, Tachiyama Mineemon (d. 1941)

1878, Russian counter-revolutionary, Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (d. 1928)

1879, American actress, Ethel Barrymore (d. 1959)

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

1883, Croatian sculptor, Ivan Meštrovic (d. 1962)

1885, American novelist, Edna Ferber (d. 1968)

1886, Australian cricketer, Bill Whitty (d. 1974)

1890, American Supercentenarian, Elizabeth Bolden (d. 2006)

1890, French composer, Jacques Ibert (d. 1962)

1892, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Louis (d. 1987)

1893, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, Leslie Comrie (d. 1950)

1896, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Gerty Cori (d. 1957)

1896, Russian-born Canadian activist, Catherine Doherty (d. 1985)

1896, American photographer, Paul Outerbridge (d. 1958)

1896, Russian inventor, Leon Theremin (d. 1993)

1898, Polish poet, Jan Brzechwa (d. 1966)

1900, American actress, Estelle Brody (d. 1995)

1901, Russian mathematician, Pyotr Novikov (d. 1975)

1904, Canadian inventor, George Klein (d. 1992)

1905, Canadian dog sled racer, Emile St. Godard (d. 1948)

1909, American composer and bandleader, Hugo Winterhalter (d. 1973)

1910, Swedish actress, Signe Hasso (d. 2002)

1912, Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)

1912, English actress, Dame Wendy Hiller (d. 2003)

1914, American graphic designer, Paul Rand (d. 1996)

1916, Albanian writer, Aleks Çaçi (d. 1989)

1917, Irish politician , Jack Lynch(d. 1999)

1917, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest, Oscar Romero (d. 1980)

1919, American actor, Huntz Hall (d. 1999)

1919, Irish author, Benedict Kiely (d. 2007)

1922, German-born composer, Lukas Foss (d. 2009)

1922, Greek songwriter and musician, Giorgos Mouzakis (d. 2005)

1923, American actress, Rose Marie

1924, English playwright and screenwriter, Robert Bolt (d. 1995)

1924, German actor, Werner Abrolat (d. 1997)

1925, American actor, Mike Connors

1925, Canadian jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson (d. 2007)

1925, American baritone singer, Bill Pinkney (d. 2007)

1926, Author and the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Sami Michael

1926, Greek politician, Costis Stephanopoulos

1927, England cricketer, Eddie Leadbeater

1928, English film director, Nicolas Roeg

1930, Estonian freedom fighter, Ageeda Paavel

1933, American pop singer, Bobby Helms (d. 1997)

1933, American game show host, Jim Lange

1934, American soul/funk singer, Bobby Byrd (d. 2007)

1934, French-Italian singer, Nino Ferrer (d. 1998)

1934, West Indian cricketer, Reginald Scarlett

1935, Jim Dale, English actor

1935, American presidential advisor, Vernon Jordan Jr.

1935, American football player, Lionel Taylor

1938, American politician, Maxine Waters

1938, Polish writer, Janusz A. Zajdel

1940, German terrorist, Gudrun Ensslin (d. 1977)

1940, American soprano, Rita Shane

1941, Greek politician, Manolis Mavrommatis

1942, American martial arts instructor, Larry Hartsell (d. 2007)

1943, Mexican actress and politician, María Rojo

1944, American journalist, Linda Ellerbee

1944, American politician, Tom Murphy

1944, Greek lawyer and politician, Dimitris Sioufas

1944, Bulgarian pop singer, Sylvie Vartan

1945, American football player and union leader, Gene Upshaw (d. 2008)

1945, Bangladeshi politician, Begum Khaleda Zia

1946, English actor and television presenter, Tony Robinson

1946, American musician and composer, Jimmy Webb

1947, Indian actress, Raakhee Gulzar

1947, British TV presenter, Jenny Hanley

1948, American actress and model, Uschi Digard

1948, Canadian pop singer, Patsy Gallant

1948, British engineer, George Ryton

1949, American pilot, Beverly Lynn Burns

1949, Welsh sculptor, Richard Deacon

1949, Australian author, Garry Disher

1949, President of Florida International University, Mark B. Rosenberg

1950, American musician, Tommy Aldridge

1950, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, The Princess Anne

1950, American baseball manager, Tom Kelly

1951, American film and television writer, Ann Biderman

1951, American singer and musician, Bobby Caldwell

1951, England cricketer, John Childs

1951, Malian politician, Daba Diawara

1951, Sri Lankan cricketer, Ranjan Gunatilleke

1954, Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson (d. 2004)

1954, American poet, Mary Jo Salter

1956, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer, Lorraine Desmarais

1957, Slovenian-American actor, Željko Ivanek

1958, Canadian hockey player/coach, Craig MacTavish

1958, Russian satirist, Victor Shenderovich

1958, American actor and comedian, Rondell Sheridan

1961, American White House counsel to George W. Bush, Ed Gillespie

1961, American football coach, Gary Kubiak

1962, American chef, Tom Colicchio

1963, Mexican film director, Alejandro González Iñárritu

1963, England cricketer, Jack Russell

1963, Entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner, Valery Levaneuski

1964, American wife of Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates

1965, American writer, Rob Thomas

1966, American baseball player, Scott Brosius

1966, Hong Kong singer, Shirley Kwan

1966, Greek basketball player, Dimitris Papadopoulos

1967, American actor, Peter Hermann

1968, American actress, Debra Messing

1969, Hong Kong actor and singer, Kevin Cheng

1969, American actor/choreographer, Cris Judd

1969, Australian singer/songwriter, Bernard Fanning

1970, American comedian and actor, Anthony Anderson

1970, American actress, Maddie Corman

1970, American TV executive, Ben Silverman

1972, American actor, Ben Affleck

1972, American film director/actor, Chris Morrissey

1972, American actor and sound editor, Matthew Wood

1972, Canadian ballet dancer, Jennifer Alexander (d. 2007)

1973, Music composer, singer, Adnan Sami

1973, Offspring drummer, Adam Willard

1974, Canadian actress, Natasha Henstridge

1975, American football player, Bertrand Berry

1975, Indian cricketer, Vijay Bharadwaj

1975, Canadian hockey player, Brendan Morrison

1975, American basketball player, Kara Wolters

1976, Dutch football player, Boudewijn Zenden

1977, Canadian hockey goaltender, Martin Biron

1977, Italian gymnast, Igor Cassina

1977, American actress, Nicole Paggi

1978, American bassist, Tim Foreman

1978, Ukrainian gymnast, Lilia Podkopayeva

1978, Greek footballer, Stavros Tziortziopoulos

1978, American beach volleyball player, Kerri Walsh

1979, American NASCAR driver, Carl Edwards

1980, English actress, Nathalie Press

1981, American swimmer, Brendan Hansen

1981, South Korean actress, Song Ji-hyo

1981, American baseball player, Oliver Perez

1982, American weightlifter, Casey Burgener

1988, American performer, Tiffanie Anderson

1989, Mexican singer, Belinda

1989, American actor and singer, Carlos Pena Jr.

1989, American actor and singer, Joe Jonas

Famous People who died on August 15th!

423, Western Roman Emperor, Flavius Honorius (b. 384)

778, Frankish commander, Roland

1038, King Stephen I of Hungary

1040, King Duncan I of Scotland

1057, King Macbeth of Scotland

1118, Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1048)

1196, Duke of Swabia, Conrad II (b. 1173)

1274, Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)

1369, Queen consort of Edward III of England, Philippa of Hainault

1528, French military leader, Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (b. 1485)

1552, German Catholic archbishop, Hermann of Wied (b. 1477)

1621, Scottish writer, John Barclay (b. 1582)

1666, German Jesuit missionary, Johann Adam Schall von Bell (b. 1591)

1714, Prince of Wallachia, Constantin Brâncoveanu (b. 1654)

1728, French composer and viol player, Marin Marais (b. 1656)

1758, French mathematician, Pierre Bouguer (b. 1698)

1799, Italian poet, Giuseppe Parini (b. 1729)

1852, Finnish scientist, Johan Gadolin (b. 1760)

1859, U.S. politician, Nathaniel Claiborne (b. 1777)

1880, English actress, Adelaide Neilson (b. 1848)

1907, Austrian violinist, Joseph Joachim (b. 1831)

1909, Brazilian writer and sociologist, Euclides da Cunha (b. 1866)

1917, Decorated Union Army soldier, Thomas J. Higgins (b. 1831)

1925, Estonian artist, Konrad Mägi (b. 1878)

1931, Azerbaijani WWI nurse, Nigar Shikhlinskaya (b. ca. 1878)

1935, American pilot (airplane crash), Wiley Post (b. 1898)

1935, American humorist and actor (airplane crash), Will Rogers (b. 1879)

1935, French painter, Paul Signac (b. 1863)

1936, Nobel Prize Laureate, Grazia Deledda, Italian writer (b. 1871)

1942, Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai (b.1892)

1945, Japanese War Minister, Korechika Anami (b. 1887)

1951, Polish pianist, Artur Schnabel (b. 1882)

1953, German physicist, Ludwig Prandtl (b. 1875)

1959, American singer, Blind Willie McTell (b. 1901)

1962, Chinese revolutionary, Lei Feng (b. 1940)

1967, Belgian painter, René Magritte (b. 1898)

1971, Hungarian-born actor, Paul Lukas (b. 1887)

1975, Founder and first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (b. 1920)

1975, Alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman, Clay Shaw (b. 1913)

1982, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Hugo Theorell (b. 1903)

1989, Greek Army officer who served in World War I, the Minor Asia Campaign and World War II, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (b. 1897)

1990, Russian musician, Viktor Tsoi (b. 1962)

1995, American journalist, John Cameron Swayze (b. 1906)

1999, British architect and artist, Sir Hugh Casson (b. 1910)

2001, Kenyan athlete, Richard Chelimo (b. 1972)

2003, Finnish songwriter and singer, Gösta Sundqvist (b. 1957)

2004, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate, Sune Bergström (b. 1916)

2004, First Turkish opera singer, Semiha Berksoy (b. 1910)

2004, Indian politician, Amarsinh Chaudhary (b. 1941)

2005, Indian dermatologist, Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana (b. 1927)

2006, Maori queen, Te Atairangi Kaahu (b. 1931)

2006, Australian rugby league player, Rick Bourke (b. c. 1955)

2006, Dutch computer scientist, Coenraad Bron (b. 1937)

2006, Dutch international footballer, Faas Wilkes (b. 1923)

2007, British opera conductor, Richard Bradshaw (b. 1944)

2007, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate, John Gofman (b. 1918)

2007, New Zealand bush walker, Geoffrey Orbell (b. 1908)

2007, Canadian sports executive, Sam Pollock (b. 1925)

2008, Music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues", Jerry Wexler (b. 1917)

2008, American businessman, James Orthwein (b. 1924)

2008, American journalist, Leroy Sievers (b. 1955)

2008, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion, Vic Toweel (b. 1929)

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