Dreams don't seem true until you get up and go to work.

Dreams don't seem true until you get up and go to work.is my saying for today (August 18th)!

Quote of the day: "Girls bored me; they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known" by Walt Disney

Word of the day: eche - verb: t increase or enlarge

August 18th is the 230th day of the year (231st in a leap year) and there are 135 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!

Famous People Who Were Born Today..

1414, Persian poet, Jami (d. 1492)

1450, Croatian poet, Marko Marulic (d. 1524)

1579, Roman Catholic nun, Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)

1587, First English child born in North America, Virginia Dare

1596, Flemish Jesuit writer, Jean Bolland (d. 1665)

1605, English churchman, Henry Hammond (d. 1660)

1606, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary, Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)

1611, Queen of Poland, Ludwika Maria Gonzaga (d. 1650)

1657, Italian architect/designer, Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (d. 1743)

1685, English mathematician, Brook Taylor (d. 1731)

1692, Prime Minister of France, Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon (d. 1740)

1720, English murderer, Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (d. 1760)

1750, Italian composer, Antonio Salieri (d. 1825)

1754, French general, François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat (d. 1833)

1774, American explorer, Meriwether Lewis (d. 1809)

1792, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (d. 1878)

1803, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford(d. 1881)

1819, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna (d. 1876)

1822, American Union general, Isaac P. Rodman (d. 1862)

1830, Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916)

1834, American retailer, Marshall Field (d. 1906)

1841, American naval officer, William Halford (d. 1919)

1855, English artist and mariner, Alfred Wallis (d. 1942)

1857, Belgian Catholic prelate, Libert H. Boeynaems (d. 1926)

1870, England cricketer, Hugh Bromley-Davenport (d. 1954)

1870, Russian general, Lavr Georgevich Kornilov (d. 1918)

1879, Russian general, Aleksandr Rodzyanko (d. 1970)

1885, Australian poet and essayist, Nettie Palmer (d. 1964)

1890, German Nazi politician, Walther Funk (d. 1960)

1893, Canadian musician, Ernest MacMillan (d. 1973)

1893, American baseball player, Burleigh Grimes (d. 1985)

1896, Canadian-born actor, Jack Pickford (d. 1933)

1900, American archaeologist, Glenn Albert Black (d. 1964)

1902, Estonian painter, Adamson-Eric (d. 1968)

1902, American conservationist, naturalist and author, Margaret Murie (d. 2003)

1903, French singer, Lucienne Boyer (d. 1983)

1904, Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996)

1906, French film director, Marcel Carné (d. 1996)

1908, French politician and historian, Edgar Faure (d. 1988)

1908, New Zealand cricketer, Bill Merritt (d. 1977)

1909, French Canadian businessman and journalist, Gérard Filion (d. 2005)

1911, American leader in the Schiller Institute, Amelia Boynton Robinson

1913, Belgian cyclist, Romain Maes (d. 1983)

1915, Baseball player, Max Lanier (d. 2007)

1916, Romanian diplomat, Neagu Djuvara

1916, American actor, Don Keefer

1916, British pianist, Dame Moura Lympany (d. 2005)

1917, American politician, Caspar Weinberger (d. 2006)

1918, American folk singer, Cisco Houston (d. 1961)

1919, 2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska, Walter Joseph Hickel (d. 2010)

1920, England cricketer, Godfrey Evans (d. 1999)

1920, Baseball player, Bob Kennedy (d. 2005)

1920, American actress, Shelley Winters (d. 2006)

1921, Soviet pilot, one of only two female flying aces, Lydia Litvyak (d. 1943)

1921, Jr., Polish art historian, Zdzislaw Zygulski

1922, French writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet (d. 2008)

1923, Indian cricketer, Jenni Irani (d. 1982)

1923, Indian cricketer, Sadashiv Shinde (d. 1955)

1925, English writer, Brian Aldiss

1925, French Canadian cardiac surgeon, Pierre Grondin (d. 2006)

1927, First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter

1928, Baseball team owner, Marge Schott (d. 2004)

1929, French singer, Hugues Aufray

1930, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre, Liviu Librescu (d. 2007)

1930, Korean church leader, Bo Hi Pak

1931, Canadian Salvation Army general, Bramwell Tillsley

1931, English footballer, Dick White

1931, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Hans van Mierlo (d. 2010)

1932, Premier of British Columbia, William R. Bennett

1933, French footballer, Just Fontaine

1933, Polish-born director and actor, Roman Polanski

1934, American attorney, Vincent Bugliosi

1934, British singer, Ronnie Carroll

1934, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian, Roberto Clemente (d. 1972)

1935, American athlete, Rafer Johnson

1935, New Zealand entertainer, Howard Morrison

1936, American actor, Robert Redford

1938, American radio personality, Joe Frank

1939, Norwegian actor and comedian, Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (d. 2008)

1939, British businessman, Robert Horton

1939, American singer, Johnny Preston

1942, First British winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Judith Keppel

1943, American comedian, Martin Mull

1943, Italian footballer and politician, Gianni Rivera

1943, English singer, Carl Wayne (d. 2004)

1944, Australian Sculptor, Robert Hitchcock

1945, American singer, Barbara Harris

1948, British actor, Joseph Marcell

1949, Indonesian badminton player, Rudy Hartono

1952, American comedian, Elayne Boosler

1952, American actor, Patrick Swayze (d. 2009)

1952, Argentine former footballer, Ricky Villa

1953, American politician, Louie Gohmert

1954, Greek singer, Angela Dimitriou

1955, Egyptian scientist, Taher ElGamal

1956, American composer, John Debney

1956, Indian cricketer, Sandeep Patil

1956, American musician, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz

1957, French actress, Carole Bouquet

1957, American comedian and actor, Denis Leary

1958, American actress, Madeleine Stowe

1959, American wrestler, Tom Prichard

1960, Baseball player, Mike LaValliere

1960, American basketball player, Fat Lever

1961, 75th and current US Secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner

1961, German-Turkish actor, Birol Ünel

1961, American journalist, anchor, Bob Woodruff

1962, President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón

1962, Canadian hockey player, Geoff Courtnall

1964, American actor, Craig Bierko

1964, American singer/songwriter, Edith Frost

1964, American basketball player, Kenny Walker

1965, American comedian, Jim Florentine

1965, Japanese singer, Koji Kikkawa

1966, Argentine artist, Gustavo Charif

1966, South Korean actress, Kang Soo-yeon

1967, American comic-book writer, Brian Michael Bendis

1967, Indian bhangra/pop singer, Daler Mehndi

1967, American musician, Dan Peters

1968, South Korean actress, Lee Seung-yeon

1969, American basketball player, Isaac Austin

1969, American musician, Everlast

1969, American rapper, Masta Killa

1969, German rugby player, Mark Kuhlmann

1969, American actor, Edward Norton

1969, American actor, Christian Slater

1970, Hong Kong actress, Jessica Hsuan

1970, American film journalist, Greg Dean Schmitz

1970, American actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

1971, Irish musician, Richard D James

1971, American actor, Jacob Vargas

1972, Hong Kong singer, Leo Ku

1972, Japanese singer, Masahiro Nakai

1972, Australian artist, Shaun Wilson

1972, Japanese singer, Keiko Yamada

1973, British writer, presenter and poker player, Victoria Coren

1975, American actress, Kaitlin Olson

1976, Greek footballer, Paraskevas Antzas

1976, American actress and glamor model, Daphnee Duplaix Samuel

1976, American rower, Bryan Volpenhein

1977, Canadian musician Arcade Fire, Régine Chassagne

1978, American comedian, Andy Samberg

1978, Welsh musician, Luke Williams

1979, Australian rules footballer, Stuart Dew

1980, Argentine footballer, Esteban Cambiasso

1980, Welsh-born German rugby player, Kieron Davies

1980, Indian actress, Preeti Jhangiani

1980, Australian racing driver, Rob Nguyen

1980, Greek race walker, Athina Papayianni

1980, American football player, Bart Scott

1980, American football player, Jeremy Shockey

1981, Argentine footballer, César Delgado

1981, Pakistani Squash Player, Carla Khan

1981, Greek footballer, Dimitris Salpigidis

1981, American musician, Jon Schneck

1983, Australian cricketer, Cameron White

1983, Scottish footballer, Kris Boyd

1983, American record producer/hip-hop artist, Danny!

1983, Lebanese/British musician, Mika

1983, American football player, Michael Montgomery

1984, German footballer, Robert Huth

1985, Spanish Basque cyclist, Julen Goikoetxea (d. 2006)

1985, Dutch swimmer, Inge Dekker

1986, Scottish footballer, Ross McCormack

1987, American actress, Mika Boorem

1988, South Korean musician, G-Dragon

1988, Icelandic football player, Eggert Jónsson

1988, English footballer, Jack Hobbs

1992, American swimmer, Elizabeth Beisel

1992, American daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain

1992, Japanese actress, Riko Narumi

1994, American voice actress, Jessie

Famous People who died on August 18th!

353, Roman usurper, Decentius

472, Roman general, Ricimer

849, German monk and theologian, Walafrid Strabo

1227, Khagan of Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan

1258, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea, Theodore II Lascaris

1276, Pope Adrian V

1318, Italian Abbess and religious leader, Clare of Montefalco (b. c. 1268)

1430, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician, Thomas de Ros (b. 1406)

1503, Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)

1559, Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)

1563, French judge and writer, Étienne de La Boétie (b. 1530)

1613, Italian composer, Giovanni Artusi

1620, Emperor of China, Wanli (b. 1563)

1634, French priest, Urbain Grandier (b. 1590)

1642, Italian painter, Guido Reni (b. 1575)

1645, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia, Eudoxia Streshneva (b. 1608)

1683, English actor, Charles Hart (b. 1625)

1707, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman, William Cavendish (b. 1640)

1712, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier, Richard Savage

1765, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I (b. 1708)

1809, English manufacturer and engineer, Matthew Boulton (b. 1728)

1815, American politician, Chauncey Goodrich (b. 1759)

1842, French explorer, Louis de Freycinet (b. 1779)

1850, French writer, Honoré de Balzac (b. 1799)

1919, Canadian distillery founder, Joseph E. Seagram (b. 1841)

1940, American automobile executive, Walter P. Chrysler (b. 1875)

1942, Italian-born American actress, Rafaela Ottiano (b. 1888)

1943, Russian-Azerbaijani general, Ali-Agha Shikhlinski (b. 1865)

1945, Indian independence movement leader, Subhas Chandra Bose popularly known as Netaji (b. 1897)

1949, American musician, Paul Mares (b. 1900)

1952, Chilean Jesuit saint, Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (b. 1901)

1963, American playwright, Clifford Odets (b. 1906)

1981, American screenwriter, Anita Loos (b. 1889)

1983, German-born art historian, Nikolaus Pevsner (b. 1902)

1990, Danish singer, Grethe Ingmann (b. 1938)

1990, American psychological theorist, B.F. Skinner (b. 1904)

1992, Subject of the book Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless (b. 1968)

1994, The General, infamous Dublin criminal, Martin Cahill (b. 1949)

1998, Indian actress, Persis Khambatta (b. 1950)

1998, Greek photographer, Nelly's (b. 1899)

2001, British scientist, David Peakall (b. 1931)

2002, American film and television writer, Dean Riesner (b. 1918)

2003, English musician, Tony Jackson (b. 1938)

2004, American composer, Elmer Bernstein (b. 1922)

2004, Former U.S. Senator from Hawaii, Hiram Fong (b. 1906)

2005, American wrestler, Christopher Bauman (b. 1982)

2005, Chinese comedy actress, Gao Xiumin (b. 1959)

2006, Canadian singer and actor, Fernand Gignac (b. 1934)

2006, Caribbean-born physician, Jamie Astaphan (b. 1946)

2007, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Michael Deaver (b. 1938)

2009, 15th President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung (b. 1925)

2009, American journalist and commentator, Robert Novak (b. 1931)
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