Showing posts with label August 18th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 18th. Show all posts

Wednesday

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)
    updated by BrianMc