Showing posts with label August 24th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 24th. Show all posts

Tuesday

Why be difficult? With a bit more effort, you could be impossible.




"Why be difficult? With a bit more effort, you could be impossible" is my saying for today (August 24th)!

Quote of the day: "Never loan shylock money to a woman, because you can't beat her up to collect." a Mafia Proverb

Word of the day: rhetor - noun: an orator

August 24th is the 236th day of the year (237th in a leap year) and there are 129 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!

Some other, Famous People who were born on August 24th!

  • 1113, Count of Anjou, Geoffrey of Anjou (d. 1151)
  • 1198, King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
  • 1358, King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
  • 1393, Duke of Brittany, Arthur III (d. 1458)
  • 1552, Italian painter, Lavinia Fontana (d. 1614)
  • 1580, English poet, John Taylor (d. 1654)
  • 1591, English poet, Robert Herrick (d. 1674)
  • 1635, Danish statesman, Peder Griffenfeld (d. 1699)
  • 1669, Italian composer, Alessandro Marcello (d. 1747)
  • 1707, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist, Selina Hastings (d. 1791)
  • 1750, Mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Letizia Ramolino (d. 1836)
  • 1758, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
  • 1759, English abolitionist, William Wilberforce (d. 1833)
  • 1772, King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
  • 1787, English explorer of Antarctica, James Weddell (d. 1834)
  • 1817, Russian writer, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (d. 1875)
  • 1837, French composer and teacher, Théodore Dubois (d. 1924)
  • 1845, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer, James C. Calhoun (d. 1876)
  • 1851, Australian cricketer, Tom Kendall (d. 1924)
  • 1852, American baseball player, Deacon White (d. 1919)
  • 1863, Croatian explorer, Dragutin Lerman (d. 1918)
  • 1865, King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
  • 1872, British caricaturist, Max Beerbohm (d. 1956)
  • 1880, American entrepreneur, Creator of Lionel Trains, Joshua Lionel Cowen (d. 1965)
  • 1884, American author, Earl Derr Biggers (d. 1933)
  • 1887, American baseball player, Harry Hooper (d. 1974)
  • 1890, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer, Duke Kahanamoku (d. 1968)
  • 1890, British writer, Jean Rhys (d. 1979)
  • 1893, German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize, Haim Ernst Wertheimer (d. 1978)
  • 1895, Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cushing (d. 1970)
  • 1897, American songwriter and publishing executive, Fred Rose (d. 1954)
  • 1898, American literary critic, Malcolm Cowley (d. 1989)
  • 1899, Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges (d. 1986)
  • 1899, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate, Albert Claude (d. 1983)
  • 1899, American comic book writer, Gaylord DuBois (d. 1993)
  • 1901, American actor, Preston Foster (d. 1970)
  • 1902, French historian, Fernand Braudel (d. 1985)
  • 1902, Sicilian-born American mafioso, Carlo Gambino (d. 1976)
  • 1903, Nazi official, Karl Hanke (d. 1945)
  • 1904, American actress, Alice White (d. 1983)
  • 1905, American singer and guitarist, Arthur Crudup (d. 1976)
  • 1905, President of Sierra Leone, Siaka Stevens (d. 1988)
  • 1907, Swiss architect, Bruno Giacometti
  • 1909, South African cricketer, Ronald Grieveson (d. 1998)
  • 1911, English automotive engineer and race team manager, Lofty England (d. 1995)
  • 1911, Greek Trotskyist leader, Michel Pablo (d. 1996)
  • 1912, American television personality, Durward Kirby (d. 2000)
  • 1913, American mountaineer, Charles Snead Houston (d. 2009)
  • 1915, American writer, James Tiptree, Jr. (d. 1987)
  • 1916, French composer and singer, Léo Ferré (d. 1993)
  • 1916, American actor, Hal Smith (d. 1994)
  • 1917, American game show host, Dennis James (d. 1997)
  • 1918, Governor of Kerala, Sikander Bakht (d. 2004)
  • 1919, Mexican professional wrestler, Enrique Llanes (d. 2004)
  • 1920, Canadian painter, Alex Colville
  • 1921, Zimbabwean racing driver, Sam Tingle (d. 2008)
  • 1922, Premier of Quebec, René Lévesque (d. 1987)
  • 1922, American historian and activist, Howard Zinn (d. 2010)
  • 1923, American psychologist, Arthur Jensen
  • 1924, British bandleader Alyn Ainsworth (d. 1990)
  • 1924, British actor, Jimmy Gardner (d. 2010)
  • 1927, Australian author, David Ireland
  • 1927, American economist, Nobel laureate, Harry Markowitz
  • 1929, Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat (d. 2004)
  • 1929, American feminist and sex educator, Betty Dodson
  • 1930, American racing driver, Roger McCluskey (d. 1993)
  • 1932, LDS apostle, Robert D. Hales
  • 1934, English actor, Kenny Baker
  • 1936, English novelist, A. S. Byatt
  • 1936, American Governor, Nevada, Kenny Guinn
  • 1937, Nigerian politician, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (d. 1998)
  • 1938, Icelandic politician, Halldór Blöndal
  • 1938, American bassist, David Freiberg
  • 1938, American guitarist and composer, Mason Williams
  • 1940, Quebec politician, Francine Lalonde
  • 1942, American politician, Max Cleland
  • 1942, British novelist and newspaper columnist, Howard Jacobson
  • 1943, American guitarist, John Cipollina (d. 1989)
  • 1943, Israeli football agent, Pini Zahavi
  • 1944, Canadian hockey player, Bill Goldsworthy (d. 1996)
  • 1944, American astronaut, Gregory Jarvis (d. 1986)
  • 1944, Canadian professional wrestler, Rocky Johnson
  • 1945, English musician, Ken Hensley
  • 1945, American professional wrestling promoter, Vince McMahon
  • 1947, American actress, Anne Archer
  • 1947, Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho
  • 1947, Belgian cyclist, Roger De Vlaeminck
  • 1947, American politician, governor of West Virginia, Joe Manchin
  • 1947, Russian admiral, Vladimir Masorin
  • 1948, French musician, Jean-Michel Jarre
  • 1948, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force, Kim Sung-Il
  • 1949, American actor, Joe Regalbuto
  • 1949, American actor, Charles Rocket (d. 2005)
  • 1950, Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion, John Banaszak
  • 1950, American anthropologist, Tim White
  • 1951, American writer, Orson Scott Card
  • 1951, American author, Oscar Hijuelos
  • 1952, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee, Bob Corker
  • 1952, American model, Holly Hallstrom
  • 1952, American football coach, Mike Shanahan
  • 1952, Jamaican dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • 1953, American tenor saxophonist, Ron Holloway
  • 1954, French singer, Philippe Cataldo
  • 1954, French Canadian hockey player, Alain Daigle
  • 1955, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee
  • 1956, American politician, John Culberson
  • 1956, Singaporean singer-songwriter, Dick Lee
  • 1957, American dancer and singer, Jeffrey Daniel
  • 1957, English comedian and actor, Stephen Fry
  • 1958, American actor, Steve Guttenberg
  • 1958, American artist, Tracy Harris
  • 1958, American author, Chris Offutt
  • 1959, Former South African cricketer, Adrian Kuiper
  • 1960, Danish footballer, Kim Christofte
  • 1960, Japanese filmmaker, Takashi Miike
  • 1960, American baseball player, Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 1961, Belgian judoka, Ingrid Berghmans
  • 1961, English actor, Jared Harris
  • 1962, American talk show host, Craig Kilborn
  • 1962, American actor, David Koechner
  • 1962, Major Garrett, American journalist
  • 1963, American singer, John Bush
  • 1963, Japanese video game director, Hideo Kojima
  • 1964, French racing driver, Éric Bernard
  • 1964, American comedian and writer, Dana Gould
  • 1964, Russian cosmonaut, Salizhan Sharipov
  • 1965, American actress, Marlee Matlin
  • 1965, American basketball player, Reggie Miller
  • 1965, Sri Lankan cricketer, Brian Rajadurai
  • 1967, English footballer, Michael Thomas
  • 1968, French Canadian hockey player, Benoît Brunet
  • 1968, Japanese professional wrestler, Shoichi Funaki
  • 1968, Brazilian guitarist, Andreas Kisser
  • 1968, American baseball player, Tim Salmon
  • 1968, Professional boxer, James Toney
  • 1970, American television journalist, David Gregory
  • 1970, American Mixed martial artist, Dan Henderson
  • 1970, Turkish footballer, Tugay Kerimoglu
  • 1971, Italian actor, Pierfrancesco Favino
  • 1972, Canadian freestyle skier, Jean-Luc Brassard
  • 1973, Canadian hockey player, Andrew Brunette
  • 1973, American actor and Comedian, Dave Chappelle
  • 1973, Dutch swimmer, Inge de Bruijn
  • 1973, Voice actress, Grey DeLisle
  • 1973, American actor, Carmine Giovinazzo
  • 1974, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman, Orla Fallon
  • 1974, American actress, Jennifer Lien
  • 1975, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, Mark de Vries
  • 1975, Australian actor, Alex O'Loughlin
  • 1976, Dutch footballer, Nordin Wooter
  • 1977, Brazilian footballer, Denílson
  • 1977, German footballer, Robert Enke (d. 2009)
  • 1977, Danish footballer, Per Gade
  • 1977, American author, John Green
  • 1977, Austrian footballer, Jürgen Macho
  • 1978, Dominican baseball player, Rafael Furcal
  • 1978, Canadian hockey player, Derek Morris
  • 1978, American actress, Beth Riesgraf
  • 1979, Dutch footballer, Orlando Engelaar
  • 1979, Taiwanese singer, Elva Hsiao
  • 1979, American basketball player, Michael Redd
  • 1979, German rugby player, Markus Walger
  • 1980, Canadian actress, Sonja Bennett
  • 1981, Taiwanese singer, Actor, Model, Jiro Wang
  • 1981, American actor, Chad Michael Murray
  • 1982, Swedish footballer, Kim Kallstrom
  • 1983, German hockey player, Marcel Goc
  • 1983, British actor, Christopher Parker
  • 1984, Canadian actor, Kyle Schmid
  • 1984, Korean singer, Yesung
  • 1984, American basketball player, Charlie Villanueva
  • 1986, American baseball player, Nick Adenhart (d. 2009)
  • 1986, Italian footballer, Fabiano Santacroce
  • 1987, Slovenian hockey player, Anže Kopitar
  • 1987, American basketball player, Jon Scheyer
  • 1988, English actor, Rupert Grint
  • 1988, Filipina actress, Helga Krapf
  • 1990, Argentine actor and singer, Juan Pedro Lanzani
  • 2003, Son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Alexandre Coste

    Famous People who Died on August 24th!

  • 79, Roman writer and naturalist, Pliny the Elder (b. 23)
  • 1042, Byzantine Emperor, Michael V (b. 1015)
  • 1103, King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
  • 1217, French mercenary and pirate, Eustace the Monk (b. c.1170)
  • 1540, Italian painter, Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (b. 1503)
  • 1542, Italian diplomat and cardinal, Gasparo Contarini (b. 1483)
  • 1572, Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
    French Huguenot leader, Gaspard de Coligny (b. 1519)
    French humanist, Pierre de la Ramée (b. 1515)
    French Huguenot soldier, Charles de Téligny (b. c.1535)
  • 1595, English astronomer, Thomas Digges (b. 1546)
  • 1647, English sculptor and architect, Nicholas Stone (b. 1586)
  • 1664, Silesian astronomer, Maria Cunitz (b. c.1610)
  • 1679, French cardinal and agitator, Jean François Paul de Gondi (b. 1614)
  • 1680, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels, Thomas Blood (b. 1618)
  • 1683, English non-conformist theologian, John Owen (b. 1616)
  • 1759, German poet, Ewald Christian von Kleist (b. 1715)
  • 1779, Greek Orthodox martyr, Saint Cosmas of Aetolia (b. 1714)
  • 1798, English clergyman, Thomas Alcock (b. 1709)
  • 1818, U.S. Congressman, James Carr (b. 1777)
  • 1831, Prussian field marshal, August von Gneisenau (b. 1760)
  • 1832, French mathematician, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (b. 1796)
  • 1841, English author, Theodore Edward Hook (b. 1788)
  • 1841, Privateer of the War of 1812, John Ordronaux (b. 1778)
  • 1888, German physicist, Rudolf Clausius (b. 1822)
  • 1895, British mountaineer, Albert F. Mummery (b. 1855)
  • 1921, Russian poet, Nikolay Gumilyov (b. 1886)
  • 1930, English freak showman, Tom Norman (b. 1860)
  • 1940, German television pioneer, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (b. 1860)
  • 1943, French philosopher and social activist, Simone Weil (b. 1909)
  • 1945, Japanese actress, Survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, died of radiation poisoning, Midori Naka (b. 1909)
  • 1946, U.S. Supreme Court justice, James Clark McReynolds (b. 1862)
  • 1954, President of Brazil, Getúlio Vargas (b. 1882)
  • 1956, Japanese film director, Kenji Mizoguchi (b. 1898)
  • 1958, Northern Irish artist, Paul Henry (b. 1876)
  • 1967, American industrialist, Henry J. Kaiser (b. 1882)
  • 1967, Hong Kong radio commentator, Lam Bun (b. 1930)
  • 1974, Russian-American aviation pioneer, Alexander de Seversky (b. 1894)
  • 1977, Canadian hockey player, Buddy O'Connor (b. 1916)
  • 1978, American band leader, Louis Prima (b. 1910)
  • 1979, German test pilot, Hanna Reitsch (b. 1912)
  • 1979, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker, Sampson Sievers (b. 1898)
  • 1980, British actress, Yootha Joyce (b. 1927)
  • 1982, French Canadian catholic priest and novelist, Félix-Antoine Savard (b. 1896)
  • 1983, American writer, educator and activist, Scott Nearing (b. 1883)
  • 1985, American composer, Paul Creston (b. 1906)
  • 1987, English wrestler, Malcolm Kirk (b. 1936)
  • 1990, Russian writer, Sergei Dovlatov (b. 1941)
  • 1990, Sudanese writer, Gailli AbedElrhman (b. 1931)
  • 1991, Italian inventor, Bernard Castro (b. 1904)
  • 1995, German-born photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt (b. 1898)
  • 1997, German actor, Werner Abrolat (b. 1924)
  • 1998, American actor, E.G. Marshall (b. 1910)
  • 1999, Greek-Italian classical guitarist, Alexandre Lagoya (b. 1929)
  • 2000, Swiss karateka and kickbox champion, Andy Hug (b. 1964)
  • 2001, American actress, Jane Greer (b. 1924)
  • 2002, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest, Nikolay Guryanov (b. 1909)
  • 2003, British explorer, Sir Wilfred Thesiger (b. 1910)
  • 2004, Swiss-born psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (b. 1926)
  • 2005, Colombian Vallenato singer, Kaleth Morales (b. 1984)
  • 2005, American singer, Harold "Hal" Kalin (b. 1934)
  • 2006, French Canadian tenor, Léopold Simoneau (b. 1916)
  • 2006, Romanian film director, Cristian Nemescu (b. 1979)
  • 2007, Mayor of Quebec City, Andrée P. Boucher (b. 1937)
  • 2007, American film producer and director, Aaron Russo (b. 1943)
  • 2010, Japanese film director, Satoshi Kon (b. 1963)