The weather is here..wish you were beautiful.is my saying for today (August 26th)!
Quote of the day: "
People are wrong when they say that opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what wrong with it." by Noel Coward
Word of the day:
pavonine - adjective: resembling the feathers of a peacock
August 26th is the 238th day of the year (239th in a leap year) and there are 127 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 26th!1469, Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540, King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1676, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Walpole (d. 1745)
1694, American rector of Yale College, Elisha Williams (d. 1755)
1728, Swiss scientist, Johann Heinrich Lambert (d. 1777)
1736, French chemist, Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (d. 1790)
1740, French inventor, Joseph Montgolfier (d. 1810)
1743, French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier (d. 1794)
1775, German writer, William Joseph Behr (d. 1851)
1789, Prince of Persia, Abbas Mirza (d. 1833)
1792, Uruguayan political figure, Manuel Oribe (d. 1857)
1819, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1861)
1826, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1845, English victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols (d. 1888)
1850, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, Charles Richet (d. 1935)
1854, England cricketer, Arnold Fothergill (d. 1932)
1862, American son of William and Catherine Booth, Herbert Booth (d. 1926)
1864, Older sister of Vladimir Lenin, Anna Ulyanova (d. 1935)
1865, Scottish inventor, Arthur James Arnot (d. 1946)
1873, American inventor, Lee DeForest (d. 1961)
1874, American novelist, Zona Gale (d. 1938)
1875, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada, John Buchan (d. 1940)
1880, French poet and art critic, Guillaume Apollinaire (d. 1918)
1882, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate, James Franck (d. 1964)
1885, French author, Jules Romains (d. 1972)
1890, Australian cricketer, Tommy Andrews (d. 1970)
1894, Baseball player, Sparky Adams (d. 1989)
1896, Bulgarian revolutionary, Ivan Mihailov (d. 1990)
1897, President of South Korea, Yoon Boseon (d. 1990)
1898, American art collector, Peggy Guggenheim (d. 1979)
1899, Mexican painter, Rufino Tamayo (d. 1991)
1900, German engineer and inventor, Hellmuth Walter (d. 1980)
1901, German engineer and SS officer, Hans Kammler (disappeared in 1945)
1901, American general, Maxwell Taylor (d. 1987)
1901, Chinese communist military commander and politician, Chen Yi (d. 1972)
1904, English-born writer, Christopher Isherwood (d. 1986)
1906, American polio researcher, Albert Sabin (d. 1993)
1908, Prussian-born Iranist, W. B. Henning (d. 1967)
1908, Film producer, Aubrey Schenck (d. 1999)
1908, Australian cricketer, Bill Hunt (d. 1983)
1909, American actor, Jim Davis (d. 1981)
1909, Baseball player, Gene Moore (d. 1978)
1909, South African cricketer, Eric Davies (d. 1976)
1910, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary, Mother Teresa (d. 1997)
1914, Argentine writer, Julio Cortázar (d. 1984)
1920, American cartoonist, Brant Parker (d. 2007)
1920, Thai soldier and politician, Prem Tinsulanonda
1921, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient, Shimshon Amitsur (d. 1994)
1921, American journalist, Benjamin Bradlee
1922, American journalist, Irving R. Levine (d. 2009)
1923, German conductor and pianist, Wolfgang Sawallisch
1924, Baseball player, Alex Kellner (d. 1996)
1925, American economist, Jack Hirshleifer (d. 2005)
1925, French politician and writer, Alain Peyrefitte (d. 1999)
1925, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order, Sangharakshita
1926, Armenian Violinist, Anahit Tsitsikian
1927, Indian architect, B. V. Doshi
1928, Canadian jazz vibraphonist, Peter Appleyard
1928, Canadian novelist and essayist, Naïm Kattan
1930, West Indian cricketer, Joe Solomon
1932, Chilean basketball player, Luis Salvadores
1934, American basketball player and commentator, Tom Heinsohn
1935, American politician, Geraldine Ferraro
1936, American actress, Yvette Vickers
1938, English Drummer, Jet Black
1939, Israeli politician, Pinchas Goldstein (d. 2007)
1940, American voice actor, Don LaFontaine (d. 2008)
1941, Swiss film director, Barbet Schroeder
1941, English singer and drummer, Chris Curtis (d. 2005)
1941, British actress, Jane Merrow
1941, Japanese actress, Akiko Wakabayashi
1942, American singer, Vic Dana
1942, British politician, Dennis Turner
1944, Duke of Gloucester, British prince, Prince Richard
1944, English actor, Stephen Greif
1944, American musician, Maureen Tucker
1945, American feminist scholar, Jo Freeman
1945, First United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge
1946, American singer, Valerie Simpson
1946, American composer, Mark Snow
1946, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Ji
1946, Quebec singer and actress, Chantal Renaud
1947, Cuban actor, Emiliano Díez
1947, Romanian footballer, Nicolae Dobrin (d. 2007)
1950, American actor, Benjamin Hendrickson (d. 2006)
1952, Canadian hockey player, Bryon Baltimore
1952, American actor, Michael Jeter (d. 2003)
1952, American crossword editor, Will Shortz
1953, Irish footballer, Pat Sharkey
1954, Filipino pool player, Efren Reyes
1954, BBC Radio 2 DJ, Steve Wright
1956, American football coach, Mark Mangino
1956, American actor, Brett Cullen
1957, Nigerian-Swedish singer, Dr. Alban
1957, Canadian paraplegic athlete, Rick Hansen
1958, Belgian cyclist, Jan Nevens
1959, American basketball coach, Stan Van Gundy
1960, American saxophonist and bandleader, Branford Marsalis
1960, Canadian-born singer, Nancy Martinez
1960, American actress, Wanda De Jesus
1961, French singer-songwriter, Composer and pianist, Daniel Lévi
1961, American baseball player, Jeff Parrett
1962, American cyclist and attorney, Bob Mionske
1963, English cricketer, David Byas
1965, Chilean actress, Carolina Arregui
1965, American actor, Chris Burke
1965, Wrestler, Bobby Duncum, Jr. (d. 2000)
1965, American actor, Jon Hensley
1966, Dutch field hockey player, Jacques Brinkman
1966, Scottish singer, Shirley Manson
1966, Israeli artist and painter, Avner Ben-Gal
1967, British politician, Michael Gove
1968, Canadian actor, Byron Lawson
1970, Russian athlete, Olimpiada Ivanova
1970, South African cricketer, Brett Schultz
1971, Mexican singer, Thalía
1974, American basketball player, Kelvin Cato
1975, American baseball player, Morgan Ensberg
1975, Canadian Singer, Tyler Connolly
1976, Spanish singer, Amaia Montero
1976, Russian singer, Zemfira
1977, Japanese seiyu, Saeko Chiba
1977, American basketball player, Morris Peterson
1977, Hampshire cricketer and rugby league player, Liam Botham
1978, Pakistani singer, Raja Kashif
1979, American football player, Jamal Lewis
1979, Ecuadorian footballer, Cristian Mora
1979, Spanish footballer, Rubén Pazos
1979, American musician, Allison Robertson
1979, Turkish Musician, Yagmur Sarigül
1980, American actor, Macaulay Culkin
1980, American baseball player, Brendan Harris
1980, Greek basketball player, Manolis Papamakarios
1980, American actor, Chris Pine
1981, West Indian cricketer, Tino Best
1981, Greek basketball player, Andreas Glyniadakis
1981, American actress, Demetria McKinney
1981, Greek footballer, Vangelis Moras
1981, Australian yachtsman, Jesse Martin
1981, Canadian professional wrestler, Petey Williams
1982, New Zealand musician, David Long
1982, American hockey player, Noah Welch
1983, Spanish racing driver, Félix Porteiro
1985, American football player, Brandon McDonald
1986, American singer, Cassie
1986, Turkish footballer, Colin Kazim-Richards
1988, Venezuelan baseball player, Elvis Andrus
1988, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Maria Laura of Belgium
1988, American actor, Evan Ross
1988, American actress, Danielle Savre
1988, Actress, Tori Black
1990, English singer-songwriter and TV personality, Lil' Chris
1992, Chinese gymnast, Yang Yilin
1993, American actress, Keke Palmer
Famous People who Died on August 26th!
1214, Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael IV
1278, King Otakar II of Bohemia
1346, Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297),
Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304),
John of Bohemia (b. 1296),
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
1349, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bradwardine
1551, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, Margareta Leijonhufvud (b. 1516)
1572, French philosopher, Petrus Ramus (b. 1515)
1595, Prior of Crato, Claimant to the throne of Portugal, Antonio (b. 1531)
1666, Dutch painter, Frans Hals (b. c. 1580)
1714, English Bishop of Gloucester, Edward Fowler (b. 1632)
1723, Dutch scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)
1785, British soldier and politician, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (b. 1716)
1810, Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Santiago de Liniers (b. 1753)
1850, Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
1865, German astronomer, Johann Franz Encke (b. 1791)
1908, American vaudeville performer, Tony Pastor (b. 1837)
1910, American psychologist and philosopher, William James (b. 1842)
1930, American actor, Lon Chaney, Sr. (b. 1883)
1944, German diplomat, Adam von Trott zu Solz (b. 1909)
1945, Austrian writer, Franz Werfel (b. 1890)
1946, American actress and screenwriter, Jeanie MacPherson (b. 1887)
1956, German-born American activist, Alfred Wagenknecht (b. 1881)
1958, English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. 1872)
1968, American actress, Kay Francis (b. 1899)
1974, American aviator, Charles Lindbergh (b. 1902)
1976, German soprano, Lotte Lehmann (b. 1888)
1978, French actor, Charles Boyer (b. 1899)
1978, Argentine footballer, José Manuel Moreno (b. 1916)
1979, Finnish author, Mika Waltari (b. 1908)
1980, German actress, Rosa Albach-Retty (b. 1874)
1980, American cartoonist, Tex Avery (b. 1908)
1981, Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Roger Nash Baldwin (b. 1884)
1981, American folksinger, Lee Elhardt Hays (b. 1914)
1986, American actor, Ted Knight (b. 1923)
1987, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Georg Wittig (b. 1897)
1987, West Indian cricketer, John Goddard (b. 1919)
1988, Portuguese singer, Carlos Paião (b. 1957)
1989, American author, Irving Stone (b. 1903)
1990, Japanese astronomer, Minoru Honda (b. 1913)
1992, American suspected murderer, Arthur Leigh Allen (b. 1933)
1992, Belgian comics artist, Bob de Moor (b. 1925)
1998, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Frederick Reines (b. 1918)
2000, Iranian scientist, Akbar Adibi (b. 1939)
2001, Canadian painter, Louis Muhlstock (b. 1904)
2003, American football coach, Jim Wacker (b. 1937)
2004, American singer, Laura Branigan (b. 1957)
2005, Canadian guitarist, Denis D'Amour (b. 1960)
2005, American interior designer, Robert Denning (b. 1927)
2005, Canadian professional wrestler, Ed White (b. 1949)
2006, German politician, Rainer Barzel (b. 1924)
2006, Barbadian West Indies cricketer, Clyde Walcott (b. 1926)
2007, Luxembourger politician, Gaston Thorn (b. 1928)
2007, Filipino martial arts actor, Ramon Zamora (b. 1935)
2009, American writer, Vanity Fair correspondent, Dominick Dunne (b. 1925)
updated by BrianMc