T1D Diabetic Meme
Can't Fix Diabetes
Get even...Live long enough to be a problem to your children.is my saying for today (August 28th)!
Quote of the day: "
Judge a man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes." by Thomas R. Dewar
Word of the day:
oligophagous - adjective: feeding on only a few particular type of food. especially insects.
August 28th is the 240th day of the year (241st in a leap year) and there are 125 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 on August 28th1025, Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1582, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, Taichang (d. 1620)
1592, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman, George Villiers (d. 1628)
1612, Dutch scholar, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (d. 1653)
1667, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721)
1691, Holy Roman Empire Empress, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)
1714, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anthony Ulrich II (d. 1774)
1749, German writer and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (d. 1832)
1774, American-born Catholic saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (d. 1821)
1789, Grand Duchess of Baden, Stéphanie de Beauharnais (d. 1860)
1801, French mathematician, Antoine Augustin Cournot (d. 1877)
1814, Irish writer, Sheridan le Fanu (d. 1873)
1827, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
1828, Russian author, Leo Tolstoy (d. 1910)
1840, Scottish merchant, Alexander Cameron Sim (d. 1900)
1853, Russian engineer and inventor, Vladimir Shukhov (d. 1939)
1859, Italian photographer, Vittorio Sella (d. 1943)
1867, Italian composer, Umberto Giordano (d. 1948)
1878, American doctor and Nobel laureate, George Whipple (d. 1976)
1884, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Peter Fraser (d. 1950)
1885, Australian author, Vance Palmer (d. 1959)
1894, Austrian conductor, Karl Böhm (d. 1981)
1898, American baseball player, Charlie Grimm (d. 1983)
1899, French actor, Charles Boyer (d. 1978)
1899, Russian writer, Andrei Platonov (d. 1951)
1903, American psychologist, Bruno Bettelheim (d. 1990)
1904, Italian jet engine pioneer, Secondo Campini (d. 1980)
1905, England cricketer, Cyril Walters (d. 1992)
1906, English poet, John Betjeman (d. 1984)
1908, American ornithologist, Roger Tory Peterson (d. 1996)
1910, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans (d. 1985)
1911, Dutch politician, Joseph Luns (d. 2002)
1913, Canadian writer, Robertson Davies (d. 1995)
1913, American entrepreneur, Jack Dreyfus (d. 2009)
1913, Australian cricketer, Lindsay Hassett (d. 1993)
1913, Slovenian writer, Boris Pahor
1913, British bridge player, Terence Reese (d. 1996)
1913, American tenor, Richard Tucker (d. 1975)
1915, British sports commentator, Max Robertson (d. 2009)
1915, American illustrator, Tasha Tudor (d. 2008)
1916, American author, Jack Vance
1916, Quebec singer and folklorist, Hélène Baillargeon (d. 1997)
1917, American comic book artist, Jack Kirby (d. 1994)
1919, English electrical engineer, Nobel Laureate, Godfrey Hounsfield (d. 2004)
1921, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright, Fernando Fernán Gómez (d. 2007)
1921, American actress, Nancy Kulp (d. 1991)
1924, New Zealand author, Janet Frame (d. 2004)
1924, American actress, Peggy Ryan (d. 2004)
1924, New Zealand cricketer, Tony MacGibbon
1925, American singer, dancer, and actor, Donald O'Connor (d. 2003)
1925, American country music singer and guitarist, Billy Grammer
1928, American advertising executive, F. William Free (d. 2003)
1929, Hungarian conductor, István Kertész (d. 1973)
1929, South African actor, Ken Gampu (d. 2003)
1930, British actor, Windsor Davies
1930, American actor, Ben Gazzara
1931, English bass-baritone, John Shirley-Quirk
1931, Argentinian stage impresario and director, Tito Capobianco
1932, Canadian hockey player, Andy Bathgate
1935, French Canadian politician, Gilles Rocheleau (d. 1998)
1936, American baseball umpire, Don Denkinger
1938, Canadian politician, Paul Martin
1938, Italian television journalist, Maurizio Costanzo
1940, American actor, Ken Jenkins
1940, French cylist, Roger Pingeon
1940, English musician, Nik Turner
1941, Belgian aristocrat, Sybille de Selys Longchamps
1941, American opera singer, Paul Plishka
1942, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (d. 1995)
1943, American actor, David Soul
1943, American baseball manager, Lou Piniella
1943, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former), Surayud Chulanont
1944, Dutch swimmer, Marianne Heemskerk
1944, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, Melvin Dummar
1945, American film director/producer, Robert Greenwald
1945, American musician, Bob Segarini
1947, Hong Kong actress, Liza Wang
1947, Japanese martial artist, Shoto Tanemura
1948, American musician, Danny Seraphine
1948, New Zealand cricketer, Murray Parker
1948, Canadian businesswoman, Heather Reisman
1949, British musician, Hugh Cornwell
1949, Serbian basketball player and coach, Svetislav Pešic
1951, Japanese composer, Keiichi Suzuki
1951, American singer, Wayne Osmond
1952, American poet, Rita Dove
1952, German businessman, Wendelin Wiedeking
1952, Canadian actor, Guy Nadon
1952, Canadian politician, Jacques Chagnon
1954, American geneticist, George Church
1956, Puerto Rican actor, Luis Guzmán
1956, Puerto Rican actor, Mark Lutz
1957, President of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic
1957, American actor, Daniel Stern
1957, American actor, Rick Rossovich
1958, American figure skater, Scott Hamilton
1960, English actress, Emma Samms
1961, English singer, Kim Appleby
1961, American football player, Cliff Benson
1962, English footballer, Paul Allen
1962, American music video and film director, David Fincher
1963, American actress, Jennifer Coolidge
1963, American athlete, Regina Jacobs
1965, Founder of Game Freak, Satoshi Tajiri
1965, Canadian actress, Amanda Tapping
1965, Canadian singer, Shania Twain
1966, Indian social worker and politician, Priya Dutt
1967, Philippine-born Australian poet, Frederick Kesner
1968, Scottish actor, Billy Boyd
1969, Canadian-born actor, Jason Priestley
1969, American actor, Jack Black
1969, English photographer, Mary McCartney
1969, French Canadian hockey player, Pierre Turgeon
1970, Australian actress/singer, Sherrié Austin
1970, Jewish singer, Rick Recht
1971, American figure skater, Todd Eldredge
1971, American swimmer, Janet Evans
1971, Mexican-born American boxer, Raul Marquez
1971, American baseball player, Shane Andrews
1972, American baseball player, Jay Witasick
1972, Kenyan cricketer, Ravindu Shah
1973, American actor, Matthew John Armstrong
1973, American musician, DJ Assault
1973, Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor
1974, Swedish game programmer, Johan Andersson
1974, German footballer, Carsten Jancker
1974, Japanese composer, Takahito Eguchi
1975, English footballer, Jamie Cureton
1975, Irish footballer, Gareth Farrelly
1975, Finnish actress and model, Vera Jordanova
1976, Uruguayan footballer, Federico Magallanes
1978, American drummer, Jess Margera
1979, German football referee, Robert Hoyzer
1979, Spanish singer, Shaila Durcal
1979, Australian netballer, Kristen Hughes
1979, German footballer, Markus Pröll
1979, American basketball player, Ruth Riley
1980, Canadian actress, Carly Pope
1981, Czech hockey player, Martin Erat
1981, Swiss footballer, Daniel Gygax
1981, Polish weightlifter, Agata Wróbel
1981, Brazilian racing driver, Raphael Matos
1982, Brazilian footballer, Anderson Silva de França
1982, American singer, LeAnn Rimes
1982, Scottish footballer, Kevin McNaughton
1982, Brazilian footballer, Thiago Motta
1983, Sri Lankan cricketer, Lasith Malinga
1983, Mexican actor and singer, Alfonso Herrera
1984, American actress and model, Sarah Roemer
1986, Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit
1989, American Pop Musician, Cassadee Pope
1989, South Korean singer, Jokwon
1990, Spanish footballer, Bojan Krkic
1991, American actor and rapper, Kyle Massey
1999, Danish royalty, Prince Nikolai of Denmark
Famous People who died on August 28th
388, Roman usurper, Magnus Maximus
430, North African saint and theologian, Augustine of Hippo (b. 354)
1341, King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481, King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
1645, Dutch philosopher and writer, Hugo Grotius (b. 1583)
1654, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, Axel Oxenstierna (b. 1583)
1678, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier, John Berkeley (b. 1602)
1757, English philosopher, David Hartley (b. 1705)
1784, Spanish missionary, Junípero Serra (b. 1713)
1785, French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (b. 1714)
1793, French general (executed), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (b. 1740)
1805, Scottish church leader, Alexander Carlyle (b. 1722)
1818, Founder of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
1820, American surveyor, Andrew Ellicott (b. 1754)
1839, English geologist, William Smith (b. 1769)
1900, English philosopher, Henry Sidgwick (b. 1838)
1903, American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (b. 1822)
1933, American actress, Helen Dunbar (b. 1863)
1943, King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
1947, Spanish bullfighter, Manolete (b. 1917)
1955, American civil rights movement icon, Emmett Till (b. 1941)
1959, Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu (b. 1890)
1965, Israeli physicist, Giulio Racah (b. 1909)
1971, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar, Reuvein Margolies (b. 1889)
1975, Austrian sculptor, Fritz Wotruba (b. 1907)
1976, American actress, Anissa Jones (b. 1958)
1978, English actor and writer, Robert Shaw (b. 1927)
1981, Hungarian footballer, Béla Guttman (b. 1900)
1982, South African cricketer, Geoff Chubb (b. 1911)
1985, American actress, Ruth Gordon (b. 1896)
1987, American movie director, John Huston (b. 1906)
1988, French Canadian union leader and politician, Jean Marchand (b. 1918)
1990, Belgian cartoonist, Willy Vandersteen (b. 1913)
1991, Greek writer and film director, Alekos Sakellarios (b. 1913)
1993, American poet, William Stafford (b. 1914)
1995, American rodeo pioneer, Earl Bascom (b. 1906)
2003, American criminal, Brian Douglas Wells (b. 1956)
2005, French actor, Jacques Dufilho (b. 1914)
2005, Hungarian mathematician, Esther Szekeres (b. 1910)
2005, Hungarian mathematician, George Szekeres (b. 1911)
2006, French Canadian politician, Benoît Sauvageau (b. 1963)
2006, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Melvin Schwartz (b. 1932)
2007, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, Arthur Jones (b. 1926)
2007, American musician, Hilly Kristal (b. 1932)
2007, American aeronautical engineer, Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (b. 1925)
2007, Spanish footballer, Antonio Puerta (b. 1984)
2007, Spanish journalist, Novelist, Biographer and essayist, Francisco Umbral (b. 1935)
2007, Japanese-born American actress, Miyoshi Umeki (b. 1929)
2007, New Zealand winemaker, Nikola Nobilo (b. 1913)
2008, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion, Phil Hill (b. 1927)
2009, American DJ also known as DJ AM, Adam Goldstein (b. 1973)
2010, Notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University, William P. Foster
