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Wednesday

If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't.



If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn't. is my saying for today (September 1st)!

Quote of the day: "A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset." by James Gould Cozzens

Word of the day: kakapo - noun: a large, nocturnal parrot of New Zealand

September 1st is the 244th day of the year (245th in a leap year) and there are 121 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

September 1st Worldwide holidays and observances:
  • Constitution Day (Slovakia)
  • Independence Day (Uzbekistan)


    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 born on September 1st

  • 1286, Queen of Poland, Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
  • 1453, Spanish general, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (d. 1515)
  • 1566, English actor, Edward Alleyn (d. 1626)
  • 1588, Prince of Condé, French nobleman, Henry II (d. 1646)
  • 1651, Tsaritsa of Russia, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina (d. 1694)
  • 1653, German composer, Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706)
  • 1689, Czech Baroque architect, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (d. 1751)
  • 1711, Prince of Orange, William IV (d. 1759)
  • 1795, American newspaper publisher, James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (d. 1872)
  • 1818, First President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic, José María Castro Madriz (d. 1892)
  • 1848, Swiss entomologist, Auguste-Henri Forel (d. 1931)
  • 1854, German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck (d. 1921)
  • 1855, Russian poet, Innokenty Annensky (d. 1909)
  • 1856, Russian scientist, Sergei Winogradsky (d. 1953)
  • 1866, American heavyweight boxer, James J. Corbett (d. 1933)
  • 1868, French Canadian politician and publisher, Henri Bourassa (d. 1952)
  • 1871, American Undersecretary of State, J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (d. 1961)
  • 1875, American writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs (d. 1950)
  • 1876, English political activist, Harriet Shaw Weaver (d. 1961)
  • 1877, Nobel laureate, Francis William Aston (d. 1945)
  • 1878, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
  • 1878, British Army officer and military theorist, J.F.C. Fuller (d. 1966)
  • 1883, French Canadian hockey player, Didier Pitre (d. 1934)
  • 1884, Swedish actor and film director, Sigurd Wallén (d. 1947)
  • 1886, Swiss composer and conductor, Othmar Schoeck (d. 1957)
  • 1887, Swiss writer, Blaise Cendrars (d. 1961)
  • 1888, Croatian physician, Andrija Štampar (d. 1958)
  • 1892, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, Leverett Saltonstall (d. 1979)
  • 1895, Indian musician, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (d. 1974)
  • 1895, German helicopter pioneer, Engelbert Zaschka (d. 1955)
  • 1896, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, The Hare Krishna Movement, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (d. 1977)
  • 1897, Irish footballer, Andy Kennedy (d. 1963)
  • 1899, American actor, Richard Arlen (d. 1976)
  • 1904, American actor, Johnny Mack Brown (d. 1974)
  • 1905, Puerto Rican dancer, Elvera Sanchez (d. 2000)
  • 1906, President of the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer (d. 2002)
  • 1906, German composer, Franz Biebl (d. 2001)
  • 1906, English writer, Eleanor Burford Hibertt (Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr...) (d. 1993)
  • 1907, American labor union leader, Walter Reuther (d. 1970)
  • 1907, American actress, Miriam Seegar
  • 1908, Pakistani cricketer, Amir Elahi (d. 1980)
  • 1909, Canadian diplomat, E. Herbert Norman (d. 1957)
  • 1913, Austrian painter and graphic artist, Ludwig Merwart (d. 1979)
  • 1913, American director and film editor, Christian Nyby (d. 1993)
  • 1916, American tennis player, Dorothy Cheney
  • 1919, South African cricketer, Ossie Dawson (d. 2008)
  • 1920, American feminist writer, Liz Carpenter (d. 2010)
  • 1920, American actor, Richard Farnsworth (d. 2000)
  • 1921, Dutch writer, Willem Frederik Hermans (d. 1995)
  • 1921, Indian cricketer, Madhav Mantri
  • 1922, Canadian-born actress, Yvonne De Carlo (d. 2007)
  • 1922, Italian actor, Vittorio Gassman (d. 2000)
  • 1923, American boxer, Rocky Marciano (d. 1969)
  • 1923, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman, Kenneth Thomson (d. 2006)
  • 1925, American musician, Art Pepper (d. 1982)
  • 1926, President of Bangladesh, Abdur Rahman Biswas
  • 1926, American comic book artist, Gene Colan
  • 1927, American author and screenwriter, Wyatt Cooper (d. 1978)
  • 1928, Canadian politician, Clifford Lincoln
  • 1928, American actor, George Maharis
  • 1929, American actress, Anne Ramsey (d. 1988)
  • 1931, American country musician, Boxcar Willie (d. 1999)
  • 1931, British politician, Cecil Parkinson
  • 1932, Nauruan politician, Derog Gioura
  • 1932, American socialite, Sunny von Buelow (d. 2008)
  • 1933, 45th Governor of Texas, Ann Richards (d. 2006)
  • 1933, American singer, Conway Twitty (d. 1993)
  • 1935, Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa
  • 1937, American golfer, Al Geiberger
  • 1937, American actor, Film director and screenwriter, Ron O'Neal (d. 2004)
  • 1938, Danish artist, Per Kirkeby
  • 1939, American actress and comedian, Lily Tomlin
  • 1941, Australian rugby league footballer, Graeme Langlands
  • 1942, American writer, C. J. Cherryh
  • 1943, American actor, Don Stroud
  • 1944, American conductor, Leonard Slatkin
  • 1945, Turkish writer, Mustafa Balel
  • 1946, American drummer, Greg Errico
  • 1946, English singer, Barry Gibb
  • 1946, President of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun (d. 2009)
  • 1947, American politician, Al Green
  • 1948, Polish archbishop and philosopher, Józef Zycinski
  • 1949, Indian politician, P.A. Sangma
  • 1950, American football coach, Phillip Fulmer
  • 1950, American talk show host, Dr. Phil McGraw
  • 1951, Romanian politician, Nicu Ceausescu (d. 1996)
  • 1951, England cricketer, David Bairstow (d. 1998)
  • 1952, American radio personality, Phil Hendrie
  • 1953, American voice actor, Beau Billingslea
  • 1953, American professional wrestler, Ted Petty (d. 2002)
  • 1954, Canadian hockey player, Dave Lumley
  • 1955, American martial artist, Billy Blanks
  • 1955, English bassist, Bruce Foxton
  • 1956, American basketball player, Vinnie Johnson
  • 1956, American voice artist, Philece Sampler
  • 1956, American broadcaster and editor, Bernie Wagenblast
  • 1957, Cuban/American singer, Gloria Estefan
  • 1957, Montenegrin basketball coach, Duško Ivanovic
  • 1958, Finnish singer, Armi Aavikko (d. 2002)
  • 1959, American sports journalist, Kenny Mayne
  • 1960, American singer and film score composer, Joseph Williams
  • 1961, American professional wrestler, Bam Bam Bigelow (d. 2007)
  • 1962, Dutch footballer, Ruud Gullit
  • 1962, Irish footballer, Tony Cascarino
  • 1963, Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer
  • 1963, Carola Smit, Dutch singer
  • 1964, Canadian hockey player, Brian Bellows
  • 1964, Irish DJ and TV presenter, Ray D'Arcy
  • 1964, American cartoonist, Holly Golightly
  • 1964, Swedish model, Cécilia Rhode
  • 1965, Slovak politician, Ludovít Kaník
  • 1966, American basketball player, Tim Hardaway
  • 1967, Quebec politician, David Whissell
  • 1968, Egyptian terrorist, Mohamed Atta (d. 2001)
  • 1969, Norwegian footballer, Henning Berg
  • 1970, South Korean actor, Hwang Jung-min
  • 1970, Indian actress, Padma Lakshmi
  • 1970, Quebec singer, Television and radio host, actress, Mitsou
  • 1970, Croatian singer, Vanna
  • 1971, American actor, Ricardo Antonio Chavira
  • 1971, American soccer player, Joe Enochs
  • 1971, Japanese composer, Yoshitaka Hirota
  • 1971, French singer, Lââm
  • 1971, American professional wrestler, Jimmy Snuka, Jr.
  • 1971, Turkish footballer, Hakan Sükür
  • 1972, British professional wrestler, Doug Williams
  • 1973, Indian actor, Ram Kapoor
  • 1973, Canadian singer, J. D. Fortune
  • 1973, American football player, Zach Thomas
  • 1974, American football player, Jason Taylor
  • 1974, American comic book artist, Jhonen Vasquez
  • 1975, English-born actor, Scott Speedman
  • 1975, Australian actress and singer, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
  • 1975, Puerto Rican musician, Omar Rodríguez-López
  • 1975, American basketball player, Cuttino Mobley
  • 1975, Flemish film director, R. Kan Albay
  • 1976, Australian racing driver, Marcos Ambrose
  • 1976, Mexican boxer, Erik Morales
  • 1976, American actress, Jada Fire
  • 1976, Canadian actress, Polly Shannon
  • 1976, Chilean footballer, Sebastián Rozental
  • 1976, England Woman cricketer, Clare Connor
  • 1977, American football player, Aaron Schobel
  • 1977, Italian racing driver, Raffaele Giammaria
  • 1977, American stage actress, Shoshana Bean
  • 1977, Indian television actor, Aamir Ali
  • 1977, Spanish footballer, David Albelda
  • 1977, American attorney and Muslim advocate, Arsalan Iftikhar
  • 1978, Australian soccer player, Max Vieri
  • 1978, English murder victim, Lucie Blackman (d. 2000)
  • 1979, American Figure Skating Champion, Andrew Muldoon
  • 1979, Irish footballer, James O'Connor
  • 1980, English footballer, Chris Riggott
  • 1980, Ghanaian footballer, Sammy Adjei
  • 1980, American songwriter, Musician, Model and the son of Rod Stewart, Sean Stewart
  • 1981, American football player, Clinton Portis
  • 1981, Canadian voice actor, Michael Adamthwaite
  • 1981, Australian basketball player, Adam Quick
  • 1981, Australian Rower, Matthew McGuire
  • 1982, American basketball player, Ryan Gomes
  • 1982, Australian racing driver, Paul Dumbrell
  • 1982, Canadian figure skater, Jeffrey Buttle
  • 1983, Spanish footballer, José Antonio Reyes
  • 1983, Canadian hockey player, Jeff Woywitka
  • 1984, American musician, Joseph Trohman
  • 1984, American footballer, Nick Noble
  • 1984, Canadian hockey player, Rod Pelley
  • 1985, Filipino-American singer, Camile Velasco
  • 1985, American swimmer, Larsen Jensen
  • 1986, French tennis player, Gaël Monfils
  • 1986, English rugby union player, Anthony Allen
  • 1987, New Zealand musician, Dann Hume
  • 1988, American footballer, Gabriel Ferrari
  • 1988, Bangladeshi cricketer, Mushfiqur Rahim
  • 1989, German singer, Bill Kaulitz
  • 1989, English footballer, Daniel Sturridge
  • 1993, French singer, Ilona Mitrecey
  • 1994, American singer, Bianca Ryan

    Famous People who died on September 1st

  • 1067, Baldwin V of Flanders
  • 1159, Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
  • 1256, Japanese shogun, Kujo Yoritsune (b. 1218)
  • 1414, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England, William de Ros (b. 1369)
  • 1557, French explorer, Jacques Cartier (b. 1491)
  • 1581, Fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das (b. 1534)
  • 1600, Czech physician, Tadeáš Hájek (b. 1525)
  • 1615, French lawyer, Étienne Pasquier (b. 1529)
  • 1648, French mathematician, Marin Mersenne (b. 1588)
  • 1685, Welsh lawyer, Leoline Jenkins (b. 1625)
  • 1687, English philosopher, Henry More (b. 1614)
  • 1715, French sculptor, François Girardon (b. 1628)
  • 1715, King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
  • 1818, British naval officer, Robert Calder (b. 1745)
  • 1930, Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician, Peeter Põld (b. 1878)
  • 1938, American explorer, Part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark (b. 1770)
  • 1943, Cameroonian chief, Charles Atangana (b. 1880)
  • 1947, Father of the international Scouting movement, Frederick Russell Burnham (b. 1861)
  • 1953, Australian poet, Bernard O'Dowd (b. 1866)
  • 1957, English musician, Dennis Brain (b. 1921)
  • 1967, English poet, Siegfried Sassoon (b. 1886)
  • 1967, Nazi war criminal, Ilse Koch (b. 1906)
  • 1969, American newspaper columnist, Drew Pearson (b. 1897)
  • 1970, French writer, Nobel laureate, François Mauriac (b. 1885)
  • 1977, Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)
  • 1981, Nazi official, Albert Speer (b. 1905)
  • 1981, American actress, Ann Harding (b. 1901)
  • 1982, American mathematician, Haskell Curry (b. 1900)
  • 1982, Polish communist leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka (b. 1905)
  • 1983, American politician, Henry M. Jackson (b. 1912)
  • 1983, American congressman, Larry McDonald (b. 1935)
  • 1985, German race car driver, Stefan Bellof (b. 1957)
  • 1986, American actor, Murray Hamilton (b. 1923)
  • 1988, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Luis Alvarez (b. 1911)
  • 1989, American baseball commissioner, A. Bartlett Giamatti (b. 1938)
  • 1989, Polish inventor, Tadeusz Sendzimir (b. 1894)
  • 1990, Thai conservationist, Seub Nakhasathien (b. 1949)
  • 1991, German graphic designer, Otl Aicher (b. 1922)
  • 1994, American professional wrestler, Boris Malenko (b. 1933)
  • 1998, Polish poet, Józef Krupinski (b. 1930)
  • 1998, American golfer, Cary Middlecoff (b. 1921)
  • 1999, Zambian computer scientist, W. Richard Stevens (b. 1951)
  • 2001, British sports commentator, Brian Moore (b. 1932)
  • 2003, British artist, Sir Terry Frost (b. 1915)
  • 2004, Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmed Kuftaro (b. 1915)
  • 2005, American musician, R. L. Burnside (b. 1926)
  • 2005, Greek actor, Thanos Leivaditis (b. 1934)
  • 2006, Welsh landscape painter, Kyffin Williams (b. 1918)
  • 2006, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bob O'Connor (b. 1944)
  • 2006, Wife of Texas governor John Connally, Nellie Connally (b. 1919)
  • 2006, American pollster, Warren Mitofsky (b. 1934)
  • 2007, New Zealand philanthropist, Roy McKenzie (b. 1922)
  • 2008, American voice actor, Don LaFontaine (b. 1940)
  • 2008, American musician and actor, Jerry Reed (b. 1937)
  • 2008, Israeli-American mathematician, Oded Schramm (b. 1961)
  • 2009, South Korean actress, Jang Jin-young (b. 1974)
  • 2010, Japanese sumo wrestler, The 45th Yokozuna, Wakanohana Kanji I (b. 1928)
    updated by BrianMc