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Horse lovers are stable people.is my saying for today (August 30th)!

Quote of the day: "Zsa Zsa Gabor is a excellent housekeeper. Every time she gets divorced, she keeps the house." by Henny Youngman

Word of the day: gride - verb: to scrape harshly; make a grating sound

August 30th is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in a leap year) and there are 123 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 30th

1334, King Peter of Castile (d. 1369)

1377, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia, Shah Rukh (d. 1447)

1705, English philosopher, David Hartley (d. 1757)

1720, English brewer, Samuel Whitbread (d. 1796)

1748, French painter, Jacques-Louis David (d. 1825)

1768, American writer, Joseph Dennie (d. 1812)

1797, English writer, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (d. 1851)

1808, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)

1813, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1862)

1818, 30th Governor of Massachusetts, Alexander H. Rice (d. 1895)

1821, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Anita Garibaldi (d. 1849)

1839, French Catholic prelate, Gulstan Ropert (d. 1903)

1842, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)

1848, Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)

1850, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist and revolutionary (d. 1896)

1852, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1911)

1856, Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)

1860, Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)

1870, Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)

1871, Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)

1884, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate, Theodor Svedberg (d. 1971)

1890, British fighter ace, Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson (d. 1918)

1893, American politician, Huey Long (d. 1935)

1896, Canadian actor, Raymond Massey (d. 1983)

1898, American actress, Shirley Booth (d. 1992)

1901, American civil rights leader, Roy Wilkins (d. 1981)

1901, American writer, John Gunther (d. 1970)

1906, American actress, Joan Blondell (d. 1979)

1908, American actor, Fred MacMurray (d. 1991)

1912, American physicist, Nobel laureate, Edward Mills Purcell (d. 1997)

1912, New Zealand-born British World War II secret agent, Nancy Wake AC GM

1913, British economist, Nobel laureate, Richard Stone (d. 1991)

1915, American composer, Robert Strassburg (d. 2003)

1917, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey

1917, Grand Duke of Russia, pretender to the Russian throne, Vladimir Kirillovich (d. 1992)

1918, American baseball player, Ted Williams (d. 2002)

1918, American baseball player, Billy Johnson (d. 2006)

1919, American singer, Kitty Wells

1919, German opera director, Wolfgang Wagner (d. 2010)

1922, Australian politician, Lionel Murphy (d. 1986)

1922, American mezzo-soprano, Regina Resnik

1923, British physician, Founder of paediatric rheumatology, Barbara Ansell (d. 2001)

1923, Australian writer and essayist, Charmian Clift (d. 1969)

1923, American tennis player, Vic Seixas

1924, American fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene (d. 2004)

1925, French writer and illustrator, Laurent de Brunhoff

1928, American racecar driver and owner, Lloyd Casner (d. 1965)

1930, American entrepreneur, Warren Buffett

1930, American basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian

1930, New Zealand cricketer, Noel Harford (d. 1981)

1931, American astronaut, Jack Swigert (d. 1982)

1933, Canadian politician, Don Getty

1934, Indian cricketer, Baloo Gupte (d. 2005)

1935, American singer-songwriter, John Phillips (d. 2001)

1937, New Zealand car racer and founder of McLaren racing team, Bruce McLaren (d. 1970)

1939, English radio disc jockey, John Peel (d. 2004)

1939, American actress, Elizabeth Ashley

1941, American actor, politician and essayist, Ben L. Jones

1942, Pakistani cricketer, Pervez Sajjad

1943, American cartoonist, Robert Crumb

1943, French skier, Jean-Claude Killy

1944, American political humorist, Molly Ivins (d. 2007)

1944, American baseball player, Tug McGraw (d. 2004)

1946, American actress, Peggy Lipton

1946, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

1947, Canadian politician and diplomat, Allan Rock

1948, American comedian, Lewis Black

1948, American Black Panther Party leader, Fred Hampton (d. 1969)

1948, Irish poker player and swimmer, Donnacha O'Dea

1949, Romania-born German singer-songwriter, Peter Maffay

1949, American financier, Ted Ammon (d. 2001)

1949, American actor and comedian, Christopher Collins (d. 1994)

1949, Canadian politician, Don Boudria

1950, English sculptor, Antony Gormley

1951, American actor, Timothy Bottoms

1951, Irish singer and politician, Dana Rosemary Scallon

1953, British bassist, Horace Panter

1953, American basketball player, Robert Parish

1953, American politician, Ron George

1954, American actor, David Paymer

1954, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko

1956, American comedian, Frank Conniff

1958, British drummer, Martin Jackson

1958, Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya (d. 2006)

1959, Australian rules footballer and actor, Mark "Jacko" Jackson

1960, Mexican singer-songwriter, Chalino Sánchez (d. 1992)

1960, American Medal of Honor recipient, Gary Gordon (d. 1993)

1960, Quebec humorist, television host and producer, Guy A. Lepage

1962, Russian KGB officer, Alexander Litvinenko (d. 2006)

1963, American actor, Michael Chiklis

1963, British disc jockey, Paul Oakenfold

1963, American vocalist, Oderus Urungus

1964, British engineer, Gavin Fisher

1966, American actress, Michael Michele

1967, New Zealand cricketer, Justin Vaughan

1967, Dutch model, Frederique van der Wal

1968, Russian hockey player, Vladimir Malakhov

1969, Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros

1970, Italian rugby player and manager, Carlo Checchinato

1970, Malaysia-born Chinese singer, Michael Wong

1971, American guitarist, Lars Frederiksen

1972, American actress, Cameron Diaz

1972, Czech footballer, Pavel Nedved

1973, American journalist, Lisa Ling

1974, Spanish cyclist, Javier Otxoa

1974, American vocalist and guitarist, Aaron Barrett

1975, Tunisian footballer, Radhi Jaidi

1976, American actor, Lillo Brancato Jr.

1976, American baseball player, Mike Koplove

1976, English actress, Sarah-Jane Potts

1977, American football player, Shaun Alexander

1977, American baseball player, Marlon Byrd

1977, American actor, Elden Henson

1977, Polish footballer, Kamil Kosowski

1977, German guitarist, Jens Ludwig

1978, American record producer and rapper, Swizz Beatz

1978, American baseball player, Cliff Lee

1978, Irish Olympic figure skater and ice dancer, Sinead Kerr

1979, Argentine tennis player, Juan Ignacio Chela

1979, British actor, Leon Lopez

1979, Hong Kong actress and singer, Niki Chow

1979, Canadian baseball player, Scott Richmond

1979, Hong Kong actress, Tavia Yeung

1980, American football player, Derrick Ward

1981, American actor, Germán Legarreta

1982, American tennis player, Andy Roddick

1982, Australian racing driver, Will Davison

1983, Japanese singer and actor, Jun Matsumoto

1983, Argentine footballer, Gustavo Eberto (d. 2007)

1984, Zimbabwean cricketer, Anthony Ireland

1985, Welsh footballer, Richard Duffy

1985, Australian swimmer, Leisel Jones

1985, Australian swimmer, Eamon Sullivan

1985, Hungarian swimmer, Éva Risztov

1985, Scottish footballer, Steven Smith

1986, American guitarist, Ryan Ross

1988, American professional gamer, Michael Cavanaugh

1988, Latvian tennis player, Ernests Gulbis

1988, Estonian singer, Laura Põldvere

1989, Paraguayan footballer, Ronald Huth

1991, Scottish footballer, Liam Cooper

2001, American child pianist and composer, Emily Bear

Famous People who died on August 30th

526, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy, Theodoric the Great (b. 454)

1158, King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)

1329, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire, Khutughtu Khan (b. 1300)

1428, Emperor Shoko of Japan (b. 1401)

1483, King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)

1580, Duke of Savoy, Emmanuel Philibert (b. 1528)

1619, Japanese samurai and warlord, Shimazu Yoshihiro (b. 1535)

1723, Dutch tradesman and scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b. 1632)

1751, Swedish scientist and inventor, Christopher Polhem (b. 1661)

1856, English writer, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (b. 1811)

1879, American Confederate general, John Bell Hood (b. 1831)

1886, American politician, Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (b. 1836)

1896, Russian statesman, Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky (b. 1824)

1906, Swiss architect, Hans Auer (b. 1847)

1907, American actor and manager, Richard Mansfield (b. 1857)

1928, German physicist, Nobel laureate, Wilhelm Wien (b. 1864)

1935, French novelist and journalist, Henri Barbusse (b. 1873)

1938, Polish-born American make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer, Max Factor, Sr. (b. 1877)

1940, English physicist, Nobel laureate, J.J. Thomson (b. 1856)

1941, Danish engineer and physicist, Peder Oluf Pedersen (b. 1874)

1943, Dutch Catholic priest, Father Eustaquio van Lieshout (b. 1890)

1946, Russian fascist, Konstantin Rodzaevsky (b. 1907)

1949, English cricketer, Arthur Fielder (b. 1877)

1961, American actor, Charles Coburn (b. 1877)

1963, English-born Soviet spy, Guy Burgess (b. 1911)

1968, American actor, William Talman (b. 1915)

1970, American comedian, Del Moore (b. 1916)

1981, American actress, Vera-Ellen (b. 1921)

1981, Iranian statesman, Mohammad-Ali Rajai (b. 1933)

1985, English-born American novelist, Taylor Caldwell (b. 1900)

1989, American journalist, essayist and literary critic, Seymour Krim (b. 1922)

1991, Swiss painter and sculptor, Jean Tinguely (b. 1925)

1993, American actor, Richard Jordan (b. 1938)

1994, English film director, Lindsay Anderson (b. 1923)

1995, American economist, Fischer Black (b. 1938)

1995, American guitarist, Sterling Morrison (b. 1942)

1996, French actress and director, Christine Pascal (b. 1953)

1999, French comics artist, Raymond Poïvet (b. 1910)

2000, American actor, David Haskell (b. 1948)

2001, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, Ivor Spencer-Thomas (b. 1907)

2002, English film director, J. Lee Thompson (b. 1914)

2003, American actor, Charles Bronson (b. 1921)

2003, American philosopher, Donald Davidson (b. 1917)

2004, American astronomer, Fred Lawrence Whipple (b. 1906)

2004, American motorcycle builder and stuntman, Indian Larry (b. 1949)

2006, Canadian-born American actor, Glenn Ford (b. 1916)

2006, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate, Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911)

2006, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords, Robin Cooke (b. 1926)

2007, British beer and whiskey author and expert, Michael Jackson (b. 1942)

2007, American politician, Charles Vanik (b. 1918)

2008, Canadian professional wrestler, Killer Kowalski (b. 1926)

2010, French filmmaker, Alain Corneau (b. 1943)

Famous People who died on August 30th