Ill go first
I was born on April 24th. I share birthdays with....
Chipper Jones
Barbra Streisand
Kelly Clarkson
Carlos Beltran
Omar Vizquel
Wow, Hitler and Allan Houston.
Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Bernhard, Colin Quinn, Steve Vai, Paul Giamatti, Max Casella, Natalie Morales, Danny Strong, Uncle Kracker, Gianna Michaels...
Wiki's list is huge. These are just the names that jumped out at me as I skimmed.
Robert Downey Jr
Heath Ledger
Maya Angelou
David Cross
Craig T Nelson
Hugo Weaving
Ben Gordon
Jamie Lynn Spears (well they cant all be winners)
just found out the other day i was born the exact same date and year as Andrew Luck (Sep. 12 1989)
Ruben Studdard, Emmy Rossum, and Yao Ming also born sep 12
Marvin Gaye's the only stand-out I share a birthday with (unless you consider David Robinson (of The Cars) "notable"). He was actually shot and killed by his father the night before I was born.
I have the exact same birth date as Emma Stone. We were meant to be together, tbh, imo.
The one on the right, fwiw.
The rest:
Lamar Odom
Thandie Newton
Ethan Hawke
Maria Shriver
Sally Field
APRIL 7th: THE MOVIE
Starring:
Jackie Chan
Russell Crowe
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
The Love Interest:
Beverly Peele
Soundtrack: (sigh)
Victoria Adams
Waterboy:
Duncan Armstrong
The only one that matters...
The rest:
Sharon Stone
Shannon Tweed
Carrie Underwood
Jon Hamm
Timbaland
Tom Scholz
Osama bin Laden
James Earl Ray
Prince Edward
Tom Scholz is kind of a cool one to find out. I've always been a pretty big Boston fan. Not to sure how I feel about sharing a birthday with the worlds biggest terrorist and the guy who assassinated MLK.
February 20th
December 28:
Denzel Washington
Sienna Miller
Woodrow Wilson
John Legend
Maggie Smith
Johnny Otis
Lew Ayres
Kobe Bryant, River Phoenix, Gene Kelley
Cristiano Ronaldo
Hank Aaron
Roger Staubach / Craig Morton
Roberto Alomar
Darrell Waltrip
Bobby Brown
Barbara Hershey
Christopher Guest
Jennifer Jason Leigh
William S. Burroughs
Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
August 15
Events
- 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
- 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
- 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
- 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
- 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Mαel Coluim mac Donnchada.
- 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
- 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
- 1261 – Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- 1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
- 1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
- 1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
- 1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
- 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernγo Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
- 1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
- 1534 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
- 1537 – Asunciσn, Paraguay, is founded.
- 1540 – Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
- 1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
- 1599 – Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- 1695 – French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
- 1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
- 1824 – Freed American slaves found Liberia.
- 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
- 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
- 1869 – The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
- 1891 – San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
- 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- 1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- 1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
- 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon.
- 1914 – The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf, enters Eastern Prussia.
- 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw – Poles defeat the Red Army.
- 1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- 1939 – 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
- 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
- 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
- 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
- 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
- 1945 – World War II: Victory over Japan Day – Japan surrenders.
- 1945 – World War II: Korean Liberation Day.
- 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.
- 1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
- 1950 – Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 1952 – Devon, United Kingdom A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
- 1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
- 1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
- 1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after running across the Korean DMZ. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
- 1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
- 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
- 1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
- 1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
- 1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
- 1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
- 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
- 1975 – Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
- 1975 – Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an in bent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
- 1984 – The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
- 1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- 1998 – Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
- 1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
- 2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
[edit] Births
- 1171 – King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
- 1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
- 1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
- 1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
- 1613 – Gilles Mιnage, French scholar (d. 1692)
- 1717 – Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
- 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
- 1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican-born French military officer and dictator (d. 1821)
- 1771 – Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
- 1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
- 1813 – Jules Grιvy, French statesman (d. 1891)
- 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
- 1856 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
- 1857 – Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
- 1858 – E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
- 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
- 1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
- 1860 – Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
- 1863 – Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual figure (d. 1926)
- 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
- 1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
- 1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
- 1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
- 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
- 1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
- 1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
- 1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
- 1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
- 1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
- 1892 – Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
- 1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and mechanical computation designer (d. 1950)
- 1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1957)
- 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
- 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
- 1896 – Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
- 1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
- 1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
- 1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
- 1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
- 1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
- 1910 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
- 1912 – Julia Child, American cook and TV personality (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
- 1916 – Aleks Ηaηi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
- 1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Oscar Romero, El Salvadorian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
- 1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and graphic artist (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Rose Marie, American actress
- 1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1924 – Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997)
- 1925 – Mike Connors, American actor
- 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli author
- 1926 – Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
- 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer
- 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English film director
- 1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
- 1933 – Bobby Helms, American pop singer (d. 1997)
- 1933 – Jim Lange, American game show host
- 1934 – Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
- 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
- 1935 – Jim Dale, English actor
- 1935 – Vernon Jordan Jr., American presidential advisor
- 1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player
- 1938 – Maxine Waters, American politician
- 1938 – Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
- 1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist (d. 1977)
- 1940 – Rita Shane, American soprano
- 1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
- 1942 – Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
- 1943 – Marνa Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
- 1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
- 1944 – Tom Murphy, American politician
- 1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
- 1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
- 1945 – Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
- 1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor and television presenter
- 1946 – Jimmy Webb, American musician and composer
- 1947 – Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
- 1947 – Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
- 1948 – Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
- 1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
- 1948 – George Ryton, British engineer
- 1949 – Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
- 1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
- 1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
- 1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American educator
- 1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American musician
- 1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
- 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
- 1951 – Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
- 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
- 1951 – John Childs, England cricketer
- 1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
- 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
- 1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet
- 1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- 1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
- 1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, British psychiatrist and author
- 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
- 1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian satirist
- 1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
- 1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (d. 2010)
- 1961 – Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
- 1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football coach
- 1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef
- 1963 – Alejandro Gonzαlez Iραrritu, Mexican film director
- 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer
- 1963 – Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
- 1964 – Melinda French Gates, American wife of Bill Gates
- 1965 – Rob Thomas, American writer
- 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player
- 1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1967 – Peter Hermann American actor
- 1968 – Debra Messing, American actress
- 1969 – Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1969 – Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
- 1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer/songwriter (Powderfinger)
- 1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
- 1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
- 1970 – Ben Silverman, American TV executive
- 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor
- 1972 – Chris Morrissey, American film director/actor
- 1972 – Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
- 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
- 1973 – Adnan Sami, British-born Pakastani music composer and singer
- 1973 – Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
- 1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
- 1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
- 1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player
- 1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
- 1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
- 1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
- 1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
- 1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
- 1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
- 1978 – Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
- 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1978 – Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
- 1979 – Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
- 1980 – Nathalie Press, English actress
- 1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
- 1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
- 1981 – Oliver Perez, American baseball player
- 1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
- 1988 – Tiffanie Anderson, American performer (Girlicious)
- 1989 – Belinda, Mexican singer
- 1989 – Carlos Pena Jr., American actor and singer
- 1989 – Joe Jonas, American actor and singer
[edit] Deaths
- 423 – Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (b. 384)
- 778 – Roland, Frankish commander
- 1038 – King Stephen I of Hungary
- 1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
- 1118 – Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)
- 1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
- 1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
- 1369 – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
- 1528 – Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
- 1552 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
- 1621 – John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)
- 1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1714 – Constantin Brβncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- 1728 – Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
- 1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (b. 1698)
- 1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
- 1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
- 1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
- 1907 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
- 1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
- 1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
- 1925 – Konrad Mδgi, Estonian artist (b. 1878)
- 1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani WWI nurse (b. ca. 1878)
- 1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
- 1935 – Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (b. 1879)
- 1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
- 1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1871)
- 1942 – Mahadev Desai, personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (b.1892)
- 1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887)
- 1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
- 1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
- 1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (b. 1901)
- 1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
- 1967 – Renι Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
- 1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887)
- 1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi statesman (b. 1920)
- 1975 – Clay Shaw, American lawyer and John F. Kennedy assassination investigator (b. 1913)
- 1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
- 1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek Army officer (b. 1897)
- 1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
- 1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
- 1999 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and artist (b. 1910)
- 2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
- 2003 – Gφsta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
- 2004 – Sune Bergstrφm, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916)
- 2004 – Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
- 2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
- 2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
- 2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. c. 1955)
- 2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer (b. 1923)
- 2007 – Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
- 2007 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Jerry Wexler, American music producer (b. 1917)
- 2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
[edit] Holidays and observances
- Armed Forces Day (Poland)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic Holy Day of Obligation. (Christianity, a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cτte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seyc es, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu), and its related observances:
- Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
- Ferragosto (Italy)
- Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
- National Acadian Day (Acadians)
- Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
- Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
- Liberation Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
- Gwangbokjeol, "Liberation Day" (South Korea)
- Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
- The first day of Flooding of the Nile, a commemoration of the belief that the star Sirius would appear when the Nile River flooded.(Egypt and Coptic Church)
- The main day of Bon Festival (Japan)
- Victory over Japan Day (United States)
August 15
Events
- 778 The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
- 927 The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
- 982 Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
- 1018 Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
- 1040 King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- 1057 King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Mαel Coluim mac Donnchada.
- 1185 The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
- 1248 The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
- 1261 Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- 1309 The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
- 1430 Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
- 1461 The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
- 1483 Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
- 1517 Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernγo Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
- 1519 Panama City, Panama, is founded.
- 1534 Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
- 1537 Asunciσn, Paraguay, is founded.
- 1540 Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
- 1549 Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
- 1599 Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- 1695 French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
- 1760 Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
- 1824 Freed American slaves found Liberia.
- 1843 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
- 1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1863 The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
- 1869 The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
- 1891 San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
- 1907 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- 1909 A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- 1914 A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
- 1914 The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon.
- 1914 The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf, enters Eastern Prussia.
- 1920 Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw Poles defeat the Red Army.
- 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- 1939 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
- 1940 An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
- 1941 Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
- 1942 World War II: Operation Pedestal The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
- 1944 World War II: Operation Dragoon Allied forces land in southern France.
- 1945 World War II: Victory over Japan Day Japan surrenders.
- 1945 World War II: Korean Liberation Day.
- 1947 India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1947 Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.
- 1948 The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
- 1950 Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 1952 Devon, United Kingdom A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
- 1954 Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
- 1960 Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
- 1961 Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 1962 James Joseph Dresnok defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after running across the Korean DMZ. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
- 1963 Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
- 1963 President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
- 1965 The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
- 1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
- 1971 President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
- 1971 Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1973 Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
- 1974 Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
- 1975 Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
- 1975 Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an in bent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1977 The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
- 1984 The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
- 1995 In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- 1998 Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
- 1999 Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
- 2007 An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
[edit] Births
- 1171 King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
- 1195 Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
- 1432 Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
- 1575 Bartol Kaić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
- 1613 Gilles Mιnage, French scholar (d. 1692)
- 1717 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
- 1740 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
- 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican-born French military officer and dictator (d. 1821)
- 1771 Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
- 1785 Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
- 1813 Jules Grιvy, French statesman (d. 1891)
- 1844 Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
- 1856 Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
- 1857 Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
- 1858 E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
- 1859 Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
- 1860 Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
- 1860 Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
- 1863 Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1865 Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual figure (d. 1926)
- 1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
- 1876 Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
- 1877 Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
- 1878 Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
- 1879 Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
- 1881 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
- 1883 Ivan Metrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1885 Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
- 1886 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
- 1890 Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
- 1890 Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
- 1892 Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
- 1893 Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and mechanical computation designer (d. 1950)
- 1896 Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1957)
- 1896 Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
- 1896 Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
- 1896 Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
- 1898 Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
- 1900 Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1901 Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
- 1904 George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
- 1905 Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
- 1909 Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
- 1910 Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
- 1912 Julia Child, American cook and TV personality (d. 2004)
- 1912 Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
- 1914 Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
- 1916 Aleks Ηaηi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
- 1917 Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
- 1917 Oscar Romero, El Salvadorian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
- 1919 Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1919 Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
- 1922 Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009)
- 1922 Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and graphic artist (d. 2000)
- 1922 Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
- 1923 Rose Marie, American actress
- 1924 Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1924 Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997)
- 1925 Mike Connors, American actor
- 1925 Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
- 1925 Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
- 1926 Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli author
- 1926 Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
- 1927 Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer
- 1928 Nicolas Roeg, English film director
- 1930 Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
- 1933 Bobby Helms, American pop singer (d. 1997)
- 1933 Jim Lange, American game show host
- 1934 Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
- 1934 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
- 1934 Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
- 1935 Jim Dale, English actor
- 1935 Vernon Jordan Jr., American presidential advisor
- 1935 Lionel Taylor, American football player
- 1938 Maxine Waters, American politician
- 1938 Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
- 1940 Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist (d. 1977)
- 1940 Rita Shane, American soprano
- 1941 Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
- 1942 Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
- 1943 Marνa Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
- 1944 Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
- 1944 Tom Murphy, American politician
- 1944 Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1944 Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
- 1945 Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
- 1945 Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
- 1946 Tony Robinson, English actor and television presenter
- 1946 Jimmy Webb, American musician and composer
- 1947 Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
- 1947 Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
- 1948 Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
- 1948 Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
- 1948 George Ryton, British engineer
- 1949 Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
- 1949 Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
- 1949 Garry Disher, Australian author
- 1949 Mark B. Rosenberg, American educator
- 1950 Tommy Aldridge, American musician
- 1950 Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
- 1950 Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
- 1951 Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
- 1951 Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
- 1951 John Childs, England cricketer
- 1951 Daba Diawara, Malian politician
- 1951 Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1954 Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
- 1954 Mary Jo Salter, American poet
- 1956 Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- 1957 eljko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
- 1958 Simon Baron-Cohen, British psychiatrist and author
- 1958 Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
- 1958 Victor Shenderovich, Russian satirist
- 1958 Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
- 1958 Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (d. 2010)
- 1961 Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
- 1961 Gary Kubiak, American football coach
- 1962 Tom Colicchio, American chef
- 1963 Alejandro Gonzαlez Iραrritu, Mexican film director
- 1963 Jack Russell, England cricketer
- 1963 Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
- 1964 Melinda French Gates, American wife of Bill Gates
- 1965 Rob Thomas, American writer
- 1966 Scott Brosius, American baseball player
- 1966 Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1966 Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1967 Peter Hermann American actor
- 1968 Debra Messing, American actress
- 1969 Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1969 Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
- 1969 Bernard Fanning, Australian singer/songwriter (Powderfinger)
- 1970 Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
- 1970 Maddie Corman, American actress
- 1970 Ben Silverman, American TV executive
- 1972 Ben Affleck, American actor
- 1972 Chris Morrissey, American film director/actor
- 1972 Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
- 1972 Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
- 1973 Adnan Sami, British-born Pakastani music composer and singer
- 1973 Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
- 1974 Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
- 1974 Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
- 1975 Bertrand Berry, American football player
- 1975 Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
- 1975 Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
- 1975 Kara Wolters, American basketball player
- 1976 Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
- 1977 Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1977 Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
- 1977 Nicole Paggi, American actress
- 1978 Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
- 1978 Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1978 Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1978 Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
- 1979 Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
- 1980 Nathalie Press, English actress
- 1981 Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
- 1981 Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
- 1981 Oliver Perez, American baseball player
- 1982 Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
- 1988 Tiffanie Anderson, American performer (Girlicious)
- 1989 Belinda, Mexican singer
- 1989 Carlos Pena Jr., American actor and singer
- 1989 Joe Jonas, American actor and singer
[edit] Deaths
- 423 Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (b. 384)
- 778 Roland, Frankish commander
- 1038 King Stephen I of Hungary
- 1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland
- 1118 Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)
- 1196 Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
- 1274 Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
- 1369 Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
- 1528 Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
- 1552 Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
- 1621 John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)
- 1666 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1714 Constantin Brβncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- 1728 Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
- 1758 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (b. 1698)
- 1799 Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
- 1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
- 1859 Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1880 Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
- 1907 Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
- 1909 Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
- 1917 Thomas J. Higgins, American Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
- 1925 Konrad Mδgi, Estonian artist (b. 1878)
- 1931 Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani WWI nurse (b. ca. 1878)
- 1935 Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
- 1935 Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (b. 1879)
- 1935 Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
- 1936 Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1871)
- 1942 Mahadev Desai, personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (b.1892)
- 1945 Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887)
- 1951 Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
- 1953 Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
- 1959 Blind Willie McTell, American singer (b. 1901)
- 1962 Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
- 1967 Renι Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
- 1971 Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887)
- 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi statesman (b. 1920)
- 1975 Clay Shaw, American lawyer and John F. Kennedy assassination investigator (b. 1913)
- 1982 Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
- 1989 Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek Army officer (b. 1897)
- 1990 Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
- 1995 John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
- 1999 Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and artist (b. 1910)
- 2001 Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
- 2003 Gφsta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
- 2004 Sune Bergstrφm, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916)
- 2004 Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
- 2004 Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
- 2005 Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
- 2006 Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
- 2006 Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. c. 1955)
- 2006 Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
- 2006 Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer (b. 1923)
- 2007 Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
- 2007 John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
- 2007 Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
- 2007 Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
- 2008 Jerry Wexler, American music producer (b. 1917)
- 2008 James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2008 Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
- 2008 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
[edit] Holidays and observances
- Armed Forces Day (Poland)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic Holy Day of Obligation. (Christianity, a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cτte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seyc es, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu), and its related observances:
- Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
- Ferragosto (Italy)
- Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
- National Acadian Day (Acadians)
- Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
- Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
- Liberation Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
- Gwangbokjeol, "Liberation Day" (South Korea)
- Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
- The first day of Flooding of the Nile, a commemoration of the belief that the star Sirius would appear when the Nile River flooded.(Egypt and Coptic Church)
- The main day of Bon Festival (Japan)
- Victory over Japan Day (United States)
Claire Danes, Shannen Doherty, Andy Garcia, Tom Clancy, David Cassidy, David Letterman, Ed O'Neill, Tiny Tim, Herbie Han
My bd is October 3
India. Arie
Lindsey Buckingham
Neve Campbell
Chubby Checker
Roy Horn
Tommy Lee
Clive Owen
Seann William Scott
Al Sharpton
Gwen Stefani (same year)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (my favorite!)
Gore Vidal
Tommy Wiseau
Thomas Wolfe
Why should I tell you guys my birthday?
However, there was a famous man who died who was born a few years after me. Guy was from Australia, and married a woman from my state.
Guesses?
I will neither confirm nor deny...
There was also a NBA player well known, and a Charlies Angel.
Oh...
Wilt - the stilt... set one of his records also.
Tyson Chandler born on October 2, 1982 -
Camilla Belle born on October 2, 1986 - yumm
January 9 - I got to Jimmy Page and stopped. That right there is good enough for me.
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