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Today In History Basic Datebook-August 14th

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2008, Friday in 2009
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People on August 14th: birthdates

Terry Adams: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Singer, Musician, of NRBQ
Russell Baker: 1925 (is 83 in 2008, 84 in 2009)
Columnist, Author, Journalist, Humorist, TV Host, b. in Loudoun County, Va.; Masterpiece Theater 1993-
Shawn Batten: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Soap Actress, RFN:Susan, MN:Shawn; not to be confused with Susan Batten formerly of OLTL; Sunset Beach's Sara Cummings
Emmanuelle Beart: 1965 (is 43 in 2008, 44 in 2009)
Actress, French, PRON:Bay-AHR; Mission: Impossible (1996)
Catherine Bell: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
TV Actress, JAG's Maj. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie
Halle Berry: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Beauty Pagent Winner, Miss World USA (1986); David Justice's wife; Knots Landing's Debbie, Queen, Boomerang, Flintstones movie, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Sword Fish, Die Another Day, X2: X-Men United, Catwoman, Robots, X-Men: The Last Stand, Things We Lost in the Fire; in the 9-17-02 issue of Star, they state that she was born in 1966 and not 1968
Tim Bogert: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)?
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart, soloist; AP says Aug 27; some say b. Aug 27, 1944 (is 64 in 2008)
Gil Bridges: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, Saxophonist, Flautist, Percussionist, Singer, of Rare Earth
Sarah Brightman: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Actress, Singer, Phantom Of The Opera
Sharon Bryant: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Singer, Songwriter, of Atlantic Starr
Kevin Cadogan: 1970 (is 38 in 2008, 39 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Third Eye Blind
Scott Michael Campbell: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
TV Actor, Christy's Lundy Taylor, ER's EMT Riley Brown
David Jr. Caracciolo: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Relative, step-brother
Dash Crofts: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Pop Singer, Guitarist, Drummer, Keyboardist, Mandolin, b. in Cisco, TX; Mandolin; of Seals & Crofts; Paper Chase theme co-singer
David Crosby: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Classic Rock Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, TV Actor, b. in Los Angeles; cofounder of The Byrds; Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young; soloist; MN:Van Courtlandt; John Larroquette Show's Chester the biker
Ashleigh Marie Davidson: 1986 (is 22 in 2008, 23 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, John & Rhonda Davidson's daughter
Antonio Fargas: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
TV/Soap Actor, Starsky & Hutch's Huggy Bear, All My Children's Les Baxter
Christopher Gorham: 1974 (is 34 in 2008, 35 in 2009)
Actor, Popular's Harrison John, Jake 2.0's Jake Foley, Medical Investigation's Dr. Miles McCabe
Larry Jr. Graham: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Bassist, Soul Singer, Keyboardist, Harmonicaist, Saxophonist, Songwriter, Drummer, Music Producer, lead of Sly & the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, soloist
Buddy Greco: 1926 (is 82 in 2008, 83 in 2009)
Jazz Singer, Pianist, Composer, Arranger, b. in Philadelphia; RFN:Armando
Grace Guillod: 1999 (is 9 in 2008, 10 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Holly Gagnier and David's daughter
David Hallyday: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Movie Actor
Marcia Gay Harden: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Actress, Flubber, Miller's Crossing, The Spitfire Girls, The First Wives Club, Mystic River, Welcome to Mooseport, American Dreamz
James Horner: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Composer, Titanic
Keith Howland: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Musician, of Chicago
Jackee: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Soap Actress, b. in Winston-Salem, NC; pron:Jack-kay; Another World's hooker Lily Mason, 227's Sandra Clark, Royal Family's aunt Ruth Coco, Designing Women's Vanessa Chamberlain, Sister Sister's Lisa; LN:Harry
Mila Roselena James: 2002 (is 6 in 2008, 7 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Alicia Coppola and Anthony Michael James' daughter
"Magic" Johnson: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
NBA Coach, NBA Guard, Olympic Athlete, Commentator, TV Talk Show Host, b. in East Lansing, MI; RFN:Earvin Jr.; L.A. Lakers No. 32; 9x all NBA team, NBA MVP '87, 89, 90; playoff MVP '80, 82, 87; NBA lifetime playoff record for most assists (1,800), career 9,921; The Dream Team 1992; L.A. Lakers coach 1994-; led Michigan St. to NCAA title in 1979 and was tourney MVP; led LA Lakers to 5 NBA titles; retired on Nov. 7, 1991, stating he was HIV-positive for AIDS; returned to score 25 points in 1992 NBA All-Star game and win second MVP award; U.S. Olympic Dream Team member in '92; announced NBA comeback then retired again before start of 1992-93 season; named head coach of Lakers on Mar. 23, 1994; won first game, 110-101, over Milwaukee at sold-out LA Forum, but finished season at 5-11 and quit; later named minority owner of team.
Rhonda Ross Kendrick: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Soap Actress, Another World's Toni
Richard Darwin Keynes: 1919 (is 89 in 2008, 90 in 2009)
Physiologist, British, first to trace the movements of sodium and potassium during the transmission of a nerve impulse by using radioactive sodium and potassium.
Mila Kunis: 1983 (is 25 in 2008, 26 in 2009)
Actress, That 70's Show's Jackie Burkhardt, Family Guy's Meg Griffin (2000-?), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Robot Chicken
Gary Larson: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, b. in Tacoma, WA; The Far Side
Carl Lumbly: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, Going to Extremes' Dr. Michael Norris, M.A.N.T.I.S.'s Miles Hawkins, Alias' SD-6 / CIA Agent Marcus R. Dixon
Steve Martin: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Comedian, TV/Movie Actor, Comedy Writer, Protestant, Banjoist, b. in Waco, TX; Late 70's EXCUUUUSE ME! comedian; Roxanne, The Jerk, Parenthood, Man with Two Brains, Little Shop of Horrors, Pennies From Heaven, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Lonely Guy, All of Me, Trains Boats & Planes, Three Amigos, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, L.A. Story, Father of the Bride I and II, Housesitter, Leap of Faith, Simple Twist of Fate, Sgt. Bilko 1996, The Out of Towners, Bowfinger, Bringing Down the House, Looney Tunes Back in Action, Cheaper By The Dozen films, Shopgirl, The Pink Panther (2006) ; 70s TV variety, frequent SNL & Tonight Show guest; Victoria Tennant's hubby
Lalanya Masters: 1972 (is 36 in 2008, 37 in 2009)
Actress
George Newsome: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Drummer, British, of Climax Blues Band
Susan Olsen: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
TV Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Artist, The Brady Bunch's & The Bradys' Cindy Brady, Brady Kids, former KLSX talk show hostess
Jenny Rose Orlando: 1991 (is 17 in 2008, 18 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Francine & Tony's daughter; b. Aug 15?
Nehemiah Persoff: 1920 (is 88 in 2008, 89 in 2009)
Movie Actor, Jerusalemian; Al Capone, Yentl
Georges Pretre: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Conductor, French, N.Y. Met
Sara Jane Rogers: 1992 (is 16 in 2008, 17 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Teresa Parkinson & Tristan's daughter
Rhonda Ross: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Actress, LN:Kendrick; Diana Ross's daughter; Another World's Toni Burrell
Susan Saint James: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, RN:Susan Miller; b. in Long Beach; The Name of the Game's Peggy Maxwell, McMillan & Wife's Sally McMillan, Kate & Allie's Kate McArdle, Love at First Bite; RLN:Miller
David Schramm: yr unknown
TV/Movie Actor, Wings' Roy Biggins
Connie Smith: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Pianist
Danielle Steele: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Novelist, b. in New York City
Cheryl Waltz: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Author, Movie Producer
Wim Wenders: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Director, German
Lina Wertmuller: 1928 (is 80 in 2008, 81 in 2009)
Movie Director, RN:Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg

People on August 14th: birth anniversaries

Alice Adams: 1926=d.May 27, 1999 (was 72)
Writer
E. J. Andre: 1908=d.Sep 6, 1984 (was 76)
TV Actor, Dallas' Eugene Bullock
Brenda Benet: 1945=d.Apr 7, 1982 (was 36)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives; Bill Bixby's wife
Joseph Calleia: 1897=d.Oct 31, 1975 (was 78)
Actor, Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch Of Evil
Eddie Costa: 1930=d.1962
Jazz Pianist, Vibes
Tom Eyen: 1940=d.May 26, 1991 (was 50)
Dramatist/Playwright, Dreamgirls creator
John Galsworthy: 1867=d.Jan 31, 1933 (was 65)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, English, Nobel Prize-winning author [1932]; The Forsyte Saga
Alice Ghostley: 1926=d.Sep 21, 2007 (was 81)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, b. in Eve, MO; Jackie Gleason Show's Agnes, Jonathan Winters Show reg, Bewitched's Esmerelda, Mayberry RFD's Alice, Temperatures Rising's Edwina, Designing Women's Bernice Clifton, Passions' Matilda
Ed Herlihy: 1909=d.Jan 30, 1999 (was 89)
Announcer, Kraft Music Hall & Theater TV Shows
David Holt: 1927=d.Nov 15, 2003 (was 76)
Movie Actor
Horst P. Horst: 1906=d.Nov 18, 1999 (was 93)
Photographer, A Horst is a Horst, of corst, of corst...
Ernest Everett Just: 1883=d.1941
Biologist, Author, pioneered cell division
Max Klein: 1915=d.May 20, 1993 (was 77)
Painter, paint-by-numbers inventor
Dorothy McHugh: 1907=d.Jul 19, 1995 (was 87)
Actress, ex-Ziegfield Follies burlesque dancer; Mrs Fletcher "I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up" woman in the ads that made a national success of a medical calling device and spawned countless spoofs
Millard Mitchell: 1903=d.Oct 13, 1953 (was 50)
Actor, Cuban, 12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter
John Ringling North: 1903=d.1985
Director, circus owner & director
Sir Isaac James Pitman: 1901=d.????
Educator, Publisher, English, phoentic speller, the original Phonics addiction junkie
Pope Pius VII: 1740=d.Aug 20, 1823 (was 83)
Religious Leader, Italian, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23)
Carl Benton Reid: 1893=d.Mar 15, 1973 (was 79)
Actor, Burke's Law's the man; some say b. 1890
Ernest Thompson Seton: 1860=d.Oct 23, 1946 (was 86)
Author, Naturalist, Canadian, British, founded Boy Scouts of America
Thomas Sumter: 1734=d.Jun 1, 1832 (was 97)
Revolutionary, General, leadership of troops against British forces in North and South Carolina, where he earned the sobriquet of "Carolina Gamecock."
Ernest Lawrence Thayer: 1863=d.Aug 21, 1940 (was 77)
Writer, Poet, Casey At The Bat (1888)
Robert Woolsey: 1889=d.Oct 31, 1938 (was 49)
Stage Actor, Comedian, Half of the (Bert) Wheeler & Woolsey slapstick comedy team of 20-30s

People on August 14th: death anniversaries

Bertolt Brecht: 1956 (was 58)/b.Feb 10, 1898
Dramatist/Playwright, Poet, Lyricist, Stage Director, German, Threepenny Opera
"Big Bill" Broonzy: 1958 (was 65)/b.Jun 26, 1893
Blues Singer, Blues Guitarist, Country Singer, Country Guitarist, some say b. 1898
Roy Buchanan: 1988 (was 48)/b.Sep 23, 1939
Singer/Guitarist, Blues-Rock Performer, Songwriter
Charles S. Crocker: 1888 (was 65)/b.Sep 16, 1822
Financier, railroad builder; Pres of Central & South Pacific Railroad
Johnny Duncan: 2006 (was 67)/b.Oct 5, 1938
Country Singer, Songwriter
Hugo Eckener: 1954 (was 86)/b.Aug 10, 1868
Pioneer, German, Dirigible expert; Zeppelin commander
David Glasgow Farragut: 1870 (was 69)/b.Jul 5, 1801
Naval Officer, b. in Knoxville, TN; Civil War Hero; Said "Damn the Torpedoes!"
William Randolph Sr. Hearst: 1951 (was 88)/b.Apr 29, 1863
Publisher, Editor, Journalist, b. in San Francisco; a twin; newspaper publisher (SF Examiner/Seattle P-I); d. in Beverly Hills
Frederic Joliot-Curie: 1958 (was 58)/b.Mar 19, 1900
Physicist, French, Irene's hubby (Nobel 1935)
Douglas Kiker: 1991 (was 61)/b.Jan 7, 1930
Newsperson, Correspondent, Novelist, Journalist, NBC News
Bruno Kirby: 2006 (was 57)/b.Apr 28, 1949
TV/Movie Actor, RFN:Bruce Jr.
Lane Kirkland: 1999 (was 77)/b.Mar 12, 1922
Leader, former AFL-CIO labor union prez
Oscar Levant: 1972 (was 65)/b.Dec 27, 1906
Humorist, Pianist, Comedian, Composer, Movie Actor, b. in Pittsburgh; A Verbal Vampire, An American In Paris
Patrick Magee: 1982 (was 60)/b.Mar 31, 1922
Movie/Stage Actor, Irish, RN:Barry Lyndon; A Clockwork Orange, King Lear
Czeslaw Milosz: 2004 (was 93)/b.Jun 30, 1911
Author, Poet, Polish
Sarah Childress Polk: 1891 (was 87)/b.Sep 4, 1803
First Lady, James' wife
Pope Pius II: 1464 (was 58)/b.Oct 18, 1405
Religious Leader, Italian, 1458-64
Gladys L. Presley: 1958 (was 46)/b.Apr 25, 1912
Celebrity Relative, Elvis' mom; mother's name blotted out on birth certificate
Phil Rizzuto: 2007 (was 89)/b.Sep 25, 1917
HALL OF FAMER, MLB shortstop, Baseball Announcer, Panelist, b. in New York City; (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) game:Down You Go, Yankee Baseball caster
Edgar Rosenberg: 1987 (was 62)/b.1925
TV Producer, Joan River's hubby
John J. Sirica: 1992 (was 88)/b.Mar 19, 1904
Judge/Jurist, Watergate Judge
Victor Sylvester: 1978 (was 78)?/b.Feb 25, 1900?
Bandleader, Composer, English; some say b. Feb 25, 1901; ; some say d. Aug 14, 1978 (was 77)
Joe Venuti: 1978 (was 74)/b.Sep 16, 1903?
Violinist, Jazz Musician, Italian, some say b. 1900; his single Stop! Look! Listen! was the first #1 hit single on Billboard magazine's first pop singles chart 1-4-36.; some say b. Feb 28, 1904, or b. Sep 1, 1904
Mary K. Wells: 2000 (was 79)/b.Dec 1, 1920
Soap Actress, Screen/Scriptwriter, of Edge of Night, writer for All My Children
Tony Williams: 1992 (was 64)/b.Apr 5, 1928
HALL OF FAMER, Singer, The Platters original lead
Billy Wilson: 1994 (was 59)/b.yr unknown
Choreographer, TV Director, Zoom
Leonard S. Woolf: 1969 (was 88)/b.Nov 25, 1880
Author, English, Virginia's hubby
Chester Zardis: 1990 (was 90)/b.May 27, 1900
Bassist, performed with New Orleans jazz greats since 20s

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General events on August 14th

In 1765, The Liberty Tree was dedicated in Boston

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Government and Politics on August 14th

In 1784, the first Russian colony in Alaska was founded on Kodiak Island.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on August 14th

In 410, A.D., Alaric sacks Rome, he really was a Vandal.

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Royalty and Religious events on August 14th

In 1040, King Duncan of Scotland was murdered by Macbeth, who then became king and ruled for 17 years.

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Human Achievement and Science events on August 14th

In 1498, Columbus lands at the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela

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Arts and Prose events on August 14th

In 1457, Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) was issued in Mentz

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Misc Marrige events on August 14th

In 1756, Daniel Boone wed Rebecca Bryan at 16. The marraige lasted 56 years and they had 10 children.

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Weird and Other events on August 14th

In 1979, Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration.

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Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff!

Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"why do you always find something in the last place you look?."

Random Thought...
"Excuses of the Exxon tanker captain: Felt flourishing salmon population was getting a little cocky lately"

Another Random Thought...
"Midas was into golden showers"

And Another Random Thought...
"Here's Giacomelli - driving like the veteran he is not"

Still Another Random Thought...
"A little pot boils easily"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"Do agnostics really say, 'Oh, bother' when their planes go down?"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"Expenditures rise to meet income."

Computer Tagline...
"MARCIA CLARK VIRUS - Asks for more time every time you give a command"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"I took a course in speed reading. Then I got Reader's Digest on microfilm. By the time I got the machine set up, I was done."

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"You see no need to stop at rest stops because you have an empty milk jug in the car."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"ALPOPUCK n. Any empty dish pushed around the kitchen floor by a dog trying to get the last morsel."

Today's Book Hype...
"West Coast Universities: Stan Ford"

Today's Actual Headline...
"TWENTY YEAR FRIENDSHIP ENDS AT ALTAR"

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"Scott Adams is one of your heros especially since he wrote "Men Who Use Computers Are The New Sex Symbols Of The '90s""

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Digital: (adj.) 1. of or pertaining to the fingers, esp. to counting on them. See: Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal. 2. something done with the fingers to check computer mathematics."

Today's Daffynition...
"IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime example. "

Today's Einstein Quote...
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"How does Hannibal keep his teeth white? He eats Republicans!"

Today's They Do It...
"FARMERS do it all over the countryside"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD SOCCER PLAYERS never die, they just achieve their final goal"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know"

Today's Oxymoron...
"QuickBASIC"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"a friend in need is a pest indeed."

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
"<-*-o-*-o-*-o-*-o-*--- Tribble & onion kabob."

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3.

Today's Star Trek TNG (tm) Quote...
This ought to be easy for someone written up in bio-mechanical texts. -- Star Trek. Riker to Data, "The Naked Now"

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