That thing with blowing out the candles and making a wish had better work this year. Here's hoping that even if you don't get everything you want, you at least get everything you need.
* 1760 - Leo XII, Italian religious leader, 252nd Pope (d. 1829) * 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906) * 1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901) * 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918) * 1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928) * 1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944) * 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967) * 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003) * 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997) * 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001) * 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer * 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general * 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player * 1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress * 1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach * 1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor * 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist * 1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002) * 1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, chef and host of Everyday Italian
found you via bittercat -- hope ya don't mind me addint you -- hell, we're almost neighbors when I'm in Wendell, MA -- eh, what's an hour and a half or so? :)
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Date: 2006-08-22 02:58 pm (UTC)Happy birthday to Ray Bradbury, too.
as well as the following: (snipped for the ones _I_ thought important)
Date: 2006-08-22 03:29 pm (UTC)* 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
* 1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
* 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
* 1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
* 1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
* 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
* 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
* 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
* 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
* 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
* 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
* 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
* 1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
* 1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
* 1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
* 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
* 1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
* 1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, chef and host of Everyday Italian
Re: as well as the following: (snipped for the ones _I_ thought important)
Date: 2006-08-22 06:46 pm (UTC)~j
Re: as well as the following: (snipped for the ones _I_ thought important)
Date: 2006-08-23 12:20 am (UTC)As the pasta commercial used to say "It's in there!"
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Date: 2006-08-22 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-22 06:47 pm (UTC)~j