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August 1, 1770 - William Clark, explorer, teamed with Meriwether Lewis, "Lewis and Clark" August 1, 1779 - Francis Scott Key, author of the national anthem August 1, 1819 - Herman Melville, novelist August 1, 1933 - Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian August 1, 1936 - Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer August 1, 1937 - Alfonse D'Amato, NY senator August 1, 1942 - Jerry Garcia, guitarist, member of the "Grateful Dead" August 1, 1963 - Coolio, rap singer August 2, 1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Revolutionary War officer, architect, designed the plan for Washington, DC August 2, 1924 - James Baldwin, author, playwright August 2, 1924 - Carroll O'Connor, actor, "Archie Bunker" on TV series "All in the Family" August 2, 1932 - Peter O'Toole, actor August 2, 1944 - Joanna Cassidy, actress August 2, 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, actress August 3, 1900 - John T. Scopes, defendant in the 1925 "Monkey Trial," for teaching evolution August 3, 1908 - Dolores Del Rio, actress August 3, 1920 - P. D. James, mystery writer August 3, 1924 - Leon Uris, novelist August 3, 1926 - Tony Bennett, singer August 3, 1940 - Martin Sheen, actor August 3, 1941 - Martha Stewart, Business woman, chef August 3, 1950 - John Landis, director August 3, 1951 - Jay North, actor, played "Dennis the Menace" August 3, 1958 - Victoria Jackson, actress, comedian August 3, 1977 - Tom Brady, NFL New England Patriots Quarterback August 4, 1900 - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of England August 4, 1901 - Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter August 4, 1910 - William Howard Schuman, composer August 4, 1929 - Yasir Arafat, Palestinian leader August 4, 1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor August 4, 1958 - Mary Decker, champion track athlete August 4, 1961 - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President August 4, 1962 - Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher August 4, 1971 - Jeff Gordon, auto racer August 4, 1981 - Meghan Markle, model, actress, Duchess of Sussex August 5, 1906 - John Huston, director, actor August 5, 1930 - Neil Armstrong. 1st to walk on the moon. Quote: One small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind. August 5, 1935 - John Saxon, actor August 5, 1946 - Loni Anderson, actress August 5, 1962 - Patrick Ewing, NBA basketball player August 5, 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, actor August 6, 180 9 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet August 6, 1881 - Sir Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin August 6, 1911 - Lucille Ball, actress, comedian , "I Love Lucy" August 6, 1917 - Robert Mitchum, actor August 6, 1928 - Andy Warhol, artist August 6, 1951 - Dorian Harewood, actor August 6, 1965 - David Robinson, NBA basketball player August 6, 1972 - Geri Halliwell, singer, "Ginger Spice" of the "Spice Girls" August 6, 1976 - Soleil Moon Frye, actress , "Punky Brewster". August 7, 1876 - Mata Hari, dancer, spy August 7, 1903 - Rudolf C. Ising, animator, co-creator of "Loony Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" August 7, 1942 - B. J. Thomas, singer August 7, 1944 - John Glover, actor August 7, 1955 - Wayne Knight, actor August 7, 1960 - David Duchovny, actor August 7, 1975 - Charlize Theron, Oscar winning actress August 8, 1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer August 8, 1907 - Benny Carter, jazz musician, composer August 8, 1919 - Dino DeLaurentis, producer August 8, 1922 - Rory Calhoun, actor August 8, 1923 - Esther Williams, swimmer, actress August 8, 1932 - Mel Tillis, singer, songwriter August 8, 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, actor August 8, 1938 - Connie Stevens, actress August 8, 1949 - Keith Carradine, actor, singer August 8, 1953 - Donny Most, "Ralph Malph"on TV series "Happy Days" August 8, 1976 - Joshua Chasez (J.C.), singer, member of "NSYNC" August 8, 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player August 8, 1998 - Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer and songwriter August 9, 1631 - John Dryden, poet August 9, 1944 - Sam Elliott, actor August 9, 1945 - Ken Norton, champion boxer August 9, 1957 - Melanie Griffith, actress August 9, 1963 - Whitney Houston, singer, actress August 9, 1964 - Brett Hull, NHL hockey player August 9, 1967 - Deion Sanders, Dual career as NFL football player and MLB baseball player August 9, 1968 - Gillian Anderson, actress August 10, 1729 - William Howe, commander of British forces during the Revolutionary War August 10, 1874 - Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. President (1929-1933) August 10, 1911 - Jane Wyatt, actress August 10, 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, actress August 10, 1928 - Jimmy Dean, singer, "Big Bad John" August 10, 1928 - Eddie Fisher, singer August 10, 1942 - Betsy Johnson, fashion designer August 10, 1947 - Ian Anderson, singer, member of "Jethro Tull" August 10, 1948 - Patti Austin, singer August 10, 1960 - Antonio Banderas, actor August 10, 1967 - Riddick Bowe, heavyweight boxer August 11, 1921 - Alex Haley, author wrote the novel "Roots" August 11, 1925 - Mike Douglas, TV personality, singer August 11, 1933 - Jerry Falwell, TV evangelist August 11, 1937 - Allegra Kent, ballerina August 11, 1950 - Stephen Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer August 11, 1953 - Hulk Hogan( born Terry Gene Bollea), WWF wrestler August 11, 1955 - Joe Jackson, musician, songwriter August 12, 1856 - James B. ("Diamond Jim") Brady, financier, philanthropist August 12, 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, producer, director August 12, 1929 - Buck Owens, country singer August 12, 1930 - George Soros, financier August 12, 1939 - George Hamilton, actor August 12, 1971 - Pete Sampras, tennis champion August 13, 1860 - Annie Oakley, Wild West entertainer August 13, 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director August 13, 1904 - Buddy Rogers, actor, bandleader August 13, 1912 - Ben Hogan, golfer August 13, 1926 - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba August 13, 1930 - Don Ho, singer August 13, 1951 - Dan Fogelberg, singer, songwriter August 14, 1863 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, writer, poet August 14, 1941 - David Crosby, singer, songwriter, musician of "Crosby, Stills & Nash" August 14, 1944 - Robyn Smith, jockey August 14, 1945 - Steve Martin, comedian, actor, writer August 14, 1946 - Susan St. James, actress August 14, 1947 - Danielle Steel, romance novelist August 14, 1950 - Gary Larson, cartoonist, created "The Far Side" August 14, 1959 - Ervin (Magic) Johnson, NBA basketball player August 14, 1960 - Sarah Brightman, singer August 14, 1968 - Halle Berry, actress August 14, 1987 - Tim Tebow, football and baseball player August 15, 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, French military, emperor August 15, 1771- Sir Walter Scott, poet, novelist August 15, 1879 - Ethel Barrymore, actress August 15, 1912 - Julia Child, Chef, cookbook author August 15, 1925 - Mike Connors, actor August 15, 1945 - Gene Upshaw, football player, union leader August 15, 1968 - Debra Messing, actress August 15, 1972 - Ben Affleck, actor, director August 15, 1990 - Jennifer Lawerence, American actress August 16, 1888 - T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), soldier, writer August 16, 1894 - George Meany, labor leader August 16, 1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli prime minister August 16, 1928 - Ann Blyth, actress August 16, 1930- Frank Gifford, NFL football player, sportscaster August 16, 1932 - Eydie Gorme, singer August 16, 1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality "Regis and Kathy Lee", singer August 16, 1954 - James Cameron, director August 16, 1958- Madonna, singer, actress August 16, 1960- Timothy Hutton, actor August 16, 1962 - Steve Carell, American actore and comedian, "The Office" August 17, 1786 - Davy Crockett, frontiersman, adventurer, soldier, Died at the Alamo August 17, 1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, film pioneer, producer August 17, 1893 - Mae West, actress August 17, 1920 - Maureen O'Hara, actress August 17, 1943 - Robert De Niro, actor August 17, 1958 - Belinda Carlisle, singer August 17, 1960 - Sean Penn, actor August 18, 1774 - Meriwether Lewis, explorer of "Lewis and Clark" August 18, 1917 - Caspar Weinberger, business executive, U.S. cabinet member August 18, 1922 - Shelley Winters, actress August 18, 1927 - Rosalynn Carter, First lady of the United States August 18, 1933 - Roman Polanski, director August 18, 1934 - Roberto Clemente, baseball player August 18, 1937 - Robert Redford, actor, director August 18, 1954 - Patrick Swayze, actor, singer, dancer, "Ghost" August 18, 1958 - Madeleine Stowe, actress August 18, 1975 - Kaitlin Olson, American actress August 18, 1978 - Andy Samberg, American actor, comedian August 19, 1871 - Orville Wright, aviator, "first in flight" August 19, 1883 - Coco Chanel, fashion designer August 19, 1902 - Ogden Nash, humorous poet August 19, 1919 - Malcolm Forbes, publisher August 19, 1921 - Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek August 19, 1931 - Willie Shoemaker, jockey August 19, 1946 - Bill Clinton,42nd U.S. President (1993-2000) August 19, 1948 - Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore August 19, 1956 - Adam Arkin, actor August 19, 1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, actress August 19, 1969 - Matthew Perry, actor, TV series "Friends" August 19, 1969 - Christian Slater, actor August 20, 1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, Naval officer in War of 1812 August 20, 1833 - Benjamin HaArrison, 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893) August 20, 1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, science fiction writer August 20, 1931 - Don King, boxing promoter August 20, 1942 - Isaac Hayes, singer, songwriter, musician August 20, 1944 - Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister August 20, 1946 - Connie Chung, TV journalist August 20, 1954 - Al Roker, NBC TV meteorologist August 20, 1956 - Joan Allen, actress August 21, 1904 - Count Basie, jazz musician, bandleader August 21, 1923 - Chris Schenkel, sportscaster August 21, 1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, NBA basketball player August 21, 1938 - Kenny Rogers, singer, actor August 21, 1944 - Jackie DeShannon, singer, songwriter August 21, 1958 - Steve Case, AOL executive August 21, 1975 - Alicia Witt, actress August 22, 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, astronomer, aviation pioneer August 22, 1862 - Claude Debussy, composer, musician August 22, 1893 - Dorothy Parker, author August 22, 1920 - Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer August 22, 1934 - H. Norman Schwarzkopf, General who led coalition forces in Operation Desert Storm (First Iraq War) August 22, 1940 - Valerie Harper, actress August 22, 1941 - Bill Parcells, the "Tuna", NFL football coach August 22, 1947 - Cindy Williams, actress, "Shirley" on TV series "Laverne and Shirley" August 22, 1964 - Tori Amos, singer, musician August 22, 1973 - Howie Dorough, singer, member of the "Backstreet Boys" August 23, 1754 - King Louis XVI, king during the French Revolution August 23, 1912 - Gene Kelly, actor, dancer, "Signin in the Rain" August 23, 1929 - Vera Miles, actress August 23, 1931 - Barbara Eden, actress "I Dream of Jeannie" August 23, 1934 - Sonny Jurgensen, football quarterback August 23, 1938 - Ronny Cox, actor August 23, 1949 - Shelley Long, actress, "Diane" on TV series "Cheers" August 23, 1949 - Rick Springfield, singer August 23, 1976 - Scott Caan, American actor, "Hawaii Five-O" August 23, 1978 - Kobe Bryant, NBA basketball player August 24, 1944 - Gregory Jarvis, astronaut, died in the Challenger Space Shuttle August 24, 1956 - Gerry Cooney, boxer August 24, 1958 - Steve Guttenberg, actor August 24, 1960 - Cal Ripken Jr., Ironman baseball player, played in 2,643 consecutive games August 24, 1962 - Craig Kilborn, TV personality, host of CBS "Late, Late Sow" August 24, 1965 - Marlee Matlin, actress August 25, 1913 - Walt Kelly, cartoonist, created "Pogo" August 25, 1918 - Leonard Bernstein, music composer, conductor August 25, 1919 - George Wallace, Alabama Governor, and presidential candidate August 25, 1930 - Sean Connery, actor , "James Bond" August 25, 1933 - Regis Philbin Talk Show Host, Game Show Emcee August 25, 1933 - Tom Skerritt, actor , TV series "Picket Fences" August 25, 1934 - Regis Philbin, TV personality , Game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" August 25, 1958 - Tim Burton, director August 25, 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer August 25, 1964 - Blair Underwood, actor August 25, 1970 - Claudia Schiffer, model August 26, 1906 - Albert Sabin, developed oral polio vaccine August 26, 1921 - Benjamin Bradlee, journalist, editor August 26, 1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, NY Congresswoman, vice presidential nominee August 26, 1965 - Christopher Burke, actor August 26, 1970 - Melissa McCarthy, american actress, writer, producer August 26, 1980 - Macaulay Culkin, actor, starred in "Home Alone" movies August 27, 1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th U.S. President (1963-1969) August 27, 1910 - Mother Teresa, nun , founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity August 27, 1916 - Martha Raye, actress, comedian, singer August 27, 1929 - Ira Levin, novelist, playwright August 27, 1942 - Daryl Dragon, musician, singer, member of the "Captain & Tennille" August 27, 1943 - Tuesday Weld, actress August 27, 1952 - Paul Reubens, actor, starred on children's show and movies "Pee Wee Herman" August 28, 1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author, poet, philosopher August 28, 1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, founder of Catholic Schools, first American-born saint August 28, 1828 - Leo Tolstoy, author, "War and Peace" August 28, 1889 - Charles Boyer, actor August 28, 1925 - Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer August 28, 1930 - Ben Gazzara, actor August 28, 1958 - Scott Hamilton, champion Olympic figure skater August 28, 1965 - Shania Twain, country singer August 28, 1969 - Jason Priestley, actor August 28, 1982 - LeAnn Rimes, country singer August 29, 1632 - John Locke, philosopher August 29, 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, actress August 29, 1920 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, jazz saxophonist August 29, 1936 - John McCain III, Arizona senator, presidential candidate August 29, 1938 - Elliott Gould, actor August 29, 1941 - Slobodan Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia August 29, 1958 - Michael Jackson, singer, songwriter August 30, 1748 - Jacques-Louis David, painter August 30, 1797 - Mary Wollenstone Shelley, author, wrote "Frankenstein" in 1818. August 30, 1898 - Shirley Booth, actress August 30, 1901 - Roy Wilkins, civil rights leader August 30, 1908 - Fred MacMurray, actor August 30, 1918 - Ted Williams, MLB baseball player August 30, 1930 - Warren Buffett, investor August 30, 1941 - Elizabeth Ashley, actress August 30, 1943 - Jean-Claude Killy, champion Olympic champion skier August 30, 1951 - Timothy Bottoms, actor August 30, 1972 - Cameron Diaz, actress, "My Best Friends' Wedding", movie "Charlie's Angels" August 31, 1870 - Maria Montessori, educator, physician August 31, 1897 - Frederic March, actor August 31, 1924 - Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian August 31, 1928 - James Coburn, actor August 31, 1935 - Frank Robinson, baseball player, manager August 31, 1945 - Van Morrison, singer, August 31, 1949 - Richard Gere, actor, "Pretty Woman", "Chicago" August 31, 1955 - Edwin Moses, champion Olympic track athlete
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