Table of Contents August 12th Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
August 12th History Highlights |
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August 12th Birthday Quotes |
“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.” ” Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.” “I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain’t never gonna do it any different. I don’t care who likes it and who don’t.” ” Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.” ” You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.” ” Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.” “One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change… is that I really need to go home and practice.” |
August 12th Birthdays |
1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died in 1929) 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, and producer (died in 1959) 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor, Stooges #5 (died in 1988) 1910 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (died in 2006) 1918 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died in 2013) 1920 – Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (died in 1984) 1925 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 2004) 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 1975) 1926 – John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died in 1998) 1927 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2007) 1929 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2006) 1930 – George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor 1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 – August “Kid Creole” Darnell, American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer 1954 – Sam J. Jones, American actor 1954 – Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist 1963 – Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian 1971 – Rebecca Gayheart, American actress 1975 – Casey Affleck, American actor 1980 – Maggie Lawson, American actress 1980 – Dominique Swain, American actress 1992 – Cara Delevingne, English actress |
August 12th History |
30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, by means of an asp bite. 1851 – Isaac Singer was granted a patent (#8,294) for his sewing machine. 1877 – Asaph Hall discovered the Mars moon Deimos. 1883 – The last quagga, a kind of zebra, died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1984, the quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analyzed. 1901 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened. 1960 – Echo 1A, NASA’s first successful communications satellite, was launched. 1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. 1978 – #1 Hit August 12, 1978 – August 25, 1978: Commodores – Three Times a Lady 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer was released. 1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster. 1989 – #1 Hit August 12, 1989 – September 1, 1989: Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting 1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was discovered by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. 1994 – Major League Baseball players went on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. 2000 – #1 Hit August 12, 2000 – August 25, 2000: Sisqo – Incomplete |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
In Star Trek, Dr. McCoy never attempts CPR. He just checks for a pulse and says ‘Dead’. #hesdeadjim Relax…this won’t hurt! – Hunter S. Thompson (last phrase of his suicide note) #LastWords The older I get, the more I realize that Squidward actually wasn’t that bad of a guy. “After all, tomorrow is another day!” – Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond film that he starred in. I might not be the best driver in the world, but at least I’ve never featured in a dashcam video. That’s got to count for something. “Nobody feels like an adult. It’s the world’s dirty secret.” – Peter Hoberg in Liberal Arts 90% of label makers probably have a label on them that says, “label maker” #people American Graffiti’s budget was exactly $777,777.77, and it was delivered on time – and on budget. I still feel rather uncomfortable pronouncing “Worcestershire” around others. By the time Disney is done with Star Wars films, it will simply be ‘some time ago’ Every day at 4:04, I lose complete track of time. #nerdjokes |
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