26 August is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1676 – Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745) 1695 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer and composer (d. 1791) 1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810) 1819 – Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861) 1865 – Arthur James Arnot, Australian engineer and inventor (d. 1946) 1873 – Lee De Forest, American inventor, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961) 1896 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (d. 2012) 1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979) 1901 – Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (d. 1972) 1904 – Christopher Isherwood, British novelist (d. 1986) 1910 – Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) 1923 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist (d. 2013) 1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (d. 2005) 1926 – Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist (d. 1999) 1927 – B. V. Doshi, Indian architect 1928 – Peter Appleyard, British vibraphonist and composer 1929 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996) 1930 – Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer 1937 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013) 1937 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013) 1938 – Jet Black, English drummer (The Stranglers) 1939 – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier 1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008) 1940 – Nik Turner, British singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hawkwind, Inner City Unit, and Space Ritual) 1941 – Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The Searchers) (d. 2005) 1942 – Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, British politician 1943 – Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter 1944 – Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Velvet Underground) 1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer (Ashford & Simpson) 1946 – Mark Snow, American composer 1949 – Leon Redbone, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1957 – Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer-songwriter and producer 1960 – Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (Buckshot LeFonque) 1961 – Daniel Lévi, French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist 1965 – Marcus du Sautoy, British mathematician 1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (Garbage, Angelfish, and Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie) 1978 – Raja Kashif, British singerr 1979 – Allison Robertson, American guitarist (The Donnas) 1982 – David Long, New Zealand guitarist and composer (The Mutton Birds) 1986 – Big K.R.I.T., American rapper and record producer 1986 – Cassie Ventura, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1988 – Evan Ross, American actor and singer 1992 – Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast 1993 – Keke Palmer, American actress and singer 1994 – Taylor Bright, American singer and actress 1995 – Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, American son of Anwar al-Awlaki (d. 2011)
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:15:46 +0000
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