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Happy Birthday To:

* 1113 – Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
* 1198 – King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
* 1358 – King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
* 1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
* 1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
* 1580 – John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
* 1591 – Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
* 1635 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
* 1669 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
* 1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
* 1750 – Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
* 1758 – Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
* 1772 – King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
* 1787 – James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834)
* 1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
* 1837 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
* 1845 – James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
* 1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
* 1852 – Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
* 1863 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
* 1865 – King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
* 1872 – Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
* 1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur (d. 1965)
* 1884 – Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
* 1887 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
* 1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
* 1890 – Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
* 1895 – Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
* 1897 – Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
* 1898 – Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989)
* 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
* 1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
* 1899 – Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993)
* 1901 – Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
* 1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
* 1903 – Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
* 1904 – Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1976)
* 1905 – Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
* 1909 – Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
* 1911 – Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (d. 1995)
* 1912 – Durward Kirby, American television personality (d. 2000)
* 1913 – Charles Snead Houston, American mountaineer
* 1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)
* 1916 – Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
* 1916 – Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1917 – Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
* 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
* 1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
* 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter
* 1921 – Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver (d. 2008)
* 1922 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
* 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian and activist
* 1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
* 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, British bandleader
* 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author
* 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
* 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
* 1932 – Robert D. Hales, LDS apostle
* 1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor
* 1936 – A. S. Byatt, English novelist
* 1936 – Kenny Guinn, American Governor, Nevada
* 1937 – Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
* 1938 – Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
* 1938 – David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
* 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
* 1940 – Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
* 1942 – Max Cleland, American politician
* 1942 – Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
* 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
* 1943 – Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
* 1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
* 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
* 1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
* 1945 – Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
* 1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
* 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress
* 1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
* 1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
* 1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, governor of West Virginia
* 1948 – Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
* 1948 – Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
* 1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor
* 1949 – Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1950 – John Banaszak, Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion
* 1950 – Tim White, American anthropologist
* 1951 – Orson Scott Card, American writer
* 1951 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author
* 1952 – Bob Corker, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee
* 1952 – Holly Hallstrom, American model for The Price is Right
* 1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football coach
* 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican dub poet
* 1953 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
* 1954 – Philippe Cataldo, French singer
* 1954 – Alain Daigle, French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
* 1956 – John Culberson, American politician
* 1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
* 1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
* 1957 – Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
* 1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
* 1958 – Tracy Harris, American artist
* 1958 – Chris Offutt, American author
* 1959 – Adrian Kuiper, former South African cricketer
* 1960 – Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
* 1960 – Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
* 1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
* 1961 – Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
* 1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
* 1962 – Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
* 1962 – David Koechner, American actor
* 1962 – Major Garrett, American journalist
* 1963 – John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
* 1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
* 1964 – Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
* 1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut
* 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
* 1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player
* 1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
* 1968 – Benoît Brunet, French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1968 – Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1968 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
* 1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player
* 1970 – Dan Henderson, American Mixed martial artist
* 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
* 1971 – Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
* 1972 – Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
* 1973 – Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
* 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
* 1973 – Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
* 1974 – Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
* 1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress
* 1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
* 1975 – Alex O’Loughlin, Australian actor
* 1976 – Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer
* 1977 – Denílson, Brazilian footballer
* 1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer
* 1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
* 1977 – John Green, American author/Nerdfighter
* 1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
* 1978 – Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
* 1978 – Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
* 1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player
* 1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch International Footballer
* 1980 – Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
* 1981 – Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer, actor, model.
* 1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American actor (A Cinderella Story, Freaky Friday)
* 1982 – Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
* 1983 – Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
* 1983 – Christopher Parker, British actor
* 1984 – Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
* 1984 – Yesung, a singer, a member of Korean boy group Super Junior
* 1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
* 1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
* 1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
* 1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
* 1987 – Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
* 1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor
* 1988 – Helga Krapf, Filipina actress
* 2003 – Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24

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Nick Jonas takes the podium at the National Press Club Luncheon in Washington, D.C. on Monday morning (August 24).

The 16-year-old musician spoke to a room full of mostly teen girls about his struggle with Type 1 Diabetes and the need for awareness on the disease.

Nick will also be appearing on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer in the 5PM ET/PT hour today from Washington D.C., where he is giving a speech about raising awareness of juvenile diabetes. During the interview, Nick will discuss his own battle with diabetes, how parents and kids can deal with the disease and how health care reform could impact diagnosis and treatment.

Source: http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/08/24/nick-jonas-situation-room

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Taylor Swift channels her inner 1940s self as she gets dolled up for a photo shoot in London’s trendy Notting Hill district on Monday morning (August 24).

The 19-year-old songstress looks like a genuine Coca-Cola girl — take a look at some vintage posters and tell us what you think!

 

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Source: http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/08/24/taylor-swift-is-coca-cola-cute