On this day ......

[unloadonme]

18 August 1983 - Death of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE FBA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner

 

[rmcrae]

August 18, 1969 - American actor and filmmaker Edward Norton was born.

 

[unloadonme]

19 August 1631 - Birth of John Dryden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden

 

[rmcrae]

August 19, 1946 - American politician, lawyer and 42nd president of the United States of America Bill Clinton was born.

 

[unloadonme]

20 August 1914 - Death of Pope Pius X.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_X

 

[rmcrae]

August 20, 2007 - American businesswoman and convicted felon Leona Helmsley died.

 

[unloadonme]

21 August 1765 - Birth of King William IV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV

 

[rmcrae]

August 21, 1989 - American actress Hayden Panettiere was born.

 

[unloadonme]

22 August 1903 - Death of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury

 

[rmcrae]

August 22, 1995 - British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa was born.

 

[unloadonme]

23 August 1628 - Murder of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

[rmcrae]

August 23, 1978 - American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was born.

 

[rmcrae]

August 24, 1981 - American actor Chad Michael Murray was born.

 

[rmcrae]

August 25, 2001 - American R&B singer Aaliyah, along with eight other people, died.

 

[rmcrae]

August 26, 1966 - Scottish singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Garbage Shirley Manson was born.

 

[rmcrae]

August 27, 1961 - American gospel singer Yolanda Adams was born.

 

[rmcrae]

August 28, 1986 - American actor Armie Hammer was born.

 

[BillyT]

August 28, 1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor died.

 

[rmcrae]

August 28, 1985 - American actress Ruth Gordon died.

 

[rmcrae]

August 28, 1963 - Civil rights leader and reverend Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historical "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington.