National Pots de Crème Day
Global Forgiveness Day
Just Because Day
(Today I'll
National Petroleum Day
(Great day to take a drive!)
The Duchess Who Wasn't Day
(The Duchess Who Wasn't Day on August 27 celebrates the life, times and works of Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. Born in 1855, Hungerford wrote anonymously under the pen name, The Duchess. She is most well known for her book Molly Bawn, and for her quote "Beauty is in the eye if the beholder".)
Born Today
1908- Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th U.S. President (1963-1969)
1910- Mother Teresa, nun , founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity
1916- Martha Raye, actress, comedian, singer
1929- Ira Levin, novelist, playwright
1942- Daryl Dragon, musician, singer, member of the "Captain & Tennille"
1943- Tuesday Weld, actress
1952- Paul Reubens, actor, starred on children's show and movies "Pee Wee Herman"
Occurred Today
1886 - The island volcano of Krakatoa in Indonesia erupts. It was heard over 3,000 miles away and was one of the biggest natural disasters ever recorded.
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