Boloni e o fado

Em entrevista, aliás muito interessante de Lazlo Boloni na edição de hoje de A Bola, em resposta à pergunta se aprendeu alguma coisa em Portugal, o ex-treinador do Sporting e actual treinador do Mónaco diz o seguinte:

"Aprendi o idioma e aprendi a amar o fado";

"O fado é triste mas tem muito de belo e muito de Portugal, apela a uma introspecção incrível, é algo muito profundo".

Grande Boloni !

Valha-nos S. Mateus e S. Valentim

Saint Matthew icon, Saint Petka Church

photo from http://www.suc.org/culture/art/Jelena_Milutinovic/jm14.html

Livre-nos São Mateus do Caso Mateus no futebol português e apesar de não ser a sua especialidade peço a S. Valentim que dê senso ao homem que tem esse nome para não armar mais confusões no futebol português.

Além da Terra, além do Céu - Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Além da Terra, além do Céu,
no trampolim do sem-fim das estrelas,
no rastro dos astros,
na magnólia das nebulosas.
Além, muito além do sistema solar,
até onde alcançam o pensamento e o coração,
vamos!
vamos conjugar
o verbo fundamental essencial,
o verbo transcendente, acima das gramáticas
e do medo e da moeda e da política,
o verbo sempreamar,
o verbo pluriamar,
razão de ser e de viver.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Nall - Violata Pax in Assiss (Italy)

Religious schism

Since June 10 until September 9, 2006 at Piazza Inferiore della Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi is in exibition a work by Fred Nall Hollis known simply as "Nall", an American artist born on April 21, 1948, composed by 52 pieces and called "Violata Pax" or in Italian "Le ferite dell'umanità". The pictures represent:

Eve
Women's supression
Narcissism
War
Air pollution
Addictions
Violated Egos
Reincarnation
Vanities
Power
Battle of the sexes
Political refugee
La pietà
Puberty
Fallen angel
The handicapped
Guided youth
Abortion
Unauthorized charites
Alchol abuse
Birth control
Decadence
Political exile
Wounded peace
Crucifiction
Torture
Hunger
Genetic intervention
Imperialism
False pride
Animal abuse
Loss of legacy
Global warning
Outsourcing
Child abuse
Chemical spills
Ecology
Wasted resources
Media dehumanization
Spiritual and material
Material overcaching
Slavery
Racism
Heartlessness
Religeous schism
Black magic
Temptation
Witchcraft
Nuclear proliferation
Women's rights
Genocide
Suicide bombing

This is one more motive to visit S. Francesco de Assise.

Soneto do Amor total - Vinicius de Moraes

Amo-te tanto, meu amor...não cante
O humano coração com mais verdade...
Amo-te como amigo e como amante
Numa sempre diversa realidade.

Amo-te afim, de um calmo amor prestante
E te amo além, presente na saudade.
Amo-te, enfim, com grande liberdade
Dentro da eternidade e a cada instante.

Amo-te como um bicho, simplesmente
De um amor sem mistério e sem virtude
Com um desejo maciço e permanente

E de te amar assim, muito e amiúde
É que um dia em teu corpo de repente
Hei de morrer de amar mais do que pude.

Vinícius de Moraes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1913-1980)

Itália ...

Passeio de gondola em Veneza

Chegado de férias quero agradecer à Nortravel o excelente circuito turístico da Itália Clássica, aos guias e companheiros de circuito a sua amiga companhia e aos nossos visitantes sugerir veementemente essa viagem.

Happy Birthday Harley Davidson

Photo: Veer at Corbis

These mean machines were first manufactured 103 years ago on this date. We hope they will be with us for many more years to come!

Gosto de Ti - Anónimo

Photo: Corbis

O vento passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E a flor abriu-se com pétalas
De todas as cores

A onda passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E na praia a areia ficou mais lisa

A noite passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E o trigo muito loiro
Acenou com as espigas maduras

A neve passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E a terra embrulhou-se num manto todo branco

A chuva passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E o rio cantou mais forte

O amigo passou e disse:
Gosto de ti
E o coração ficou a dançar de alegria

Gosto muito, mas mesmo muito de ti xxx

E o Circo continua...

Photo: Tim Garcha at Corbis

O Gil Vicente vai estar hoje, à hora marcada, à porta do Estádio da Luz para defrontar o Benfica; o Belenenses, apesar de considerar que deveria ser ele o adversário dos "encarnados", não vai deslocar-se à Luz; o Benfica treinou-se ontem, mas hoje estará de folga. Sem comentários...

O Sonho - Sebastião de Gama

Photo: Edward Holub at Corbis

Pelo sonho é que vamos,
comovidos e mudos.
Chegamos? Não chegamos?
Haja ou não haja frutos,
pelo sonho é que vamos.

Basta a fé no que temos.
Basta a esperança naquilo
que talvez não teremos.
Basta que a alma demos,
com a mesma alegria,
ao que desconhecemos
e ao que é do dia a dia.

Chegamos? Não chegamos?
Partimos. Vamos. Somos.

Lenda sobre a origem do nome de Viana do Castelo

Photo: Tony Aruzza at Corbis

Conta-se que um cavaleiro se apaixonou perdidamente por uma linda princesa. Vezes sem conta, rondava o castelo da sua amada na esperança de vê-la. Um dia, na varanda mais alta do castelo, viu a princesa, Ana de seu nome, que lhe acenava com um lenço branco. Louco de alegria, o cavaleiro não se conteve e então gritava:
'Vi Ana do Castelo! Vi Ana do Castelo!'

Um Circo

Photo: Royalty Free at Corbis

A melhor palavra para descrever a a situação actual do futebol português… um autentico circo!

TGIF - Thank God It's Friday!

Photo: Ronnie Kaufman Corbis

Wishing all bloggers a cool, calm and collected weekend... Put your feet up and relax!

Prémios UEFA - Congratulations!

Photos: Corbis

O avançado internacional brasileiro Ronaldinho, do Barcelona, foi considerado pela UEFA o melhor jogador da Liga dos Campeões de 2005/2006.

Também o internacional português Deco, do Barcelona, foi considerado pela UEFA o melhor médio da Liga dos Campeões.

Parabéns!

Sorteio da Champions League

Photo: Stephane Reix at Corbis

O Sporting será a primeira equipa portuguesa a jogar na Champions League a 12 de Setembro em Alvalade. A 13 de Setembro, o Porto joga em casa com o CSKA de Moscovo e o Benfica joga fora na Dinamarca para defrontar o FC Copenhaga.

GRUPO A
Barcelona (ESP)
Chelsea (ING)
Werder Bremen (ALE)
Levski Sofia (BUL)

GRUPO B
Inter (ITA)
Bayern Munique (ALE)
SPORTING (POR)
Spartak Moscovo (RUS)

GRUPO C
Liverpool (ING)
PSV Eindhoven (HOL)
Bordéus (FRA)
Galatasaray (TUR)

GRUPO D
Valência (ESP)
AS Roma (ITA)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UCR)

GRUPO E
Real Madrid (ESP)
Lyon (FRA)
Steaua Bucareste (ROM)
Dínamo Kiev (UCR)

GRUPO F
Manchester United (ING)
Celtic (ESC)
BENFICA (POR)
FC Copenhaga (DIN)

GRUPO G
Arsenal (ING)
FC PORTO (POR)
CSKA Moscovo (RUS)
Hamburgo (ALE)

GRUPO H
AC Milan (ITA)
Lille (FRA)
AEK (GRE)
Anderlecht (BEL)

Happy Birthday Claudia Schiffer!

Photo: Nico at Corbis

Birthday Calendar

Photo: Miles at Corbis

Gostava de partilhar este site com os visitantes pois achei o site muito interessante e mesmo engraçado!

Até para quem não dá muita importância aos signos, o site informa quais os êxitos musicais no nosso ano de nascimento e muitas mais informações.

Visitem.... está mesmo muito interessante!

www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

Benfica 3 - 0 Austria Vienna

UEFA Champions League Qualifying
Venue: Estadio da Luz
Date: Tuesday, 22nd August 2006 at 20h15
Attendence: 58110
Referee: Terje Hauge

Former European Cup Winners, SL Benfica had little trouble beating Austria Vienna, after having drawn 1-1 in the first leg.

At 21 minutes, Rui Costa put Benfica ahead and Nuno Gomes gave them a 2-0 advantage just before half-time.

Petit completed the score by scoring Benfica's last goal at 57 minutes, leaving the Portuguese team with a 4-1 aggregate success over the Austrian team.

Liga dos Campeões - Benfica, Valência e AC Milan apurados

Entre os clubes apurados terça-feira para a fase de grupos da Liga dos Campeões, destaque para a passagem do SL Benfica, AC Milan e Valência.

Concluída a primeira ronda da segunda-mão da última pré-eliminatória da Champions, os resultados foram os seguintes:

Benfica (Por) - Áustria Viena (Aut) 3-0 (4-1 nas duas mãos)
Osasuna (Esp) - Hamburgo (Ale) 1-1 (1-1)
Estrela Vermelha (Ser) - AC Milan (Ita) 1-2 (1-3)
Maccabi Haifa (Isr) - Liverpool (Ing) 1-1 (2-3)
Valência (Esp) - Salzburgo (Esp) 3-0 (3-1)

A segunda-mão da terceira pré-eliminatória da Liga dos Campeões prossegue hoje, um dia depois da passagem do Benfica à fase de grupos. Jogam hoje:

Spartak Moscovo (Rus) - Slovan Liberec (Che) 0-0
Legia Varsovia (Pol) - Shaktar Donetsk (Ucr) 0-1
Chievo Verona (Ita) - Levski Sófia (Bul) 0-2
AEK Atenas (Gre) - Heart of Midlothian (Esc) 2-1
Ruzomberok (Svq) - CSKA Moscovo (Rus) 0-3
Mlada Boleslav (Che) - Galatasaray (Tur) 2-5
Steaua Bucareste (Rom) - Standard Liége (Bel) 2-2
Ajax (Hol) - FC Copenhaga (Din) 2-1
Fenerbahçe (Tur) - Dínamo Kiev (Ucr) 1-3
Rabotnicki (Mcd) - Lille (Fra) 0-3
Arsenal (Ing) - Dínamo Zagreb (Cro) 3-0

Sopra Demais O Vento - Fernando Pessoa

Photo: Royalty Free at Corbis

Sopra demais o vento
Para eu poder descansar
Há no meu pensamento
Qualquer coisa que vai parar

Talvez esta coisa da alma
Que acha real a vida
Talvez esta coisa calma
Que me faz a alma vivida

Sopra um vento excessivo
Tenho medo de pensar
O meu mistério eu avivo
Se me perco a meditar

Vento que passa e esquece
Poeira que se ergue e cai
Ai de mim se eu pudesse
Saber o que em mim vai!

O Eterno Número 7

Photo: Unknown

Ontem à noite, no Estádio José Alvalade, Luís Figo subiu ao relvado para a homenagem que o emblema leonino lhe prestou. Perante 40 651 adeptos, o carismático #7 recebeu muitas palmas, bem merecidas. Enquanto o jogador agradeceu a todos, o público vibrou.

Tip for The Day: Drive Carefully!

Photo: Unknown

Um Poema Feito de Flores - Amália Lopes

Photo: Unknown

As flores serão poemas
Os poemas serão beijos
Os beijos serão palavras
E as palavras serão poemas

Poemas que escrevi hoje
Amanhã
Ontem
E sempre...
Num passado já tarde, mas jamais
esquecido

Num futuro igual a hoje
Porque hoje há amizade
Porque hoje existe
E hoje será para sempre...

Por Um Acaso - Aldina Duarte

Photo: Unknown

Entendi que era verdade
Toda aquela claridade
A entrar pela janela
Vi teus olhos a brilhar
Duma cor que vem do mar
E de todas a mais bela

Foi o encanto desse olhar
Que me fez acreditar
Na repentina verdade
Corri para porta da rua
E a vontade nua e crua
Era agora realidade

Eu por ti então tirei
As cortinas que fechei
Noutro tempo que vivi
Entre crenças nublosas
Tuas súplicas teimosas
Me juntaram mais a ti

Lembro esse dia distante
Em que só por um instante
Esqueci a cortina aberta
Afinal um esquecimento
Revelou num só momento
Toda a luz da descoberta

Nothingandall's Favourite Actress

Photo: Frank Trapper at Corbis

She's sexy... She's seductive... She's almost 50 but still beats a lot of women 30 years younger...

You're absolutely gorgeous, Michelle Pfeiffer!

Roberto Goyeneche - Red Hot Tango

Photo: Diego Goldberg for Corbis

Goyeneche died on this day in 1994, a sad day for Argentina.

The tango singer was 'up there' amongst the greats, like Carlos Gardel.

Although gone from this world, his voice remains with us, filled with tango passion and the perfume of the hot summer nights, so characteristic of Buenos Aires.

Long live the Tango!

Hope for Benfica

Photo: Royalty Free at Corbis

Benfica plays Austria Magna on Tuesday for the secong leg of the UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round).

I would like to wish them luck, lets keep our hopes up high for a great match...

Espigueiros - Um Símbolo do Minho

Photo: Pedro Piedade

O que trago e o que trazes - Helder Moutinho

Photo: Scot Frei at Corbis

I dedicate this poem to this blog's webmaster, who even in his absence, it must be made known that he has not been forgotten...

Trago um gesto no olhar quando te vejo
E ternura no calor dos meus sentidos
O amor é como um beijo de seu beijo
E as paixões são como sonhos proibidos

Trago toda a primavera em minha voz
E a saudade que há-de vir eu adivinho
A fogueira de paixão que existe em nós
Queima todas as tristezas do caminho

São meus versos os teus versos quando canto
São meus sonhos os teus sonhos nosso fado
Não há fumo, não há névoa, não há pranto
Nem tristezas para morrer no passado

O que trazes já não sei, não adivinho
Pode ser o mar inteiro, a tempestade
Pode ser uma saudade ou um carinho
Pode ser o grande amor da nossa idade

The peace is possible (IV)

Cat licking a mouse

Ver também:
The peace is possible
The peace is possible II
The peace is possible III

No regrets - Langston Hughes

Out of love,
No regrets-
Though the goodness
Be wasted forever.
Out of love,
No regrets-
Though the return
Be never.

Langston Hughes

Porto ganha a Supertaça

Porto 3 - 0 Vitória de Setúbal

A época oficial 2006/2007 de futebol em Portugal começou com a conquista em Leiria da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira por parte do Porto, mesmo sem treinador (sem desprimor para Rui Barros que comandou a equipa no banco portista).

O jogo teve uma primeira parte muito equilibrada com o Porto a disfrutar da 1º. oportunidade aos 16' por Raul Meireles após excelente passe de Anderson, que se isolou pelo centro-direita mas com Marco Tábuas a sair rápido, encurtar o ângulo e defender com as pernas e o Setúbal a responder passados dois minutos com um livre marcado com cruzamento para a área portista e a bola a sofrer dois desvios de jogadores do Porto, o segundo de Pepe ia fazendo auto-golo não fosse uma soberba defesa de Helton.

Aos 22' Hugo com o pé corta a bola na área defensiva deficientemente batendo-lhe a bola em seguida no braço mas em lance que nos pareceu não intencional decidindo Paulo Proença deixar prosseguir o jogo.

Perto do final do jogo o Vitória num canto marcado directamente para a baliza obrigou Helton a intervir de novo decisivamente.

O equilibrio da primeira parte nada fazia prever o desnível no resultado que se veio a verificar no final mas a partir do 1º. golo portista por Adriano de pontapé de bicicleta a aproveitar uma confusão na área dos setubalenses aos 53' o jogo ficou demasiado desiquilibrado, com os vitorianos a não saber lidar com a situação de derrotados. As substituições operadas nos sadinos também não melhoraram a equipa.

Aos 74' Anderson à vontade no centro da área junto da marca de penalty concluiu com êxito a assistencia da direita de Alan, na sequência de livre, fazendo segundo golo dos portistas e decidindo a partida.

O score veio a tomar um maior desnível já perto do final com um golo de Vieirinha. Recebeu a bola de Jorginho, libertou-se de um adversário e com o pé direito fez o 3-0.

O Porto conquistou a 15ª. Supertaça, enquanto o Vitória de Setúbal tendo estado nas duas últimas disputas não conseguiu ultrapassar a sua situação de não favorito.

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, em Leiria

Árbitro: Pedro Proença (Lisboa)

FC PORTO – Helton; Bosingwa, Pepe e Marek Cech; Paulo Assunção; Ibson, Raul Meireles e Anderson (Jorginho, 87 m); Alan, Adriano (Lisandro Lopes, 80 m) e Ricardo Quaresma (Vieirinha, 70 m).

V. SETÚBAL – Marco Tábuas; Janício, Auri, Hugo e Nandinho; Sandro, Binho e Adalto (Fonseca, 61 m); Ademar (Mário Carlos, 66 m), Varela e Lourenço (Labarthe, 75 m).

Ao intervalo: 0-0

Golos: 1-0, Adriano (53 m); 2-0, Anderson (74 m); 3-0, Vieirinha (89 m).

Disciplina: Cartão amarelo a Adalto, Ricardo Quaresma, Paulo Assunção e Hugo.

Suspension of the 'On This Day In History' until the end of August

We would like to inform our friends, readers and visitors that, due to holidays, the 'On This Day In History' section will not be published as of 20 August until the end of the current month. Publication will resume on 1 September. Should you wish to consult any specific daily information, please be informed that last year's publications are available on the right-hand column.

Efemérides suspensão da publicação até fins de Agosto

Informamos os nossos amigos, leitores e visitantes que a secção das efemérides por motivos de férias não será editada desde 20 de Agosto até ao final do mesmo mês. A mesma será retomada a 1 de Setembro. No entanto, na coluna da direita, nos arquivos podem encontrar a edição de ano passado procurando o dia que lhes interessa.

On this day in History - Aug 19

• 293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus Libitina founded on the Esquiline Hill; institution of Vinalia Rustica begins.
• 43 BC - Octavian, later Augustus, compels the senate to elect him Consul
• 0014 - Octavian, later Augustus dies. Roman emperor
• 1186 - Geoffrey Plantagenet dies stamped by a horse in atournment. Duke of Brittany,
• 1245 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence dies (b. 1195)
• 1284 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester dies (b. 1273). Son of Edward I of England
• 1297 - Saint Louis of Toulouse dies (b. 1274). French Catholic bishop.
• 1398 - Marqués de Santillana was born (d. 1458). Spanish poet.
• 1458 - Início do pontificado do Papa Pio II
• 1493 - Frederick III, Holly Roman Emperor dies
• 1504 - Battle of Knockdoe
• 1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg was born (d. 1608)
• 1561 - Queen Mary Stuart returns to Scotland.
• 1580 - Andrea Palladio dies (b. 1508). Italian architect
• 1590 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland was born (d. 1649). English soldier.
• 1596 - Elizabeth of Bohemia was born (d. 1662)
• 1621 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout was born (d. 1674). Dutch painter.
• 1631 - John Dryden was born (d. 1700). English poet.
• 1646 - John Flamsteed was born (d. 1719). English astronomer who established the Greenwich Observatory, as one of a group of scientists who convinced King Charles II to build a national observatory
• 1646 - Alexander Henderson dies. Scottish theologian
• 1662 - Blaise Pascal dies (b. 19 Jun 1623). French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities
• 1686 - Eustace Budgell was born (d. 1737). English writer.
• 1686 - Nicola Porpora was born (d. 1768). Italian composer.
• 1689 - Samuel Richardson was born (d. 1761). English writer.
• 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• 1711 - Edward Boscawen was born (d. 1761). British admiral.
• 1743 - Madame du Barry was born (d. 1793). French courtesan.
• 1745 - Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a French warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on London - the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45"
• 1753 - Balthasar Neumann dies (b. 1687). German architect.
• 1768 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 1782 - Battle of Blue Licks: the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Battle of Yorktown.
• 1812 - War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. The British shot is said to have bounced off the Constitution's sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides".
• 1813 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
• 1819 - James Watt dies (b. 1736). Scottish inventor
• 1822 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre dies (b. 1749). French mathematician.
• 1839 - Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.
• 1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States, that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
• 1849 - Nasce Joaquim (Aurélio Barreto) Nabuco (de Araújo) (m. 17 Jan 1910). Jornalista, escritor, político monarquista, abolicionista e diplomata brasileiro. Um dos fundadores da Academia Brasileira de Letras.
• 1853 - Aleksei Brusilov was born (d. 1926). Russian general
• 1858 - Edith Nesbit was born (d. 1924). English writer (The Railway Children)
• 1862 - Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• 1870 - Bernard Baruch was born (d. 1965). American financier.
• 1871 - Orville Wright was born (d. 1948). American aviation pioneer.
• 1872 - King Charles XV / Carl IV of Sweden and Norway dies (b. 1826)
• 1875 - Stjepan Seljan was born (d. 1936). Croatian explorer.
• 1878 - Manuel Quezon was born (d. 1944). President of the Philippines
• 1881 - Georges Enescu was born (d. 1955). Romanian composer.
• 1883 - Coco Chanel was born (d. 1971). French clothing designer.
• 1883 - Elsie Ferguson was born (d. 1961). American film actress.
• 1883 - José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior was born. Portuguese politician.
• 1889 - Nasce (João Maria) Alves da Cunha (m. 23 Set 1956). Actor português ( Rosa de Alfama (1953) Duas Causas (1952) Feitiço do Império (1940) Tragédia Rústica (1931) Maria do Mar (1930) Lisboa (1930) )
• 1889 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam dies (b. 1838). French writer
• 1892 - Alfred Lunt was born (d. 1977). Actor.
• 1895 - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
• 1895 - John Wesley Hardin dies (b. 1853). American gunfighter.
• 1896 - Olga Baclanova was born (d. 1974). Russian-born actress.
• 1896 - Início do mandato de Severo Fernández Alonso Caballero na presidência da Bolívia
• 1898 - Nasce em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Francisco (de Moraes) Alves (m. 29 Set 1952). Cantor popular, tido como o "Rei da Voz" e conhecido como "Chico Alves" e "Chico Viola", ("Pé de Anjo"), "Aquarela do Brasil" "Ora Vejam Só". Gravou centenas de discos.
• 1902 - Ogden Nash was born (d. 1971). Poet.
• 1906 - Philo T. Farnsworth was born (d. 1971). American inventor and television pioneer.
• 1907 - Thurston B. Morton was born (d. 1982). American politician
• 1913 - Richard Simmons was born (d. 2003). American actor.
• 1914 - Nasce, em Encatado, Rio de Janeiro, Aracy (Teles) de Almeida (m. 20 Jun 1988). Cantora popular, tida como uma das maiores intérpretes de samba dos anos 30 (juntamente com Carmem Miranda).
• 1914 - Lajos Baróti was born (d. 2005). Hungarian footballer and coach
• 1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr. was born (d. 2000). American actor and screenwriter.
• 1916 - Marie Wilson was born (d. 1972). Actress.
• 1918 - Shankar Dayal Sharma was born. President of India (1992-1997)
• 1919 - Malcolm Forbes was born (d. 1990). American publisher.
• 1919 - Afghanistan gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1921 - Gene Roddenberry was born (d. 1991). American television producer.
• 1923 - Vilfredo Pareto dies (b. 1845). Italian economist.
• 1925 - Claude Gauvreau was born (d. 1971). Canadian playwright, poet, and polemicist.
• 1926 - Arthur Rock was born. Venture capitalist
• 1929 - Nasce em São Paulo, Haroldo (Eurico Browne) de Campos (m. 2003). Poeta brasileiro.
• 1929 - The radio comedy show Amos and Andy makes its NBC debut starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
• 1929 - Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev dies (b. 19 Mar 1872). Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes.
• 1929 - Diego Rivera / Frida Kahlo wedding
• 1930 - Frank McCourt was born. Irish-born author
• 1931 - Willie Shoemaker was born (d. 2003). American jockey.
• 1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1934 - The creation of the position Führer approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 1935 - Bobby Richardson was born. Baseball player
• 1936 - Federico Garcia Lorca was shot and killed by a Francoist squad on the outskirts of Grenada and buried in an unmarked grave along with 3 other prisoners. (b. 1898). Spanish author. His dramatic works included "Blood Wedding," "Yerma," Dona Rosita the Spinster," and "The House of Bernarda Alba." )
• 1936 - John M.S. Pearce dies. Neurologist and author
• 1938 - Diana Muldaur was born. American actress, dog breeder, and dog judge
• 1939 - Ginger Baker was born. English musician.
• 1939 - Alan Baker was born in London. British mathematician, who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970
• 1940 - Johnny Nash was born.American singer.
• 1940 - Jill St. John was born. American actress.
• 1942 - Fred Thompson was born. U.S. Senator from Tennessee and actor
• 1942 - World War II: Operation Jubilee - The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an allied forces amphibious assault on Dieppe, France.
• 1944 - World War II: Liberation of Paris - Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
• 1944 - Bodil Malmsten was born. Swedish writer
• 1944 - Charles B. Wang was born. Chinese-born philanthropist
• 1944 - Günther von Kluge dies (b. 1882). German field marshal.
• 1945 - Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 1945 - Ian Gillan was born. English singer.
• 1946 - Bill Clinton was born. 42nd President of the United States
• 1946 - Beat Raaflaub was born. Swiss conductor.
• 1947 - J. Arens and D. van Villages synthetised vitamin A.
• 1947 - Gerard Schwarz was born. American conductor.
• 1947 - James Hunt was born. Formula 1 car driver.
• 1948 - Tipper Gore was born. Former Second Lady of the United States
• 1950 - Jennie Bond was born. British journalist.
• 1950 - Giovanni Giorgi dies (b. 1871). Italian physicist.
• 1951 - John Deacon was born. English musician (Queen)
• 1952 - Jonathan Frakes was born. American actor and director.
• 1953 - Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• 1954 - Alcide De Gasperi dies (b. 1881). Prime Minister of Italy
• 1955 - In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• 1955 - Peter Gallagher was born. American actor.
• 1956 - Adam Arkin was born. American actor.
• 1957 - David Bomberg dies (b. 1890). English painter
• 1957 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby dies (b. 1898). Swedish meteorologist.
• 1958 - Anthony Muñoz was born. American football player.
• 1958 - Gary Gaetti was born. Baseball player
• 1959 - Jacob Epstein dies (b. 1880). American-born sculptor.
• 1960 - Morten Andersen was born. American football player
• 1960 - Cold War: In Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• 1960 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka (Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. The spacecraft returned to earth the next day and all animals were recovered safely.
• 1961 - The Australian public-affairs show Four Corners starts on the ABC.
• 1963 - John Stamos was born. American actor.
• 1963 - Joey Tempest was born. Swedish singer (Europe)
• 1963 - Nasce, no Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Palmeira (de Paula). Actor brasileiro, cinematográfico (estréia em "Copacabana me Engana", 1968), teatro e TV, destaca-se em novelas da Rede Globo.
• 1964 - Whitney Prescott was born. American model
• 1965 - Kevin Dillon was born. Actor
• 1965 - Kyra Sedgwick was born.American actress
• 1965 - Maria de Medeiros was born in Lisbon. Portuguese actress. /Nasce, em Lisboa, Maria de Medeiros. Actriz e realizadora portuguesa. Estreia em "Silvestre", 1982; Volpi Cup de Actriz no Festival de Veneza por "Três Irmãos" (1994). Globo de Ouro em 1996 por Adão e Eva.
• 1965 - Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-[[World War II] sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
• 1966 - Lee Ann Womack was born. Ccountry music musician
• 1966 - Heloísa Perissé was born. Brazilian actress.
• 1967 - Hugo Gernsback dies (b. 1884). Luxembourg-born editor and publisher
• 1968 - George Gamow dies (b. 1904). Ukrainian-born physicist.
• 1969 - Matthew Perry was born. Canadian actor.
• 1969 - Nate Dogg was born. American rapper
• 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe dies (b. 1886). German architect.
• 1970 - Paweł Jasienica dies (b. 1909). Polish historian
• 1971 - Nasce João (Manuel Vieira) Pinto. Futebolista internacional português que representa actualmente o Braga (2006/2007).
• 1972 - Roberto Abbondanzieri was born. Argentine football player (goalkeeper)
• 1973 - Marco Materazzi was born. Italian footballer, 2006 World Champion by Italy
• 1973 - Lilian Garcia was born. Professional wrestling announcer
• 1973 - Penélope Nova was born. Brazilian TV presenter
• 1973 - Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway was born.
• 1973 - Callum Blue was born. British actor.
• 1973 - Georgios Papadopoulos takes place on Presidency of Greece
• 1975 - The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis.
• 1975 - Tracie Thoms was born. American actress
• 1975 - Jim Londos dies (b. 1897). Wrestler.
• 1976 - Alastair Sim dies (b. 1900). Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University
• 1977 - Groucho Marx dies (b. 1890). American comedian and actor.
• 1979 - Dave Douglas was born. American musician (Relient K)
• 1979 - Jennifer Morrison was born. American actress
• 1980 - Jun Jin was born. Rapper in Korean group Shinhwa
• 1980 - Otto Frank dies. Father of Anne Frank
• 1980 - Darius Danesh was born. Scottish singer
• 1980 - Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
• 1981 - Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to take on a couple of United States fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The American jets destroyed the Libyan fighters.
• 1981 - Arqueólogos do Gabinete de Sines põem a descoberto na ilha do Pessegueiro uma estação arqueológica romana considerada de grande importância.
• 1982 - Erika Christensen was born. American actress.
• 1982 - August Neo dies (b. 1908). Estonian wrestler.
• 1983 - Missy Higgins was born. Australian singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Tammin Sursok was born. Australian actress.
• 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
• 1987 - Anais Lameche was born. Swedish singer (Play)
• 1987 - Richard Stearman was born. English footballer
• 1989 - Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be Prime Minister, thus Mazowiecki becoming the first non-communist to come to power in Poland in 42 years.
• 1990 - Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
• 1991 - Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev is overthrown by a coup. This leads to the fall of the Soviet Union
• 1991 - (Luís Filipe) Lindley Cintra dies (b. 1925). Portuguese professor and philologist.
• 1994 - Linus (Carl) Pauling dies (b. 28 Feb1901) . American physicist, chemist and author who was recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace
• 1995 - Pierre Schaeffer dies. French composer.
• 1996 - Morre Vera Lagoa, jornalista e escritora portuguesa.
• 1996 - Morre Jofre Soares (n. 1922). Actor de teatro, cinema e TV, brasileiro. Um dos principais símbolos do cinema novo (participou em mais de 80 filmes).
• 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
• 2000 - Lola Vilar dies. Peruvian actress.
• 2000 - Antonio Pugliese dies (b. 1941). Italian professional wrestler.
• 2002 - A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny killing 118 soldiers.
• 2002 - Eduardo Chillida dies. Spanish sculptor
• 2003 - A car-bomb attack on UN headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employers.
• 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina dies (b. 1926). President of Honduras
• 2003 -Morre Francisco Carlos (n. 1928). Cantor e galã cinematográfico brasileiro (anos 50).
• 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello dies (b. 1948). Brazilian diplomat
• 2005 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
• 2005 - Bueno de Mesquita dies (b. 1918). Dutch comedian and actor.
• 2005 - Mo Mowlam dies (b. 1949). British politician.
• Afghan Independence Day (1919)
• National Day of the Filipino Language, Philippines - Holiday for Quezon City, Quezon Province and other municipalities named after Manuel Quezon
• National Aviation Day, USA
• National Walton Celebratory Day, United Kingdom - In honour of all holidays and observences.
• Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (it's the first day of the year when eating apples is allowed)

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Poetas Malditos - Adolfo Simões Müller

Malditos poetas, que disseram tudo
e tudo tão bem dito!

Malditos poetas, que me deixam mudo,
sem um ai, uma súplica ou um grito!

Raios os partam, cada qual maldito!

Malditos, que roçaram no seu voo,
com asas de veludo
o infinito!

Malditos poetas: Eu os abençoo...

Adolfo Simões Müller (n. em Lisboa 18 Ago 1909, m. 16 Abr 1989)

Ver do mesmo autor Quando eu era pequenino e O Misterio da Palavra

On this day in History - Aug 18

• 293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus founded, institution of Vinalia Rustica begins.
• 0353 - Decentius dies. Roman usurper
• 0472 - Ricimer dies. Roman general
• 0849 - Walafrid Strabo dies. German monk and theologian
• 1201 - The city of Riga is founded.
• 1227 - Genghis Khan dies. Mongol leader
• 1258 - Theodore II Lascaris dies. Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
• 1276 - Pope Adrian V dies.
• 1318 - Clare of Montefalco dies (b. c. 1268). Italian Abbess and religious leader
• 1430 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros dies drowned (b. 1406). English soldier and politician
• 1503 - Pope Alexander VI dies (b. 1431)
• 1541 - A Portugese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
• 1559 - Pope Paul IV dies (b. 1476)
• 1563 - Étienne de La Boétie dies (b. 1530). French judge and writer
• 1572 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre with Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
• 1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
• 1587 - Virginia Dare was born (d. 1588). First English child born in North America.
• 1590 - John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and inds his settlement deserted.
• 1613 - Giovanni Artusi dies. Italian composer
• 1620 - Wanli dies (b. 1563). Emperor of China.
• 1634 - Urbain Grandier, French priest, accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France.
• 1642 - Guido Reni dies (b. 1575), Italian painter
• 1645 - Eudoxia Streshneva dies (b. 1608). Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia
• 1683 - Charles Hart dies. English actor (b. 1625)
• 1685 - Brook Taylor was born (d. 1731). English mathematician.
• 1692 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon was born (d. 1740). Prime Minister of France
• 1707 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire dies (b. 1640). English soldier and statesman
• 1712 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers dies. English soldier
• 1750 - Antonio Salieri was born (d. 1825). Italian Composer.
• 1765 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor dies (b. 1708).
• 1774 - Meriwether Lewis was born (d. 1809). American explorer.
• 1781 - Mexico: Nace en la ciudad de San Luis Potosí, José Mariano Jiménez (m. 26 Jun 1811) , quien será ingeniero de minas de Guanajuato y habrá de unirse a la lucha libertadora de don Miguel Hidalgo en 1810 y lo acompañará en la ruta de la independencia.
• 1804 - Mexico: Nace en el Mineral de Pinos, Zacatecas, Luis de la Rosa, quien se distinguirá como polifacético personaje liberal: periodista, diputado local, colaborador cercano del gobernador García Salinas. Como militar combatirá a Santa Anna. Miembro de varios gobiernos
• 1809 - Matthew Boulton dies (b. 1728). Pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
• 1815 - Chauncey Goodrich dies (b. 1759). U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
• 1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria was born (d. 1916
• 1832 - Nascimento, em Desterro, actual Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, do pintor brasileiro Vítor Meireles de Lima (m. 1903). Em suas obras predominam os temas religiosos e históricos. “A Primeira Missa no Brasil”, “A Batalha de Guararapes”, “Juramento da Princesa Isabel" “Flagelação de Cristo”, “Moema”, “Cabeça de Velho”, “Morta” e “Uma Rua do Rio de Janeiro”.
• 1834 - Mt. Vesuvius erupted.
• 1838 - Criação do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Brasil na cidade do Rio de Janeiro.
• 1842 - Louis de Freycinet dies (b. 1779). French explorer.
• 1849 - Buenaventura Báez é nomeado Presidente da República Dominicana.
• 1850 - Honoré de Balzac dies (b. 1799). French writer.
• 1857 - Libert H. Boeynaems was born. Roman Catholic prelate
• 1858 - Intercâmbio das primeiras comunicações submarinas por cabo entre Europa e América.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Weldon Railroad - Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Weldon Railroad forcing the Confederates to use wagons.
• 1866 Assinatura do tratado da Aliança, que funda a Confederação da Alemanha do Norte, sob a liderança da Prússia.
• 1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while analysing the chromosphere during a total solar eclipse in India. This was the first element detected in space before being found on Earth.
• 1873 - Durante el gobierno del licenciado Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, el Congreso de la Unión declara a don Benito Juárez como "Benemérito de la Patria". Ya el Congreso de Colombia lo había declarado "Benemérito de las Américas", el 1º de mayo de 1865.
• 1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes was born. President of Btazil.
• 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
• 1888 - Franklin Távora dies. Brazilian writer
• 1890 - Walther Funk was born (d. 1960). German Nazi politician.
• 1892 - Em Lisboa, é inaugurada a Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno.
• 1896 - Jack Pickford was born (d. 1933). Actor.
• 1901 - Nasce, no Porto (R. São Brás, 503), Henrique (de Barros) Medina (m. 30 Nov 1988). Pintor português, paisagista, um dos grandes retratistas do século XX. Foi distinguido a medalha de ouro da cidade do Porto.
• 1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
• 1904 - Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeded by George Reid.
• 1904 - Max Factor was born (d. 1996). Cosmetics entrepreneur.
• 1906 - Ladislao Vajda was born. Hungarian-born Spanish film director.
• 1908 - Trindade Coelho dies (b. 18 Jun 1861). Portuguese writer.
• 1909 - Marcel Carné was born. French film director.
• 1909 - Nasce em Lisboa Adolfo Simões Müller (m. 1989). Jornalista e escritor português célebre pela literatura infantil e juvenil. Em 1990, a Editorial Verbo instituiu um prémio com o seu nome do como homenagem à memória deste mestre da literatura infantil e como estímulo à revelação de novos autores. Recebeu, em 1982, o Grande Prémio de Literatura Infantil da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian pelo conjunto da sua obra. Asas de Ícaro (poesia 1926), Caixinha de Brinquedos (1937, Prémio Nacional de Literatura Infantil), O Feiticeiro da Cabana Azul (1942, galardoado com o mesmo prémio) e A Primeira Volta ao Mundo (1971, Prémio Nacional de Literatura). Recebeu, em 1982, o Grande Prémio de Literatura Infantil da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian pelo conjunto da sua obra.
• 1909 - Tokyo mayor Yukio Ozaki presents Washington D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
• 1915 - Grande Otelo was born. Brazilian actor.
• 1917 - Caspar Weinberger was born. United States Secretary of Defense
• 1918 - Walter Joseph Hickel was born. Governor of Alaska and US Secretary of the Interior
• 1920 - Bob Kennedy was born (d. 2005). Baseball player and manager.
• 1920 - 19th Amendment to US constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• 1921 - Ignacio Montes de Oca dies. Mexican archbishop.
• 1922 - William Henry Hudson dies (b. 4 Aug 1841). Argentinan-British author, naturalist and ornithologist.
• 1922 - Shelley Winters was born. Academy Award-winning actress: Patch of Blue [1965], The Diary of Anne Frank [1959]; The Poseidon Adventure, A Place in the Sun, The Night of the Hunter, The Pickle
• 1925 - Brian Aldiss was born. Writer
• 1926 - Termina a greve do carvão na Grã-Bretanha, da qual participaram mais de um milhão de mineiros, contra 1.500 proprietários.
• 1927 - Rosalynn Carter was born. First Lady of the United States
• 1928 - Marge Schott was born (d. 2004). Baseball team owner.
• 1928 - Em Lisboa, é inaugurada a Estação de Comboios do Cais do Sodré.
• 1929 - Anatoli V. Kuznetzov was born. Soviet writer.
• 1930 - Agustín Ibarrola eas born. Spanish painter.
• 1932 - Nasce Luc Montagnier, investigador francês, descobridor da Aids junto com o americano Robert Gallo.
• 1932 - William R. Bennett was born. Premier of British Columbia
• 1933 - Roman Polanski was born. Director (Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, MacBeth)
• 1934 - Vincent Bugliosi was born. American attorney
• 1934 - Roberto Clemente was born (d. 1972). Baseball player.
• 1934 - Manuel Guilherme Faria de Almeida was born. Portuguese film director.
• 1935 - Rafer Johnson was born. American athlete
• 1935 - Gail FisherEmmy was born (d. 2 Dec 2000). Award-winning actress: Mannix [1969-1970];
• 1935 - Sir Howard Morrison was born. New Zealand entertainer.
• 1937 - Robert Redford was born. American actor and director ( actor: All the President’s Men, Quiz Show, The Sting, Sneakers, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Out of Africa; Academy Award-winning director: Ordinary People [1980]; A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show)
• 1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1940 - Walter P. Chrysler dies (b. 1875). American automobile mogul.
• 1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests. However, graduates of the T-4 Euthanasia Program were then transferred to the concentration camps, where they continued in their trade.
• 1942 - Lauro António was born. Portuguese film director and critic and essayst.
• 1943 - Martin Mull was born. Comedian and actor.
• 1943 - Carl Wayne was born (d. 2004). Singer.
• 1943 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski dies (b. 1865). Russian-Azerbaijani general.
• 1945 - Barbara Harris was born. Singer (Toys)
• 1947 - Pelo menos 155 pessoas, entre elas 25 crianças, morrem com a explosão de um depósito de explosivos da Marinha de Cádiz, no sul da Espanha. Cinco mil pessoas ficam feridas na ocasião / España: Estalla un depósito de explosivos de la Marina de Guerra en los astilleros de Cádiz, mueren más de 150 personas y el número de heridos supera los 5000. Gran número de edificios resultan dañados.
• 1949 - Um terramoto causa 437 mortes perto de Erzerum (Anatólia, Turquia).
• 1949 - Paul Mares dies (b. 1900). American jazz musician
• 1949 - Hungary adopts constitution
• 1950 - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
• 1952 - Elayne Boosler was born in Brooklin, NY. Comedienne, actress (Meatballs Part II, Mother Goose Rock ’n’ Rhyme)
• 1952 - Patrick Swayze was born. Actor ( Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Father Hood, Red Dawn, Point Break, North and South)
• 1953 - Louie Gohmert was born. American politician
• 1955 - Dr. Taher ElGamal was born. American-Egyptian scientist
• 1957 - Carole Bouquet was born. French actress
• 1957 - Denis Leary was born. Comedian, actor.
• 1957 - Ron Strykert was born. Musician, guitarist group: Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now, Down Under
• 1958 - Madeleine Stowe was born. Actress
• 1958 - Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• 1958 - Perez Prado, the ‘Mambo King’, received one of the first gold records awarded by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA). The single, Patricia, was certified as having sold over one million copies.
• 1960 - É comercializado o primeiro contraceptivo oral pela Searle Drug Company, nos EUA.
• 1960 - Fat Lever was born. Basketball player
• 1963 - American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• 1963 - Clifford Odets dies (b. 1906). American playwright.
• 1964 - South Africa was banned from Olympic Games (Tokyo) because of apartheid policies.
• 1965 - A nova Constituição de Guatemala declara o comunismo fora da lei.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins - 5,500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped-off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the US base at Chu Lai.
• 1965 - Koji Kikkawa was born. Japanese singer
• 1966 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong.
• 1966 - Gustavo Charif was born. Argentine artist.
• 1969 - Edward Norton was born. Actor ( Fight Club, American History X, Keeping the Faith, The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Scorer)
• 1969 - Everlast was born. American musician
• 1969 - Christian Slater was born. Actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Murder in the First, Untamed Heart, Young Guns, Interview with the Vampire)
• 1969 - Masta Killa was born. Rapper
• 1969 - Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.
• 1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner was born. Actor
• 1970 - O Vietname do Sul envia tropas para o Laos.
• 1970 - Jessica Hsuan was born. Hong Kong actress
• 1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner was born. American actor
• 1971 - Richard D James was born. Irish-born musician.
• 1971 - Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• 1972 - Keiko Yamada was born. Japanese singer
• 1972 - Leo Ku was born. Hong Kong singer
• 1974 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul was born. West Indian cricketer.
• 1976 - In North Korea at Panmunjom, two US soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the DMZ which had obscured their view.
• 1978 - Andy Samberg was born. American comedian.
• 1979 - Selena Silver was born. Australian actress
• 1980 - Esteban Cambiasso was born. Argentine footballer
• 1980 - Morre Domingos Monteiro Pereira Júnior (b. 6 Nov 1903). Jornalista e escritor português (Oração do Crepúsculo (1919), Nau Errante (1921) O Primeiro Crime de Simão Bolandas, Caminho para Lá, Evasão 1953, O Livro de Todos os Tempos, O Homem Contemporâneo, O Mal e o Bem, O Caminho para Lá, Contos do Dia e da Noite, Histórias Castelhanas, O Dia Marcado, A Vinha da Maldição).
• 1981 - Jonathan Schneck was born. American musician (Relient K)
• 1981 - Anita Loos dies (b. 1889). American screenwriter, playwright and author
• 1982 - Carlos Botelho dies. Portuguese painter.
• 1982 - Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
• 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• 1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner dies (b. 1902). Art historian.
• 1984 - Robert Huth was born. German football player.
• 1985 - O papa João Paulo II encerra o XLIII Congresso Eucarístico no Quênia.
• 1986 - Israel e URSS comemoram em Helsinki seu primeiro contato oficial nos últimos 19 anos.
• 1987 - Um grupo de cientistas soviéticos sintetiza o elemento 110 da tabela periódica de Mendeleiev.
• 1989 - O senador e candidato liberal à presidência da Colômbia, Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento, é assassinado em Bogotá por traficantes.
• 1989 - Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
• 1990 - Grethe Ingmann dies (b. 1938). Danish singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner
• 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while he was vacationing in the Crimea. The coup was led by eight high-ranking hard-liners (the coup would collapse in less than 72 hours).
• 1992 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
• 1992 - NBA basketball player Larry Bird announces his retirement after winning an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Dream Team.
• 1992 - Frances Bean Cobain was born. Daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and singer/actress Courtney Love
• 1992 - John Sturges dies (82). Film director (Magnificent 7, Gunfight at OK Corral) .
• 1994 - O Parlamento do Panamá aprova a abolição do Exército.
• 1994 - Richard Synge dies (b. 28 Oct 1914). British biochemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with A.J.P. Martin for their development of partition chromatography, notably paper chromatography
• 1994 - Yeshayahu Leibowich dies. Israeli philosopher.
• 1995 - Julio Caro Baroja dies. Spanish anthropologist, historian and linguist.
• 1998 - Persis Khambatta dies (b. 1950). Indian actress.
• 1998 - Otto Wichterle dies (b. 1913). Inventor of the modern contact lens
• 1999 - O ex-agente do serviço de inteligência Sellapan Samanatahan, miss conhecido como S.R. Nathan, é nomeado como novo presidente de Singapura, no lugar de Ong Teng Cheong.
• 2000 - Nove pessoas morrem e outras 80 são feridas em um enfrentamento entre duas facções do Partido Revolucionário Institucional (PRI) no município mexicano de Chimalhuacán.
• 2001- In Luanda, Angola, some 10,000 people marched in a government-organized protest against the Aug 11 train ambush.
• 2004 - In Dublin, Ireland the Dublin Port Tunnel excavation works are completed and the final tunnel boring machine breakthrough ceremony takes place.
• 2004 - Elmer Bernstein dies (b. 1922). American film composer.
• 2005 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.
• 2005 - Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.
• 2005 - Christopher Bauman dies (b. 1982). Professional wrestler better known as Chri$ Ca$h.
• Roman Catholic Saints - Saint Helena of Constantinople, and Saint Alberto Hurtado
• Buhe in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church