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Birthdays occurring on August, 20
| 1829 |
H.P.Liddon was born on August 20, 1829
What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline. More quotations from H.P.Liddon |
| 1833 |
Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833
American 23rd US president (1889-93) who signed into law the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), the first legislation to prohibit business combinations in restraint of trade. 1833-1901We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. More quotations from Benjamin Harrison |  |
| 1847 |
Boleslaw Prus was born on August 20, 1847
Don't count on luck. If it doesn't come - it won't disappoint you. If it comes - it may supriese you. More quotations from Boleslaw Prus |
| 1873 |
Eliel Saarinen was born on August 20, 1873
Finnish architect notable for his influence on modern architecture in the United States, particularly on skyscraper and church design. 1873-1950Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. More quotations from Eliel Saarinen |  |
| 1881 |
Edgar A. Guest was born on August 20, 1881
British born American poet whose sentimental verses were widely read. 1881-1959It Couldn't Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it. More quotations from Edgar A. Guest |  |
Deaths occurring on August, 20
| 1936 |
Federico Garcia Lorca died on August 20, 1936
Spanish poet and playwright who, in a career that spanned just 19 years, resurrected and revitalized the most basic strains of Spanish poetry and theatre. 1898-1936I felt something like a divine urge to bombard that whole canyon of shadow, where ambulances collected suicides whose hands were full of rings. More quotations from Federico Garcia Lorca |  |
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