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Birthdays occurring on August, 16
| 1601 |
Pierre de Fermat was born on August 16, 1601
French mathematician, 1601-1665It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. More quotations from Pierre de Fermat |
| 1888 |
T.E. Lawrence was born on August 16, 1888
British intelligence officer best known as Lawrence of Arabia (later changed his name to T.E. Shaw), 1888-1935All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. More quotations from T.E. Lawrence |
| 1894 |
George Meany was born on August 16, 1894
Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one. More quotations from George Meany |  |
Deaths occurring on August, 16
| 1998 |
Jim Murray died on August 16, 1998
American Sports writer. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize. 1919-1998Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. More quotations from Jim Murray |  |
| 2003 |
Idi Amin died on August 16, 2003
These actors have been depicting my father as eating people, ... I was with him for many years, but I never saw any human flesh. More quotations from Idi Amin |
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