Happy Birthday

[Hammoudi]

Births
1109 - King Afonso I of Portugal
1562 - Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyo and samurai (d. 1611)
1653 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (d. 1728)
1658 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (d. 1703)
1799 - David Douglas, botanist, plant collector, explorer (d. 1834)
1844 - Thomas Eakins, artist (d. 1916)
1848 - Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)
1848 - Ottokar Kernstock, poet (d. 1928)
1867 - Max Dauthendey, writer (d. 1918)
1870 - Maxfield Parrish, illustrator (d. 1966)
1883 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (d. 1947)
1884 - Davidson Black, anthropologist (d. 1934)
1894 - Walter Brennan, Academy Award -winning actor (d. 1974)
1902 - Eric Hoffer, philosopher (d. 1983)
1905 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1994)
1906 - Johnny Hodges, saxophonist (d. 1970)
1907 - Karl Höller, composer (d. 1987)
1908 - Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987)
1920 - Rosalind Franklin, scientist (d. 1958)
1923 - Estelle Getty, NYC-born actress (neé Estelle Scher)
1929 - Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician
1930 - Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto
1935 - Barbara Harris, American actress
1937 - Colin Renfrew, archeology professor
1941 - Marco Lucioni, Italian painter
1946 - Rita Marley, Jamaican-Cuban singer
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1954 - Walter Payton, American football player (d. 1999)
1955 - Iman Abdulmajid, model
1960 - Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
1965 - Illeana Douglas, American actress
1967 - Matt LeBlanc, actor
1967 - Chuck Paugh, record company owner
1973 - Dani Davey, singer
1977 - Kenny Thomas, basketball player
1978 - Louise Brown, first test tube baby
1978 - Gerard Warren, American football player
1979 - Amy Adams, American Idol 3 contestant
1982 - Brad Renfro, American actor
1987 - Michael Welch, actor

 

[Hammoudi]

Soccer Anniversaries

Karl-Heinz Förster
Date of birth: 25 July 1958
National team: Federal Republic of Germany
Clubs: VfB Stuttgart, Olympique de Marseille

At the peak of his powers, Förster was one of the most effective central defenders in world football. He made his debut for the Federal Republic of Germany as a substitute against Brazil in 1978 then made rapid progress to help win the 1980 UEFA European Championship against Belgium in Rome two years later. He played throughout West Germany's runs to the FIFA World Cup final in Spain in 1982 and Mexico four years later, both of which were lost. Förster, whose brother Bernd played alongside him in defence for both club and country, was voted the FRG's Footballer of the Year in 1982. He began his club career at Stuttgart, winning the 1983/84 Bundesliga, and joined Marseille in 1986, claiming the league title in the final two seasons of his stay - 1988/89 and 1989/90.

• Famous footballers/coaches
Dzemal Hadziabdic YUG/BIH - FK Velez Mostar, Swansea City FC (as a player), Al-Ithead Sports, Qatar (as head coach) - 1953

Fedor Cherenkov URS/RUS - FC Spartak Moskva, RC Paris - 1953

Igli Tare ALB - SV Südwest Ludwigshafen, Karlsruher SC, Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Brescia Calcio (twice), Modena FC, Bologna FC, S.S. Lazio - 1973

Kevin Phillips ENG - Baldock Town FC, Watford FC, Sunderland AFC, Southampton FC, Aston Villa FC - 1973

• Other anniversaries
Carlos Alberto Silva Valente - POR - 1946
László Nágy - HUN - 1947
Johan Carl Dam - FAR - 1948
Carlos Valente - POR - 1948
Jef van Vliet - NED - 1949
Will van Rhee - NED - 1950
Pedro Estudillo Guil - ESP - 1952
Ariël Jacobs - BEL - 1953
Henk Boot - NED - 1953
Alastair Burt - SCO - 1954
Taras Bezubiak - RUS - 1955
Brian Kane - NIR - 1957
Mathias Davidsen - FAR - 1962
Tommy Skjerven - NOR - 1967
Chrisoula Margariti - GRE - 1968
Oren Guterman - ISR - 1977

 

[Squadra]

Happy Birthday Stefan !!!

I hope you had a really great day :star:

 

[Choppin Onions]

Happy B-Day man! :star:

One of my sisters just had their birthday on Friday and I almost forgot about it.

 

[Miki]

Hey Stefan, have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY mate! Best wishes for the next 365 days!

Ciao,
Tim

 

[Frisko]

Happy Birthday my fellow Mancini fan :star:

 

[Stefan]

Thank you guys.

 

[kova9]

Happy birthday mate..

 

[Hammoudi]

Today is September 16th, we have two great members that are celebrating their birthdays.

Squadra (Joke) turns 22. She is one of the pioneer female poster, and very enthusiastic about Belgian soccer. She provided us with many info about Belgium soccer and players.

Ari turns 20. He is of the Brigatta Finaldesi, one of the best cliques on FI A great poster, and I hope we see more of him like before.

 

[Hammoudi]

In History:

Events
1597 - Yi Sun-sin leads 12 ships of the Korean fleet against an invasion by 133 Japanese ships. The Koreans sink 31 enemy ships and force a Japanese retreat.
1701 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, more commonly referred to as the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England
1776 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa
1810 - With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo proclaims Mexico's independence from Spain
1829 - The Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)
1893 - Oklahoma Land Race: settlers race for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
1901 - Alturas, California, incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
1908 - General Motors is founded.
1919 - The American Legion is incorporated.
1940 - The Selective Service Act is passed, instituting the draft in the United States.
1940 - Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
1941 - Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR occupy Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1956 - Play-Doh is introduced to the world
1963 - Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak
1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule, resulting in formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
1975 - Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by a knockout in round 14 in Las Vegas to unify boxing's world Welterweight championship.
1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre.
1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1991 - The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
1992 - Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
2000 - Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive.
2004 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.

 

[Hammoudi]

Births:

Births
1507 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1557 - Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
1651 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
1678 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
1745 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal, (d. 1813)
1782 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1823 - Francis Parkman, American historian (d. 1893)
1875 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)
1881 - Clive Bell, English art critic (d. 1964)
1883 - T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)
1886 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (d. 1966)
1887 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (d. 1979)
1888 - F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer (d. 1964)
1893 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
1910 - Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
1914 - Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (d. 1999)
1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
1923 - Lee Kuan Yew, leader of Singapore
1924 - Lauren Bacall, American actress
1925 - B. B. King, American musician
1925 - Charlie Byrd, American musician (d. 1999)
1925 - Charles J. Haughey, Taoiseach of Ireland
1927 - Peter Falk, American actor
1930 - Anne Francis, American actress
1934 - Elgin Baylor, American basketball player
1934 - George Chakiris, American actor
1935 - Carl Andre, American artist
1935 - Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
1937 - Alexander Medved, Russian wrestler
1939 - Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter
1943 - James Alan McPherson, American writer
1947 - Russ Abbott, British comedian
1949 - Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
1950 - Loyd Grossman, American television presenter
1955 - Janet Ellis, British television presenter
1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
1955 - Robin Yount, baseball player
1956 - David Copperfield, American magician
1956 - Mickey Rourke, American actor
1958 - Orel Hershiser, baseball player
1958 - Jennifer Tilly, American actress
1960 - John Franco, baseball player
1963 - Richard Marx, American singer
1964 - Molly Shannon, American actress
1968 - Marc Anthony, American singer
1971 - Amy Poehler, American actress
1975 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer and actor
1984 - Katie Melua, Georgian singer

 

[Hammoudi]

In Soccer:

Anniversaries

Karl-Heinz Riedle :star: Juve Hunter
Date of birth: 16 September 1965
National team: Germany
Clubs: TSV Ellhofen, SV Weiler, FC Augsburg, Blau-Weiss 90 Berlin, SV Werder Bremen, S.S. Lazio, BV Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool FC, Fulham FC

A FIFA World Cup winner with Germany in 1990 and a UEFA Champions League winner with BV Borussia Dortmund, Riedle's long career saw him cut a mighty swathe through European football. Gaining nortoriety as Rudi Völler's replacement at Bremen when the striker left for AS Roma, Riedle's aerial ability helped his new side win the Bundesliga in 1987/88, and his performances in subsequent seasons saw him move to Lazio in 1990. He returned to Germany three years later and went on to win back to back national titles in 1994/95 and 1995/96 as well as scoring twice in Dortmund's 3-1 Champions League final win against Juventus FC on 28 May 1997. After spending some time in England, he retired from football and he now owns and runs a hotel.

György Sarosi
Date of birth: 16 September 1912 (died 20 June 1993)
National team: Hungary
Clubs: Mugyetemi At., Ferencvárosi TC

In his 19 years with Ferencváros, Budapest-born Sarosi quickly became established as one of the club's legendary players as he scored 340 goals in 383 outings and won seven official and one unofficial Hungarian league championships as well as four Hungarian Cups. At international level he scored 42 goals in 61 appearances and appeared at the 1934 and 1938 World Cup finals in a career that spanned 12 years. Following his retirement after the second world war, Sarosi became a footballing coach in Italy, spending three years with Juventus among others. He passed away on 20 June 1993 in Genoa.

• Famous footballers/coaches
Willy van der Kerkhof NED - Mulo, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven - 1951

René van der Kerkhof NED - Mulo, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven - 1951

Neville Southall WAL - Llandudno Swifts FC, Bury FC, Everton FC, Port Vale FC (loan), Southend United FC (loan), Stoke City FC, Doncaster Rovers FC, Torquay United FC, Bradford City AFC (as a player), Bradford City AFC, York City FC, Tranmere Rovers FC, Shrewsbury Town FC, Dagenham and Redbridge FC (as player/coach) - 1958

Rafael Alkorta Martínez ESP - Athletic Club Bilbao, Real Madrid CF - 1968

Aleksandrs Isakovs LAT - FC Celtnieks, SC Lokomotiv Daugavpils, FC Dinaburg, FC Lokomotiv Nizhni Novgorod, FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Volgar-Gazprom, Skonto FC - 1973

• Other anniversaries
Guerrino Battaia - ITA - 1947
Anatoly Teslev - MDA - 1947
Karl-Heinz Tritschler - GER - 1949
Miroslaw Jablonski - POL - 1950
Marnix Sandra - BEL - 1952
Nicola Saia - ITA - 1955
Claude Gregoire - BEL - 1960
Boris Kovalevskij - BLR - 1963
Vasik Kalinouski - BLR - 1964
Alessandro Nuccorini - ITA - 1964
Carlo Bertolini - SUI - 1965
Kelly Simmons - ENG - 1968
Mihaela Gurdon Basimamovic - CRO - 1971
Marco Borg - MLT - 1971

 

[Frisko]

Happy birthday Joke my beautiful x

 

[Fabio]

:howler:

 

[Frisko]

Lol the guy is easily amused

 

[Ari]

Thanks for all equally in this topic and in the other. Parties over, little tired. Anyway, I will try to be more active in the future.

 

[Squadra]

Thanks Hamed and Frisk

Happy (late) Birthday Ari

 

[Handoyo]

:wallbang::doh:

Happy belated birthday to the best admin in FI/IF, to the father of the forums, Jimbo Wimbo! :star:arty::drunk::jester:

Now Hamoudi, you better do your thing before he gets mad and ban all of us.


Handyo

 

[Hammoudi]

Too late! Somebody punched me in the face this morning. Didn't see who, but he had a 'I love Jimmy Fredholm' shirt!

 

[Jimmy]

Ha! Thanks.