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Provided by the compucert aestival \ES-tuh-vuhl\, adjective:
- Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases. [Spelled also estival.]
From the Latin æstas, summer. Also from æstas.
- To draft off of, when cycling. often said to friends
Dude, if you're hurting, grab a wheel before we hit this hill.
Trivia
Which president's home had more rooms: George Washington's Mount Vernon or Thomas Jefferson's Monticello?
- Both had 21 rooms.
Old Ironsides: USS Constitution defeated the British ship HMS Guerrière off the coast of Newfoundland during the War of 1812 (1812) - Indianapolis Motor Speedway: home of the Indy 500 and a National Historic Landmark hosted its first automobile race (1909)
- Sputnik 5: entered orbit with dogs, rats, mice and plants aboard; all returned safely the next day (1960)
- Iraq War: suicide truck bomb killed 22 at the UN compound in Baghdad, including envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello (2003)
- Frank McCourt (78): author of Angela's Ashes; writers John Dryden (1631-1700) and Ogden Nash (1902-1971) share this birth date
- Orville Wright (1871-1948): aviation pioneer
Matthew Perry (39): Chandler Bing on Friends; also, performers Jill St. John (68), Fred Thompson (66), Gerald McRaney (61), Jonathan Frakes (56), Peter Gallagher (53), Adam Arkin (52), Martin Donovan (51), John Stamos (45), Kevin Dillon and Kyra Sedgwick (both 43) and Lil' Romeo (19)
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