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Provided by the compucert sidereal \sy-DEER-ee-uhl\, adjective:
- measured or determined by the daily motion of the stars; of or having to do with the stars or constellations
by 1634, "of or pertaining to the stars," earlier sideral (1594), from French sidereal (16th century), from Latin sidereus "starry, astral," from sidus "star, constellation," probably from Proto Indo-European base *sweid- "to shine"
- To tell the world what they should be doing and what you think by plastering your car with bumper stickers to that effect.
Jim: That "Keep Tahoe Blue" sticker is really making me wonder how to keep Tahoe blue.
Mike: Yeah, Berkeley is full of bumper sticker activism. Too bad the sticker's on a Ford Expedition, since keeping Tahoe blue involves reducing emissions.
TriviaWhat famous general once said, "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it"?
- Robert E. Lee.
Today in History
- Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the government of Plymouth colony (1620)
- The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows spread across the US (1911)
- U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926)
- Rocket J. Squirrel: flying bushy-tailed rodent debuted with Bullwinkle on Rocky & His Friends (1959)
- George Patton (1885-1945): US Army general
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007): sci-fi author, Slaughterhouse-Five; authors who share this birth date include Feodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Howard Fast (1914-2003) and Carlos Fuentes (80)
- Jonathan Winters (83): madcap comedian
- Fuzzy Zoeller (57): champion golfer
- Leonardo DiCaprio (34): actor and environmentalist, The Aviator, Blood Diamond; also, actors Stanley Tucci (48), Demi Moore (46), Calista Flockhart (44), David DeLuise (37), Adam Beach (36)
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