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Provided by the compucert footless \FOOT-lihs\, adjective:
- without a foot or feet
- figuratively, without support; not substantial
- inept, awkward
by 1398, from "foot" and "-less"
- A child conceived after Obama was proclaimed President by way of celebratory sex, or any baby born under Barack Obama's term(s).
I was born July 2009. I'm an Obama baby!
Trivia
What product was promoted in the first ad to use sex appeal?
- Woodbury soap—in a 1911 ad in the Ladies’ Home Journal that introduced the soap’s “skin you love to touch” slogan.
Today's Holiday
- Susan B. Anthony: suffragist attempted to vote in the 1872 presidential election; she was fined $100 but refused to pay (1872)
- Ella Grasso: became the first woman elected governor of a US state — Connecticut — without succeeding her husband (1974)
- Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity (2006)
Today's Birthdays - Anna Leonowens (1834-1914): writer who was governess to children of king Mongkut of Siam; writers William Durant (1885-1981), Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) and Sam Shepard (65) share this birth date
- J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964): geneticist; plus, scientists Paul Sabatier (1854-1941) & Fred Whipple (1906-2004)
- Bryan Adams (49): rock artist; other musicians born on this date include Art Garfunkle (67), Ike Turner (1931-2007) and Peter Noone (61)
Tilda Swinton (48): actor, Michael Clayton; also, actors Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Elke Sommer (68), Nestor Serrano (53), Mo Gaffney and Robert Patrick (both 50), Tatum O'Neal (45), Judy Reyes (41) and Sam Rockwell (40) - Johnny Damon (35): NY Yankees outfielder; also, team players Bill Walton (56) and Kellen Winslow (51)
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