delectation \dee-lek-TAY-shun\, noun:
- Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment.
cookie duster
- A full mustache capable of dusting the tops of cookies.
Trivia
What part of the eye detects color?
- The cones. There are about seven million of them in the retina.
- Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
- Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
- filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
- "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821): America's first native-born saint
- Lou Piniella (66): Chicago Cubs manager
Rita Dove (57): first African-American US poet laureate; plus, writers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) and Robertson Davies (1913-1995) - Scott Hamilton (51): Olympic gold-medalist in figure skating
- Jack Black (40): actor/musician, School of Rock, Tropic Thunder; also, actors Charles Boyer (1899-1978), Ben Gazzara (79), Ken Jenkins (69), David Soul (66), Daniel Stern (52), Emma Samms (49), Billy Boyd (41), Jason Priestley (40) and Carly Pope (29)
- Shania Twain (44): country music singer and mega-MILF; LeAnn Rimes (27) is another singer of country music born on this date

















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