Monday, June 13th, 2011

cosher \KOSH-er\ , verb;

• To treat with special fondness.

Origin: Cosher is a phonetic spelling of the Irish coisir, "feast, entertainment."

Towel Tango

• The dance performed under a towel, most commonly seen at the Beach, or in a changing room, when getting changed under the towel to hide as much skin as possible.

Becky doesn't like being seen naked in the changing room, so she performs a towel tango.

Trivia

At the outset of World War II, what Washington, D.C., building had a subterranean bunker with desks, beds, and a fully stocked kitchen set up for the president?

• The Treasury Building, in its vault area. The bombproof emergency shelter was kept in readiness 24/7 in the event of an air attack on the nation’s capital.

History

• Great Vancouver Fire: most of the Canadian city was destroyed by a fire that killed dozens of people and left only a few buildings standing; within days rebuilding began (1886)
• Boxer Rebellion: peasant uprising began in China (1900)
• Miranda vs. Arizona: the US Supreme Court issued its landmark decision ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to police questioning (1966)
• Thurgood Marshall: became the first black man to be nominated as a US Supreme Court justice; he served for 24 years (1967)
• Pioneer 10: the space probe flew out of the solar system, the first manmade object to do so (1983)
• Mehmet Ali Agca: would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II in 1981 was pardoned by Italy (2000)

Birthdays

• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939): poet and playwright who led the Irish literary renaissance; also, authors Fanny Burney (1752-1840), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) and Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
• Red Grange (1903-1991): legendary gridiron athlete who CNN named greatest football player of all time
• Siegfried (72): magician and tamer of white tigers
• Ban Ki-moon (67): 8th secretary-general of the UN
• Jamie Walters (42): actor, Beverly Hills, 90210; also, actors Bob McGrath (79), Malcolm McDowell (68), Stellan Skarsgård and Richard Thomas (both 60), Tim Allen (58), Ally Sheedy (49), Ethan Embry (33) and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (25)

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