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Provided by the compucert vesuvian \vuh-SOO-vee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Volcanic; of, pertaining to, or resembling Mount Vesuvius.
noun:
1. A type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.
Vesuvian derives from the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed the town of Pompeii.
Text out
- To weasel out of a prior engagement by text message. Not to be confused with text message breakup.
Man, I can't bear the thought of going to dinner with Jane again, so I think I am going to text out.
Trivia
What famous American novelist wrote the short story upon which the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was based?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald. His story, which bears the same name as the movie, first saw print in Colliers magazine in 1922.
History
- Battle of Lepanto: victory of Christians over Ottoman Empire (1571)
- Cats: long-running musical based on T.S. Eliot's poems opened on Broadway (1982)
Achille Lauro: Italian ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists; Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound passenger, was killed the next day (1985)- gubernatorial recall: California governor Gray Davis was replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the state's first gubernatorial recall election (2003)
Birthdays
- Neils Bohr (1885-1962): Nobel Prize-winning atomic physicist
- Desmond Tutu (80): South African cleric who won a Nobel Prize for his work against apartheid
John Mellencamp (60): rocker; musicians Al Martino (1927-2009), Kevin Godley (66), Tico Torres (58), Yo-Yo Ma (56) and Thom Yorke (43) were also born on this date- Vladimir Putin (59): prime minister of Russia
- Rachel McAdams (35): actor, The Notebook, The Time Traveler's Wife; also, actors Andy Devine (1905-1977), June Allyson (1917-2006), Daisy Fuentes (45), and Simon Cowell and Dylan Baker are both (52)
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