Tuesday, October 4, 2011

endemic \en-DEM-ik\, adjective:

1. Belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.

2. Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous.

noun:

1. An endemic disease.

Endemic is from Greek endemos "native," from en- "in" and demos "people, district."

AF

• acronym for "as fuck"

Man that party was tight AF last night.

Trivia

What was Hannah Montana TV star Miley Cyrus’ given name at birth?

• Destiny. Her childhood nickname, Smiley, morphed into Miley, which legally became her first name in 2008 when she was 15.

History

• Gregorian calendar: was proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII; this date, October 4, was followed immediately by October 15 in Spain, Portugal, Poland and most of Italy (1582)
• US Open golf tournament: was played for the first time; the $150 prize was won by Horace Rawlins (1895)
• Sputnik: the space race began when Russia launched the first man-made satellite into orbit (1957)
• Pope Paul VI: became the first pontiff to visit the US when he addressed the UN General Assembly in New York (1965)
• Hooters, the delightfully tacky yet unrefined restaraunt chain came into being (1983)

Birthdays

• Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893): 19th US president; other world leaders born on this date include Louis X (1289-1316) and Charles IX (1550-1611)
• Frederic Remington (1861-1909): painter of the Wild West
• Anne Rice (70): author of Interview With The Vampire; writers Damon Runyan (1884-1946), Roy Blount Jr. (70) and Lee Blessing (62) were also born on this date
• Liev Schreiber (44): stage and screen actor, Defiance, Taking Woodstock; also, actors Buster Keaton (1895-1966), Charlton Heston (1924-2008), Felicia Farr (79), Clifton Davis (66), Susan Sarandon (65), Armand Assante (62), Alan Rosenberg (61), Abraham Benrubi (42), Alicia Silverstone (35) and Rachael Leigh Cook (32)

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