Monday, January 16, 2012

perspicacious \pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\, adjective:

1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.
2. Archaic. Having keen vision.

Perspicacious is derived from the Late Latin word perspicācitās meaning "sharpness of sight."
brainchow

• What zombies eat.

The zombies attacked some survivors and got their fill of brainchow.
Trivia
Which president signed the bill that made Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday?

• Ronald Reagan, in 1983.

Today's Holiday

• Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day (US)

History

• 1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
• 1920 - Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
• 1944 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
• 1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
• 1970 - Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya.
• 1979 - The Shah of Iran and his family fled Iran for Egypt.
• 1982 - Britain and the Vatican resumed full diplomatic relations after a break of over 400 years.
• 1998 - Researchers announce that an altered gene helped to defend against HIV.

Birthdays

• Andre Michelin 1853
• Evelyn Levine 1902
• Ethel Merman 1909
• Dizzy Dean 1911
• Elliott Reid 1920
• Katy Jurado 1927
• Pilar Lorengar 1928
• William Kennedy 1928
• G.T. (Granville) Hogan 1929
• Norman Podhoretz 1930
• Susan Sontag 1933
• Marilyn Horne 1934
• A.J. Foyt 1935
• Bob Bogle (The Ventures) 1937
• Barbara Lynn 1942
• Bill Francis (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) 1942
• Jim Stafford 1944
• Ronnie Milsap 1944
• John Carpenter 1948
• Debbie Allen 1950
• Sade Adu 1959
• Paul Webb (Talk Talk) 1962
• Maxine Jones (En Vogue) 1966
• David Chokachi 1968
• Kate Moss 1974
• Aaliyah 1979
• Yvonne Zima 1989