Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Years Herpes

• An echange in bodily fluid, usually in a kiss, carrying the disease known as herpes during the time known as New Years Eve. Commonly contracted between the end of one year, and the beginning of another. Famous in Times Square in New York City. Do Not Mistake with chinese new years herpes.

Jeff: Is Bob Coming into work today?
Greg: No, he has to go see the doctor.
Jeff: Why?
Greg: He thinks he's caught the New Years Herpes.
Jeff: Is that like the Chinese New Years Herpes?
Greg: No, Not even close. Chinese New Years Herpes are WAY different!!@
Holiday

• New Year's Day
• Liberation Day (Cuba)
• Independence Day (Haiti)

History

• The Times of London: first edition was published under this title; it was previously known as The Daily Universal Register (1788)
• Ellis Island: opened (1892); over the next 60-plus years, some 20 million immigrants were processed through its stations
• New York City: was chartered with 4 boroughs — Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens; Staten Island followed a few weeks later (1898)
• Australia: Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory became a single nation (1901)
• St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line: world's first scheduled airline had its maiden flight, connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida (1914)
• Czechoslovakia: peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (1993)
• euro: coins and notes were launched, creating the Eurozone (2002)

Birthdays

• Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492): ruler of the Florentine Republic and patron of the arts
• Paul Revere (1735-1818): US Revolutionary War figure who took a midnight ride to warn colonists that the British were coming; the seamstress purportedly responsible for sewing up America's first flag, Betsy Ross (1752-1836), shared this birth date
• Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946): photographer and art exhibitor, pioneer of modern photography
• J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972): controversial and intimidating director of the FBI
• Hank Greenberg (1911-1986): baseball superstar
• J. D. Salinger (1919-2010): reclusive novelist, The Catcher in the Rye; also, writers James George Frazer (1854-1941), E. M. Forster (1879-1970) and Catherine Bowen (1897-1973)
• Frank Langella (74): actor, Frost/Nixon; also, actor Verne Troyer (43)