Wednesday, February 1, 2012

doyenne \doi-EN\, noun:

• A woman who is the senior member of a group, class, or profession.

Doyenne only came into common English use in the early 1900s, but it originates in the Old French word deien, which is also the root of the word dean. The suffix -enne is a French suffix for a personal female noun.

iFinger

• It's the finger(s) you purposely keep clean when you eat something messy so you could operate your touchscreen smartphone/tablet/GPS without making the screen look like your plate.

These ribs are delicious and messy, but I have to keep my pinky clean cause its my iFinger.

Trivia

How many times was TV soap opera star Susan Lucci nominated for an Emmy Award before she finally won?

• 19. She won a Daytime Emmy for Best Actress in 1999 for her portrayal of Erica Kane on All My Children.

History

• 1893 - Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ.
• 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.
• 1913 - Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world.
• 1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.
• 1920 - The first armored car was introduced.
• 1963 - Neil Young, at age 17, performed his first professional date at a country club in Winnipeg.
• 1988 - The Cars disbanded.
• 1991 - A USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed.
• 2002 - Kirk Hammett (Metallica) was the first recipient of the annual Hall of Fame Award in "Guitar World" magazine.
• 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

Birthdays

• Victor Herbert 1859 - Cellist, conductor
• John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney) 1894 - Director
• Clark Gable 1901 - Actor ("It Happened One Night", "Gone with the Wind")
• Langston Hughes 1902 - Author
• S.J. (Sidney) Perelman 1904 - Writer, screenwriter
• Renata Tebaldi 1922 - Opera singer
• Stuart Whitman 1928 - Actor ("Cimarron Strip", "The Longest Day")
• Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999
• Bob Shane 1934 - Singer (The Kingston Trio)
• Garrett Morris 1937 - Actor, comedian
• Don Everly 1937 - Singer (The Everly Brothers)
• Ray Sawyer 1937 - Singer (Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show)
• Jacky Cupit 1938 - Golfer
• Sherman Hemsley 1938 - Actor ("The Jeffersons")
• Joe Sample 1939 - Jazz musician
• Del McCoury 1939 - Bluegrass singer
• Terry Jones 1942 - Comedian ("Monty Python" series)
• Wayne Rivers 1942 - Hockey player
• Dennis Farina 1944
• Paul Blair 1944 - Baseball player
• Dick Snyder 1944 - Basketball player
• Debbie Austin 1948 - Golfer
• Dave Thompson 1949 - Football player
• Rick James 1952 - Singer (Songs: "Cold Blooded" and "Super Freak")
• Bill Mumy 1954 - Actor ("Twilight Zone-The Movie", "The Rockford Files", writer, producer
• Mike Campbell 1954 - Rock musician (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
• Exene Cervenka 1956 - Singer (X)
• Sherilyn Fenn 1965 - Actress ("Twin Peaks")
• Princess Stephanie of Monaco (Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi) 1965 - Singer, youngest child of Grace Kelly and Rainier III of Monaco, recorded "In The Closet" with Michael Jackson.
• Lisa Marie Presley 1968 - Musician, daughter of Elvis Presley

• Pauly Shore 1970 - Comedian, actor ("Encino Man")
• Big Boi 1975 - Rapper (Outkast)
• Jarrett Lennon 1982 - Actor ("Freaks and Geeks")