Sunday, November 11, 2012

Sunday, November 11, 2012

siesta \see-ES-tuh\, noun:

  • A midday or afternoon rest or nap.
While siesta is associated with Latin America, its origin is in the Latin sexta hōra, meaning "sixth hour," or noon.
Election hangover
  • The feeling you have the day after an election, because you stayed up late trying to find out the results.
Trevor: I have so much work to do, but I have an election hangover and can't get anything done!
Trivia
  • Tomorrow
Holiday
  • Veteran's Day
History
  • Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the Plymouth colony government (1620)
  • The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows were recorded across the US, many in the same cities (1911)
  • Armistice Day: WWI fighting came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed a peace treaty (1918)
  • Tomb of the Unknowns: the first unknown soldier in this tomb was interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1921); a nameless soldier who died on the Somme during WWI was entombed in the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior — his tomb now reads ""An Unknown New Zealand Warrior/ He Toa Matangaro No Aotearoa" (2004)
  • U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926)
Birthdays
  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821
  • Thomas Aldrich 1870
  • Ernest Ansermet 1883
  • George Patton 1885
  • Pat O'Brien 1899
  • Alger Hiss 1904
  • Robert Ryan 1909
  • Stubby Kaye 1918
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922
  • Jonathan Winters 1925
  • Mose Allison 1927
  • Lavern Baker 1929
  • Bibi (Birgitta) Andersson 1935
  • Narvel Felts 1938
  • Denise Alexander 1945
  • Chris Dreja (Yardbirds) 1945
  • imagebam.comVince Martell (Vanilla Fudge) 1945
  • Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) 1944
  • Pat Daugherty (Black Oak Arkansas) 1947
  • Jim Peterik (Survivor) 1950
  • Fuzzy Zoeller 1951
  • Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1952
  • Marshall Crenshaw 1953
  • Andy Partridge (XTC) 1953
  • Dave Alvin 1955
  • Ian Marsh (Human League) 1956
  • Stanley Tucci 1960
  • Demi Moore 1962
  • Mic Michaeli (Europe) 1962
  • Philip McKeon 1964
  • Calista Flockhart 1964
  • Scott Mercado (Candlebox) 1964
  • Wyatt Pauley (Linear) 1968
  • Ronnie Devoe (New Edition; Bell Biv Devoe) 1968
  • Peta Wilson 1970
  • Leonardo DiCaprio 1974
  • Rachel Sterling (aka Angel Veil) 1979


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