Saturday, March 02, 2013

Saturday, March 2, 2013

tensile \TEN-suhl\, adjective:
1. capable of being stretched or drawn out; ductile.
2. of or pertaining to tension: tensile strain.
This late Renaissance word tensile was derived in 1626 from the Latin verb tendere meaning "to stretch."
Hollywood Historian
  • Someone who accepts movie scripts as historical facts and then uses them in debates/arguments.
Joe: Private Ryan was a real person!
Bob: You're such a Hollywood Historian.
Trivia
What was the first wildlife featured on a U.S. postage stamp?
  • A buffalo, on a 1923 sepia-colored 30-cent stamp. Two stamps issued in the late 1800s depicted wildlife, but in secondary roles: a bald eagle was shown on the U.S. coat of arms, and a buffalo was shown being hunted by an Indian.
History
  • Puerto Rico: became a US territory; its residents gained US citizenship (1917)
  • Time: the newsweekly debuted (1923)
  • Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution were finally ratified by Massachusetts, 147 years after having gone into effect (1939)
  • B-50 Superfortress: became the first aircraft to fly around the world nonstop, landing in Fort Worth, Texas, after a flight time of 94:01 (1949)
  • Morocco: gained independence from France (1956)
  • 100-point game: Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA's single-game scoring record in a Philadelphia Warriors-New York Knicks game; he had not slept and had a hangover (1962)
Birthdays
  • Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas
  • Dr. Suess 1904
  • Desi Arnaz 1917
  • Jennifer Jones 1919 - Actress
  • John Cullum 1930 - Actor ("Northern Exposure")
  • Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author
  • Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President
  • Al Waxman 1934
  • Doug Watkins 1934
  • Paul Dino 1939
  • Barbara Luna 1939 - Actress
  • Jon Finch 1941 - Actor
  • John Irving 1942 - Author
  • Lou Reed 1942 - Musician (Velvet Underground)
  • Eddie Money 1949 - Musician
  • Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters)
  • Cassie Yates 1951 - Actress
  • Laraine Newman 1952 - Actress ("Saturday Night Live")
  • Jay Osmond 1955 - Singer (The Osmond Brothers)
  • Mark Evans 1956 - Musician (AC/DC)
  • John Cowsill 1956 - Musician (The Cowsills)
  • Kevin Curren 1958
  • Larry Stewart 1959 - Musician (Restless Heart)
  • Jon Bon Jovi 1962 - Musician (Bon Jovi)
  • Daniel Craig 1968 - Actor
  • Casey 1976 - Musician (Jimmie's Chicken Shack)
  • Heather McComb 1977 - Actress ("Party of Five")
  • Chris Martin 1977 - Musician (Coldplay)
  • Bryce Dallas Howard 1981 - Actress
  • Ben Roethlisberger 1982 - Football player
  • Robert Iler 1985 - Actor ("The Sopranos")
  • Reggie Bush 1985 - Football player

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