Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

soigné \swahn-YEY; Fr. swa-NYEY\, adjective:
  1. carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
  2. well-groomed.
Soigné came to English in the 1800s from the French word soigner meaning "take care of."
E-void
  • Avoiding someone electronically such as on Facebook, e-mail, IM, or text messages.
Guy #1: I sent Laura a message on facebook two weeks ago asking her what her plans are for New Years but she still hasn't responded.
Guy#2: Dude, it sounds like you're being e-voided.
Trivia
Whose presidential portrait, rejected by its subject as “the ugliest thing I ever saw,” now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.?
  • Lyndon B. Johnson’s. Artist Peter Hurd had been commissioned to paint it as Johnson’s official White House portrait.
Holiday
  • May Day aka International Worker's Day.
History
  • Act of Union: England and Scotland joined to form Great Britain (1707)
  • Marriage of Figaro: Mozart's opera premiered in Vienna (1786)
  • Empire State Building: world's tallest building (at the time) opened after 410 days of construction (1931)
  • Citizen Kane: Orson Welles' film masterpiece loosely depicting — and criticizing — newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst debuted in New York City (1931)
  • Cheerios: General Mills introduced the first oat-based ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (1941)
  • North Korea: was established with Kim Il Sung as premier; he maintained power for the next 46 years (1948)
  • Iraq War: George W. Bush declared the successful end of major combat operations in Iraq (2003)
Birthdays
  • Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1764 - Architect known for his design of the United States Capitol and the Baltimore Basilica
  • George Inness 1825 - American landscape painter
  • James Graham 1878 - Scottish nobleman, politician
  • Leo Sowerby 1895 - Composer, musician, won Pulitzer Prize fro music in 1946
  • Kate Smith 1909 - Singer
  • Archie Williams 1915 - Olympic athlete
  • Glen Ford 1916 - Actor ("Gilda", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father")
  • John Beradino (Giovanni Berardino) 1917 - Baseball player, actor
  • Jack Paar 1918 - Radio and television comedian, talk show host ("The Tonight Show")
  • Harry Caray 1919 - Baseball broadcaster
  • Dan O'Herlihy 1919 - Actor ("Macbeth (1948)", "Robinson Crusoe")
  • Julian Goodman 1922 - CEO for NBC, was on Richard Nixon's master list of political opponents
  • Joseph Heller 1923 - Novelist, short story writer, playwright
  • Terry Southern 1924 - Author, essayist, screenwriter
  • Scott Carpenter 1925 - One of NASA's original seven astronauts
  • Chuck Bednarik 1925 - Football player
  • Sonny James (James Loden) 1929 - Country music singer and songwriter
  • Ollie Matson (Ollie Genoa Matson II) 1930 - Football player
  • Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) 1930 - Musician
  • Judy Collins (Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins) 1939 - Singer and songwriter
  • Bobbie Ann Mason 1940 - Novelist, short story writer, essayist, literary critic
  • Stephen Macht 1942 - Actor
  • Mimi Farina (Mimi Baez Fariña) 1945 - Singer, songwriter
  • Rita Coolidge 1945 - Singer
  • Nick Fortune 1946 - Musician (The Buckinghams)
  • Jerry Heard 1947 - Golfer
  • Douglas Barr 1949 - Actor, writer, director
  • Dann Florek 1951 - Actor ("Law and Order: SVU")
  • Ray Parker Jr. 1954 - Singer (Raydio)
  • Nick Feldman 1955 - Musician (Wang Chung)
  • Steve Farris 1957 - Musician (Mr. Mister)
  • Phil Smith 1959 - Musician (Haircut 100)
  • Wayne Hancock 1965 - Country musician
  • Charlie Schlatter 1966 - Actor ("Diagnosis: Murder")
  • Johnny Colt 1966 - Musician (The Black Crowes)
  • Tim McGraw 1967 - Country musician
  • D'Arcy Wreztky 1968 - Musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
  • Wes Anderson 1969 - Director
  • Julie Benz 1972 - Actress ("Dexter," "Angel")
  • Curtis Martin 1973 - Football player
  • Darius McCrary 1976 - Actor ("Family Matters"), singer

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