Happy New Year!
misoneism \mis-oh-NEE-iz-uhm, mahy-soh-\, noun:
- hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
Misoneism comes from the Greek miso- + neos meaning "hatred" and "new."
Praise Google Christ!
- When you put your troubles at the feet of Almighty Google and find yourself a miracle.
I couldn't get my computer to start and Praise Google Christ! I found the answer and it works!
Holiday- New Year's Day
- Liberation Day (Cuba)
- Independence Day (Haiti)
- 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
- Bartolomé Murillo 1617
- Paul Revere 1735
- Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) 1752
- George Washington Carver 1860
- E.M. Forster 1879
- Edie Martin 1880
- John Garand 1888
- Alessandro de Stefani 1891
- J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895
- Xavier Cugat 1900
- Bradford Ropes 1905
- Louis W. Parker 1906
- Barry Goldwater 1909
- Basil Deardon 1911
- Dana Andrews 1912
- Marvin Camras 1916
- Earl Wrightson 1916
- J.D. Salinger 1919
- Carole Landis 1919
- Milt Jackson 1923
- Valentina Cortese 1925
- Barbara Baxley 1927
- Frank Pourcel (The French Fiddles) 1928
- Bernard Kliban 1935
- Frank Langella 1940
- "Country Joe" McDonald 1942
- Don Novello 1943
- Daimi 1944
- Alain Afflelou 1948
- Steve Ripley (The Tractors) 1950
- Ren Woods 1958
- Grandmaster Flash 1958
- Dedee Pfeiffer 1964
- Verne Troyer 1969
- Paul Thomas Anderson 1970
- Christina B. Bump 1978
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