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passe-partout \ pas-pahr-TOO; Fr. pahs-par-TOO \ , noun;
- something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
- a master key; skeleton key.
- an ornamental mat for a picture.
- a method of framing in which a piece of glass is placed over a picture and is affixed to a backing by means of adhesive strips of paper or other material pasted over the edges.
- paper prepared for this purpose.
Origin: Passe-partout comes from the French phrase of the same spelling which literally means "(it) passes everywhere."
technocamping
- A vacation from digital technology. No e-mail, computers, cell phone etc.
"I'm going technocamping. You won't be able to contact me for a couple weeks."
History
George Washington: took the oath of office to become the first POTUS (1789)- Louisiana Purchase: France agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million, thereby doubling the size of the US (1803); eight years later on the same date, Louisiana became the 18th state
- A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens' novel was first published as a serial in a literary magazine (1859)
- Vietnam War: officially ended when Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City) fell and South Vietnam surrendered (1975)
Birthdays
- Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
- Ellis Wilson 1899
- George R. Stibitz 1904
- Queen Juliana (Netherlands) 1909
- Al Lewis 1910
- Eve Arden 1912
- Robert Shaw 1916
- Percy Heath 1923
- John (Johnny) Horton 1925
- Cloris Leachman 1926 - Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis")
- Willie Nelson 1933 - Musican
- Gary Collins 1938 - Talk show host
- Burt Young 1940 - Actor
Johnny Farina 1941 - Musician (Santo & Johnny)- Bobby Vee (Velline) 1943 - Singer
- Jill Clayburgh 1944 - Actress
- Richard Schoff (The Sandpipers) 1944
- Don Schollander 1946
- Perry King 1948
- Wayne Kramer 1948 - Musician (MC5)
- Merril Osmond 1953 - Singer (The Osmonds)
- Jane Campion 1954 - Director
- Paul Gross 1959
- Isiah Thomas 1961 - Basketball player
- Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) 1962
- Barrington Levy 1964 - Dancer
- Adrian Pasdar 1965 - Actor ("Heroes")
- Turbo B 1967 - Rapper (Snap)
- Clark Vogeler 1969 - Musician (Toadies)
- Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple 1971 - Musician (Soul for Real)
- J.R. Richards 1972 - Musician (Dishwalla)
- Jeff Timmons 1973 - Musician (98 Degrees)
- Akron 1973 - Singer
- Johnny Galecki 1975 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
- Kirsten Dunst 1982 - Actress ("Spider-Man")
- Ashley Dupré 1985 former high-class hooker who took down the NYS Gov Eliot Spitzer, NY Post Columnist
- Dianna Agron 1986 - Actress ("Glee")
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