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scherzo \ SKERT-soh \ , noun;
- Music . a movement or passage of light or playful character, especially as the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.
Origin: Scherzo is ultimately from Langobardic, a language from Lombardy. It came to English through the Italian word scherzare for "joke."
You look tired - Politically correct way of saying that you look like shit.
History
- transcontinental railroad: a golden spike linked the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines at Promontory Summit (1869)
- J. Edgar Hoover: became director of the FBI; he held the post until his death 48 years later (1924)
- Nazi book burnings: as part of Goebbels' "synchronization of culture," some 25,000 "un-German" volumes were destroyed in a single day (1933)
- Micronesia: adopted a constitution, becoming a self-governing federation (1979)
- Nelson Mandela: South Africa's first black president was sworn in to office (1994)
Birthdays
- John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
- Montgomery Blair 1813 - Politician, lawyer
- Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854
- Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor
- Dimitri Tiomkin 1899 - Film score composer and conductor
- David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind")
- Maybelle Carter ("Mother Maybelle" Carter) 1909 - Country musician (Carter Family)
- Charles McGraw (Charles Butters) 1914 - Actor
Margo O'Donnell ( Margeret Catherine O'Donnell) 1917 - Singer- Nancy Walker 1922 - Actress, comedienne
- Pat Summerall 1930 - Sportscaster
- Larry Williams 1935 - Musician
- Francoise Fabian 1935 - Actress
- Gary Owens 1936 - Announcer ("Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In")
- Arthur Kopit 1937 - Playwright
- Manuel Santana (Manuel Martínez Santana) 1938 - Tennis champion
- Henry Fambrough 1938 - Musician (The Spinners)
Danny Rapp 1941 - Musician (Danny & The Juniors)- Jim Abrahams 1944 - Writer, director ("Airplane")
- Judith Jamison 1944 - Dancer and choreographer
- Marie-France Pisier 1944 - Actress
- Graham Gouldman 1945 - Musician (10cc)
- Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch) 1946 - Singer, father of Donovan Leitch, Jr.
- Jimmy Ponder 1946 - Musician
- Dave Mason 1947 - Musician (Traffic)
- Jay Ferguson 1947 - Musician (Spirit)
- Ron Banks 1951 - Musician (The Dramatics)
- Sly Dunbar 1952 - Musician (Sly & Robbie)
- Sid Vicious 1957 - Musician (Sex Pistols)
- "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2)
- Suzan-Lori Parks 1963 - Playwright
Linda Evangelista 1965 - Model- Jason Brooks (Jason Maxwell Brooks) 1966 - Actor ("Days of our Lives")
- Young MC 1967 - Rapper
- Erik Palladiono 1968 - Actor ("ER")
- Richard Patrick 1968 - Musician (Filter)
- Amanda Borden 1977 - Gymnast
- Kenan Thompson 1978 - Actor ("Saturday Night Live")
- Jason Dalyrimple 1980 - Musician (Soul for Real)
Nicky Whelan 1981 - fit actress (Hall Pass)
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