Saturday, May 10, 2014

Saturday, May 10, 2014

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.
Showed up real early at a swim meet the other day, this guy says, "you look tired". What he meant to say was, "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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