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noosphere \ NOH-uh-sfeer \ , noun;
- Ecology . the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
Origin: Noosphere was coined by a group of French philosophers, including Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Édouard Le Roy, in the 1920s. The word is a combination of the Greek word nóo meaning "mind" and the French word sphère referring to a space or environment.
Mobile Moment
- Any time you reach for a smartphone to find an answer or solution on the internet in a time of crisis.
History
- Robert Fulton: launches his steamboat trip up the Hudson from New York to Albany (1807)
- Pike Place Market: Seattle's top tourist destination and one of the oldest farmers' markets in the US opened for business (1907)
- Peter Fechter: 18-year-old was killed as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall; East German guards shot him and he was left to bleed to death (1962)
- Double Eagle II: became the first hot-air balloon to complete a transatlantic flight, from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey, France (1978)
- Davy Crockett 1786
- Samuel Goldwyn 1882
- Monty Woolley 1888
- Mae West 1893
- Quincy Howe 1900
- Ann Harding 1901
- Larry Clinton 1909
- Maureen O'Hara 1921
- Larry Rivers 1923
- Gary Powers 1929
- Glenn Corbett 1929
- Duke Pearson 1932
- Luther Allison 1939
- Robert De Niro 1943
- Martha Coolidge 1946
- Gary Talley 1947
- Sib Hashian (Boston)1949
- Robert Joy 1951
- Nelson Piquet 1952
- Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners) 1953
- Kevin Welch 1955
- Colin Moulding (XTC) 1955
- Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's) 1958
- Sean Penn 1960
- Everette Harp 1961
- Gilby Clark (Guns N' Roses) 1962
- Maria McKee 1964
- Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) 1965
- Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) 1966
- David Conrad 1967
- Posdnuos 1969
- Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) 1969
- Jim Courier 1970
- Bryton McClure 1986
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