Thursday, August 28, 2014

Polaris \ poh-LAIR-is, -LAR-, puh- \ , noun; 

1. Astronomy . the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper. 
2. a two-stage U.S. ballistic missile, usually fired from a submerged submarine. 

Origin: Polaris is a shortening of the Medieval Latin stella polāris meaning "polar star." The name of the ballistic missile entered English in the 1950s. 

mis-wave

• To return a wave to someone you think is waving at you, but is actually waving to the person behind you. Usually results in embarrassment and introversion.

Damn...I thought that girl was waving at me :(
HHAHAHAHA MIS-WAVE!!!!!!

History

• Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
• Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
• filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by DEMOCRAT Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
• "Please Mr. Postman": song by the Marvelettes was released; it became the first Motown No. 1 (1961)
• "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)

Birthdays

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749
• Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - She was also the first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
• Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828
  

  
• Charles Boyer 1899
• Sam Levene 1905
• Nancy Kulp 1921
• Peggy Ryan 1924
• Billy Grammer 1925
• Donald O'Connor 1925
• Roxie Roker 1929
• Ben Gazzara 1930
• Andy Bathgate 1932
  

  
• Elizabeth Seal 1933
• Clem Cattini (Tornados) 1939
• Richard Sanders 1940
• William S. Cohen 1940
• David Soul 1943
• Alice Playten 1947
• Daniel Seraphine (Chicago) 1948
• Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) 1949
• Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) 1951
• Daniel Stern 1957
• Rich Rossovich 1957
• Scott Hamilton 1958
• Emma Samms 1961
• Shania Twain 1965 
  Jack Black 1969
• Jason Priestley 1969
• Janet Evans 1971
• Max Collins (Eve 6) 1978
• Carly Pope 1980 - Actress
• LeAnn Rimes 1982
• Michael Galeota 1984
  Armie Hammer 1986 (The Lone Ranger)