Sunday, October 12, 2014

Sunday, Ocotober 12, 2014

tintinnabular \ tin-ti-NAB-yuh-ler \ , adjective;
  • of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing. 
Origin: Tintinnabular comes from the Latin tintinnābulum meaning "bell."

bangover
  • Sore neck as a result of headbanging at a metal concert.
"How was the Meshuggah show last night dude?"
"Ah man it was sick! I got the worst fucking bangover d00d."

History
  • New World: Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Bahamas (1492)
  • Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)
  • The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
  • Nikita Krushchev: the Soviet premier made an impact when he pounded his shoe on his desk at a UN General Assembly meeting (1960)
  • the day of six billion: the official UN-designated approximate day that the world population hit 6 billion; it was 12 years after the population reached 5 billion (1999)
  • USS Cole: suicide bombers on an explosives-laden boat rammed into the American destroyer in Yemen; 17 US sailors died (2000)
  • Bali: 202 people died when a terrorist's bomb destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island (2002)
Birthdays
  • Elmer Sperry 1860
  • Perle Mesta 1891
  • Joe Cronin (MLB) 1906
  • Guitar Gabriel 1925
  • Antonia Rey 1927
  • Nappy Brown 1929
  • Ned Jarrett 1932
  • Jean Nidetch 1932
  • Dick Gregory 1932
  • Luciano Pavarotti 1935
  • Samuel Moore (Sam & Dave) 1935
  • Lawrence Jeffrey 1940
  • Melvin Franklin (Temptations) 1942
  • Chris Wallace 1947
  • Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) 1948
  • Susan Anton 1950
  • Ronald E. McNair 1950
  • Pat DiNizzio (Smithereens) 1955
  • Dave Vanian (The Damned) 1956
  • Claude McKnight (Take 6) 1962
  • Adam Rich 1968
  • Hugh Jackman 1968
  • Garfield Bright (Shai) 1969
  • Martie Seidel (Dixie Chicks) 1969
  • Kirk Cameron 1970


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