mistral \ MIS-truhl, mi-STRAHL \ , noun;
- a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
Origin: Mistral is derived from the French word of the same spelling which referred to wind from the north-west.
Vegetarian Vampire
- A vampire that drinks animal blood, and resists human blood.
The Cullens from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight are vegetarian vampires.
History
- hot-air balloon: first manned free flight was taken by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on a 20-minute, 9-km. flight over Paris (1783)
- phonograph: a new invention was announced by Thomas Edison (1877)
- Verrazano Narrows Bridge: the suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island opened (1964)
- Who shot J.R.? : 350 million people worldwide tuned in to Dallas to find out (1980)
- François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 1694
- William Beaumont 1785
- Rene Magritte 1898
- Stan Musial (MLB) 1920
- Vivian Blaine 1921
- Joseph Campanella 1927
- Jean Shepard 1933
- Laurence Luckinbill 1934
- Marlo Thomas 1938
- Dr. John 1940
- Natalia Makarova 1940
- Juliet Mills 1941
- Marcy Carsey 1944
- Harold Ramis 1944
- Goldie Hawn 1945
- Lonnie Jordan (War) 1948
- Livingston Taylor 1950
- Lorna Luft 1952
- Cherry Jones 1956
- Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1960
- Nicollette Sheridan 1963
- Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Sugarcubes) 1965
- Troy Aikman (NFL) 1966
- Alex James (Blur) 1968
- Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) 1968
- Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB) 1969
- Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) 1971
- Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) 1974
- Jena Malone 1984
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