hoyden \ HOID-n \ , noun;
- a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
adjective:
- boisterous; rude. Also, hoiden .
Origin: Hoyden is of uncertain origin, though etymologists suggest it may be linked to the Dutch term heiden meaning "heathen." It entered English in the late 1500s.
bar laugh
- The insipid laugh emitted by half drunk people at a singles bar when they are responding to the wit, wisdom and humor of other half drunk people hoping to score. sounds like - ha, ha, (slight pause) ha, ha, ha (intonation on the middle ha)
- everyday use of a flirtatious laugh indicating possible interest in a member of the opposite sex, most frequently used by young women
I can't believe all the bar laughs I heard at that party. Were all the women drunk, or were they coming on to President Clinton?
History
- Sitting Bull: Lakota Sioux military and spiritual leader who defeated Gen. Custer at Little Bighorn was killed (1890)
- Gone With the Wind: Civil War-era epic film premiered in Atlanta (1939)
- Adolf Eichmann: an Israeli court sentenced to death the former Nazi official who had zealously supported the use of gas chambers to exterminate the Jews in WWII (1961)
- flag of Canada: Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple leaf on a white background (1964)
- Romanian Revolution: popular uprising began, leading to the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu (1989)
Birthdays
- Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) 37 AD - Fifth and last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
- George Romney 1734 - English portrait painter
- Gustave Eiffel 1832 - Engineer: designed Paris’ Eiffel Tower and helped design Statue of Liberty
- Ludwig (Lazarus) Zamenhof 1859 - Linguist, developed international language: Esperanto
- Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (John Edward Kelly) 1862 - Boxer
- J. Paul Getty 1892 - Oil magnate: Getty Oil
- Buddy (Edwin) Cole 1916 - Pianist (The Buddy Cole Trio)
- Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel) 1918 - Actor (Merrill’s Marauders, Return to Peyton Place, Broken Arrow)
- Eddie (William Edward) Robinson - 1920 - Baseball player
- Alan Freed 1922 - Disc jockey in Cleveland
- Jerry Wallace 1928 - Singer, actor (Hec Ramsey)
- Jimmy Nelson 1928 - Ventriloquist
- Ernest Ashworth 1928 - Country singer
- Friedrich Hundertwasser 1928 - Artist, printer, painter, ecologist
- Edna O'Brien 1931 - Author (Time and Tide, Country Girls Trilogy)
- Jessie Belvin 1967 - Singer
- Clyde McPhatter 1932 - Musician (Dominoes, Drifters)
- Cindy Birdsong 1939 - Singer (Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles, Diana Ross and The Supremes)
- Nick Buoniconti 1940 - Football Hall of Famer, football analyst (HBO: Inside the NFL)
- Dave Clark 1942 - Singer (The Dave Clark Five), TV producer, actor
- Pete Duranko 1943 - Football player
- Stan (Stanley Raymond) Bahnsen 1944 - Baseball player
- Carmine Appice 1946 - Musician (Vanilla Fudge)
- Doug (Douglas James) Rau 1948 - Baseball player
- Charlie Scott 1948 - Basketball player
- Don Johnson (Donnie Wayne Johnson) 1949 - Actor (Nash Bridges, Miami Vice)
- Alex Cox 1954 - Movie director (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy)
- Justin Ross 1954 - Actor
- Paul Simonon 1955 - Musician (Clash)
- Doug Phelps 1960 - Singer (Kentucky Headhunters)
- Reginald Hudlin 1961 - Director (The Great White Hype)
- Daryl Turner 1961 - Football player
- Helen Slater 1963 - Actress (City Slickers, Ruthless People)
- Michael Shanks 1970 - Actor (Stargate SG-1, The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon)
- Stuart Townsend 1972 - Actor (Venice Project, 24 Hours)
- Kito Trawick 1977 - "Crowd-hyper" (Ghostown DJs)
- Adam Brody 1979 - Actor (The O.C.)
- George O. Gore II 1981 - Actor (My Wife and Kids)
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