Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

vespertide \ VES-per-tahyd \ , noun; 
  • the period of vespers; evening. 
Origin: Vespertide comes from the Latin word for "evening star" or "evening," vesper . The second element, tide , refers to a season or period in the course of the year, day, etc., and is used chiefly in combination. Vespertide entered English in the early 1800s. 

christmastoe
  • see also mooseltoe. Camel toe at Christmas time.
Mrs. Claus is always worried about christmastoe during her holiday picture opportunities at the mall.

Holiday 
  • Christmas Eve
History
  • Kiritimati: Pacific atoll also called Christmas Island was discovered by Captain Cook (1777)
  • Treaty of Ghent: ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain (1814)
  • Library of Congress: majority of collection was destroyed by fire (1851)
  • Ku Klux Klan: violent racist organization was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, by a group of Confederate veterans (1865)
  • Aida: Giuseppe Verdi's opera had its world premiere in Cairo to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal (1871)
Birthdays
  • John (King of England) 1167
  • Ingatius (Loyola) 1491
  • Benjamin Rush 1745
  • Kit Carson 1809
  • James Joule 1818
  • Matthew Arnold 1822
  • Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) 1893
  • Howard Hughes 1905
  • I.F. Stone 1907
  • Ralph Marterie 1914
  • Dave Bartholomew 1920
  • Ava Gardner 1922
  • Lee Dorsey 1924
  • Carol Haney 1924
  • Robert Joffrey 1930
  • Ray Bryant 1931
  • Jill Bennett 1931
  • Mike Curb 1944
  • Nicholas Meyer 1945
  • Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) 1945
  • Jan Akkerman 1946
  • Sharon Farrell 1946
  • Clarence Gilyard 1955
  • Stephanie Hodge 1956
  • Ian Burden (Human League) 1957
  • Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) 1963
  • Diedrich Bader 1966
  • Ricky Martin 1971 
  • Stephanie Meyer 1973 author those awful TWILIGHT books
  • Ryan Seacrest 1974


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