Thursday, January 22, 2015

Thursday, January 22, 2015

rancor \RANG-ker\, noun:
  • bitter resentment or ill will; extreme hatred or spite
c 1225, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancorem "rancidness, grudge, bitterness," from Latin rancere "to stink."

Brodown n. 
  • Boys night out. As in a Hodown, but with your bros.
Sorry baby, it's a brodown tonight.

History
  • Bloody Sunday: czarist troops massacred unarmed demonstrators in St. Petersburg, marking the beginning of the unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905)
  • Our Town: Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play premiered in Princeton, NJ (1938)
  • The Crucible: Arthur Miller play that used the Salem witch trials as a stand-in for McCarthyism premiered on Broadway; after a rocky start, it became a classic (1953)
  • Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in: began tickling American funny bones; notable cast members included Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin and Tiny Tim (1968)
  • Roe v. Wade: the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy; the legal precedent still holds today (1973)
Birthdays
  • Sir Francis Bacon 1561
  • André Ampère 1775
  • Lord (George) Byron 1788
  • August Strindberg 1849
  • Beatrice Webb 1858
  • David (D.W.) Griffith 1875
  • Frederick Vinson 1890
  • Ann Sothern 1909
  • J.J. (James) Johnson 1924
  • Galina Zybina 1931
  • Piper Laurie 1932
  • Bill Bixby 1934
  • Sam Cooke 1935
  • Seymour Cassel 1937
  • Joseph Wambaugh 1936
  • Jeff Smith 1939
  • J.C. Tremblay 1939
  • John Hurt 1940
  • Teddy Gentry (Alabama) 1952
  • Steve Perry (Journey) 1953
  • Chris Lemmon 1954
  • Mike Bossy 1957
  • Linda Blair 1959
  • Michael Hutchence (INXS) 1960
  • Diane Lane 1965
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff 1965
  • Regina Nicks (Regina Regina) 1965
  • Olivia d'Abo 1967
  • Marc Gay (Shai) 1969
  • Balthazar Getty 1975
  • Christopher Kennedy Masterson 1980
  • Kelton Kessee (IMX) 1981
  • Bererley Mitchell 1981
  • Ben Moody 1981 (former guitaruist of Evanescence)




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