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
- 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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