Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sunday, February 22, 2015

nocuous \NOK-yoo-uhs\, adjective:
  • very hurtful; noxious
by 1627 from Latin nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from causative form of Proto Indo-European *nek- "death."
 
laundry limbo
  • Intentionally rewashing clothing simply because you don't feel like putting it away
I had a shirt I knew was clean, but I was too lazy to hang it up so I just kept it in laundry limbo.

Holiday
  • George Washington's Birthday
History
  • Transcontinental Treaty: Spain ceded Florida to the US (1819)
  • Woolworth's store: general-store clerk Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime, in Utica, NY (1879)
  • Daytona 500: NASCAR's most important race was first held in Daytona Beach, Florida; Lee Petty came in first, driving at 135.52 mph (213.22 kmph) (1959)
  • 1978 - Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York and charged with drug possession.
  • Miracle on Ice: the US beat the Soviet Union at ice hockey in a major upset at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (1980)
  • 1989 - Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album.
  • 1993 - Radiohead's first album, "Pablo Honey", was released.
  • Securitas depot robbery: a group of men pulled off Britain's biggest crime in terms of cash stolen — £53 million (2006)
Birthdays
  • George Washington (U.S.) 1732 - First President of the United States.
  • Johann Nikolaus Forkel 1749
  • Rembrandt Peale 1778
  • Frederic-Francois Chopin 1810
  • James Russell Lowell 1819
  • Robert Baden-Powell 1857
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892
  • Luis Bunuel 1900
  • Robert Young 1907
  • Sheldon Leonard 1907
  • John Mills 1908
  • Robert Wadlow 1918
  • Bud Yorkin 1926
  • Paul Dooley 1928
  • Edward M. Kennedy 1932 - got away with murder
  • Ernie K-Doe 1936
  • Bobby Hendricks 1938
  • Jonathan Demme 1944
  • Oliver (Swofford) 1945
  • John Ashton 1948
  • Ellen Greene 1950
  • Julie Walters 1950
  • Julius Erving II 1950
  • Miou-Miou (Sylvette Hery) 1950
  • Amy Alcott 1956
  • Kyle MacLachlan 1959
  • Steve Irwin 1962 - The Crocodile Hunter
  • Jeri Ryan 1968
  • Jose Solano 1971
  • Lea Salonga 1971
  • Michael Chang 1972
  • Scott "Flip" Phillips (Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips) 1973 - Drummer (Creed)
  • Drew Barrymore 1975 - Actress
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Happy Birthday!

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