Thursday, February 12, 2015

froward \FROH-werd\, adjective:

• not easily managed; contrary

c. 1300, Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. The opposite of toward, it was Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die."

retro-cringe

• When you remember, the morning after, something you said, wrote, did, didn't say, etc., the day before..

'I texted undying love to that chick at the party when I got home.. This morning, I'm having retro-cringe, bigtime..'

Holiday

• Lincoln's Birthday (USA)

History

• Chile: Santiago, the capital city, was founded (1541); country declared independence from Spain (1818)
• Lady Jane Grey: was beheaded for treason, after a nine-day reign as queen of England (1554)
• NAACP: early civil rights organization was founded (1909)
• the Last Emperor: the Republic of China banished 7-year-old Qing emperor Puyi to the Forbidden City (1912)
• Dracula: the horror film starring Bela Lugosi premiered at the Roxy Theater in NYC (1931)
• Vietnam War: the first the conflict's American POWs were released (1973)
• Bill Clinton: impeachment trial ended in Senate acquittal (1999)
• NEAR Shoemaker: space probe touched down on Eros, becoming the first craft to land upon an asteroid (2001)
• Mattel: announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken after 43 years (2004)

Birthdays

• John Winthrop 1588
• Charles Darwin 1809
• Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
• Ted Mack (William Maguiness) 1904
• Tex (Gordon) Beneke 1914
• Lorne Green 1915
• Dom DiMaggio 1917 - Baseball player
• Forrest Tucker 1919
• Mel Powell 1923
• Franco Zeffirelli 1923 - Movie director
• Joe Garagiola 1926 - Baseball broadcaster
• Bill Russell 1934 - Basketball player
• Gene McDaniels 1935
• Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor
• Judy Blume 1938 - Author of books for children and young adults.
• Raymond Manzarek 1939 - Musician (The Doors)
• Moe Bandy 1944
• Charles Pasarell 1944
• Maud Adams 1945
• Cliff DeYoung 1945 - Actor, musician
  

  
• Joe Schermie 1948 - Musician (Three Dog Night)
• Michael Ironside 1950
• Steve Hackett 1950 - Musician (Genesis)
• Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
• Simon MacCorkindale 1952
• Joanna Kerns 1953 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
• Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian , talk show host
• Christine Elise 1965 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
• Josh Brolin 1968 - Actor ("No Country for Old Men")
• Chynna Phillips 1968 - Musician (Wilson Phillips)
• Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)1970
• Keri Lewis 1971 - Musician (Mint Condition)
• Jesse Spencer 1979 - Actor ("House")
• Juan Carlos 1980
• Christina Ricci 1980 - Actress