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thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun:
- The performance of miracles or magic.
Thaumaturgy comes from the Greek words for "wonder" (thauma) and "work" (ergon). A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a thaumaturgist or thaumaturge.
- A completely worthless conversation, wherein nothing is illuminated, explained or otherwise elaborated upon. Typically occurs at parties, bars or other events where meaningful conversation is nearly impossible.
Jones: I know, every time I do, it's like a complete nonversation.
History
- bacteria: Robert Koch announced his discovery of the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (1882)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: play by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway (1955)
Elvis Presley: the King of Rock 'N Roll joined the US army for two years (1958)- Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd released one of the best-selling albums of all time (1973)
- Exxon Valdez oil spill: tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, causing the worst maritime environmental disaster in history (1989)
- Yugoslavia: NATO began air strikes in response to ethnic cleansing by Serbs of Albanians in Kosovo (1999)
Birthdays
Rufus King 1755 - American lawyer, politician and diplomat- Antonio Rosmini-Serbati 1797 - Italian Roman Catholic priest and philosopher
- John Wesley Powell 1834 - U.S. soldier, geologist and explorer of American West
- William Morris 1834 - British craftsman, designer, writer, typographer
- Andrew Mellon 1855 - American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasure (1921-1932)
Harry Houdini 1874 - Magician, escape artist- Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle 1887 - Actor, comedian, director, screenwriter
- Arthur Murray 1895 - Dance instructor, businessman
- Dorothy R. Stratton 1898 - Founded women's branch of the U.S. Coast Guard
- June Clark (Algeria Junius "June" Clark ) 1900 - Musician
- Joseph Barbera 1911 - Cartoonist
- Richard (Nicholas) Conte 1914 - Cartoonist
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919 - Poet
- Gene Nelson (Leander Eugene Berg) 1920 - Dancer, actor, screenwriter and director
Dave Appell 1922 - Musician (Applejacks)- Norman Fell (Norman Noah Feld) 1924 - Actor
- Dario Fo 1926 - Playwright
- Byron Janis 1928 - Pianist
- Vanessa Brown 1928 - Actress
- Steve McQueen 1930 - Actor
- William Smith 1933 - Actor
- Billy Stewart 1937 - Musical artist
- Bob Mackie 1940 - Fashion designer
R. Lee Ermey 1944 - Actor- Curtis Hanson 1945 - Director
- Lee Oskar 1948 - Musician (War)
- Nick Lowe 1949 - Singer
- Dougie Thomson 1951 - Musician (Supertramp)
- Louie Anderson 1953 - Comedian
- Donna Pescow 1954 - Actress
- Robert Carradine 1954 - Actor
- Kelly LeBrock 1960 - Actress ("Wierd Science")
- Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry 1961 - DJ (Ghostown DJs)
Star Jones 1962 - TV host ("The View")- Annabella Sciorra 1964 - Actress
- Lara Flynn Boyle 1970 - Actress (below)
- Shannon Corr 1970 - Singer, musician (The Corrs)
- P.A. Pasemaster Mase 1970 - Rapper (De La Soul)
- Jim Parsons 1973 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
- Alyson Hannigan 1974 - Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "How I Met Your Mother")
- Peyton Manning 1976 - Football player
- Jessica Chastain 1977 - Actress (bottom)
- Olivia Burnette (Olivia Nicole Burnette ) 1977 - Actress
- Keisha Castle-Hughes 1990 - Actress ("The Whale Rider")
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