Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:
  • To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
Elucidate comes from Late Latin elucidare, to clear up, from ex-, e-, out of + lucidus, bright, from lux, luc- light. Hence to elucidate is to bring the inner light out of an obscure subject. One who elucidates is an elucidator; that which tends to elucidate is elucidative; the act of elucidating, or that which elucidates, is an elucidation.
 
cewebrity
  • an internet personality that has attained celebrity
Have you seen that kid from pixieland.org? Holy crap he's poppin up everywhere including conan o'brien...when did he become a cewebrity?

History
  • Tri-State Tornado: the deadliest tornado in US history hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; nearly 700 were killed (1925)
  • Gideon v. Wainwright: the US Supreme Court ruled that poor defendants in felony cases have the right to a court-appointed lawyer (1963)
  • spacewalk: cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first walk in space; he spent 20 minutes outside, tethered to the spacecraft (1965)
  • art theft: the largest museum heist in history took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, with the thieves dressed as police officers; it remains unsolved and a $5 million reward is still offered (1990)
Birthdays
  • Grover Cleveland 1837
  • Rudolf Diesel 1858
  • Neville Chamberlin 1869
  • Edward Everett Horton 1886
  • William H. Johnson 1901
  • Smiley (Lester) Burnette 1911
  • Andy Granatelli 1923
  • Peter Graves 1926 - Actor
  • John Kander 1927 - Composer ("Chicago")
  • George Plimpton 1927
  • John Updike 1932 - Author
  • Frederick W. de Klerk 1936 - Former South African president
  • Mark Donohue 1937
  • Shashi Kapoor 1938
  • Charlie Pride 1938 - Country singer
  • Margie Bowes 1941
  • Wilson Pickett 1941 - Singer
  • Leslie Parrish (Fleck) 1943
  • Kevin Dobson 1944 - Actor
  • Barrie (B.J.) Wilson (Procol Harum) 1947
  • Brad Dourif 1950 - Actor
  • imagebam.comJohn Hartman (The Doobie Brothers) 1950
  • Ingemar Stenmark 1956
  • Irene Cara 1959 - Singer
    Patricia Farinelli 1960
  • James McMurtry 1962
  • Thomas Ian Griffith 1962 - Actor
  • Jeff LaBar 1963 - Musician (Cinderella)
  • Vanessa Williams 1963 - Singer, actress
  • Bonnie Blair 1964 - Olympic gold medal speed skater
  • Scott Saunders 1964 - Country musician (Sons of the Desert)
  • Jerry Cantrell 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
  • Miki Berenyi 1967 - Musician (Lush)
  • Queen Latifah 1970 - Rapper, actress
  • Stuart Zender 1974 - Musician (Jamiroquai)
  • Brian Griese 1974 - Football player
  • Devin Lima 1977 - Singer (LFO)



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