Sunday, May 03, 2015

Sunday, May 3, 2015

albatross \AL-buh-traws; AL-buh-tros\, noun:
  1. Any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.
  2. A seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.
  3. Something burdensome that impedes action or progress.
Albatross originated around 1675–85 as probably an alteration (influenced by Latin albus, white) of alcatras, pelican and from Portuguese or Spanish alcatraz.
 
rescue chip
  • A rescue chip is the chip you use to fish the bits of the first one that broke apart in the dip.
My tortilla chip busted when I tried to load it with extra salsa so I gotta get a rescue chip to recover the pieces.

History
  • Jamaica: Christopher Columbus sighted the island while seeking China (1494)
  • Nellie Tayloe Ross: the nation's first female governor was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as director of the US Mint — another first for women (1933)
  • The Fantasticks: began its record off-Broadway run, playing for nearly 42 years and over 17,000 performances (1960)
  • NPR: America's noncommercial radio network began programming (1971)
  • Margaret Thatcher: Conservative Party leader became Britain's first female prime minister (1979)
  • UN Commission on Human Rights: the US lost its seat for the first time in more than 50 years (2001); it was restored a year later
  • Old Man of the Mountain: New Hampshire's symbol — a mountainous outcrop — collapsed in the White Mountains (2003)
Birthdays
    Pete Staples 1944 - Musician (The Troggs)
  • Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 - Italian philosopher/writer
  • Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch, Golda Meyerson) 1898 - Fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel
  • Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3
  • Norman Corwin 1910 - Writer, screenwriter, producer
  • Virgil Fox 1912 - Organist
  • Pete Seeger 1919 - Folk singer
  • Betty Comden 1919 - Comden of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green
  • Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.) 1921 - Boxer
  • Joe Ames 1924 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
  • Jimmy Cleveland 1926 - Trombone player
  • Dave Dudley 1928 - Country music singer
  • James Brown (James Joseph Brown, Jr.) 1933 - Singer
  • Joe Layton 1931 - Director, choreographer
  • imagebam.comAlex Cord 1933 - Actor ("Airwolf")
  • Frankie Valli 1934 - Musician (The Four Seasons)
  • Rudolf "Rudy" Jacobs 1938 - Chemist, received Nobel Prize in 1992
  • Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress
  • Greg Gumble 1946 - Sportscaster
  • Doug Henning 1947 - Magician, illusionist, escape artist
  • Mary Hopkin 1950 - Folk singer
  • Christopher Cross (Christopher Charles Geppert) 1951 - Singer, songwriter
  • Bruce Hall 1953 - Musician (REO Speedwagon)
  • Cactus Moser 1957 - Musician (Highway 101)
  • David Ball 1959 - Musician (Soft Cell)
  • Bobby Cannavale 1970 - Actor
  • Christina Hendricks 1975 actress
  • Dule' Hill 1975 - Actor ("The West Wing")
  • Farrah Destiny Franklin 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
  • Joseph Addai 1983 - Football player
  • Cheryl Burke 1984 - Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars") 
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