Friday, May 08, 2015

TGIF! Friday, May 8, 2015

aliment \AL-uh-muhnt\, noun:
  1. Something that nourishes or feeds; nutriment.
  2. Something that sustains a state of mind or body; sustenance.
  3. To give nourishment to; to nourish or sustain.
Aliment is derived from Latin alimentum, from alere, "to nourish." It is related to alimony.
 
wwjkd

  • What Would James Kirk Do? When stuck in a life-threatening, impossible situation with no realistic plausible means of escape, only a plan thought up by James "Jim" Kirk would work.
Person 1: OK, were stuck in an underground cavern on a distant planet with no access to the surface.
Person 2: We need a plan. WWJKD?

History
  • Mississippi River: was reached by Spanish conquistador Hernandode Soto (1541)
  • Reign of Terror: Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined (1794)
  • pyroclastic flow: Martinique's Mt. Pelée erupted a cloud of hot gas, ash and rock, killing 40,000 people (1902)
  • eye bank: a collection of corneas donated after death was established for the first time, in New York City (1944)
  • V-E Day: the UK and US celebrated their victory over Nazi Germany, a day after Germany signed an unconditional surrender (1945)
Birthdays
  • Miguel Hidalgo 1753
  • Jean Henri Dunant 1828
  • Oscar Hammerstein 1847
  • Harry S. Truman (U.S.) 1884
  • Francis Desales Ouimet 1893
  • Bishop Fulton Sheen 1895
  • Robert Johnson 1911
  • Lex Barker 1919
  • Don Rickles 1926
  • David Attenborough 1926
  • Sonny Liston 1932
  • Thomas Pynchon 1937
  • Rick Nelson 1940
  • Peter Benchley 1940
  • James Mitchum 1941
  • John Fred (John Fred and His Playboy Band) 1941
  • Toni Tennille 1943
  • Paul Samwell-Smith (Yardbirds) 1943
  • Gary Glitter 1944
  • Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) 1951
  • Phillip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1951
  • Billy Burnette 1954 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
  • David Keith 1954
  • Stephen Furst 1954
  • Alex Van Halen 1955 - Musician (Van Halen)
  • Ronnie Lott 1959
  • Eric Brittingham 1960 - Musician (Cinderella)
  • Melissa Gilbert 1964
  • Dave Rowntree (Blur) 1964
  • Del Gray (Little Texas) 1968
 


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