TGIF! Friday, June 26, 2015

encomium \en-KOH-mee-uhm\, noun;
plural encomiums or encomia \-mee-uh\: 

• An often formal expression of warm or high praise.

Encomium derives, via Latin, from Greek enkomion, from en-, "in" + komos, "revel."

cha mon 

• A more animated way of proclaiming "c'mon" or "come on."

While playing poker and you need a high card: "I need this. Cha mon ACE!"

History

• The Gold Rush: Charlie Chaplin's comedy premiered in Hollywood (1925)
• United Nations: 50 countries signed the charter establishing the world body (1945)
• Ich bin ein Berliner: John F. Kennedy declared "I am a Berliner," emphasizing US support for democracy in West Germany (1963)
• UPC bar code: the first item marked in this way was scanned, in Troy, Ohio; the 10-pack of Juicy Fruit is now in the Smithsonian (1974)
• CN Tower: a Toronto landmark, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, opened to the public (1976)
• Human Genome Project: completion of the first rough map of the human genetic code was announced at the White House (2000)

Birthdays

• Abner Doubleday 1819
• Sidney Howard 1891
• Pearl S. Buck 1892
• Willy Messerschmitt 1898 - aircraft engineer
• William P. Lear 1902 - aircraft engineer
• Peter Lorre 1904
• Col. Tom Parker 1909
• Roy Plunkett 1910
• Richard Maltby 1914
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1914
• Charlotte Zolotow 1915
• Eleanor Parker 1922
• Frances Rafferty 1922
• Dave Grusin 1934
• Billy Davis ( The 5th Dimension) 1940
• Larry Taylor (Canned Heat) 1942
• Pamela Bellwood 1943
• Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) 1943
• Mick Jones (Clash, Big Audio Dynomite) 1955
• Chris Isaak 1956
• Patty Smyth 1957
• Barbara Edwards 1960
• Greg LeMond 1961
• Terri Nunn (Berlin) 1961
• Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) 1963
• Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) 1969
• Chris O'Donnell 1970
• Rebecca Budig 1973
• Jason Schwartzman 1980
• Kaitlin Cullum 1986