Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

glabrous \GLAY-bruhs\, adjective:
  • Smooth; having a surface without hairs, projections, or any unevenness.
Glabrous is from Latin glaber, "smooth, bald."
 
unsurance 

  • Coverage by contract whereby the party which has undertaken to guarantee protection or coverage against loss by a specified peril reneges said coverage when protection or action becomes necessary.
I had to take little Throckmorton to a specialist for his asthma, but the visit was not covered by our health unsurance policy.

History
  • Cleveland: the Forest City was named after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the group that surveyed the area (1796)
  • Wiley Post: American aviator completed the first round-the-world solo flight (1933)
  • John Dillinger: bank robber known as Public Enemy No. 1 was killed in a shootout with federal agents after seeing a movie in Chicago (1934)
  • King David Hotel: Jerusalem landmark was bombed by the Irgun in an attack on the British (1946)
  • Iraq: Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay were killed by US forces in Mosul; POW Pvt. 1st Class Jessica Lynch returned home to West Virginia (2003)
Birthdays
  • Gregor Mendel 1822
  • Steve Vincent Benet 1889
  • Rose Kennedy 1890
  • Karl Menninger 1893
  • Alexander Calder 1898
  • Bob Dole 1923
  • Martha Whiting 1924
  • Orson Bean 1928
  • Marcia Henderson 1930
  • Perry Lopez 1931
  • Oscar De La Renta 1932
  • Louise Fletcher 1934
  • Chuck Jackson 1937
  • Terence Stamp 1939
  • Alex Trebek 1940
  • George Clinton 1940
  • Thomas Wayne 1941
  • Bobby Sherman 1944
  • Richard Davies (Supertramp) 1944
  • Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes) 1944
  • Paul Shrader 1946
  • Danny Glover 1947
  • Albert Brooks 1947
  • Don Henley (Eagles) 1947
  • Alan Menken 1949
  • William Dafoe 1955
  • Keith Sweat 1961
  • Rob Estes 1963
  • Joanna Going 1963
  • Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) 1963
  • David Spade 1964
  • John Leguizamo 1965
  • Patrick Labyorteaux 1965
  • Irene Bedard 1967
  • Selena Gomez 1991


0 comments: