Sunday, August 02, 2015

Sunday, August 2, 2015

lineament \LIN-ee-uh-muhnt\, noun:
1. A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.2. A distinguishing or characteristic feature; -- usually in the plural.
Lineament comes from Latin lineamentum, "feature, lineament," from linea, "line." 

Planicking, Verb:
  • The act of last minute screaming planning action that does not divert panic
she began planicking as the blue line edged across her pregnancy test.


History
  • Declaration of Independence: members of the Continental Congress began putting their John Hancocks on "The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (1776)
  • Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
  • PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
  • Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
  • Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)
Birthdays
  • Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
  • Myrna Loy 1905
  • Beatrice Straight 1918
  • James Baldwin 1924
  • Carroll O'Connor 1924
  • Peter O'Toole 1932
  • Hank Cochran 1935
  • Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
  • Wes Craven 1939
  • Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
  • Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
  • Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
  • Max Wright 1943
  • Joanna Cassidy 1945
  • Lance Ito 1950
  • Andrew Gold 1951
  • Butch Vig 1955 (Garbage)
  • Mojo Nixon 1957
  • Victoria Jackson 1959
  • Apollonia 1961
  • Cynthia Stevenson 1963
  • Mary-Louise Parker1964
  • John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
  • Kevin Smith 1970
  • Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
  • Angel Lynn Boris 1974
  • Edward Furlong 1977
  • Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchinson) 1992 

     
  





 
  
  

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