TGIF! Friday, August 28, 2015

delectation \dee-lek-TAY-shun\, noun:

• Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment.

Delectation derives from Latin delectatio, from the past participle of delectare, "to please."
 
cookie duster 

• A full mustache capable of dusting the tops of cookies.

Check out the cookie duster on Brad!

History

• Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
• Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
• filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by DEMOCRAT Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
• "Please Mr. Postman": song by the Marvelettes was released; it became the first Motown No. 1 (1961)
• "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)

Birthdays

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749
• Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - She was also the first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
• Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828
  

  
• Charles Boyer 1899
• Sam Levene 1905
• Nancy Kulp 1921
• Peggy Ryan 1924
• Billy Grammer 1925
• Donald O'Connor 1925
• Roxie Roker 1929
• Ben Gazzara 1930
• Andy Bathgate 1932
  

  
• Elizabeth Seal 1933
• Clem Cattini (Tornados) 1939
• Richard Sanders 1940
• William S. Cohen 1940
• David Soul 1943
• Alice Playten 1947
• Daniel Seraphine (Chicago) 1948
• Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) 1949
• Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) 1951
• Daniel Stern 1957
• Rich Rossovich 1957
• Scott Hamilton 1958
• Emma Samms 1961
• Shania Twain 1965 
  Jack Black 1969
• Jason Priestley 1969
• Janet Evans 1971
• Max Collins (Eve 6) 1978
• Carly Pope 1980 - Actress
• LeAnn Rimes 1982
• Michael Galeota 1984
  Armie Hammer 1986 (The Lone Ranger)