Sunday, January 17, 2016

Sunday, January 17, 2016

apposite \AP-uh-zit\, adjective:
  • Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.
Apposite comes from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere, "to set or put near," from ad-, "to, toward" + ponere, "to put, to place."
 
guinea fridge
  • a refrigeration unit or freezer that resides in the garage
Vinny put the oversized manicotti tray in the guinea fridge after Christmas because the fridge in the kitchen was filled with other leftovers.

History

  • Queen Liliuokalani: queen of the Hawaiian Islands was deposed by sugar planters and other annexationists after she tried to return power to the monarchy (1893)
  • Virgin Islands: prompted by fear of German expansion, the US bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million; its inhabitants became US citizens 10 years later (1917)
  • Great Brinks Robbery: 11 men steal over $2 million in Boston in what was then the biggest US robbery; they were eventually caught (1950)
  • Operation Desert Storm: air offensive was launched in the Gulf War to remove the Iraqi army from the Persian Gulf kingdom of Kuwait (local time; in the US it was still the previous day) (1991)
Birthdays 
  • Benjamin Franklin 1706
  • Anton Chekhov 1860
  • David Lloyd George (Britain) 1863
  • Noah Beery 1883
  • Mack Sennet 1884
  • Marjorie Gateson 1891
  • Al Capone 1899
  • Nevil Shute 1899
  • Vido Musso 1913
  • George Handy 1920
  • Betty White 1922
  • Moira Shearer 1926
  • Eartha Kitt 1927
  • Vidal Sassoon 1928
  • Jacques Plante 1929
  • James Earl Jones 1931
  • Sheree North 1933
  • Shari Lewis (Hurwitz) 1934
  • Troy Donahue 1937
  • Maury Povich 1939
  • Muhammad Ali 1942
  • Chris Montez 1944
  • William Hart (Delfonics) 1945
  • Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones) 1948 
  • Andy Kaufman 1949
  • Steve Earle 1955
  • Paul Young 1956
  • David Caruso 1956
  • Steve Harvey 1957
  • Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) 1957
  • John Crawford (Berlin) 1960
  • Jim Carrey 1962
  • Shabba Ranks 1966
  • Naveen Andrews 1969 - Actor ("Lost") 
  • Kid Rock 1971
  • Zooey Deschanel 1980
  • Ray J 1981
  • Amanda Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) 1982


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