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frangible \FRAN-juh-buhl\, adjective:
- Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
Dick Offset
- Similar to a carbon offset. Involves bringing a girl/girls to a party to increase your chances of getting in by negating the effect of another guy in the place.
History
- Caligula: Roman emperor who had a reputation for freakish behavior was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards (41)
- gold rush: a gold nugget was found at Sutter's Mill in northern California; President Polk announced the find in December and the gold rush began (1848)
- Robert Baden-Powell: organized the first Boy Scout troop in England (1908)
- Eskimo Pie: chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson; it aimed to satisfy cravings for ice cream and chocolate bars at once (1922)
- St. Petersburg: Russian city was renamed Leningrad three days after Lenin's death (1924)
- Shoichi Yokoi: Japanese soldier was discovered hiding on Guam, 28 years after American forces reconquered the island in the Battle of Guam (1972)
- Department of Homeland Security: began operations, headed by Tom Ridge (2003)
Birthdays
Hadrian (Roman emperor) AD 76- Frederick the Great (Prussia) 1712
- Edith Wharton (Jones) 1862
- Ann Todd 1909
- John Beasley Brickhouse 1916
- Ernest Borgnine 1917
- Oral Roberts 1918
- Maria Tallchief 1925
- Marvin Kaplan 1927
- Desmond Morris 1928
Doug Kershaw 1936- Jack Scott (Scafone) 1936
- Bobby Scott 1937
- Ray Stevens 1939
- Neil Diamond 1941
- Aaron Neville 1941
- Julie Gregg 1944
- Warren Zevon 1947
- John Belushi 1949
- Becky Hobbs 1950
- Michael Ontkean 1950
- Yakov Smirnoff 1951
- Elaine Giftos 1954
Julian Holland (Squeeze) 1958- Nastassja Kinski 1961
- Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) 1963
- John Myung (Dream Theater) 1967
- Mary Lou Retton 1968
- Pat "Sleepy" Brown (Society of Soul) 1970
- Tatyana Ali 1979
- Nicole Marie Lenz 1980 Playmate
- Mischa Barton 1986
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