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verboten \ver-BOHT-n\, adjective:
- Forbidden, as by law; prohibited.
Origin: Verboten is from German, past participle of verbieten, to forbid, from Middle High German, which derives from Old High German farbiotan.
- The 4-hour period of time that you cannot drive or function in society due to playing Grand Theft Auto. You may have the intention to steal a car, kill innocent people, and/or drive recklessly.
Guy: Aww, I wish but I have grand theft impairment, I can come later though.
History
- John Beckley: became the first Librarian of Congress; he was paid $2 a day (1802)
- "The Raven": Edgar Allen Poe's poetic lament for the lost Lenore was first published, in The New York Evening Mirror (1845)
- Compromise of 1850: Henry Clay introduced to Congress his proposal to settle slavery issues
- Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were named the first inductees; the hall of fame and museum opened 3 years later (1936)
- Axis of Evil: Iran, Iraq and North Korea were named "regimes that sponsor terror" in President George W. Bush's State of the Union address (2002)
Birthdays
- Thomas Paine 1737
- William McKinley (U.S.) 1843
- Lawrence Hargrave 1850
- W.C. Fields 1880
- Huddie Ledbetter 1889
- Allen B. DuMont 1901
- Joe Primeau 1906
- "Professor" Irwin Corey 1912
- Victor Mature 1916
- John Raitty 1917
- John Forsythe 1918
- Paddy Chayefsky 1923
- Noel Harrison 1936
- Germaine Greer 1939
- Katherine Ross 1942
- Claudine Longet 1942
- Tom Selleck 1945
David Byron (Uriah Heep) 1947- Marc Singer 1948
- Tommy Erdelyi (The Ramones) 1952
- Ann Jillian 1950
- Louie Perez (Los Lobos) 1953
- Oprah Winfrey 1954
- Diane Delano 1957
- Irlene Mandrell 1957
- Judy Norton Taylor 1958
- Johnny Spampinato (NRBQ) 1959
- Greg Louganis 1960
- Eddie Jackson (Queensryche) 1961
- David Baynton-Power (James) 1961
- Nicholas Turturro 1962
- Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) 1964
- Dominik Hasek (NHL) 1965
- Edward Burns 1968
- Aeneas Williams (NFL) 1968
- Thomas Jane 1969
- Heather Graham 1970
- Sara Gilbert 1975
- Andrew Keegan 1979
- Jonny Lang 1981
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