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mulct \MULKT\, noun:
- A fine or penalty.
- To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or demanding a forfeiture.
- To obtain by fraud or deception.
- To defraud; to swindle.
dead cat bounce
- Investor slang; a brief recovery in the price of a falling stock. Term is derived from the idea that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height."
History
Bank of England: issued the first one-pound note after the government forbade paying out from the diminished gold reserves (1797)- Grand Canyon: the enormous gorge was established as a national park (1919); Grand Teton National Park was established on the same date in 1926
- World Trade Center: bomb in basement killed 6, injured more than 1,000 and caused serious structural damage (1993)
Birthdays
- Nicolas Joseph Cugnot 1725 - Inventor
- Victor Hugo 1802 - Author
- Honore Daumier 1808
- Levi Strauss 1829
- William "Buffalo Bill" Cody 1846 - Frontiersman, showman
- John Harvey Kellogg 1852
- Herbert Henry Dow 1866
- William Frawley 1887
- Jean Vercors 1902
- Madeleine Carroll 1906
- Jackie Gleason 1916
- Mason Adams 1919
- Tony Randall 1920
- Betty Hutton 1921
- Margaret Leighton 1922
- Fats Domino 1928 - Musician
Johnny Cash 1932 - Musician- Bill Duke 1943
- Paul Cotton (Poco) 1943
- Mitch Ryder 1945 - Singer
- Bob "The Bear" Hite 1945 - Musician (Canned Heat)
- Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich) 1947 - Singer
- Priscilla Lopez 1948
- Jonathan Cain 1950 - Musician (Babys, Journey)
- Michael Bolton 1953 - Singer
- Greg Germann 1958 - Actor ("Ally McBeal")
John McDaniel 1961- John Jon 1961 - Musician (Bronski Beat)
- Jennifer Grant 1966
- Suzi Simpson 1968 - playmate from Athens, Greece (Jan, 1992)
- Erykah Badu 1971 - Singer
- Rico Wade (Society of Soul) 1972
- Marshall Faulk 1972 - Football player
Oliver Wakeman 1972 - Keyboardist, son of Rick (YES) - Mark DeRosa 1975 - Baseball player
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