Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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gelid \JEL-id\, adjective:
  • Extremely cold; icy.
Gelid comes from Latin gelidus, from gelu, "frost, cold."
 
evasive mumbling

  • Mumbling the answer to a question in hopes that the questioner won't hear or understand an answer that may get you in trouble.
When mom asks about that broken plate, you better answer with some evasive mumbling.
Holiday
  • Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grundsaudaag, Murmeltiertag) is a day celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.
History
  • Buenos Aires: was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain (1536)
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: agreement ended the Mexican-American War, with Mexico ceding much of the US West and Southwest (1848)
  • Cardiff Giant: 10-foot-tall "petrified man" was revealed as a hoax; the figure was made of gypsum (1870)
  • F.W. de Klerk: lifted the 30-year ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela (1990)
Birthdays
  • Fritz Kreisler 1875
  • James Joyce 1882
  • Charles Correll 1890
  • George Halas 1895
  • Jascha Heifetz 1901
  • Ayn Rand 1905
  • Gale Gordon 1906
  • Burton Lane 1912
  • James Dickey 1923
  • Elaine Stritch 1926
  • Stan Getz 1927
  • Russell Arms 1929
  • Robert Mandan 1932
  • Tom Smothers 1937
  • Martina Arroyo 1937
  • Alan Caddy (The Tornados, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates) 1940
  • Bo Hopkins 1942
  • Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) 1942
  • Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) 1946
  • Farrah Fawcett 1947
  • Peter Lucia (Tommy James and The Shondells) 1947
  • Brent Spiner 1949
  • Ross Valory (Journey) 1949
  • Christie Brinkley 1954
  • Kim Zimmer 1955
  • Michael Talbott 1955
  • Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) 1966 
  • Ben Mize (Counting Crows) 1971
  • T-Mo (Goodie Mob) 1972
  • Lori Beth Denberg 1976
  • Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol 1977
    Gemma Arterton 1986

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