Monday, March 21, 2016

Monday, March 21, 2016

fatidic \fuh-TID-ik\, adjective:
  • Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
Fatidic comes from Latin fatidicus, from fati- (from fatum, "fate") + -dicus (from dicere, "to say").

stoplight party
  • A party where guests wear the the colors of the traffic signal to denote their relationship status: green means they're single, red means they're taken, and yellow means their relationship status is "complicated"
I think we should host a Valentine's Day stoplight party!

History
  • Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
  • Code Napoléon: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
  • Henry Stanley: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/explorer David Livingstone; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
  • "Who shot JR?": J.R. Ewing, the character played by Larry Hagman on Dallas, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
  • Rick Hansen: set off on his Man in Motion tour to circumnavigate the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to Vancouver 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for spinal cord research
Birthdays
  • Johann Sebastian Bach 1685
  • Benito Juarez 1806
  • James Jesse Strang 1813
  • Modest Mussorgsky 1839
  • Florenz Ziegfeld 1869
  • Bascom Lunsford 1882
  • Phyllis McGinley 1905
  • Julio Gallo 1910
  • Fonty Flock (Truman Fontello) 1921
  • Mort Lindsey 1923
  • James Coco 1929
  • Joseph Silverstein 1932 - Violinist, conductor
  • Al Freeman, Jr. 1934 - Actor
  • Kathleen Widdoes 1939 - Actress ("As the World Turns")
  • Timothy Dalton 1944 - Actor
  • Marie-Christine Barrault 1944 - Actress
  • Rose Stone 1945 - Musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
  • Bill Plummer 1947
  • Eddie Money 1949 - Singer
  • Roger Hodgson 1950 - Musician (Supertramp)
  • Conrad Lozano 1951 - Musician (Los Lobos)
  • Russell Thompkins, Jr. 1951 - Singer (The Stylistics)
  • Gary Oldman 1958 - Actor
  • Sabrina LeBeauf 1958 - Actress ("The Cosby Show")
  • Robert Sweet 1960 - Musician (Stryper)
  • Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - Comedian
  • Matthew Broderick 1962 - Actor ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
  • Cynthia Geary 1966
  • Maxim 1967 - MC (Prodigy)
  • Jonas "Joker" Berggren 1967 - Musican (Ace of Base)
  • Andrew Copeland 1968 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
  • Albert Khan 1969
  • DJ Premier 1969 - DJ (Gang Starr)
  • Ronaldinho 1980 - Soccer player
    Sonequa Martin-Green 1985 Actress (The Walking Dead)
  • Adrian Peterson 1985 - Football player


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