Monday, April 4, 2016

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manumit \man-yuh-MIT\, transitive verb:

• To free from slavery or servitude.

Manumit comes from Latin manumittere, "to emancipate a slave," from manu mittere, "to release from control," from manus, "hand" (hence "power of control") + mittere, "to let go; to send." The noun form is manumission

 
zombie jesus

• An exclamation of surpise or shock originating on Matt Groening's 'Futurama' animated TV show as a futuristic equivalent of the modern usage of 'Jesus Christ' as an exclamation. Usually preceded by the words 'sweet' or 'holy'.

"Sweet zombie Jesus!"

History

• William Henry Harrison: went on record as the US president with the shortest tenure, dying one month after inauguration (1841)
• NATO: was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by 12 Western nations (1949)
• The Beatles: held all of the top 5 places on the Billboard Hot 100 (1964)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting striking sanitation workers (1968)
• World Trade Center: a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Twin Towers (1973)
• Microsoft: software behemoth was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)

Birthdays

• Dorothea Dix 1802
• Linus Yale 1821 - Inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock)
• Isoroku Yamamoto 1884
• Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman) 1895 - Dancer
• John Cameron Swayze 1906 - Newsman
• Frances Langford (Frances Newbern) 1914 - Radio singer, actress ("Born to Dance", "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
• Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) 1913 - Blues singer, guitarist ("Closet to You", "Honey Bee")
• Elizabeth W. Wilson 1921 - Actress (TV: "The Addams Family", Movie: "The Graduate")
• Elmer Bernstein 1922 - Composer of film scores
• William Manchester 1922
• Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges 1924 - Baseball player
• Maya Angelou 1928 - Author, poet
• Clive Davis 1932 - Record company executive
• Anthony Perkins 1932 - Actor (Movies: "Psycho" series)
• Norro Wilson 1938 - Singer, composer, producer
• Michael Parks 1938
• Angelo Giamatti 1938
• JoAnne Carner 1939 - Golfer
• Hugh Masekela 1939 - Musician, band leader
• Ernie Terrell 1939 - Boxer
• Major Lance 1941
• Jim (James Louis) Fregosi 1942 - Baseball player
• Kris Jensen 1942 - Singer
• Kitty Kelley 1942 - Author
• Mike (Michael Peter) Epstein 1943 - baseball player
• Craig T. Nelson 1944 - Actor (Movies: "Poltergeist")
• Walter Charles 1945 - Actor

  
• Caroline McWilliams 1945 - Actress
• Ray (Raymond Earl) Fosse 1947 - Baseball catcher
• Ed White 1947 - Football player
• Barry Oakley 1948 - Musician, bass player (Allman Brothers)
• Christine Lahti 1950 - Actress
• Steve Gatlin 1951 - Singer (The Gatlin Brothers)
• Dave Hill 1952 - Musician, guitar player (Slade)
• Jerry Shirley 1952 - Musician (Humble Pie)
• Peter Haycock 1952 - Musician (Climax Blues Band)
• David E. Kelley 1956 - Writer, producer ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice")
• Graeme Kelling 1957 - Musician (Deacon Blue)
• Phil Morris 1959 - Actor
• Lorraine Toussaint 1960 - Actress ("Crossing Jordan," "Any Day Now")
• Ava Fabian 1962 - Playmate 08/1986, model, actress
• Craig Adams 1962 - Musician (The Cult)
• David Gavurin 1963 - Musician (Sundays)
• Robert Downey, Jr. 1965 - Actor (Iron Man)
• Frank Black 1965 - Musician (Pixies)
• Nancy McKeon 1966 - Actress (TV: "The Facts of Life")
• Mike Starr (Michael Christopher Starr) 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
• Barry Pepper 1970 - Actor
• Clay Davidson 1971 - Country Singer
• Jill Scott 1972 - Singer
• Magnus Sveningsson 1972 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Kelly Price 1973 - Singer
• David Blaine 1973 - Magician
• Andre Dalyrimple 1974 - Singer (Soul for Real)
• Scott Rolen 1975 - Baseball player
• Natasha Lyonne 1979 - Actress
• Heath Ledger 1979 - Actor