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valetudinarian \val-uh-too-din-AIR-ee-un; -tyoo-\, noun:
1. A weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health.
adjective:
1. Sickly; weak; infirm.2. Morbidly concerned with one's health.
Valetudinarian derives from Latin valetudinarius, "sickly; an invalid," from valetudo, "state of health (good or ill)," from valere, "to be strong or well."
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History
- Joan of Arc: led her army into Orléans in victory over the English (1429)
- Dachau: concentration camp was liberated by US soldiers (1945)
- Naomi Uemura: became the first person to reach the North Pole alone; he traveled by sled dog (1978)
- Los Angeles race riots: began after the acquittal of police officers accused of beating Rodney King (1992)
- space walk: astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev stepped out together on first joint US-Russian walk in space (1997)
- Rent: Rock musical opened on Broadway; the Manhattan-set retelling of La bohème went on to win several Tonys, a Pulitzer and many other awards (1996)
Birthdays
- Alexander II (Alexander the Liberator) 1745 - Czar of the Russian Empire from 1855 to 1881
- William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher,
- Sir Thomas Beecham 1879 - British conductor
- Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy) 1899 - Composer, pianist, big band leader
- Hirohito (Emperor Showa) 1901 - 124th Japanese emperor, emperor from 1926 to 1989
- Tom Ewell 1909 - Actor ("The Girl Can't Help It," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Baretta")
- Richard Carlson 1912 - Actor, director, screenwriter
- Donald Mills 1915 - Musician (The Mills Brothers)
- Celeste Holm 1919 - Actress
- Danny Davis 1925 - Musician (The Nashville Brass)
- Carl Gardner 1928 - Musician (The Coasters)
- Lonnie Donegan 1931 - Musician
- Rod McKuen 1933 - Poet
- Keith Baxter 1933 - Actor
- Otis Rush 1934 - Musician
- Luis Aparicio 1934 - Baseball player
- Lane Smith 1936 - Actor ("Red Dawn," "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman")
- April Stevens 1936 - Singer
- Zubin Mehta 1936 - Conductor
- Duane Allen 1943 - Singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Richard Kline 1944 - Actor ("Three's Company")
- Tammi Terrell 1945 - Singer
- Tommy James 1947 - Musician (The Shondells)
- Francis Rossi 1949 - Musician (Status Quo)
- Dale Earnhardt 1951 - Father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kate Mulgrew 1955 - Actress ("Star Trek: Voyager")
- Jerry Seinfeld 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Seinfeld")
- Daniel Day-Lewis 1957 - Actor
- Michelle Pfeiffer 1957 - Actress
- Eve Plumb 1958 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
- Mark Kendall 1958 - Musician (Great White)
- Stephanie Bentley 1963 - Country musician
- Carnie Wilson 1968 - Singer (Wilson Phillips)
- Michael Timmins 1969 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
- Master P (Percy Miller) 1970 - Rapper
- Uma Thurman 1970 - Actress ("Pulp Fiction")
- Andre Agassi 1970 - Tennis player
- James Bonamy 1972 - Country Musician
- Mike Hogan 1973 - Musician (Cranberries)
- Tommie Harris 1983 - Football player
- Zane Carney 1985 - Actor
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