Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Land of Nod \land-uhv-NOD\, noun: 
  • A mythical land of sleep.
Land of Nod is a pun on the biblical place-name, the country to which Cain journeyed after slaying Abel. See Genesis, 4:16.
 
Facebook Bingo 
  • (noun) On Facebook, this term refers to a posted photo that features five or more people, all of whom have Facebook profiles and are accurately tagged.

At a dinner table of 10 people - "Let's get the waitress to take a picture of us! OMG, this is totally gonna be a Facebook bingo!"


History
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York (1830)
  • Olympics: the first modern games opened in Athens (1896)
  • North Pole: Robert Peary and his assistant, Matthew Henson, along with four Inuit men, became the first visitors to the site; their claim has been disputed (1909)
  • WWI: US declared war on Germany and entered the Great War (1917)
  • Twinkie: golden sponge cake snack food with creamy filling was invented (1930)
  • Teflon: nonstick coating was accidentally invented by Roy J. Plunkett (1938)
Birthdays
  • Raphael Sanit 1483 - Artist
  • Rose Schneiderman 1882 - U.S. women’s rights activist
  • Walter Huston (Houghston) 1884 - Actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948])
  • Lowell Thomas 1892 - Broadcaster, journalist
  • "Pappy" Wade Ray 1913 - Country musician, entertainer ("Grand Ol' Opry")
  • Herb Thomas 1923 - NASCAR auto racer
  • Mimi Benzell 1924 - Opera singer
  • Dorothy Donegan 1924 - Jazz pianist
  • Gerry Mulligan 1927 - Jazz musician, composer
  • Joi Lansing (Joyce Wassmansdoff) 1928 - Actress ("Easter Parade", "Singin’ in the Rain")
  • André (Ludwig) Previn 1929 - Pianist, composer of film scores ("Gigi", "Porgy and Bess"), conductor
  • Ivan Dixon 1931 - Actor ("Hogan's Heroes"), director, producer
  • Merle Haggard 1937 - Country musician, songwriter
  • Billy Dee (December) Williams 1937 - Actor ("Brian's Song", "The Return of the Jedi", "Batman")
  • Roy Thinnes 1938 - Actor ("The Invaders", "Outer Limits")
  • Philip Austin 1941 - Comedian and writer
  • Barry Levinson 1942 - Director, producer
  • Marty (Martin William) Pattin 1943 - Baseball pitcher
  • John Stax 1944 - Musician (The Pretty Things)
  • John Huarte 1944 - Football player
  • John Ratzenberger 1947 - Actor ("Empire Strikes Back"' "Cheers")
  • Bert (Rik Aalbert) Blyleven 1951 - Baseball pitcher
  • Marilu Henner 1952 - Actress ("Taxi", "Evening Shade", "Cannonball Run 2")
  • Janet Lynn (Nowicki) 1953 - Figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist
  • Michelle Rooker 1955 - Actor (TWD)
  • Warren Haynes 1960 - Musician (Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers)
  • Stan Cullimore 1962 - Musician, songwriter (The Housemartins)
  • Frank Black 1965 - Singer, musician (The Pixies)
  • Vince Flynn 1966 - Author
  • Paul Rudd 1969 - Actor ("Friends")
  • Ari Meyers 1970 - Actress ("Author! Author!", "Kate & Allie")
  • Jason Hervey 1972 - Actor ("The Wonder Years", "Back to the Future")
  • Markku Lappalainen 1973 - Musician (Hoobastank)
  • Zach Braff 1975 - Actor ("Scrubs")
  • Candace Cameron Bure 1976 - Actress ("Full House")
  • Bret Harrison 1982 - Actor ("Grounded for Life")




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