Monday, May 23, 2016

Monday, May 23, 2016

habitué \huh-BICH-oo-ey\, noun:
  • One who frequents a particular place, especially a place offering a specific pleasurable activity.
Habitué comes from the French past participle of habituer, "to frequent." The English habituate is closely related. 
 
Papal Pound 
  • When at Church giving thanks, instead of shaking the person's hand, you give them a fist pound instead.
I am a huge germaphobe, so at church i give people a Papal Pound.
Some young punk at Sunday Mass tried to Papal Pound me.
The Pope, Papal Pounded Howie Mandel on the set of Deal or No Deal.

Holiday
  • World Turtle Day - (05/23 annually)
World Turtle Day 5/23

History
  • Joan of Arc: was captured by the Burgundians who sold her to the English (1430)
  • Captain Kidd: was hanged in London for murder and piracy (1701)
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: began the first passenger service in the US (1830)
  • Mounties: the North West Mounted Police was created; it would later become the federal police force of Canada (1873)
  • New York Public Library: after 16 years of construction, the library's main building was dedicated by President William H. Taft (1911)
  • Bonnie and Clyde: Depression-era outlaws were ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana (1934)
  • West Germany: was reconstituted from post-WWII occupation zones (1949)
Birthdays
  • Friedrich Anton Mesmer 1734 - Physician, astrologist
  • Margaret Fuller (Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli) 1810 - Journalist, criti, women's rights activist
  • Arabella Mansfield 1846 - She was the first female lawyer in the United States
  • Douglas Fairbanks 1883 - Actor
  • Herbert Marshall 1890 - Actor
  • Artie Shaw 1910 - Band leader
  • Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers) 1910 - Actor, musician, singer, dancer
  • John Payne 1912 - Actor, singer
  • Betty Garrett 1919 - Actress ("All in the Family," "Laverne and Shirley")
  • Helen O'Connell 1920 - Singer, actress, dancer
  • Alicia de Larrocha 1923 - Pianist
  • Mac Wiseman 1925 - Singer
  • Nigel Davenport 1928 - Actor
  • Rosemary Clooney 1928 - Singer, actress
  • Julian Euell 1929 - Jazz musician
  • Barbara Barrie 1931 - Actress
  • Joan Collins 1933 - Actress ("Dynasty")
  • Robert Moog 1934 - Musician
  • Charles Kimbrough 1936 - Actor ("Murphy Brown")
  • General Johnson 1943 - Musician (Chairman of the Board)
  • Lauren Chapin 1945 - Actress ("Father Knows Best")
  • Misty Morgan 1945 - Musician
  • Judy Rodman 1951 - County singer
  • Anatoly Karpov 1951 - Chess grandmaster
  • "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler 1952 - Boxer
  • Luka Bloom 1955 - Singer
  • Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host
  • Shelley West 1958 - Country singer
  • Linden Ashby 1960 - Actor
  • Karen Duffy 1961 - Actress, model
  • Phil Selway 1967 - Musician (Radiohead)
  • Noel Gallagher 1968 - Musician (Oasis)
  • Laurel Holloman 1968 - Actress ("The L Word")
  • Lorenzo 1972 - Singer
  • Maxwell 1973 - Singer
  • Jewel 1974 - Singer
  • Kelly Monaco 1976
  • Adam Wylie 1984 - Actor



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