Thursday, May 12, 2016

malapert \MAL-uh-purt\, adjective:

1. Unbecomingly bold or saucy.

noun:

1. A malapert person.

Malapert relates to the Old French mal apert, "ill-skilled," which means malapert and expert share a common ancestor.
 
Citation Needed

• A disclaimer for any time you quote something from Wikipedia as fact. Acknowledges that it isn't the world's most "reliable" source, but it's still good enough for you to use.

Drew: I heard the old Red Ranger from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers is gay, citation needed.

Cody: Yeah, I heard that elephant populations have tripled in three years, citation needed.

History

• odometer: pioneer and inventor William Clayton first used his "roadometer," an early tool for measuring distance traveled (1847)
• Berlin blockade: the Soviets ended their nearly year-long blockade of the Western-held sectors of Berlin (1949)
• hurricanes: the US Dept. of Commerce announced that storms would no longer be named after women only (1978)
• 2008 Sichuan earthquake: killed nearly 70,000 Chinese and left millions homeless (2008)

Birthdays

• Edward Lear 1812 - Poet, illustrator
• Lord Grimthorpe (Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C.) 1816 - Lawyer, horologist, architect
• Florence Nightingale 1820 - Nurse, contributed to modern nursing procedures, author
• Dante Rossetti 1828 - Poet, artist, brother of poet Christian Rossetti
• Jules Massenet 1842 - French composer
• Gabriel Urbain Fauré 1845 - French composer, pianist
• Mildred McAfee 1900 - Captain Mildred McAfee (Horton), first director of U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service)
• Katherine Hepburn 1907 - Actress ("Morning Glory", "On Golden Pond [1981]", "The Rainmaker")
• Howard K. Smith 1914 - Journalist, TV anchorman
• Mary Kay Ash 1915 - U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., born Mary Kathlyn Wagner
• Joe Maphis 1921 - (Otis W.) Joe Maphis, country singer, entertainer, songwriter
• Bob Goldham 1922 - Hockey player
• John Simon 1925 - Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1940-1945
• Yogi Berra 1925 - Baseball player, manager
• Burt Bacharach 1929 - Composer
• Samuel Nujoma 1929 - President of Namibia
• Felipe (Felipe Rojas) Alou 1935 - Baseball player
• John Bucyk 1935 - Hockey player
• Tom Snyder 1936 - Journalist, television host
• Frank Stella 1936 - Abstract artist, sculptor, painter
• George Carlin 1937 - Comedian, actor

  
• Susan Hampshire 1938 - Actress ("Cry Terror", "David Copperfield")
• Millie Perkins 1938 - Actress ("Wall Street", "Ensign Pulver")
• Ronald L. Ziegler 1939 - Journalist, Press Secretary for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon
• Jayotis Washington 1941 - Musician (The Persuasions)
• Billy Swan 1942 - Singer, songwriter
• Ted (Theodore Rodger) Kubiak 1942 - Baseball player
• Ian Dury 1942 - Singer (Ian Dury and the Blockheads)
• David Walker 1943 - Musician (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
• Linda Dano (Linda Rae Wildermuth) 1943 - Actress
• Ian McLagan 1946 - Musician
• Steve Winwood 1948 - Musician (Blind Faith, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group)
• Lindsay Crouse 1948 - Actress ("The Juror", "Slap Shot", "Traps")
• Billy Squier 1950 - Singer

  
• Pat (Patrick Leonard) Darcy 1950 - Baseball player
• Gabriel Byrne 1950 - Actor ("In Treatment")
• Bruce Boxleitner 1950 - Actor ("Scarecrow and Mrs. King", "The Babe")
• Kix Brooks 1955 - Musician (Brooks and Dunn)
• Lou Whitaker 1957 - Baseball player, nicknamed "Sweet Lou"
• Kim Greist 1958 - Actress ("Homeward Bound" movies, "Chicago Hope")
• Kevin Bass 1959 - Baseball player
• Ving Rhames 1961 - Actor
• Billy Duffy 1961 - Musician (The Cult)
• Emilio Estevez 1962 - Actor ("Breakfast Club", "The Mighty Ducks" movies, "Young Guns"), Martin Sheen's son, Charlie Sheen's brother
• Eddie Kilgallon 1965 - Musician (Ricochet)
• Stephen Baldwin 1966 - Actor ("Born on the Fourth of July"), brother of Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin
• Tony Hawk 1968 - Skateboarder
• Kim Fields 1969 - Actress ("The Facts of Life")
• Samantha Mathis 1970 - Actress
• Jamie Luner 1971 - Actress ("Melrose Place")
• Mackenzie Astin 1973 - Actor
• Melanie Chisholm (Melanie "Mel" Jayne Chisholm) 1976 - Singer (Spice Girls), known as "Sporty Spice"
• Jason Biggs 1978 - Actor ("American Pie" movies)
• Malin Akerman 1978 - Actress (The Watchmen)
• Samantha Mathis 1978 - Actress
• Emily VanCamp 1986 - Actress ("Brothers & Sisters")
• Malcolm David Kelley 1992 - Actor ("Lost")
• Sawyer Sweeten 1995 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")
• Sullivan Sweeten 1995 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")