Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

matriculate \muh-TRIK-yuh-leyt\, verb:
1. To enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
2. To register (a coat of arms), used esp. in Scottish heraldry.
Matriculate derives from the Latin matrix, "list". 
 
Textual Satisfaction 

  • The feeling you get when your phone has a new message/missed call.
"dude I've been having textual satisfaction all day I already have 5 new messages." 
History
  • Minnesota: became the 32nd US state; its name is Sioux for "cloudy water" (1858)
  • CARE package: first ones arrived in Le Havre, France; they cost $10 each and contained a variety of food products (1946)
  • Israel: was admitted to the United Nations (1949)
  • Deep Blue: IBM's supercomputer defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in game 6 of their chess tournament (1997)
  • euro: the currency's first coin was struck in a French mint (1998)
Birthdays 
  • Irving Berlin 1888 - Composer, lyricist
  • Martha Graham 1894 - Dancer, choreographer
  • William Grant Still 1895 - Classical composer
  • Salvador Dali (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech) 1904 - Surrealist painter
  • Phil Silvers 1912 - Entertainer, comedy actor ("The Phil Silvers Show"), known as "The King of Chutzpah"
  • Foster Brooks 1912 - Actor, comedian
  • Doodles Weaver (Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver) 1914 - Actor, comedian
  • Denver Dell Pyle 1920 - Actor
  • Mort Sahl (Morton Lyon "Mort" Sahl) 1927 - Comedian, actor
  • Stanley Elkin 1930 - Novelist, short story writer, essayist
  • Louis Farrakhan (Louis Eugene Walcott) 1933 - National Representative of the Nation of Islam
  • Dick Garcia 1938 - Musician
  • Doug McClure 1938 - Actor
  • Eric Burdon 1941 - Musician (The Animals)
  • Les Chadwick 1943 - Musician (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
  • Dr. Robert Jarvik 1946 - Scientist, researcher, entrepreneur
  • Frances Fisher 1952 - Actress ("Titanic," "Unforgiven")
  • Shohreh Adhdashloo 1952 - Actress
  • Boyd Gaines 1953 - Actor
  • Mark Herndon 1955 - Musician (Alabama)
  • J.J. Jeczalik 1955 - Musician (Art of Noise)
  • Martha Quinn 1959 - One of the original video jockeys on MTV
  • Natasha Richardson 1963 - Actress
  • Jeffrey Donovan 1968 - Actor ("Burn Notice")
  • Austin O'Brien 1980 - Actor
  • Jonathan Jackson 1982 - Actor
  • Cory Monteith 1982 - Actor ("Glee")
  • Matt Leinart 1983 - Football player 



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