Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

MAY THE FOURTH

iatrogenic \ahy-a-truh-JEN-ik\, adjective:
  • A malady induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures.
Iatrogenic stems from the Greek iatros, physician. 

unsult 
  • An insult disguised as a compliment, originating from The Simpons episode Father Knows Worst. The disguise can be very obvious or very subtle. 
Example unsult: "Lenny, it takes a lot of courage to wear suspenders while you're not performing in the circus."

Holiday
  • Star Wars Day aka May The Fourth - Get it? May 4th? May the Fourth? May the Force be with you!
History
  • Manhattan: Dutch colonist Peter Minuit landed on the island; he later bought it for $24 in trade goods (1626)
  • Rhode Island: declared its independence from England, becoming one of the original Thirteen Colonies (1776)
  • Al Capone: after many arrests, the crime boss known as Scarface was finally jailed for tax evasion (1932)
  • Grammys: were first awarded (1959)
  • Freedom Riders: students joined members of CORE to ride from Washington, DC, across the south toward New Orleans, protesting racial segregation on public interstate buses (1961)
  • Kent State: four university students were killed and nine wounded by members of the Ohio National Guard, who were quashing a campus protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War (1970)
Birthdays 
  • Sir Thomas Lawrence 1769 
  • Horace Mann 1796 - Educator, father of public education in the U.S., author 
  • Joseph Whitaker 1820 
  • Thomas Huxley 1825 
  • John Hanning Speke 1827 
  • Um Kalthum 1904 
  • Howard DaSilva (Silverblatt) 1909 - Actor ("The Lost Weekend", "The Great Gatsby") 
  • Heloise 1919 
  • Ed "Cass" Cassidy 1923 - Musician (New Jazz Trio, Taj Mahal, Spirit) 
  • Betsy Rawls 1928 - Golfer 
  • Hosni Mubarak 1928 - Egyptian president 
  • Maynard Ferguson 1928 - Jazz trumpeter, bandleader 
  • Audrey Hepburn (Edda Kathleen Hepburn van Heemstra) 1929 - Actress ("Monte Carlo Baby", "Breakfast at Tiffany's") 
  • Roberta Peters 1930 - Opera singer 
  • Harlon Hill 1932 - Football player 
  • El Cordobés (Manuel Benítez Pérez) 1936 - Spanish bullfighter 
  • Dick Dale 1937 - Musician 
  • Ron Carter 1937 - Jazz bassist 
  • Tyrone Davis 1938 
  • George F. Will 1941 - Columnist ("Newsweek"), editor 
  • David LaFlamme 1941  
  • Nick Ashford 1942 - Singer, songwriter (Ashford and Simpson) 
  • Ronnie Bond 1943 - Musician (The Troggs) 
  • Paul Gleason 1944 - Actor 
  • Peggy Sanntiglia 1944 - Singer
  • Richard Jenkins 1947 - Actor ("The Visitor") 
  • Stella Parton 1949 - Country singer 
  • Hilly Hicks 1950 - Actor, minister 
  • Jackie Jackson 1951 - Singer (The Jackson Five, The Jacksons) 
  • Oleta Adams 1953 - Singer 
  • Julie Budd 1954 
  • Danny Brubeck 1955 - Drummer, Dave Brubeck's son 
  • Mick Mars 1955 - "Musician" (Motley Crue) 
  • Pia Zadora 1954 - Actress ("Hairspray"), singer 
  • Randy Travis (Randy Bruce Traywick) 1959 - Country singer
  • Mary McDonough 1961 - Actress ("The Waltons") 
  • Jay Aston 1961 - Musician (Bucks Fizz) 
  • Ana Gasteyer 1967 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live") 
  • Dawn Staley 1970 - Basketball player 
  • Will Arnet 1970 - Actor ("Arrested Development") 
  • Chris Tomlin 1972 - Singer 
  • Mike Dirnt 1972 - Musician (Green Day) 
  • Kimora Lee Simmons 1975 - Television personality, fashion designer 
  • Jose Castellanos 1977 - Musician (Save Ferris) 
  • Lance Bass 1979 - Singer ('N Sync) 
  • Alexander Gould 1994 - Actor ("Weeds," "Finding Nemo")








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