Monday, June 20, 2016

Monday, June 20, 2016

couvade \koo-VAHD\, noun:
  • A practice in certain cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child.
Couvade comes from the French couver, "to incubate or hatch."
kittens and puppies
  • Raining kittens and puppies would mean raining lightly.
Let's go out. It's just raining kittens and puppies.

History
  • Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers were imprisoned in one cell in a jail in India; by morning many of the men had suffocated (1756)
  • Flight to Varennes: faced with anti-royalty hostility during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI tried unsuccessfully to flee the country (1791)
  • Queen Victoria: longest-reigning British monarch succeeded to the throne (1837)
  • Toast of the Town: debuted on CBS; in 1955 it was renamed The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
  • Hot line: Moscow-Washington line of direct communication was established following the Bay of Pigs standoff (1963)
  • Jaws: Steven Spielberg's thriller was released, chilling viewers and shattering box office records (1975)
Birthdays
  • Adam Ferguson 1723 - Philosopher, historian, known as Ferguson of Raith
  • Charles Chesnutt (Charles Waddell Chesnutt) 1858 - Author, essayist, political activist
  • Jean Moulinn 1899 - High profile member of the French Resistance during World War II
  • Errol Flynn 1909 - Actor
  • Pancho Segura (Francisco Olegario Segura) 1921 - Tennis player 
  • Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins) 1924 - Guitarist
  • Audie Murphy 1924 - Actor, most decorated American soldier of World War II
  • James Tolkan 1931 - Actor
  • Martin Landau 1931 - Actor
  • Olympia Dukakis 1931 - Actress
  • Danny Aiello (Daniel Louis "Danny" Aiello, Jr.) 1933 - Actor
  • Brett Halsey 1933 - Actor
  • Rossanna Podestà 1934 - Actress
  • Len Dawson (Leonard Ray "Len" Dawson) 1935 - Football player
  • Billy Guy 1936 - Singer (The Coasters)
  • Jerry Keller (Jerry Paul Keller) 1937 - Singer, songwriter
  • John Mahoney 1940 - Actor ("Frasier")
  • Stephen Frears 1941 - Film director
  • Brian Wilson 1942 - Musician (Beach Boys)
  • Anne Murray (Morna Anne Murray) 1945 - Singer
  • John McCook 1945 - Actor
  • Bob Vila (Robert J. "Bob" Vila) 1946 - Television host ("This Old House")
  • Andre Watts 1946 - Classical pianist
  • Candy Clark (Candace June "Candy" Clark) 1947 - Actress
  • Tina Sinatra 1948 - Producer, actress, second daughter of Frank Sinatra
  • Lionel Richie 1949 - Singer, musician
  • John Goodman 1952 - Actor
  • Cindy Lauper 1953 - Singer
  • Alan Longmuir 1953 - Musician (Bay City Rollers)
  • Michael Anthony 1954 - Musician (Van Halen)
  • John Taylor 1960 - Musician (Duran Duran, Neurotic Outsiders)
  • Mark De Gli Antoni 1962 - Musician (Soul Coughing)
  • Michael Landon, Jr. 1964 - Actor, writer, producer
  • Nicole Kidman 1967 - Actress
    Chino Moreno 1973 - Singer (Deftones)
  • Christopher Mintz-Plass 1989 - Actor (McLovin from Superbad, The Mother Fucker from Kick-Ass II)

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