Thursday, June 02, 2016

Thursday, June 2, 2016

goad \GOHD\, verb:
1. To prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
noun:
1. A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
2. Anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.
3. Something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.
Goad starts out in Old English as gad, "spearhead", and takes on a more figurative meaning as "to prod as if with a spear" in the 1600s.
 
  • A male who shares the same birthday as you. You were born on the same day of the same year. Even though you are not true brothers, this is a significantly close bond
See also Birthday Sister
Brady: Happy Birthday James.
James: Happy Birthday to you too, Birthday Brother.

History
  • Grover Cleveland: married Frances Folsom, becoming the first (and, so far, only) president to be married in the White House (1886)
  • Native Americans: were granted US citizenship (1924)
  • Lou Gehrig: Yankee slugger died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a rare degenerative disease that now carries his name (1941)
  • Queen Elizabeth II: coronation of the long-reigning monarch was held in Westminster Abbey; she wore a gown embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth (1953)
Birthdays
  • Marquis de Sade 1740 - French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer
  • Thomas Hardy 1840 - Novelist and poet of the naturalist movement
  • Johnny Weissmuller 1904 - Olympic swimmer, he was the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies
  • Ben Grauer 1908 - Radio and television personality
  • Max Showalter 1917 - Film, television, stage actor, composer, pianist, singer
  • Milo O'Shea 1926 - Actor
  • Carl Butler 1927 - Country music singer
  • Pete Conrad (Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.) 1930 - American naval officer, third person to walk on the moon
  • Barry Levinson 1933 - Screenwriter, film director, actor
  • Sally Kellerman 1937 - Actress
  • Charles Miller (Charles "Charlie" Miller) 1939 - Scottish football player
  • Stacy Keach 1941 - Actor
  • William Guest 1941 - Singer (Gladys Knight and The Pips)
  • Charlie Watts 1941 - Musician (Rolling Stones)
  • Charles Haid 1943 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
  • Marvin Hamlisch 1944 - Composer
  • Jon Peters (John H. Peters) 1945 - Movie producer
  • Jerry Mathers 1948 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver")
  • Joanna Gleason 1950 - Actress
  • Diana Canova 1953 - Actress
  • Dennis Haysbert 1954 - Actor ("24")
  • Dana Carvey 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Saturday Night Live," "Moving")
  • Gary Grimes 1955 - Actor
  • Lydia Lynch 1959 - Singer, poet, writer, actress
  • Michael Steel 1959 - Musician (Bangles)
  • Tony Hadley 1959 - Musician (Spandau Ballet)
  • Kyle Petty 1960 - Auto racer
    Lester Napoleon Green 1968 - Beetlejuice (Stern Show)
  • Merril Bainbridge 1968 - Singer, songwriter
  • B-Real 1970 - Musician (Cypress Hill)
  • Conny Valentina 1971 - Artist
  • Wayne Brady 1972 - Actor, comedian ("Whose Line is it Anyway")
  • Wentworth Miller 1972 - Actor ("Prison Break")
  • Zachary Quinto 1977 - Actor ("Star Trek")
  • Nikki Cox 1978 - Actress
  • Justin Long 1978 - Actor ("Dodge Ball," "Live Free or Die Hard")
  • Dominic Cooper 1978 - Actor
    Morena Baccarin 1979 - Actress (V, Firefly)
  • Irish Grinstead 1980 - Musician (702)



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