Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

proliferate \pruh-LIF-uh-reyt\, verb:
1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate.
2. Biology. To grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
Proliferate is a back-formation from the biology term proliferation, circa 1873.
 
Aluminum Digger
  • A younger version of a gold digger.
That girl is fifteen and after that boy's lunch money. What an aluminum digger.

Holiday 


  • No Panty Day

History
  • Henry Hudson: English explorer was set adrift with his son and several others by the mutinous crew of his ship; the castaways perished (1611)
  • Galileo Galilei: was compelled by the Church to recant his heliocentric view of the universe (1633)
  • G.I. Bill of Rights: law that helped veterans go to college was signed by FDR (1944)
  • Okinawa: the WWII campaign for the island ended; over 12,000 Americans and 110,000 Japanese lost their lives during the 83-day battle (1945)
  • voting age: President Richard Nixon signed a measure allowing 18-year-olds to vote (1970)
  • Charon: largest moon of Pluto was discovered (1978)
Birthdays
  • George Vancouver 1757
  • Erich Maria Remarque 1898
  • Carl Hubbell 1903
  • Billy Wilder 1906
  • Michael Todd 1907
  • Ann Morrow Lindbergh 1907
  • Mary Livingstone 1909
  • Joseph Papp 1921
  • Gower Champion 1921
  • Bill Blass 1922
  • Ralph Waite 1928
  • Roy Drusky 1930
  • Kris Kristofferson 1936
  • Ed Bradley 1941
  • Barry Serafin 1941
  • Michael Lerner 1941
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer 1944
  • Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) 1944
  • Andrew Rubin 1946
  • David L. Lander 1947
  • Howard Kaylan (The Turtles) 1947
  • Todd Rungren 1948
  • Meryl Streep 1949
  • Allen Osmond 1949
  • Lindsay Wagner 1949
  • Larry Junstrom (.38 Special) 1949
  • Graham Greene 1952
  • Chris Lemmon 1954
  • Freddie Prinze 1954
  • Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) 1956
  • Gary (INXS) Beers 1957
  • Bruce Campbell 1958
  • Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) 1959
  • Tracy Pollan 1960
  • Jimi Somerville 1961
  • Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat, Communards) 1961
  • Amy Brenneman 1964
    Dan Brown 1964 (The DaVinci Code)
  • Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) 1964
  • Tom Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet) 1965
  • Paula Irvine 1968
  • Stephen Page (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
  • Lindsay Ridgeway 1985

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