Saturday, July 23, 2016

Saturday, July 23, 2016

fulgurate \FUHL-gyuh-reyt\, verb:
  1. To flash or dart like lightning.
  2. Medicine. To destroy (esp. an abnormal growth) by electricity.
The Latin fulgurāre, "to flash or lighten," is the ancestor of fulgurate.
 
Congreenient
  • The practice of recycling, or being green, only when convenient. A person who only recycles when it is convenient to do so.
I would have recycled my Fiji water bottle, but my plastic bin was full. I guess I'm just congreenient.

History
  • typographer: William Burt received a patent for his forerunner of the typewriter (1829)
    Batman - the caped crusader debuted (1939)
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser: led the Egyptian army in an overthrow of King Farouk I (1952)
  • 12th Street riot: police raid at a blind pig sparked five days of race riots in Detroit; 43 people died and 2,000 buildings burned down (1967)
  • Tiger Woods: at 24, became the youngest golfer to win a career Grand Slam (2000)
Birthdays

  • Karl Menninger 1893
  • Vincent Sardi 1894
  • Arthur Treacher 1894
  • Karl Swenson 1908
  • Michael Wilding 1912
  • Coral Browne 1913
  • Calvert DeForest 1921
  • Gloria De Haven 1925
  • Billy Maxwell 1929
  • Bert Convey 1933
  • Stacy Lacy 1934
  • Cleveland Duncan 1935 - Musician (Penguins)
  • Don Drysdale 1936
  • Ronny Cox 1938
  • Nicholas Gage 1939
  • Don Imus 1940 - Radio personality
  • Gary Stites 1940
  • Tony Joe White 1943
  • Dino Danelli 1945 - Musician (The Rascals)
  • Andy Mackay 1946 - Musician (Roxy Music)
  • David Essex 1947
  • Larry Manetti 1947
  • Belinda Montgomery 1950
  • Blair Thornton 1950 - Musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
  • Edie McClurg 1951
  • Woody Harrelson 1961
  • Martin Lee Gore 1961 - Musician (Depeche Mode)
  • Eriq LaSalle 1962
  • Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) 1963
  • Nick Menza 1964 - Musician (Megadeth)
  • Slash (Saul Hudson) 1965 - Muscian (Guns N' Roses)
  • Stephanie Seymour 1968
  • Charisma Carpenter 1970
  • Sam Watters 1970 - Musician (Color Me Badd)
  • Alison Krauss 1971
  • Chad Gracey 1971 - Musician (Live)
  • Mr. Dalvin (Jodeci) 1971
  • Marlon Wayans 1972 
  • Omar Epps 1973
  • Michelle Williams 1980 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
  • Jada Cheng 1986 

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