TGIF: Friday, July 1, 2016

hunky dory \HUHNG-kee-DOHR-ee\, adjective:

• About as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.

Hunky dory is an American coinage from the late 1800s. The source is posited to be an adaptation of New York City slang or perhaps a reference to a street in Japan named Honcho dori, known as a destination for sailors on shore leave.

 

Microwave minute

• When time slows down while waiting for you food to heat in the microwave. Known side effects are increased hunger, slowing of all the clocks in your house and walking around aimlessly trying to kill time. The microwave minute has the ability to slow time turning one minute into what feels lime an hour.

Kus(9:00 pm): dude when are you gunna get here??

Ryan(9:00 pm): I'll be there in a microwave minute.

History

• Battle of San Juan Hill: future president Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a charge up Kettle Hill during the Spanish-American War (1898)
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: was signed by the US, UK, USSR and others to halt spread of nuclear arms (1968)
• Walkman: portable audio player was introduced by Sony (1979)
• Hong Kong: reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years of British rule (1997)

Birthdays

• Gottfried Von Leibniz 1649
• George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant
• Cecil Rhodes 1854
• Louis Bleriot 1872 - Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel
• Susan Glapell 1882
• James M. Cain 1892
• Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music", pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs
• Charles Laughton 1899 - Actor ("Captain Kidd")
• Myron Cohen 1902 - Comedian, actor ("When Nature Calls")
• William Wyler 1902 - Director
• Estee Lauder 1908 - Cosmetics company founder
• Willie Dixon 1915 - Musician (Big Three Trio)
• Olivia DeHavilland 1916 - Actress ("The Heiress", "Gone with the Wind")
• Farley Granger (Farley Earle II) 1925 - Actor ("The Purple Heart")
• Bobby Day (Byrd) 1930 - Singer ("Rockin' Robin')
• Leslie Caron 1931 - Actress ("Lili", "Gigi", "An American in Paris")
• Jamie Farr 1934 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Jean Marsh 1934 - Actress ("Frenzy")
• Claude Berri 1934 - Actor, director
• Sydney Pollack 1934 - Director
• David Prowse 1935 - Actor
• James Cotton 1935 - Blues musician
• Wally Amos, Jr. 1936 - Entrepreneur, created Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies
• Delaney Bramlett 1939 - Musician, singer (Delaney & Bonnie)
• Frank Parker 1939 - Singer (Ciccio)
• Twyla Tharp 1941 - Dancer, choreographer
• Rod Gilbert 1941 - Hockey player
• Karen Black (Ziegler) 1942 - Actress ("The Great Gatsby")
• Geneviève Bujold 1942 - Actress ("Coma")
• Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie)
• Harold McLinton 1947 - Football player
• David Earnest Duke 1950 - Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,
• Trevor Eve 1951 - Actor
• Daryl Anderson 1951 - Actor ("Lou Grant")
• Fred Schneider 1951 - Musician (B-52's, Shake Society)
• Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy", "Saturday Night Live", "Ghostbusters", "The Blues Brothers")
• Pat Donovan 1953 - Football player
• Keith Whitley 1954 - Singer
• Alan Ruck 1956 - Actor
• Lorna Patterson 1956 - Actress ("Airplane!", "Private Benjamin")
• Lisa Blount 1957 - Actress
• Carl (Frederick Carlton) Lewis 1961 - Olympic Gold Medalist
• Michelle Wright 1961 - Country singer
• Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales
• Andre Brougher 1962 - Actor
• Roddy Bottum 1963 - Musician (Faith No More)
• Pamela Denise Anderson 1967 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Mark Pirro 1970 - Musician (Tripping Daisy)
• Henry Simmons 1970 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
• Claire Forlani 1972 - Actress ("J.F.K.: Reckless Youth", "The Rock")
• Liv Tyler 1977 - Model , Acress ("Armagedon", "Lord of the Rings")
• Andrew Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Stephen Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")