Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

potlatch \POT-lach\, noun:
  • A ceremony at which gifts are bestowed on the guests in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
Potlatch comes from the Chinook language, meaning "gift." Nearly identical words exist in the languages of various tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
sniff test
  • To test if an item of already worn clothing is suitable to wear out. common amongst students who cant be bothered to do their washing.
Friend1: Hey man cant you just wear those boxers?
Friend2:(sniff test) yeah i can get a couple more uses out of those

History
  • Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
  • Unua Libro: the "First Book" of Esperanto was published, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (1887)
  • National Security Act: was signed by US President Harry S Truman; it created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947)
  • Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
  • Jimmy Hoffa: Teamsters union head was convicted of fraud and conspiracy (1964)
Birthdays
  • George Catlin 1796
  • George Bernard Shaw 1856
  • Carl Jung 1875
  • Aldous Huxley 1894
  • Gracie Allen 1906
  • Vivian Vance 1912
  • Erskine Hawkins 1914
  • Marjorie Lord 1921
  • Blake Edwards 1922
  • Jason Robards, Jr. 1922
  • Hoyt Wilhelm 1923
  • Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington Band) 1924
  • James Best 1926
  • Stanley Kubrick 1928
  • Bobby Lilly 1939
  • Bobby Rousseau 1940
  • Bobby Hebb 1941
  • Dobie Gray 1943
  • Peter Hyams 1943
  • Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943
  • Keil Martin 1944
  • Mickei King 1944
  • Helen Mirren 1946
  • Roger Taylor (Queen) 1949
  • Susan George 1950
  • Duncan Mackey 1950
  • Dorothy Hamill 1956
  • Kevin Spacey 1959
  • Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) 1961
  • Sandra Bullock 1964
  • Jeremy Piven 1965
  • Jennifer Ashe 1966
  • Kate Beckinsale 1973
  • Derek Jeter 1974
  • Taylor Momsen 1993
 
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