Thursday, September 22, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\, adjective:
  • Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.
Brobdingnagian is from Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels. 
 
Cerebral Bulimia

  • Binging and purging of the brain.
Last week I had total Cerebral Bulimia prepping for that US Government final.
Holiday
  • Autumnal Equinox
History
  • Nathan Hale: the American Revolutionary War hero was hung by the British as a spy, saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" (1776)
  • Shaka: Zulu kingdom founder was assassinated by his half-brothers (1828)
  • long-count fight: Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey (1927)
  • Fiddler on the Roof: musical set in the shtetl opened on Broadway; it ran for 3,242 shows (1964)
  • Iran-Iraq War: eight-year Persian Gulf conflict began (1980)
Birthdays
  • Michael Faraday 1791
  • Paul Muni 1895
  • Allan 'Rocky' Lane 1901
  • John Houseman 1902
  • Martha Scott 1914
  • Tommy Lasorda 1927
  • Eugene Roche 1928
  • Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) 1930
  • Harriet King 1935
  • Ray Norton 1937
  • Paul LeMat 1945
  • King Sunny Ade 1946
  • Mark Phillips 1948
  • Harold Carmichael 1949
  • David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) 1951
  • Shari Belafonte-Harper 1954
  • Debby Boone 1956
  • June Forester (The Forester Sisters) 1956
  • Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blond) 1957
  • Lynn Herring 1958
  • Joan Jett 1960
  • Rob Stone 1962
  • Scott Baio 1961
  • Bonnie Hunt 1964
  • Big Rube (Society of Soul) 1971
  • Laura Vandervoort 1984

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