Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

imago \ih-MAH-goh\, noun:
1. An idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.
2. Entomology. An adult insect.
Imago is a term that originated in psychoanalysis but migrated into popular usage in the 20th Century.
 
ears lowered
  • A slang term for a hair cut.
I got my ears lowered over the weekend.

History
  • Ferdinand Magellan: explorer set sail from southern Spain to circumnavigate the globe (1519)
  • Victor Emmanuel II: seized the Papal States from the French; later he became the first king of modern Italy (1870)
  • civil rights: Mississippi governor Ross Barnett personally blocked the entrance of African-American James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; Meredith did end up attending (1962)
  • Battle of the Sexes tennis match: Billie Jean King won against Bobby Riggs, who had said women couldn't stand the pressure of the game; 30,000 attended and millions watched on TV (1973)
Birthdays
  • Upton Sinclair 1878
  • Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890
  • Chuck Dressen 1898
  • Elliot Nugent 1899
  • Peg Phillips 1918
  • Gogi Grant 1924
  • James Galanos 1924
  • Rachel Roberts 1927
  • Johnny Dankworth 1927
  • Donald A. Hall 1928
  • Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
  • Anne Meara 1929
  • Peter Palmer 1931
  • Sophia Loren 1934
  • John (Chuck) Panozzo (Styx) 1947
  • Guy LaFleur 1951
  • imagebam.comCharlene Elizabeth Brinkeman (aka Brinke Stevens) 1954
  • Peter White 1954
  • Betsy Brantley 1955
  • Gary Cole 1957
  • Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) 1957
  • Crispin Glover 1964
  • Kristen Johnston 1965
  • Gunnar Nelson 1967
  • Matthew Nelson 1967
  • Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) 1968



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