Thursday, October 6, 2016

acta \AK-tuh\, noun:

• Official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.

Acta relates to the Latin agere, "to do." Act and many other English words share this source.

 

Alltheist 

• A person who tries to claim ties to every religion out of fear of picking the "wrong" one. This in turn forms a paradox because some religions, such as Hinduism and Judaism contradict each other as the former is polytheistic and the latter explicitly states that there is only one God. A typical Alltheist may believe in Jesus, Hindu gods, and even the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Guy: I don't want to go to hell, so I'll just become an Alltheist

Girlfriend: Why am I even going out with you?

History 

• Moulin Rouge: France's most famous cabaret opened in the Montmartre section in Paris (1889)
• The Jazz Singer: first full-length talkie debuted with songs and 291 spoken words (1927)
• The Curse of the Billy Goat: began when Billy Sianis and his goat were ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series; Sianis predicted that the Cubs would never again win a World Series, and, so far, they haven't even been in one since then (1945)
• Yom Kippur War: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year (1973)
• Anwar Sadat: Egypt's president was assassinated by Islamic fundamentalists while reviewing a military parade in Cairo (1981)

Birthdays

•  Wenceslas III (1289-1306): king of Hungary

• Jenny Lind 1820

  
• George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems
• Reginald Fessenden 1866
• Le Corbusier 1887
• Jerome Cowan 1897
• Florence Seibert 1897
• Jack Sharkey 1902
• Helen Wills Moody 1905
• Janet Gaynor 1906
• Carole Lombard 1908
• Thor Heyerdahl 1914
• H.R. (Bum) Bright 1920
• Shana Alexander 1925
• Paul Badura-Skoda 1927
• Hafez Assad (Syria) 1930
• Fred Graham 1931
• Anna Quayle 1936
• Britt Ekland 1942
• Fred Travalena 1942
• Millie Small 1946
• Klaus Dibiasi 1947
• Thomas McClary (The Commodores) 1950
• David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) 1954
• Elisabeth Shue 1963
• Matthew Sweet 1964
• Tim Rushlow 1966
• Kitty (B-Rock and the Bizz) 1971
• Bobby Farrell (Boney M) 1949
• Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) 1951
• Amy Jo Johnson 1970
  Olivia Thirlby 1986 (Cassandra Anderson in Dredd)