Thursday, February 9, 2017

doppelganger \DOP-uhl-gang-uhr\, noun:

1. A ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
2. Alter ego; double.

Doppelganger is from the German doppel, "double" + Gänger, "goer."

 

Logophilia

• This happens when nerds like words so much, they are sexually excited by them.

When Kevin took his SAT, he was sent into logophilia by the critical reading section.

History

• John Quincy Adams: the House of Representatives chose America's sixth POTUS, when no candidate received a majority of electoral votes (1825)
• National Weather Service: then known as the United States Weather Bureau, was founded under the US Army Signal Corps; it used to alert fruit growers to the approach of stormy weather by telegraph (1870)
• Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan (1895)
• Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame: the first embedded star was awarded, honoring Joanne Woodward (1960)
• The Beatles: the Fab Four appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
• Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)

Birthdays

• William Henry Harrison (U.S.) 1773

  
• George Ade 1866
• Amy Lowell 1874
• Ronald Colman 1891
• Brian Donlevy 1899
• Carmen Miranda 1909
• Bill Veeck 1914
• Ernest Tubb 1914
• Gypsy Rose Lee 1914
• Kathryn Grayson 1922
• Brendan Behan 1923
  Frank Frazetta 1928
• Roger Mudd 1928
• Robert Morris 1931
• Jo Ann Prentice 1933
• Janet Suzman 1939
• Barry Mann 1942
• Carole King 1942
• Joe Pesci 1943
• Barbara Lewis 1943
• Alice Walker 1944
• Mia Farrow 1945
• Joe Ely 1947
• Major Harris 1947
• Judith Light 1949
• Dennis "DT" Thomas (Kool & the Gang) 1951
• Charles Shaughnessy 1955
• Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) 1960
• Travis Tritt 1963
• Julie Warner 1965
• Dannie Leigh 1970
  Tom Hiddleston 1981 (Loki) 
• David Gallagher 1985