Thursday, March 09, 2017

Thursday, March 9, 2017

fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun:
1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.
2. Fanfare.
Fanfaronade derives from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón, "braggart," from Arabic farfar, "garrulous."
 
stfu
  • Acronym used for the phrase "shut the fuck up" for efficiency reasons.
Please stfu because I am trying to read.

History
  • Amistad case: the US Supreme Court ruled that the mutineers had been taken into slavery illegally and should be freed (1841)
  • See It Now: TV newsmagazine aired an episode critical of the communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy; it contributed to the senator's eventual downfall (1954)
  • Barbie: foot-high fashion doll — full name: Barbie Millicent Roberts — was launched at the New York Toy Fair; a billion have now been sold (1959)
  • New York Times v. Sullivan: the US Supreme Court protected the press from libel suits by public figures unless there was actual malice (1964)
Birthdays
  • Amerigo Vespucci 1454
  • Leland Stanford 1824
  • Eddie Foy, Sr. 1854
  • Will Geer 1902
  • Samuel Barber 1910
  • Fred Clark 1914
  • Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author
  • Carl Betz 1920
  • Andre Courreges 1923
  • Billy Ford (Billy & Lillie) 1925
  • Irene Papas 1929 - Actress
  • Keely Smith 1932 - Actress, singer
  • Lloyd Price 1933 - Singer
  • Yuri Gagarin 1934
  • Joyce Van Patten 1934 - Actress
  • Marty Ingels 1936 - Actor, comedian
  • Mickey Gilley 1936 - Country singer
  • Raul Julia 1940
  • Jim Colbert 1941
  • Mark Lindsay 1942 - Singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
  • Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player
  • Charles Gibson 1943 - TV host ("Good Morning America")
  • Trevor Burton 1944 - Musician (The Move)
  • Trish Van Devere 1945 - Actress
  • Robin Trower 1945 - Musician (Procol Harum)
  • Jim Cregan 1946 - Musician (Family)
  • Jeffrey Osborne 1948 - Singer (L.T.D.)
  • Jimmie Fadden 1948 - Country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
  • Jaime Lyn Bauer 1949 - Actress
  • Andy North 1950
  • Michael Kinsley 1951 - Journalist
  • Martin Fry 1958 - Musician (ABC)
  • Benito Santiago 1960 - Baseball player
  • Linda Fiorentino 1960 - Actress
  • Juliette Binoche 1964 - Actress
  • Robert Sledge 1968 - Musician (Ben Folds Five)
  • C-Murder 1971 - Rapper
  • Emmanuel Lewis 1971 - Actor ("Webster")
  • Kerr Smith 1972 - Actor ("Dawson's Creek)
  • Jean Louisa Kelly 1972 - Actress
  • Aaron Boone 1973 - Baseball player
  • Yamila Diaz 1977 - super model
  • Oscar Isaac 1979 - Actor (Poe Dameron from STAR WARS) 
    Chingy 1980 - Rapper
  • Brittany Snow 1986 - Actress ("Hairspray," "American Dreams")
  • Bow Wow 1987 - Rapper, Official Bow Wow Store
  • Luis Armand Garcia 1992 - Actor ("George Lopez")
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