Wednesday, April 26, 2017

turncoat (TUHRN-koht)noun:

• Someone who changes allegiance and joins the opposite side.

Etymology: The color, and especially the color of clothing, has long symbolized association with a particular cause. For example, soldiers in an army or players in a sports team don a designated color. The idea behind the word turncoat is someone switching allegiances and turning his coat inside out to hide his earlier colors. Earliest documented use: 1567.

Work Sandwich

• Back to back shifts, sp. closing shift followed by an opening shift the next day, primarily making a night on the town impractical.

I can't man, work sandwich.

Holiday

• Alien Day - first contact according to the movie ALIEN was on a planet referred to as LV426. 426. 4/26. April 26.

History

• Cape Henry: Jamestown settlers made landfall on this Virginia promontory (1607)
• Marshall Henri Pétain: the leader of France's Vichy government was arrested (1945); he died in prison in 1951
• Tanzania: African republic was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (1964)
• Chernobyl disaster: worst-ever nuclear reactor accident occurred near the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl; the resulting radioactive cloud covered much of Europe (1986)

Birthdays

• John James Audubon 1785 - Ornithologist, naturalist, painter
• Frederick Olmsted 1822 - Journalist, landscape designer
• Jessie Redmon Fauset 1882 - Poet, essayist, novelist
• Anita Loos 1893 - Screenwriter, playwright, author
• Rudolf Hess 1895 - Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party
• Charles Richter 1900 - Seismologist, creator of the Richter magnitude scale used to quantify earthquakes
• Teddy Edwards 1924 - Jazz musician
• Jorgen Ingmann 1925 - Musician
• Bernard Malamud 1914 - Author of novels and short stories
• Bambi Linn 1926 - Dancer
• Carol Burnett 1933 - Actress, comedian 
  

  
• Duane Eddy 1938 - Musician
• Maurice Williams 1938 - Musician (Zodiacs)
• Claudine Clark 1941 - Musician
• Bobby Rydell 1942 - Singer
• Claudine Auger 1942 - Actress ("Thunderball")
• Gary Wright 1943 - Musician
• Giorgio Moroder 1944 - Record producer, songwriter, performer
• Boyd Matson 1947 - Television anchor (National Geographic Explorer, NBC's Weekend Today)
• Donna De Varona 1947 - Swimmer
• Giancarlo Esposito 1958 - Actor, director
• Roger Taylor 1960 - Musician (Duran Duran)
• Chris Mars 1961 - Artist, musician
  

  
• Joan Chen 1961 - Actress
• Michael Damian 1962 - Actor, singer, producer
• Jet Li 1963 - Actor ("War", "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor")
• Kevin James 1965 - Actor ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry", "The King of Queens")
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste 1967 - Actress ("Without a Trace")
  Melania Trump 1970 - model / First Lady 
• T-Boz (Tionne Tenese Watkins) 1970 - Songwriter (TLC)
• Jordana Brewster 1980 - Actress (and Mrs. Bax0jayz doppleganger)
• Marnette Patterson 1980 - Actress
• Jessica Lynch 1983