Monday, June 26, 2017

Monday, June 26, 2017

sirocco \suh-ROK-oh\, noun:
1. Any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
2. A hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
3. A warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain.
Sirocco enters English from the Italian scirocco, which in turn derives from the Arabic sharq, literally meaning "east."
engayed
  • The term for gay couples to become engaged or plan on becoming married.
Did you hear the news? Paul and Tom got engayed. I can't wait for their wedding!


History
  • The Gold Rush: Charlie Chaplin's comedy premiered in Hollywood (1925)
  • United Nations: 50 countries signed the charter establishing the world body (1945)
  • Ich bin ein Berliner: John F. Kennedy declared "I am a Berliner," emphasizing US support for democracy in West Germany (1963)
  • UPC bar code: the first item marked in this way was scanned, in Troy, Ohio; the 10-pack of Juicy Fruit is now in the Smithsonian (1974)
  • CN Tower: a Toronto landmark, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, opened to the public (1976)
  • Human Genome Project: completion of the first rough map of the human genetic code was announced at the White House (2000)
Birthdays
  • Abner Doubleday 1819
  • Sidney Howard 1891
  • Pearl S. Buck 1892
  • Willy Messerschmitt 1898 - aircraft engineer
  • William P. Lear 1902 - aircraft engineer
  • Peter Lorre 1904
  • Col. Tom Parker 1909
  • Roy Plunkett 1910
  • Richard Maltby 1914
  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1914
  • Charlotte Zolotow 1915
  • Eleanor Parker 1922
  • Frances Rafferty 1922
  • Dave Grusin 1934
  • Billy Davis ( The 5th Dimension) 1940
  • Larry Taylor (Canned Heat) 1942
  • Pamela Bellwood 1943
  • Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) 1943
  • Mick Jones (Clash, Big Audio Dynomite) 1955
  • Chris Isaak 1956
  • Patty Smyth 1957
  • Barbara Edwards 1960
  • Greg LeMond 1961
  • Terri Nunn (Berlin) 1961
  • Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) 1963
  • Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) 1969
  • Chris O'Donnell 1970
  • Rebecca Budig 1973
  • Jason Schwartzman 1980
  • Kaitlin Cullum 1986

     

     

           

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