Sunday, August 06, 2017

Sunday, August 6, 2017

moxie \MOK-see\, noun:
1. Vigor; verve; pep.
2. Courage and aggressiveness.
3. Skill; know-how.
Moxie enters common speech from the 1908 Moxie, a trademark name registered 1924 for a bitter non-alcoholic beverage; it was used as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve," and it is perhaps ultimately from a New England tribal word.
 
platonic relationship
  • When a woman officially declares a man to be in her 'friend zone'.
Man: "I love you"
Woman: "I love you, too"
Man: *leans in for a kiss*
Woman: *magically turns it into a hug* "You're such a great friend."
Man: *is now in a forced platonic relationship*

History
  • Holy Roman Empire: came to an end with the abdication of Francis II (1806)
  • Bolivia: declared independence from Spain (1825)
  • electric chair: was first used as method of execution, on murderer William Kemmler at New York's Auburn Prison (1890)
  • Gertrude Ederle: became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1926)
  • Enola Gay: US bomber dropped an atomic weapon on Hiroshima, killing over 60,000 instantly; it was the first-ever use of nuclear warfare (1945)
  • Voting Rights Act: was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson; it prohibited states from imposing racial discrimination at the polls based on literacy or financial ability (1965)
  • Gerry Adams: the Sinn Féin president and British PM Tony Blair meet; it's the first time in 76 years that a British leader met with an IRA ally (1997)
Birthdays
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809
  • Leo Carrillo 1881
  • Louella Parsons 1881
  • Sir Alexander Fleming 1881
  • Scott Nearing 1883
  • Hoot Gibson 1892
  • Harry E. Cooper 1904 - Golfer
  • Helen Hull Jacobs 1908
  • Charles Crichton 1910
  • Lucille Ball 1911
  • Robert Mitchum 1917
  • Buddy Collette 1921
  • Sir Freddie Laker 1922
  • Andy Warhol 1928
  • Abbey Lincoln 1930
  • Paul Bartel 1938
  • Peter Bonerz 1938
  • Ray Buktenica 1942
  • Michael Anderson Jr. 1943
  • Andy Messersmith 1945
  • Dorian Harewood 1950
  • Catherine Hicks 1951
  • Pat McDonald (Timbuk 3) 1953
  • Stepfanie Kramer 1956
  • Randy DeBarge 1958
  • Peggy Lynn (The Lynns) 1964
  • Patsy Lynn (The Lynns) 1964
  • Lisa Stewart 1968
  • Geri Estelle Halliwell (Spice Girls) 1972
  • Soleil Moon Frye 1976
  • Marisa Miller 1978
  • Adrianne Curry 1982



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