Thursday, October 12, 2017

Thursday, October 12, 2017

etiology \ee-tee-OL-uh-jee\, noun:
1. In Pathology the study of the causes of diseases.
2. Any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics.
Etiology is from the Greek aitiología, determining the cause of something, equivalent to aití cause and logia study.
 
Stress Eater
  • Someone who, in reaction to high levels of stress, eats excessive amounts of food.
"Damn, John just ate four hamburgers and downed a chocolate shake!"
"Yeah, he has been studying for finals all week."
"Wow, that guy is a wicked stress eater."

History
  • New World: Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Bahamas (1492)
  • Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)
  • The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
  • Nikita Krushchev: the Soviet premier made an impact when he pounded his shoe on his desk at a UN General Assembly meeting (1960)
  • the day of six billion: the official UN-designated approximate day that the world population hit 6 billion; it was 12 years after the population reached 5 billion (1999)
  • USS Cole: suicide bombers on an explosives-laden boat rammed into the American destroyer in Yemen; 17 US sailors died (2000)
  • Bali: 202 people died when a terrorist's bomb destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island (2002)
Birthdays
  • Elmer Sperry 1860
  • Perle Mesta 1891
  • Joe Cronin (MLB) 1906
  • Guitar Gabriel 1925
  • Antonia Rey 1927
  • Nappy Brown 1929
  • Ned Jarrett 1932
  • Jean Nidetch 1932
  • Dick Gregory 1932
  • Luciano Pavarotti 1935
  • Samuel Moore (Sam & Dave) 1935
  • Lawrence Jeffrey 1940
  • Melvin Franklin (Temptations) 1942
  • Chris Wallace 1947
  • Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) 1948
  • Susan Anton 1950
  • Ronald E. McNair 1950
  • Pat DiNizzio (Smithereens) 1955
  • Dave Vanian (The Damned) 1956
  • Claude McKnight (Take 6) 1962
  • Adam Rich 1968
  • Hugh Jackman 1968
  • Garfield Bright (Shai) 1969
  • Martie Seidel (Dixie Chicks) 1969
  • Kirk Cameron 1970


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