shiv \shiv\, noun:
SOPA
don't let the internet take a SOPA to the knee.
History
- A knife, especially a switchblade.
SOPA
- The shittiest piece of legislation the U.S. government ever came up with.
don't let the internet take a SOPA to the knee.
History
- 1907 - The first film reviews appeared in "Variety" magazine.
- 1915 - neon sign: was patented by French engineer/chemist Georges Claude; early neon signs were called "liquid fire"
- 1937 - Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
- 1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.
- 1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show."
- 1983 - Apple Lisa: the first Apple with a GUI and a mouse was announced; speedy (5 MHz) and robust (512 KiB RAM), it cost nearly $10,000)
- 1988 - Metallica began recording their fourth full-length release, "And Justice For All."
Birthdays
- Robert E. Lee 1807 - Confederate General during U.S. Civil War
- Edgar Allen Poe 1809 - Poet
- Sir Henry Bessemer 1813
- Paul Cezanne 1839 - Artist
- Ish Kabibble 1908
- John Raitt 1917
- Guy Madison 1922
- Jean Stapleton 1923
- Fritz Weaver 1926
- Robert MacNeil 1931
- Phil Everly (Everly Brothers) 1939
- Michael Crawford 1942
- Janis Joplin 1943
- Laurie London 1944
- Shelley Fabares 1944
- Dolly Parton 1946 - Singer
- Ann Compton 1947
- Harvard Hinsley 1948
- Robert Palmer 1949
- Dewey Bunnell (America) 1952
- Desi Arnaz Jr. 1953
- Katy Sagal 1956
- Mickey Virtue (UB40) 1957
- Paul McCrane 1961
- Stefan Edberg 1966
- Junior Seau 1969
- Trey Lorenz 1969
- Shawn Wayans 1971
- John Wozniak (Marcy Playground) 1971
- Drea de Matteo 1972
- A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) 1978
- Jodie Sweetin 1982
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