Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

slimsy \SLIM-zee\, adjective:
  • Flimsy; frail.
Slimsy is an Americanism that came into common use in the 1830s and early 1840s. It is a combination of slim and flimsy.
 
Congressional Review
  • To loosely read or breeze through a document, likely missing a fair amount of the information contained within.
How tough will the upgrade be?
I'm not too sure, I only gave the guide a Congressional Review.

History
  • Shaanxi Earthquake: deadliest earthquake in recorded history shook central and eastern China, killing more than 800,000 (1556)
  • Election Day: date for national elections was set by US Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (1845)
  • Elizabeth Blackwell: became the first female physician in the US, graduating first in her class from Geneva Medical College (1849)
  • Roots: the mini-series based on Alex Haley's epic novel began on ABC (1977)
  • Daniel Pearl: reporter for The Wall Street Journal was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan; he was killed less than a month later (2002)
Birthdays
  • John Hancock 1737
  • Edouard Manet 1832
  • Joseph Nathan Kane 1899
  • Randolph Scott 1903
  • Dan Duryea 1907
  • David Duncan 1916
  • Ernie Kovacs 1919
  • Ray Abrams 1920
  • Marty Paich 1925
  • Jeanne Moreau 1928
  • Ken Errair (The Four Freshmen) 1928
  • Chita Rivera 1933
  • Lou Antonio 1934
  • Eugene Church 1938
  • Johnny Russel 1940
  • Gil Gerard 1943
  • Rutger Hauer 1944
  • Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) 1944
  • Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) 1948
  • Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver) 1950
  • Bill Cunningham (The Box Tops) 1950
  • Danny Federici (E Street Band) 1950
  • Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 1953
  • Princess Caroline of Monaco 1957
  • Anita Baker 1958
  • Earl Falconer (UB40) 1959
  • Gail O'Grady 1963
  • Mariska Hargitay 1964
  • Marc Nelson 1971
  • Tiffany-Amber Thiessen 1974
    Tito Ortiz (MMA) 1975


 
 
 

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