Monday, April 29, 2019

decamp \dih-KAMP\, verb:

1. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night.
2. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began.

From the French descamper, decamp emerged in English in the late 1600s. It is a combination of Latin roots dis + campus, literally meaning "away from open field."

cucuy

• "El cucuy" is about the equivelant to the boogie man, but is much scarier. Contrary to what people believe its not just the MEXICAN boogieman, many different Spanish speaking countries tell stories about the Cucuy. Some say that the Cucuy lives in the closet.

"Te va a comer el Cucuy"

"The Cucuy is gonna eat you"

Trivia

A towering bronze likeness of what entertainer stands at the entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City?

• Comedian Jackie Gleason. The statue depicts Gleason carrying a lunchbox and dressed as Ralph Kramden, the blustering bus driver he portrayed on the TV sitcom The Honeymooners.

History

• Joan of Arc: led her army into Orléans in victory over the English (1429)
• Dachau: concentration camp was liberated by US soldiers (1945)
• Naomi Uemura: became the first person to reach the North Pole alone; he traveled by sled dog (1978)
• Los Angeles race riots: began after the acquittal of police officers accused of beating Rodney King (1992)
• space walk: astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev stepped out together on first joint US-Russian walk in space (1997)
• Rent: Rock musical opened on Broadway; the Manhattan-set retelling of La bohème went on to win several Tonys, a Pulitzer and many other awards (1996)

Birthdays

• Alexander II (Alexander the Liberator) 1745 - Czar of the Russian Empire from 1855 to 1881
• William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher,
• Sir Thomas Beecham 1879 - British conductor
• Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy) 1899 - Composer, pianist, big band leader
• Hirohito (Emperor Showa) 1901 - 124th Japanese emperor, emperor from 1926 to 1989
• Tom Ewell 1909 - Actor ("The Girl Can't Help It," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Baretta")
• Richard Carlson 1912 - Actor, director, screenwriter
• Donald Mills 1915 - Musician (The Mills Brothers)
• Celeste Holm 1919 - Actress
• Danny Davis 1925 - Musician (The Nashville Brass)
• Carl Gardner 1928 - Musician (The Coasters)
• Lonnie Donegan 1931 - Musician
• Rod McKuen 1933 - Poet
• Keith Baxter 1933 - Actor
• Otis Rush 1934 - Musician
• Luis Aparicio 1934 - Baseball player
• Lane Smith 1936 - Actor ("Red Dawn," "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman")
• April Stevens 1936 - Singer
• Zubin Mehta 1936 - Conductor
• Duane Allen 1943 - Singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• Richard Kline 1944 - Actor ("Three's Company")
• Tammi Terrell 1945 - Singer
• Tommy James 1947 - Musician (The Shondells)
• Francis Rossi 1949 - Musician (Status Quo)
• Dale Earnhardt 1951 - Father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Kate Mulgrew 1955 - Actress ("Star Trek: Voyager")
• Jerry Seinfeld 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Seinfeld")
• Daniel Day-Lewis 1957 - Actor
• Michelle Pfeiffer 1957 - Actress
  

  
• Eve Plumb 1958 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
• Mark Kendall 1958 - Musician (Great White)
• Stephanie Bentley 1963 - Country musician
• Carnie Wilson 1968 - Singer (Wilson Phillips)
• Michael Timmins 1969 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
• Master P (Percy Miller) 1970 - Rapper
• Uma Thurman 1970 - Actress ("Pulp Fiction")
• Andre Agassi 1970 - Tennis player
• James Bonamy 1972 - Country Musician
• Mike Hogan 1973 - Musician (Cranberries)
• Tommie Harris 1983 - Football player
• Zane Carney 1985 - Actor 
  Katherine Langford 1996 - actress