Thursday, September 05, 2019

Thursday, September 5, 2019

psaltery \SAWL-tuh-ree\, noun:
  1. an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
  2. (initial capital letter) the Psalter.
Psaltery came to English in the 14th century from the Greek psalterion meaning "stringed instrument."
 
Smartphone dead leg
  • The loss of feeling in the legs due to prolonged smartphone use whilst sitting down, in particular on the toilet.
"Whoa candy crush just gave me mad smartphone dead leg on that last poo break!"

History
  • Peter the Great: the Russian czar levied a tax on beards (1698)
  • Continental Congress: delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Georgia did not attend) convened in Philadelphia to seek repeal of the British Intolerable Acts (1774)
  • Sam Houston: was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas (1836)
  • On the Road: Jack Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness novel, considered a defining work of the Beat Generation, was published (1957)
  • Munich Massacre: Palestinian terrorists of the Black September group murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics (1972)
Birthdays
  • Louis VIII (King of France) 1187
  • Louis XIV (King of France) 1638
  • Johann Christian Bach 1735
  • Jesse James 1847
  • Morris Carnovsky 1897
  • Arthur Charles Nielsen 1897
  • Florence Eldridge 1901
  • Darryl F. Zanuck 1902
  • Arthur Koestler 1905
  • John Cage 1912
  • Gail Kubik 1914
  • Jack Buetel 1917
  • Jack Valenti 1921
  • Bob Newhart 1929
  • Andrian G Nikolayev 1929
  • Robert Dennard 1932
  • Carol Lawrence 1935
  • John Ferguson 1938
  • William Devane 1939
  • Clay Regazzoni 1939
  • Susumu Tonegawa 1939
  • John Stewart (The Kingston Trio) 1939
  • Raquel Welch 1940
  • Eduardo Mata 1942
  • Steve Miller 1943
  • Al Stewart 1945
  • Buddy Miles 1946
  • Loudon Wainwright III 1946
  • Freddie Mercury (Queen) 1946
  • Kathy Cronkite 1950
  • Cathy Lee Guisewaite 1950
  • Jamie Oldaker (The Tractors) 1951
  • Sandra Guiboard 1956
  • Kristian Alfonso 1964
  • Terry Ellis (En Vogue) 1966
  • Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine) 1968
  • Dweezil Zappa 1969
  • Tina Yothers 1973
  • Rose McGowan 1974
  • Andrew Ducote 1986

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