Saturday, October 12, 2019

Saturday, October 12, 2019

sectile \SEK-til\, adjective:
  • capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
Sectile comes from the Latin word sectilis meaning "cuttable."
 
bangover
  • Sore neck as a result of headbanging at a metal concert.
"How was the Meshuggah show last night dude?"
"Ah man it was sick! I got the worst fucking bangover d00d."
 
Trivia
What was the official name of the Niña, one of the three ships that sailed to the Americas with Christopher Columbus in 1492?
  • The Santa Clara. It was common for ships at the time to have both an official religious name and a nickname, which sometimes was the feminine form of its owner’s name. That was the case with the Santa Clara, whose owner was Juan Niño of Moguer. The feminine form of his name is Niña.
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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