Monday, February 24, 2020

dulcify \DUHL-suh-fahy\, verb:

1. to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
2. to sweeten.

Dulcify is derived from the Latin word dulcis meaning "sweet." It entered English around 1600. 

off the box

• the state of being removed from a position of prominence/importance due to a foolish mistake. Related to Michael Phelps being dropped by Kellogg after a picture of him with a bong was released.

Dude, after that bonehead move you are so off the box.

History

• Gregorian calendar: solar calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in a papal bull known as Inter gravissimas, to correct the Julian calendar (1582)
• Marbury v. Madison: established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court power to overturn acts of Congress it deems unconstitutional (1803)
• Andrew Johnson: became the first US president to be impeached, for defying the Tenure of Office Act (1868)
• National Public Radio: the home of All Things Considered and Car Talk was created (1970)

Birthdays

• Wilhelm Grimm 1786 - Author with brother Jakob Grimm (Grimm's Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, The Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb)
• Winslow Homer 1836 - Artist
• Honus (John Peter) Wagner 1874 - Baseball player, "The Flying Dutchman"
• Chester Nimitz 1885 - U.S. Navy Admiral, WWII Commander in Chief, signed the Japanese surrender papers
• Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson) 1890 - Actress ("Ma and Pa Kettle", "The Egg and I")
• Zachary Scott (Zachary Thomson Scott, Jr.) 1914 - Actor ("Flamingo Road", "The Young One")
• Abe Vigoda 1921 - Actor ("Barney Miller", "The Godfather"), zombie
• Steven Hill 1922 - Actor ("Law & Order", "Mission: Impossible", "Leagle Eagles")
• Mark Lane 1927 - Attorney, author ("Rush to Judgment"), conspiracy theorist regarding the JFK assassination
• Bubba (John Melvin) Phillips 1928 - Baseball player
• Richard B. Shull 1929 - Actor ("Splash")
• Barbara Lawrence 1930
• Dominic Chianese 1931 - Actor ("The Sopranos"), singer
• John Vernon 1932 - Actor ("The Outlaw Jose Wales", "Dirty Harry")
• Michel Legrand 1932 - Composer
• Linda Cristal 1936
• Renata Scotto 1936 - Opera singer
• Lance Reventlow 1936 - Auto racer, son of Barbara Hutton
• James Farentino 1938 - Actor ("Dynasty", "The Final Countdown")
• Paul Jones 1942 - Musician (Manfred Mann)
• George Harrison 1943 - Musician (Beatles) - In 1992, Harrison stated, "I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock." Previously, Harrison thought his birthday was the 25th.
• Sheila Larkin 1944
• Barry Bostwick 1945 - Actor ("Spy Hard", "Spin City" "War & Remembrance")
• Rupert Holmes 1947 - Musician, songwriter
• Edward James Olmos 1947 - Actor ("Blade Runner", "Miami Vice")

  
• Lonnie Turner 1947 - Musician (The Steve Miller Band)
• George Thorogood 1950 - Musician
• Helen Shaver 1951 - Actress ("The Craft", "Born to be Wild")
• Debra Jo Rupp 1951 - Actress ("That '70s Show")
• Fred Dean 1952 - Football player
• Tom Burleson 1952 - Basketball player
• Frank (Joseph) Riccelli 1953 - Baseball player
• Greg Wesbrooks 1953 - Football player
• Mike Sember 1953 - Baseball player
• Steven Jobs 1955 - Co-founder of Apple, Inc. - iTunes Music
• Bob Abrams 1955 - Musician (The Buckinghams)
• Paula Zahn 1956 - TV journalist ("CBS This Morning")
• Eddie Murray 1956 - Baseball player
• Sammy Kershaw 1958
• Michelle Shocked 1962 - Singer
• Todd Field 1964 - Director
• Billy Zane 1966 - Actor ("Titanic")
• Jeff Garcia 1970 - Football player
• Mike Lowell 1974 - Baseball player
• Simeon Rice 1974 - Football player
• Bonnie Somerville 1974 - Actress
• Lleyton Hewitt 1981 - Tennis player
• Brandon Brown 1983 - (Mista)