Wednesday, February 12, 2020

squib \skwib\, noun: 

1. a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
2. Journalism. a short news story, often used as a filler. 

verb:

1. to write squibs.
2. to shoot a squib.

Squib is of unknown origin, though it entered English in the 1500s.

Some-sex marriage

• A marriage where a couple participates in minimal sexual activity.

Bill and Wanda's sex life was almost non-existent. They had a some-sex marriage.

Trivia

How many bodyguards were assigned to protect President Abraham Lincoln on the night he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.?

• Only one—and he wasn’t at his post when assassin John Wilkes Booth attacked.

 
 

Holiday

• Lincoln's Birthday (USA)

History

• Chile: Santiago, the capital city, was founded (1541); country declared independence from Spain (1818)
• Lady Jane Grey: was beheaded for treason, after a nine-day reign as queen of England (1554)
• NAACP: early civil rights organization was founded (1909)
• the Last Emperor: the Republic of China banished 7-year-old Qing emperor Puyi to the Forbidden City (1912)
• Dracula: the horror film starring Bela Lugosi premiered at the Roxy Theater in NYC (1931)
• Vietnam War: the first the conflict's American POWs were released (1973)
• Bill Clinton: impeachment trial ended in Senate acquittal (1999)
• NEAR Shoemaker: space probe touched down on Eros, becoming the first craft to land upon an asteroid (2001)
• Mattel: announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken after 43 years (2004)

Birthdays

• John Winthrop 1588
• Charles Darwin 1809
• Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
• Ted Mack (William Maguiness) 1904
• Tex (Gordon) Beneke 1914
• Lorne Green 1915
• Dom DiMaggio 1917 - Baseball player
• Forrest Tucker 1919
• Mel Powell 1923
• Franco Zeffirelli 1923 - Movie director
• Joe Garagiola 1926 - Baseball broadcaster
• Bill Russell 1934 - Basketball player
• Gene McDaniels 1935
• Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor
• Judy Blume 1938 - Author of books for children and young adults.
• Raymond Manzarek 1939 - Musician (The Doors)
• Moe Bandy 1944
• Charles Pasarell 1944
• Maud Adams 1945
• Cliff DeYoung 1945 - Actor, musician

  
• Joe Schermie 1948 - Musician (Three Dog Night)
• Michael Ironside 1950
• Steve Hackett 1950 - Musician (Genesis)
• Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
• Simon MacCorkindale 1952
• Joanna Kerns 1953 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
• Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian , talk show host
• Christine Elise 1965 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
• Josh Brolin 1968 - Actor ("No Country for Old Men")
• Chynna Phillips 1968 - Musician (Wilson Phillips)
• Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)1970
• Keri Lewis 1971 - Musician (Mint Condition)
• Jesse Spencer 1979 - Actor ("House")
• Juan Carlos 1980
• Christina Ricci 1980 - Actress
  Joanie Brosas 1992 - model / cosplay
  Valorie Curry 1986 Actress (The Tick, Blair Witch)