inglenook \ING-guhl-nook\, noun:
- a corner or nook near a fireplace.
Inglenook is of obscure origin, though etymologists associate ingle with the Gaelic aingel meaning "fire." It entered English in the 1770s.
Moon landing
- A moon landing is when two people's naked butts bump as they bend over.
Two men in a gym locker room bend over at the same time while facing away from each other and their naked butts bump:
"Oh, oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
"What? Was that your first moon landing?"
"Oh, oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
"What? Was that your first moon landing?"
Trivia
History
- Treaty of Westminster: ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War; New Amsterdam was subsequently ceded to England (1674)
- Aaron Burr: the former US vice president was arrested for treason; he was acquitted (1807)
- Edict of Emancipation: serfs were liberated by Czar Alexander II (1861 OS)
- Iwo Jima: Operation Detachment commenced when US Marines invaded the island.
- Eastenders: top-rated British soap first aired (1985)
- Mir: Soviet/Russian space station was launched; it remained in orbit for 15 years and was occupied for 12.5 of those (1986)
- Fidel Castro: after nearly 50 years in power, Cuba's charismatic president resigned his post; his younger brother Raúl took over (2008)
Birthdays
- Nicolas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick) 1473 - Polish astronomer, known for the Copernican theory: the sun is the center of our universe
- David Garrick 1717 - Actor, playwright
- Sir Cedrick Hardwicke 1893 - Actor ("The Hunchchback of Notre Dame", "The Ten Commandments")
- Louis Calhern (Carl Henry Vogt) 1895 - Actor ("The Count of Monte Cristo", "Blackboard Jungle")
- Nydia Westman 1902 - Actress ("Strange Justice", "The Velvet Touch")
- John Bubbles (John William Sublett) 1902 - Actor ("Porgy and Bess"[1953 on Broadway], "Cabin in the Sky")
- Susan Fleming 1909 - ("Range Feud")
- Merle Oberon (Thompson) 1911 - Actress ("Wuthering Heights", "The Oscar")
- Dick Siebert (Richard Walther Siebert) 1912 - Baseball player
- Eddie Arcaro 1916 - Jockey, won two Triple Crowns (1941, 1928)
- Carson McCullers 1917 - Author ("The Member of the Wedding", "Reflections in a Golden Eye")
- Lee Marvin 1924 - Actor ("The Caine Mutiny", "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force")
- John Frankenheimer 1930 - Director
- Russ Nixon 1935 - Baseball player
- Bob Engemann 1936 - Singer (The Lettermen)
- Carlin Glynn 1940
- Smokey Robinson 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
- Bobby Rogers 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
- Paul Krause 1942 - Football player
- Bob Menne 1942 - Golfer
- Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco) 1943 - Singer
- Michael Nader 1945
- Bruce Fairbairn 1947 - Actor
- Mark Andes (Spirit) 1948
- Amy Tan 1952 - Author
- Francis Buchholz 1954 - Musician (Scorpions)
- Eddie Brown 1952 - Football player
- Jeff Daniels 1955 - Actor ("The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Terms of Endearment")
- Ray Winstone 1957 - Actor
- Peter Holsapple (dB's) 1956
- Dave Wakeling (English Beat, General Public, Bang!) 1956
- Lorraine Crook 1957
- Falco (Johann Holzel) 1957 - Singer
- Prince Andrew 1960 - British Duke of York
- Seal 1963 - Singer (Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel)
- Justine Bateman 1966 - Actress ("Family Ties")
- Benicio Del Toro 1967 - Actor
Burton C. Bell 1969 - Fear Factory - Haylie Duff 1985 - Singer, actress ("7th Heaven")
- Victoria Justice 1993 - Singer, actress
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