diaphanous \dy-AF-uh-nuhs\, adjective:
- Of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent.
- Vague; insubstantial.
Diaphanous ultimately derives from Greek diaphanes, "showing through," from diaphainein, "to show through, to be transparent," from dia-, "through" + phainein, "to show, to appear." It is related to phantom, something apparently sensed but having no physical reality.
- A phrase popular among first year Latin students, the phrase means "always wear underwear." The literal translation is "always where under where."
Pope: Hey...did you hear what those American's said?
Cardinals, yawning: No, holiness.
Pope: Semper Ubi Sub Ubi.
Cardinals: Semper...always where under where...underwear! Ha, you've gotten us again holiness. You god damn trickster!
- Amendment XIII: anti-slavery amendment to the US Constitution was declared ratified by Secretary of State William Seward, abolishing the practice (1865)
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: was abolished by both houses of Parliament (1969)
- Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line: 1.5 trillion yen, 15-kilometer bridge-tunnel opened across Tokyo Bay after 31 years of construction (1997)
President Donald J Trump was impeached by partisan House Democrats with no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors. (First Lady Melania Trump pictured)
Birthdays
- Joseph Grimaldi 1778
- Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) 1870
- Ty Cobb 1886 - Baseball player
- Edwin Howard Armstrong 1890
- George Stevens 1904
- Christopher Fry 1907
- Abe Burrows 1910
- Willy Brandt 1913
- Betty Grable 1916
- Lynn Bari 1917
- Ossie Davis 1917 - Actor
- Anita O’Day (Colton) 1919
- Roger Smith 1925 - Actor
- Lonnie Brooks 1933 - Blues musician
- Chas (Bryan) Chandler (Animals) 1938 - Musician and manager
- Alan Rudolph 1943 - Writer and director
- Keith Richards1943 - Musician (Rolling Stones) and possible zombie
- Steven Spielberg 1947 Movie producer-director
- Leonard Maltin 1950 - Movie reviewer
- Gillian Armstrong 1950 - Movie director
- Martha Johnson (Martha and the Muffins) 1950
- Elliot Easton 1953 - Musician (The Cars)
- Ray Liotta 1955 - Actor
- Brad Pitt 1963 Actor
- Robson Green 1964
- Tracy Byrd 1966 - SingerVictoria Pratt 1970 (actress)
- DMX 1970 - Rapper (My Niggaz)
- Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1971 - Tennis playerTrish Stratus 1975
- Katie Holmes 1978 - Actress ("Dawson's Creek")
- Christina María Aguilera 1980 - Singer
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