Sunday, January 9, 2022

nebbish \NEB-ish\, noun:

• A weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person.

Origin: Nebbish is from Yiddish nebekh, "poor, unfortunate," of Slavic origin.

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• What people say when they dun understand what the fuck ur saying

A: Hey, is quantum mechanics a form of elopitcly?
B: ??

 

History

• daguerreotype: L. J. M. Daguerre announced the first practical photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences (1839)
• autogiro: aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva made the first successful flight in the helicopter-like aircraft he had invented, in Madrid (1923)
• Martyr's Day of Panama: the tearing of a Panamanian flag during protests regarding US sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone led to several days of deadly fighting (1964)
• Commonwealth of Northern Marianas: was established (1978)

Birthdays

• Gracie Fields 1898
• Vilma Banky (Lonchit) 1898
• Chic (Murat Bernard) Young 1901
• George Balanchine 1904
• Simone de Beauvoir 1908
• Richard Milhous Nixon (U.S.) 1913
• Fernando Lamas 1915
• Anita Louise (Fremault) 1915
• Herbert Lom 1917
• Judith Krantz 1928
• Domenico Modugno 1928
• Bart Starr (NFL) 1934
• Bob Denver 1935
• Dick Enberg 1935
• Big Al Downing 1940
• Joan Baez 1941
• Susannah York 1941
  
• Roy Head 1943
• Jimmy Page 1944 - Musician (Led Zeppelin) 
• Scott (Noel) Engel (The Walker Brothers) 1944
• Bill Cowsill 1948 - Musician (Cowsills)
• Rio Reiser 1950
• David Johansen 1950 - Musician (Buster Poindexter)
• Crystal Gayle 1951
• J. K. Simmons 1955
• Eric Erlandson 1963 - Musician (Hole)
• Haddaway 1965
• Joely Richardson 1965
  
• David John "Dave" Matthews 1967
• Carl Bell 1967 - Musician (Fuel)
• Steve Harwell 1967 - Musician (Smash Mouth)
• Joey Lauren Adams 1968
• A.J. McLean 1978
• Catherine Elizabeth Middleton 1982 - Duchess of Cambridge, married to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge  
• Nina Dobrev 1989