Friday, March 11, 2022

Friday, March 11, 2022

salient \SAY-lee-unt; SAYL-yunt\, adjective:
  1. Shooting out or up; projecting.
  2. Forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
  3. Leaping; springing; jumping.
noun:
  1. An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
  2. A projecting angle or part.
Salient derives from the present participle of Latin salire, to leap. Other words deriving from salire are sally, to leap forth or rush out suddenly; and perhaps salmon, the "leaping" fish.

Nerd Bird
  • An airliner that flies between two high-tech cities. It is likely that the majority of the passengers will be nerds.
I'm taking the Nerd Bird from Austin to San Jose.
 
History
  • Lend-Lease Act: was signed into law by FDR, providing aid in the form of equipment, food and weapons to the Allies during WWII (1941)
  • Mikhail Gorbachev: was appointed the leader of the Soviet Union, despite being the youngest member of the politburo at the time (1985)
  • Paul McCartney: was knighted by Queen Elizabeth (1997)
  • Madrid bombings: 10 bombs exploded on the train system during rush hour, killing 191 (2004)
Birthdays
  • Torquato Tasso 1544
  • Thomas Hastings 1860
  • Malcolm Campbell 1885
  • Lawrence Welk 1903
  • Harold Wilson 1916
  • Mercer Ellington 1919
  • A. Louise Brough 1923
  • Terence Alexander 1923
  • Ralph David Abernathy 1926
  • Troy Ruttman 1930 Valerie French 1931
  • Rupert Murdoch 1931 - Media mogul
  • Leroy Jenkins 1932
  • Sam Donaldson 1934 - Broadcast journalist
  • Nancy Kovack 1935
  • Antonin Scalia 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  • Flaco Jimenez 1939 - Musician (The Texas Tornadoes)
  • Rick Rothwell (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) 1944
  • Tricia O'Neil 1945 - Actress
  • Mark Metcalf 1946 - Actor ("Animal House")
  • Mark Stein 1947 - Musician (Vanilla Fudge)
  • George Kooymans 1948 - Musician (Golden Earring)
  • Bobby McFerrin 1950 - Singer
  • Jerry Zucker 1950 - Director
  • Dominique Sanda 1951
  • Douglas Adams 1952
  • Susan Richardson 1952 - Actress ("Eight is Enough")
  • Catharina "Nina" Hagen 1955 - Singer / Actress
  • Jimmy Fortune 1955 - Country singer (The Statler Brothers)
  • Cheryl Lynn 1957 - Singer
  • Anissa Jones 1958
  • Bruce Watson 1961 - Musician (Big Country)
  • Jeffrey Nordling 1962 - Actor
  • Alex Kingston 1963 - Actress ("ER")
  • Vincent Abbott 1964 - Drummer (Pantera)
  • Wallace Langham 1965 - Actor ("CSI")
  • Lisa Loeb 1968 - Singer
  • John Barrowman 1968
  • Peter Droge 1969 - Singer (The Thorns)
  • Rami Jaffee 1969 - Musican (Wallflowers)
  • Terrence Howard 1969 - Actor
  • Johnny Knoxville 1971 - Actor ("Dukes of Hazzard", "Jack Ass")
  •  Eric "The Actor" Lynch 1975 - Radio personality / Stern Show
    Joel Madden 1979 - Musician (Good Charlotte)
  • Benji Madden 1979 - Musician (Good Charlotte)
  • Dan Uggla 1980 - Baseball player
  • David Anders 1981 - Actor ("Alias")
  • LeToya Nicole Luckett 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
  • Thora Birch 1982 - Actress
  • Anton Yelchin 1989 - Actor
 
 
 

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