proliferate \pruh-LIF-uh-reyt\, verb:
1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate.2. Biology. To grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
Proliferate is a back-formation from the biology term proliferation, circa 1873.
Aluminum Digger
- A younger version of a gold digger.
That girl is fifteen and after that boy's lunch money. What an aluminum digger.
Holiday
- No Panty Day
- Galileo Galilei: was compelled by the Church to recant his heliocentric view of the universe (1633)
- G.I. Bill of Rights: law that helped veterans go to college was signed by FDR (1944)
- Okinawa: the WWII campaign for the island ended; over 12,000 Americans and 110,000 Japanese lost their lives during the 83-day battle (1945)
- voting age: President Richard Nixon signed a measure allowing 18-year-olds to vote (1970)
- Charon: largest moon of Pluto was discovered (1978)
Birthdays
- Erich Maria Remarque 1898
- Carl Hubbell 1903
- Billy Wilder 1906
- Michael Todd 1907
- Ann Morrow Lindbergh 1907
- Mary Livingstone 1909
- Joseph Papp 1921
- Bill Blass 1922
- Ralph Waite 1928
- Roy Drusky 1930
- Kris Kristofferson 1936
- Ed Bradley 1941
- Barry Serafin 1941
- Michael Lerner 1941
- Klaus Maria Brandauer 1944
- Andrew Rubin 1946
- David L. Lander 1947
- Howard Kaylan (The Turtles) 1947
- Todd Rungren 1948
- Meryl Streep 1949
- Allen Osmond 1949
- Lindsay Wagner 1949
- Larry Junstrom (.38 Special) 1949
- Graham Greene 1952
- Chris Lemmon 1954
- Freddie Prinze 1954
- Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) 1956
- Gary (INXS) Beers 1957
- Bruce Campbell 1958
- Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) 1959
- Tracy Pollan 1960
- Jimi Somerville 1961
- Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat, Communards) 1961
- Amy Brenneman 1964
Dan Brown 1964 (The DaVinci Code) - Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) 1964
- Tom Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet) 1965
- Paula Irvine 1968
- Stephen Page (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
- Lindsay Ridgeway 1985
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