Friday, December 09, 2022

Friday, December 9, 2022

farouche \fa-ROOSH\, adjective:
1. Sullenly unsociable or shy.
2. Fierce.
Farouche derives from the Late Latin foasticus, "without, out of doors."
 
geek
  • The people you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult
The geeky kid now owns a million dollar software company
 
History
  • American Minerva: New York's first daily newspaper began publication, edited by Noah Webster (1793)
  • "Charge of the Light Brigade": Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem was published (1854)
  • John Birch Society: was founded under the banner "Less Government, More Responsibility, and With God's Help, A Better World" (1958)
  • Coronation Street: longest-running British soap opera first aired (1960)
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas: the iconic Peanuts holiday special premiered (1965)
Birthdays
  • John Milton 1608
  • Clarence Birdseye 1886
  • Emmett Kelly 1898
  • Margaret Hamilton 1902
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 1909
  • Kirk Douglas 1916 - Actor
  • Redd Foxx 1922
  • Dina Merrill 1925
  • Dick Van Patten 1928 - Actor ("Eight is Enough")
  • Buck Henry 1930 - Actor, writer
  • Morton Downey Jr. 1933
  • Judi Dench 1934 - Actress
  • Junior Wells 1934
  • Deacon Jones 1938 - Football player
  • Dan Hicks 1941
  • Beau Bridges 1941 - Actor
  • Dick Butkus (NFL) 1942 - Football player
  • Rick Danko (The Band) 1943
  • George Baker 1944
  • Michael Nouri 1945 - Actor
  • Tom Kite 1949 - Golfer
  • Joan Armatrading 1950 - Singer
  • Michael Dorn 1952 - Actor
  • John Malkovich 1953 - Actor
  • Sylvia 1956 - Singer
  • Donny Osmond 1957 - Singer
  • Nick Seymour (Crowded House) 1958 - Musician
  • Mario Cantone 1949 - Comedian
  • Joe Lando 1961 - Actor
  • Felicity Huffman 1962 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
  • Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland) 1963
  • Jerry Hughes (Yankee Grey) 1965 - Musician
  • Thomas Flowers (Oleander) 1967 - Musician
  • Brian Bell (Weezer) 1968 - Musician
  • Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) 1969 - Musician
  • Brian Hayes 1969 - Musican
  • Allison Smith 1969 - Actress
  • David Kersh 1970 - Singer
  • Kara DioGuardi 1970 - TV personality ("American Idol")
  • Tre Cool (Green Day) 1972 - Musician
  • Canibus 1974 - Rapper
  • Eric Zamora (Save Ferris) 1976 - Musician (saxophonist)
  • Imogen Heap 1977 - Singer
  • Jesse Metcalfe 1978 - Actress
  • Simon Helberg 1980 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
 
 Redd Foxx - Comedy Stew: The Best Of Redd Foxx - Amazon.com Music

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