Sunday, January 01, 2023

Sunday, January 1, 2023

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

plenipotentiary \plen-uh-puh-TEN-shee-air-ee; -shuh-ree\, adjective:
  • Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, "plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers."
noun:
  • A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or diplomatic agent with full power to negotiate a treaty or to transact other business.
Plenipotentiary derives from Latin plenus, "full" + potens, "powerful."
 
Twitter Bang
  • Hooking up with someone who you've spoken less than 140 words to.
Sarah: How did you meet Rafael?
Jenn: At some random friend-of-a-friends' party. I'm not sure even how we ended up in bed. We pretty much met over brunch the next morning.
imagebam.comSarah: Sounds like a twitter bang!
 
Trivia
What celebutante posed nude, spray-painted gold, in ads promoting “blonde, bubbly” Rich Prosecco as an alternative to champagne?
  • Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, in 2007.
Holiday
  • New Year's Day
  • Liberation Day (Cuba)
  • Independence Day (Haiti)
History
  • The Times of London: first edition was published under this title; it was previously known as The Daily Universal Register (1788)
  • Ellis Island: opened (1892); over the next 60-plus years, some 20 million immigrants were processed through its stations
  • New York City: was chartered with 4 boroughs — Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens; Staten Island followed a few weeks later (1898)
  • Australia: Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory became a single nation (1901)
  • St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line: world's first scheduled airline had its maiden flight, connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida (1914)
  • Czechoslovakia: peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (1993)
  • euro: coins and notes were launched, creating the Eurozone (2002)
Birthdays
  • Bartolomé Murillo 1617
  • Paul Revere 1735
  • Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) 1752
  • George Washington Carver 1860
  • E.M. Forster 1879
  • Edie Martin 1880
  • John Garand 1888
  • Alessandro de Stefani 1891
  • J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895
  • Xavier Cugat 1900
  • Bradford Ropes 1905
  • Louis W. Parker 1906
  • Barry Goldwater 1909
  • Basil Deardon 1911
  • Dana Andrews 1912
  • Marvin Camras 1916
  • Earl Wrightson 1916
  • J.D. Salinger 1919
  • Carole Landis 1919
  • Milt Jackson 1923
  • Valentina Cortese 1925
  • Barbara Baxley 1927
  • Frank Pourcel (The French Fiddles) 1928
  • Bernard Kliban 1935
  • Frank Langella 1940
  • "Country Joe" McDonald 1942
  • Don Novello 1943
  • Daimi 1944
  • Alain Afflelou 1948
  • Steve Ripley (The Tractors) 1950
  • Ren Woods 1958
  • Grandmaster Flash 1958
  • Dedee Pfeiffer 1964
  • Verne Troyer 1969
  • Paul Thomas Anderson 1970
  • Christina B. Bump 1978

Celebrity Nude Century: Michelle & Dedee Pfeiffer

  
 
 

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