ululate \UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\, intransitive verb:
- To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
Ululate derives from Latin ululare, to howl, to yell, ultimately of imitative origin. The noun form is ululation; the adjective form is ululant.
social chameleon
- someone who changes the way they interact with people depending on who they're with.
Chris is such a social chameleon, hes such a nice guy at chess club, but such a dick on the football team.
History
- Madama Butterfly: Giacomo Puccini's opera premiered at La Scala in Milan (1904)
- Newsweek: newsmagazine was published for the first time (1933)
- Voice of America: government network began broadcasting to the Soviet Union (1947)
- Vanguard 2: the first weather satellite was launched; its time in orbit is intended to last 300 years (1959)
- Deep Blue: world chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer, winning a six-game match in Philadelphia (1996)
- London congestion charge: fee for motorists driving into Central London went into effect; the price is £8 per day, Monday — Friday (2003)
Birthdays
- Raphael Peale 1774
- Rene Laennec 1781
- Montgomery Ward 1843
- H.L. Hunt 1889
- Marian Anderson 1902
- Red Barber 1908
- Marjorie Lawrence 1909
- Arthur Kennedy 1914
- Wayne (DeWayne) Morris 1914
- Raf (Raffaele) Vallone 1918
- Kathleen Freeman 1919
- Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco 1923
- Hal Holbrook 1925 - Actor
- Chaim Potok 1929
- Bobby Lewis 1933
- Alan Bates 1934
- Dame Edna 1934 - Comedian
- Johnny Bush 1935 - Country singer
- Jim Brown 1936 - Football player
- Mary Ann Mobley 1939 - Actress
- Gene Pitney 1941
- Brenda Fricker 1945
- Dodie Stevens 1947
- Zina Bethune 1950
- Rene Russo 1954 - Actress
- Richard Karn 1956
- Lou Diamond Phillips 1962 - Actor
- Larry the Cable Guy 1963 - Actor, comedian ("Blue Collar TV")
- Michael Jordan 1963 - Basketball player
- Michael Bay 1964 - Director
- Timothy J. Mahoney 1970 - Musician (311)
- Denise Richards 1971 - Actress
- Billie Joe Armstrong 1972 - Musician (Green Day)
- Bryan White 1974
- Jerry O'Connel 1974 - Actor
- Kelly Carlson 1976 - Actress
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt 1981 - Actor ("3rd Rock From the Sun")
- Paris Hilton 1981
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