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Provided by the compucert libation \ly-BAY-shun\, noun:
1. The act of pouring a liquid (usually wine) either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice to some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.2. A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage.3. An act or instance of drinking.
Libation is from Latin libatio, from libare, "to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering."
Unbrella
- An umbrella turned inside out by forceful wind.
It won't keep you dry but if you want to, you can stand under my unbrella-ella-ella.
History
- Jefferson Davis: became head of the Confederate States of America (1861)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain's most popular novel — controversial for its colorful language and its depiction of blacks — was published (1885)
- Academy Awards: first winners were announced (Wings was Best Picture); the awards banquet was held in May (1929)
- Elm Farm Ollie: became the first cow to fly in an airplane; the trip took place in Missouri and she was milked mid-flight (1930)
- Pluto: the icy rock demoted from planet to dwarf planet was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (1930)
- Robert Philip Hanssen: FBI agent was arrested on charges of spying for the Soviet Union and, later, Russia; he was sentenced to life without parole (2001)
- Shani Davis: became the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history; he won the men's 1,000-meter speed skating race in Turin (2006)
Birthdays
- Mary Tudor 1516 - The Queen of England known as "Bloody Mary"
- Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta 1745
- Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848 - Glass maker and interior designer
- Sholem Aleichem 1859
- Andres Segovia 1894
- Enzo Ferrari 1898
- Billy deWolfe 1907
- Pee Wee King 1914
- Bill Cullen 1920
- Jack Palance 1919
- Helen Gurley Brown 1922 - Author, editor
- George Kennedy 1925 - Actor
- Jim McElreath 1928
- Gahan Wilson 1930
- Toni Morrison 1931 - Author
- Milos Forman 1932 - Director
- Yoko Ono 1933 - Artist, singer (Plastic Ono Band), wife of John Lennon (Beatles)
- Mary Ure 1933
- Irma Thomas 1941
- Herman Santiago 1941 - Musician (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
- Dennis DeYoung 1947 - Musician (Styx)
- Sinead Cusack 1948 - Actress
- John Hughes 1950
- Cybil Sheppard 1950 - Actress
- Randy (Veronica) Crawford 1952
- Juice Newton (Judy Cohen) 1952 - Singer
- Robbie Bachman 1953 - Musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
- Marty Howe 1954
- John Travolta 1954 - Actor ("Pulp Fiction")
Vanna White 1957 - Game show host ("Wheel of Fortune")- Greta Scacchi 1960 - Actress
- Matt Dillon 1964
- Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young) 1965 - Rapper, music producer, actor
- Molly Ringwald 1968 - Actress ("Sixteen Candles)
- Tommy Scott (Space) 1968
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1974 - Tennis player
- Dorzell Burton 1979
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