Friday, March 24, 2023

kismet \KIZ-met; -mit\, noun:

• Destiny; fate.

Kismet comes (via Turkish) from Arabic qismah, "portion, lot."

 

Christmas Syndrome

• When you are looking forward to something constantly, to the point of obsession, causing the actual event to seem short and dull in comparison.

Oh, he's been counting down the days since July, and has came down with a bad case of Christmas Syndrome.

 

History

• bacteria: Robert Koch announced his discovery of the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (1882)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: play by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway (1955)
• Elvis Presley: the King of Rock 'N Roll joined the US army for two years (1958)
• Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd released one of the best-selling albums of all time (1973)
• Exxon Valdez oil spill: tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, causing the worst maritime environmental disaster in history (1989)
• Yugoslavia: NATO began air strikes in response to ethnic cleansing by Serbs of Albanians in Kosovo (1999)

Birthdays

• Rufus King 1755 - American lawyer, politician and diplomat
• Antonio Rosmini-Serbati 1797 - Italian Roman Catholic priest and philosopher
• John Wesley Powell 1834 - U.S. soldier, geologist and explorer of American West
• William Morris 1834 - British craftsman, designer, writer, typographer
• Andrew Mellon 1855 - American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasure (1921-1932)
• Harry Houdini 1874 - Magician, escape artist
• Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle 1887 - Actor, comedian, director, screenwriter
• Arthur Murray 1895 - Dance instructor, businessman
• Dorothy R. Stratton 1898 - Founded women's branch of the U.S. Coast Guard
• June Clark (Algeria Junius "June" Clark ) 1900 - Musician
• Joseph Barbera 1911 - Cartoonist
• Richard (Nicholas) Conte 1914 - Cartoonist
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919 - Poet
• Gene Nelson (Leander Eugene Berg) 1920 - Dancer, actor, screenwriter and director
• Dave Appell 1922 - Musician (Applejacks)
• Norman Fell (Norman Noah Feld) 1924 - Actor
• Dario Fo 1926 - Playwright
• Byron Janis 1928 - Pianist
• Vanessa Brown 1928 - Actress
• Steve McQueen 1930 - Actor
• William Smith 1933 - Actor
• Billy Stewart 1937 - Musical artist
• Bob Mackie 1940 - Fashion designer
• R. Lee Ermey 1944 - Actor
• Curtis Hanson 1945 - Director
• Lee Oskar 1948 - Musician (War)
• Nick Lowe 1949 - Singer
• Dougie Thomson 1951 - Musician (Supertramp)
• Louie Anderson 1953 - Comedian
• Donna Pescow 1954 - Actress
• Robert Carradine 1954 - Actor
• Kelly LeBrock 1960 - Actress ("Weird Science")
• Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry 1961 - DJ (Ghostown DJs)
• Star Jones 1962 - TV host ("The View")
• Annabella Sciorra 1964 - Actress
• Lara Flynn Boyle 1970 - Actress (below)
• Shannon Corr 1970 - Singer, musician (The Corrs)
• P.A. Pasemaster Mase 1970 - Rapper (De La Soul)
• Jim Parsons 1973 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
• Alyson Hannigan 1974 - Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "How I Met Your Mother")
• Peyton Manning 1976 - Football player
• Jessica Chastain 1977 - Actress (bottom)
• Olivia Burnette (Olivia Nicole Burnette ) 1977 - Actress
• Keisha Castle-Hughes 1990 - Actress ("The Whale Rider")

  

  

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