blandishment \BLAN-dish-muhnt\, noun:
- Speech or action that flatters and tends to coax, entice, or persuade; allurement -- often used in the plural.
Blandishment ultimately comes from Latin blandiri, "to flatter, caress, coax," from blandus, "flattering, mild."
microwait
- Consequence of the lunchtime rush for the microwave in corporate settings.
"I'm going to eat lunch early today, to avoid the microwait."
History
- blood bank: the first hospital repository of blood was established at Cook County Hospital in Chicago (1937)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft passed away from cancer. (1937) - My Fair Lady: Lerner and Loewe musical debuted on Broadway, starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews (1956)
- The Godfather: widely considered one of the best films ever made, premiered (1972)
- symbolics.com: the first Internet domain name was registered (1985)
- Sedna: the press announced discovery of the "tenth planet," the farthest celestial body in the solar system (2004)
Birthdays
- Emil von Behring 1854
- Jimmy McPartland 1907
- Samuel "Lightnin" Hopkins 1912
- Macdonald Carey 1913
- Harry James 1916
- Norm Van Brocklin (NFL) 1926
- Alan L. Bean 1932 - Astronaut
- Cecil Taylor 1933
- Judd Hirsch 1935
- Jimmy Lee Swaggert 1935
- Phil Lesh 1940 - Musician (The Grateful Dead)
- Mike Love 1941 - Musician (The Beach Boys)
- David Costell 1944 - Musician (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
- Sly Stone 1944 - Musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
- Tracy Smith 1945
- Bobby Bonds 1946
- Howard Scott 1946 - Musician (War)
- Ry Cooder 1947 - Musician
- Dee Snider 1953 - Musician (Twisted Sister)
- Craig Wasson 1954
- Park Overall 1957
- Harold Baines 1959 - Baseball player (MLB)
- Fabio 1961 - Model
- Terry Cummings 1961 - Basketball player (NBA)
- Terence Trent D'Arby 1962 - Singer
- Rockwell (Kenneth Gordy) 1964 - Singer
- Mark McGrath 1968 - Singer (Sugar Ray)
- Kim Raver 1969 - Actress ("24")
- Mark Hoppus 1972 - Musician (Blink 182)
- Eva Longoria 1975 - Actess ("Desperate Housewives")
- will.i.am 1975 - Musician (Black Eyed Peas)
- Joseph "Joe" Hahn 1977 - Musician (Linkin Park)
- Kevin Youkilis 1979 - Baseball player
- Young Buck 1981 - Rapper
- Kellan Lutz 1985 - Actor ("Twilight")
Alessandra (Alessandria) Love - SNS Bikinis Model, t3h pr0nTatiana Shmayluk 1987 - singer: Jinjer - Caitlin Wachs 1989
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