Wednesday, April 19, 2023

akimbo \uh-KIM-boh\, adjective:

• With hand on hip and elbow bent outward.

Akimbo is the descendent of the Middle English kenebowe, which itself is a modification of the Old Norse i keng boginn, both meaning "bent into a crook."

 

cleptopenia

• The unconscious theft of Pens. Also known as Cleptopenamania.

The person who steals pens from the grocery store, bank, or post office must have cleptopenia (Klep-toe-pen-ee-uh)

History

• "shot heard 'round the world": was fired, starting the American Revolution (1775)
• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: the Jews began an armed resistance against the Nazis (1943)
• "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away": General Douglas MacArthur bid farewell to Congress (1951)
• The Simpsons: the animated dysfunctional family debuted on The Tracy Ullman Show (1987)
• Oklahoma City Bombing: truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 (1995)

Birthdays

• David Ricardo 1772 - Economist, author
• Ole Evinrude 1877
• Eliot Ness 1903
• Tommy Benford 1905 - Musician (Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers)
• Frank Fontaine 1920
• Kenneth Battelle 1927
• Don Barbour 1927 - Singer (The Four Freshmen)
• Alexis Korner 1928 - Musician, singer
• Hugh O'Brian 1930 - Actor ("The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp")
• Alex Webster 1931 - Football player
• Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer) 1932 - Actress ("It Takes a Thief")
• Dick Sargent 1933 - Actor ("Bewitched", "Fantasy Island")
• Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman) 1934 - Entertainer (Buchanan and Goodman)
• Dudley Moore 1935 - Actor ("Arthur", "Bedazzled")
• Wilfried Martens 1936 - Belgium Prime Minister
• Elinor Donahue 1937 - Actress ("Father Knows Best", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Pretty Woman")
• Bobby Russell 1941
• Alan Price 1942 - Musician (Alan Price Combo, The Animals)
• Larry (Hilario) Ramos Jr. 1942 - Musician, singer (The Association)
• Czeslaw Bartkowski 1943 - Jazz composer, musician
• Eve Graham 1943 - Musician (The New Seekers)
• Mark "Flo" Volman 1944 - Musician (Crossfires, Phlorescent Leech and Eddy, Turtles, Nightriders)
• Tim Curry 1946 - Actor ("Stephen King’s It", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Legend")
• Paloma Picasso 1949
• Lynn Powis 1949 - Hockey player
• Tony Plana 1952 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
• Sue Barker 1956 - Tennis player
• Paul Mario Day 1956 - Musician (the original lead vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976)
• Al Unser, Jr. 1962
• Suge Knight 1965 - Record company executive (Tha Row)
• Ashley Judd 1968 - Actress
• Bekka Bramlett 1968
• Luis Miguel (Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri) 1970 - Singer
• James Franco 1978 - Actor ("Milk", "Spider-Man")
• Kate Hudson 1979 - Actress
• Hayden Christensen 1981 - Actor ("Life as a House", "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith")
• Catalina Sandino Moreno 1981 - Actress
• Troy Polamalu 1981 - Football player
• Courtland Mead 1987
• Maria Sharapova 1987 - Tennis player