Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

turncoat (TUHRN-koht)noun:
  • Someone who changes allegiance and joins the opposite side.
Etymology: The color, and especially the color of clothing, has long symbolized association with a particular cause. For example, soldiers in an army or players in a sports team don a designated color. The idea behind the word turncoat is someone switching allegiances and turning his coat inside out to hide his earlier colors. Earliest documented use: 1567.
 
Work Sandwich
  • Back to back shifts, sp. closing shift followed by an opening shift the next day, primarily making a night on the town impractical.
I can't man, work sandwich.


Holiday
  • Alien Day - first contact according to the movie ALIEN was on a planet referred to as LV426. 426. 4/26. April 26.

Alien (1979)-Young Sexy and Sweet Ellen Ripley by matuta2002 on DeviantArt

Sigourney Weaver fighting aliens in her underwear since 2122 - America's  best pics and videos
 
Holiday
  • National Pretzel Day - USA (4/26 Annually)
 See the source image
 
History
  • Cape Henry: Jamestown settlers made landfall on this Virginia promontory (1607)
  • Marshall Henri Pétain: the leader of France's Vichy government was arrested (1945); he died in prison in 1951
  • Tanzania: African republic was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (1964)
  • Chernobyl disaster: worst-ever nuclear reactor accident occurred near the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl; the resulting radioactive cloud covered much of Europe (1986)
Birthdays
  • John James Audubon 1785 - Ornithologist, naturalist, painter
  • Frederick Olmsted 1822 - Journalist, landscape designer
  • Jessie Redmon Fauset 1882 - Poet, essayist, novelist
  • Anita Loos 1893 - Screenwriter, playwright, author
  • Rudolf Hess 1895 - Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party
  • Charles Richter 1900 - Seismologist, creator of the Richter magnitude scale used to quantify earthquakes
  • Teddy Edwards 1924 - Jazz musician
  • Jorgen Ingmann 1925 - Musician
  • Bernard Malamud 1914 - Author of novels and short stories
  • Bambi Linn 1926 - Dancer
  • Carol Burnett 1933 - Actress, comedian 
  • Duane Eddy 1938 - Musician
  • Maurice Williams 1938 - Musician (Zodiacs)
  • Claudine Clark 1941 - Musician
  • Bobby Rydell 1942 - Singer
  • Claudine Auger 1942 - Actress ("Thunderball")
  • Gary Wright 1943 - Musician
  • Giorgio Moroder 1944 - Record producer, songwriter, performer
  • Boyd Matson 1947 - Television anchor (National Geographic Explorer, NBC's Weekend Today)
  • Donna De Varona 1947 - Swimmer
  • Giancarlo Esposito 1958 - Actor, director
  • Roger Taylor 1960 - Musician (Duran Duran)
  • Chris Mars 1961 - Artist, musician
  • Joan Chen 1961 - Actress
  • Michael Damian 1962 - Actor, singer, producer
  • Jet Li 1963 - Actor ("War", "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor")
  • Kevin James 1965 - Actor ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry", "The King of Queens")
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste 1967 - Actress ("Without a Trace")
    Melania Trump 1970 - model / First Lady 
  • T-Boz (Tionne Tenese Watkins) 1970 - Songwriter (TLC)
  • Jordana Brewster 1980 - Actress (and Mrs. Bax0jayz doppleganger)
  • Marnette Patterson 1980 - Actress
  • Jessica Lynch 1983
 
    

 
  
  

0 comments: