Sunday, May 07, 2023

Sunday, May 7, 2023

lollygag (LOL-ee-gag)
verb intr., also lallygag
1. To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily.
2. To neck.
Etymology: Origin uncertain.
 
misinfotainment
  • A class of media propaganda where entertainment combined with journalism developed for 24-hour television news networks is designed to instill emotional responses from viewers instead of providing facts.
That wasn't news, it was misinfotainment.

History
  • Hagia Sophia: earthquakes destroyed the dome of Emperor Justinian's church in Constantinople (558)
  • George Washington: the first POTUS was honored in the first inaugural ball (1789)
  • Beethoven's Ninth: the Choral Symphony premiered in Vienna (1824)
  • AMA: was founded in Philadelphia (1847)
  • Rheims: was the site of Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies (1945)
Birthdays
  • Robert Browning 1812 - Poet, married to poet Elizabeth Barrett
  • Johannes Brahms 1833 - Composer
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - Composer
  • Gabby (George Francis) Hayes 1885 - Actor
  • Josip Broz Tito 1892
  • Archibald MacLeish 1892 - Poet
  • Gary (Frank James) Cooper 1901 - Actor ("Sergeant York [1941]", "The Virginian")
  • Eva (Evita) Peron 1919 - Actress, wife of Argentina President Juan Peron, subject of the Broadway musical and film "Evita"
  • Darren McGavin 1922 - Actor ("Billy Madison", "Airport ’77")
  • Anne Baxter 1923 - Actress ("All About Eve")
  • Gale Robbins 1924 - Actress, singer
  • Jim Lowe 1927 - Singer, songwriter
  • Dick Williams (Dick Richard Hirschfeld Williams) 1929 - Baseball player
  • Totie Fields (Sophie Feldman) 1930 - Entertainer, comedienne
  • Babe (Vito) Parilli 1930 - Football player
  • Teresa Brewer 1931 - Singer
  • Johnny Unitas 1933 - Football player
  • Jimmy Ruffin 1939 - Singer
  • Johnny Maestro 1939
  • Lorrie (Lawrencine May) Collins 1942 - Country singer (The Collins Kids)
  • Ricky West 1943 - Musician (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
  • Robin Strasser 1945
  • Bill Danoff 1946 - Musician (Starland Vocal Band)
  • Thelma Houston 1946 - Singer
  • Marv Hubbard 1947 - Football player
  • Dave Hampton 1946 - Football player
  • Bill Kreutzmann 1946 - Musician (Grateful Dead)
  • Kathy Ahern 1949 - Golfer
  • Tim Russert 1950 - TV host ("Meet the Press")
  • Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) 1951 - Singer
  • Robert Hegyes 1951 - Actor ("Welcome Back, Kotter")
  • Terry Richardson 1953 - Hockey player
  • Amy Heckerling 1954 - Director, writer
  • Anne Dudley 1956 - Musician (Art of Noise)
  • Michael E. Knight 1959 - Actor ("All My Children")
  • Phil Campbell 1961 - Musician (Motorhead)
  • Chris O'Connor 1965 - Musician (Primitive Radio Gods)
  • Traci Lords 1969 - Actress
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry 1972 - Singer
  • Breckin Meyer 1974 - Actor
  • Alex Smith 1984 - Football player
  • Taylor Abrahamse 1991 - Actor 


 
 
 

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