purlieu \PUR-loo\, noun:
1. A place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.Purlieu is an alteration (simulating French lieu, "place") of earlier parlewe, "of a forest."
2. A person's haunt or resort.
3. An outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
4. A piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.
career tragectory
- a career path marked by increasing amounts of tragedy, lameness, futility, ineptitude, respect, and/or pay.
Trivia
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, what was the name of Tom’s half-brother?
- Sid.
History
- Jamaica: Christopher Columbus sighted the island while seeking China (1494)
- Nellie Tayloe Ross: the nation's first female governor was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as director of the US Mint — another first for women (1933)
- The Fantasticks: began its record off-Broadway run, playing for nearly 42 years and over 17,000 performances (1960)
- NPR: America's noncommercial radio network began programming (1971)
- Margaret Thatcher: Conservative Party leader became Britain's first female prime minister (1979)
- UN Commission on Human Rights: the US lost its seat for the first time in more than 50 years (2001); it was restored a year later
- Old Man of the Mountain: New Hampshire's symbol — a mountainous outcrop — collapsed in the White Mountains (2003)
Birthdays
- Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 - Italian philosopher/writer
- Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch, Golda Meyerson) 1898 - Fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel
- Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3
- Norman Corwin 1910 - Writer, screenwriter, producer
- Virgil Fox 1912 - Organist
- Pete Seeger 1919 - Folk singer
- Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.) 1921 - Boxer
- Joe Ames 1924 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
- Jimmy Cleveland 1926 - Trombone player
- Dave Dudley 1928 - Country music singer
- James Brown (James Joseph Brown, Jr.) 1933 - Singer
- Joe Layton 1931 - Director, choreographer
- Frankie Valli 1934 - Musician (The Four Seasons)
- Rudolf "Rudy" Jacobs 1938 - Chemist, received Nobel Prize in 1992
- Samantha Eggar 1939 - ActressPete Staples 1944 - Musician (The Troggs)
- Greg Gumble 1946 - Sportscaster
- Doug Henning 1947 - Magician, illusionist, escape artist
- Mary Hopkin 1950 - Folk singer
- Christopher Cross (Christopher Charles Geppert) 1951 - Singer, songwriter
- Bruce Hall 1953 - Musician (REO Speedwagon)
- Cactus Moser 1957 - Musician (Highway 101)
- David Ball 1959 - Musician (Soft Cell)
- Bobby Cannavale 1970 - Actor
- Christina Hendricks 1975 actress
- Dule' Hill 1975 - Actor ("The West Wing")
- Farrah Destiny Franklin 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
- Joseph Addai 1983 - Football player
- Cheryl Burke 1984 - Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars")
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