Monday, June 5, 2023

pangram \PAN-gruhm\, noun:

• A sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.

Pangram is combination of the Greek pan-, "all," and -gram, "related to writing."

 

unrequited besties

• When one person thinks you are best friends, but you in turn consider another to be your best friend. This chain can involve many until two agree upon their mutual bestiship.

Patrick wanted to be besties with Erik, but Erik considered John to be his bestie. John thought Kate was his bestie, but Kate is actually besties with Karen. Karen & Kate often laugh at so many unrequited besties within their circle of friends and are happy they have each other as true besties.

History

• Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier: took the first successful balloon flight (1783)
• gold standard: was abandoned by the United States (1933)

  
• Marshall Plan: Secretary of State George Marshall outlined his aid program for Europe in a speech at Harvard (1947)
• Six-Day War: began; Israel was victorious against Egypt, Syria and Jordan; Jerusalem was reunited (1967)
• Robert Kennedy: US presidential candidate was shot by Sirhan Sirhan; he died the next day (1968)
• AIDS: first cases were reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; they were five people in Los Angeles (1981)

Birthdays

• Adam Smith 1723 - Author

  
• "Pancho" Villa (Francisco Villa, José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) - Mexican Revolutionary general
• John Maynard Keynes 1883 - Economist
• William Boyd (William Lawrence Boyd) 1895 - Actor
• Dennis Gabor 1900 - Electrical engineer, inventor of holography
• Eddie Joost 1916 - Baseball player
• "Specs" Powell (Gordon "Specs" Powell) 1922 - Drummer
• Bill Hayes (William "Bill" Foster Hayes III) 1925 - Actor
• Tony Richardson (Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson) 1928 - Director, producer
• Robert Lansing (Robert Howell Brown) 1929 - Actor

  
• Jacques Demy 1931 - Filmmaker
• Pete Jolly 1932 - Musician
• Bill Moyers 1934 - Broadcast journalist
• Spalding Gray 1941 - Actor, playwright, screenwriter
• Floyd Butler 1941 - Musician (Fifth Dimension)
• Don Reid 1945 - Musician (The Statler Brothers)
• Fred Stone 1946 - Musician (Sly & The Family Stone)
• Gail Davies 1948 - Country singer
• Ken Follet 1949 - author
• Laurie Anderson 1950 - Singer
• Wayne Wood 1951 - Hockey player
• Marva Jean Brooks 1954 - Wife of Muddy Waters
• Michael Henry Nicko "Boomer" McBrain 1954 - Drummer (Iron Maiden)
• Kenny G. 1956 - Musician
• Richard Butler 1956 - Musician (Psychedelic Furs)
• Karen Sillas 1965 - Actress
• Ron Livingston 1967 - Actor ("Band of Brothers," "Office Space")
• Brian McKnight 1969 - Singer
• Mark Wahlberg 1971 - Actor, singer (Marky Mark)
• Chad Allen 1974 - Singer
• P-Nut 1974 - Musician (311)
• Torry Holt 1976 - Football player
• Liza Weil 1977 - Actress ("The Gilmore Girls")
• Pete Wentz 1979 - Musician (Fall Out Boy)
• Seb Lefebvre 1981 - Musician (Simple Plan)