Sunday, June 4, 2017
foist \FOIST\, verb:
- To force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably.
- To bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently.
Foist comes from a phrase in Dutch dialect, vuisten, itself derived from vuist, "fist," in reference to concealing dice in one's hand during some game.
beef walk
- Going outside or away from the group in order to fart with less consequence.
Person A: "Where did you just go?"
Person B: "I had to go on a beef walk, PF Changs for lunch gave me the Dali Chicken farts"
- Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
- Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
- Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
- Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)
Birthdays
- George III (England) 1738
- Rosalind Russell 1908
- Charles Collingwood 1917
- Robert Merrill 1919
- Russell Train 1920
- Bobby Wanzer 1921
- Gene Barry 1922
- Dennis Weaver 1924
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
- Morgana King 1930
- John Drew Barrymore 1932
- Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
- Freddy Fender 1937
- Robert Fulghum 1937
- Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
- Anthony Braxton 1945
- Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
- Bettina Gregory 1946
- Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
- Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
- Keith David 1954
- Eddie Velez 1958
- Julie Gholson 1958
- El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
- Julie White 1961 - Actress
- Andrea Jaegar 1965
- Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
- Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
- Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
- Darin Erstad 1974
- Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
- Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian, socialist
- Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
- Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model
Josh McDermott 1978 - The Walking Dead
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