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Friday, July 7, 2017

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futilitarian \fyoo-til-i-TAIR-ee-uhn\, adjective:
  • Believing that human hopes are vain and unjustified.
Futilitarian is a satirical coinage from the 1820s combining "futility" and "utilitarian."
 
Guysmaids
  • A gay guy's groomsman.
Alex: You're silly, I'm gonna make you one of my guysmaids!
Adam: Faaaaaaaaaaaabulous!

History
  • California: was annexed to the US after a Mexican garrison surrendered; Hawaii was annexed 52 years later (1846, 1898)
  • sliced bread: first commercially produced loaf was sold in Chillicothe, Missouri (1928)
  • Hoover Dam: work began on the Colorado River project, then known as Boulder Dam (1930)
  • Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini: was canonized as the first American saint (1946)
  • London bombings: explosions on a bus and in three Underground stations killed 52 (2005)
Birthdays
  • Gustav Mahler 1860 - Composer
  • Marc Chagall 1887
  • Hanns Eisler 1898
  • George Cukor 1899
  • Satchel Paige 1906
  • Robert Heinlein 1907 - author
  • Gian Carlo Menotti 1911
  • Pinetop Perkins 1913 - Musician
  • Ruth Ford 1915
  • William Kunstler 1919
  • Ezzard Charles 1921
  • Pierre Cardin 1922
  • Mary Ford 1924
  • Charlie Louvin 1927
  • Doc Severinsen 1927 - Bandleader
  • Vincent Edwards 1928
  • David McCullough 1933 - Author
  • Ringo Starr 1940 - Musician (Beatles)
  • Warren Entner 1944 - Musician (The Grass Roots)
  • Joe Spano 1946 - Actor
  • Linda Williams 1947 - Country singer
  • Shelley Duvall 1949 - Actress ("The Shining")
  • David Hodo 1950 - Musician (The Village People)
  • Cherry Boone 1954
  • Jessica Hahn 1959
  • Billy Campbell 1959 - Actor
  • imagebam.comMark White 1962 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
  • Vonda Shepard 1963 - Singer, songwriter ("Ally McBeal")
  • Ricky Kinchen 1966 - Musician (Mint Condition)
  • Jim Gaffigan 1966 - Actor, comedian
  • Jorja Fox 1968 - Actress ("C.S.I.")
  • Cree Summer 1970
  • Lisa Leslie 1972 - Basketball player
  • Kirsten Vangsness 1972 - Actress ("Criminal Minds")
  • Michelle Kwan 1980 - Figure skater
 
 
 
 

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