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torque \TAWRK\, noun:1. The moment of a force that tends to cause rotation.2. The measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.3. A collar, necklace, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band, usually of precious metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
Torque enters English from the Latin torquere, "to twist."
bail whale n. (bail-wail)
- Someone who leaves when they are needed.
Tim: Hey, John, can you help Harold and I move the furniture while you're here?
John: No, dude, I think I left my oven on. I have to go.
Harold: Your friend is such a bail whale.
History
- Spanish-American War: ended when Spanish troops surrendered to US in Santiago, Cuba (1898)
- House of Windsor: in the wake of anti-German sentiment, British royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha (1917)
- Potsdam Conference: world leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill begin the final Allied summit of WWII (1945)
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: for the first time, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit; it marked the warming US-USSR relationship (1975)
- Woolworths: the last of the company's five-and-dime stores closed; over 9,000 employees went jobless (1997)
Birthdays
- John Astor 1762
- Luis Munoz-Rivera 1859
- Erle Stanley Gardner 1889
- Berenice Abbott 1898
- James Cagney 1899
- Christina E. Stead 1902
- William Gargan 1905
- Art Linkletter 1912
- Eleanor Steber 1916
- Lou Boudreau 1917
- Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian
- Gordon Gould 1920
- Niccolo Castiglioni 1932
- Mimi Hines 1933
- Pat McCormick 1934
Donald Sutherland 1934 - Actor- Diahann Carroll 1935 - Actress, singer
- Peter Schickele 1935 - Musician (P. D. Q. Bach)
- Spencer Davis 1939 - Musician, singer (Spencer Davis Group)
- Connie Hawkins 1942 - Basketball player
- Camilla 1947 - Duchess of Cornwall, wife of Britain's Prince Charles
- Cathy Ferguson 1948
- Mick Tucker 1949 - Musician (Sweet)
- Terence 'Geezer' Butler 1949 - Musician (Black Sabbath)
- Mike Vale 1949 - Musician (Tommy James and the Shondells)
- Lucie Arnaz 1951 - Actress
- Phoebe Snow 1952 - Singer
- David Hasselhoff 1952 Actor ("Knight Rider," "Baywatch"), singer, actor, living legend
- Angela Merkel 1954 - German Chancellor
- Bryan Trottier 1956 - Hockey player
- Nancy Giles 1960
- Regina Belle 1963
- Alex Winter 1965
- Guru (Keith Elam) 1966 - Rapper (Gang Starr)
- Stockley (David "Stokley" Williams) 1967 - Singer (Mint Condition)
- JC (Jarret Cordes, J.C. the Eternal) 1971 - (PM Dawn)
- Kitten Jones 1982
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