Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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chaptalize \SHAP-tuh-lahyz\, verb:
  • To increase the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar.
Chaptalize comes from the French chaptaliser, which is in turn named for the French chemist J. A. Chaptal.
 
debt ceiling chicken
  • A game where everyone in Congress refuses to agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling until the last possible minute. It's like regular chicken, but instead of driving cars at each other, politicians are using the economy.
Schmuck Schumer: I don't give a shit if our country turns into Mad Max 2. I'm going to win this game of debt ceiling chicken.
Donald Chump: Challenge accepted!
 
History
  • Mont Blanc: the tallest Alp was summited for the first time, by Frenchmen Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1786)
  • mimeograph: was patented by Thomas A. Edison (1876)
  • Great Train Robbery: 15 thieves stole more than £2m. from a London-bound traveling post office after stopping the train with a false red signal in Buckinghamshire (1963)
  • Richard Nixon: announced his resignation from the presidency in the wake of Watergate, six years to the day after he was nominated by the Republican Party (1974)
Birthdays
  • Matthew Henson 1866 - Explorer, along with Robert Peary and their Eskimo guide, were the first people to reach the North Pole
  • Fredric March 1897
  • Russel Markert 1899
  • Benny Carter 1907
  • Sylvia Sidney 1910
  • Rosetta LeNoire 1911
  • Dino DeLaurentis 1919
  • Rory Calhoun 1922
  • Esther Williams 1923
  • Jimmy Witherspoon 1923
  • Webb Pierce 1926
  • Urbie Green 1926
  • Richard Anderson 1926
  • Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer 1927
  • Nita Talbot 1930
  • Jerry Tarkanian 1930
  • Mel Tillis 1932
  • Joe Tex 1933
  • Frank Howard (MLB) 1936
  • Dustin Hoffman 1937
  • Connie Stevens 1938
  • Phil Balsley (The Statler Brothers) 1939
  • John David (Dr. Hook) 1942
  • Peter Weir 1944
  • Larry Wilcox 1944
  • Keith Carradine 1949
  • Airrion Love (The Stylistics) 1949
  • Jamie O'Hara 1950
  • Fairweather-Low (Amen Corner) 1950
  • Randy Shilts 1951
  • Robin Quivers 1952
  • Donny Most 1953
  • Ali Score (A Flock of Seagulls) 1956
  • Dennis Drew (10,000 Maniacs) 1957
  • Harry Crosby 1958
  • Deborah Norville 1958
  • Chris Foreman (Madness) 1958
  • Rikki Rockett (Poison) 1961
  • "The Edge" David Evans (U2) 1961
  • Kool Moe Dee 1962
  • Brett Hull (NHL) 1964
  • Mark Wills 1973
  • Scott Alan Stapp 1973 - Singer (Creed)
  • Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World) 1975
  • JC Chasez ('N Sync) 1976
  • Drew Lachey (98 Degrees) 1976
  • Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) 1977
  • Countess Vaughn 1978
  • Odie (from Garfield comic) 1978
  • Meagan Good 1981
  • Peyton List 1986 - actress (Picard)
    Beatrice Elizabeth Mary 1988

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