braird \BRAIRD\, verb:
To sprout; appear above the ground.
noun:
The first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.
Braird derives from the Old English brerd, "edge, top."
TRDMC
- Tears Running Down My Cheek acronym. Used when something so funny is messaged to you, that you are in tears from laughing so hard. Usually from trying to stifle laughter.
Carly, "I had to leave the party after clogging the toilet. Meet you by the car..."
Chris, "TRDMC - I'm going to bust you on that one. Wait there...you'll be able to hear us laugh from the parking lot!"
Holiday
- Labor Day: Holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. In most other countries—and among the leftists in the United States and Canada—May Day (May 1) is celebrated instead.
History
- Los Angeles: the US's No. 2 city, the City of Angels, was founded by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve (1781)
- Geronimo: Apache chief became the last Native American warrior to surrender to US troops (1886)
- Edsel: the most famous American automotive design that was reviled by the public despite having all the qualities that testing found that they wanted, was introduced by Ford; it was named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel (1957)
- Mark Spitz: swimmer won his seventh gold medal (1972); this record for the most golds at a single Olympics stood until it was broken by Michael Phelps in August 2008
- Google: the Internet's foremost search engine was introduced by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998)
Birthdays
- Daniel Burnham 1846
- Richard Wright 1908
- Henry Ford II 1917
- Paul Harvey 1918
- Howard Morris 1919
- Craig Claiborne 1920
- Dick York 1928
- Mitzi Gaynor 1931
- Dawn Fraser 1937
- Leonard Frey 1939
- Ken Harrelson 1941
- Raymond Floyd 1942
- Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) 1942
- Jennifer Salt 1944
- Gene Parsons (The Byrds) 1944
- Tom Watson 1949
- Ronald LaPread (Commodores) 1950
- Judith Ivey 1951
- Martin Chambers (Pretenders) 1951
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 1953
- Khandi Alexander 1960
- Damon Wayans 1960
- Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) 1960
- Mike Piazza 1968
- Ione Skye 1971
- Ty Longley (Great White) 1971
- Donny Ponce 1972
- JeLana LaFleur (Quad City DJ's) 1973
- Stacy Sanches (playmate) 1973
- Wes Bentley 1978
- Dan Miller (O-Town) 1980
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