Thursday, February 29, 2024

LEAP YEAR 2024!!!!

quadrennial \kwo-DREN-ee-uhl\, adjective:

1. Occurring every four years.

2. Of or lasting for four years.

noun:

1. An event occurring every four years, as an anniversary or its celebration.

Clearly, quadrennial comes from the Latin words quadri- meaning four and annus meaning years, with the suffix -ial meaning pertaining to.

 

pocket pool

• To stick your hand in your pocket and scratch your balls.

"Hey, man, that girl's lookin' at you -- you better stop playin' pocket pool!"

History

• Christopher Columbus: used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to convince Jamaicans to provide supplies for his crew (1504)
• Hattie McDaniel: became the first African American to win an Academy award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1940)
• In New York City, four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square that told pedestrians when to walk. (1952)
• Jean-Bertrand Aristide: president of Haiti resigned after rioting opposition forces surrounded the capital (2004)

Birthdays

• Ann Lee (Anne the Word or Mother Anne) 1736 - Founder of Shakerism in United States
• Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - Opera composer ("The Barber of Seville")
• John Philip Holland 1840 - Inventor of the first submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy
• Herman Hollerith 1860 - Engineer, teacher, inventor of first electric tabulating machine (forerunner of the calculator)
• Theodore 'Theo' Hardeen 1876
• William Wellman 1896 - Screenwriter, director
• Jimmy Dorsey 1904 - bandleader
• Pepper (John Leonard Roosevelt) Martin 1904 - Baseball player
• Dinah Shore 1916 - Singer, entertainer ("The Dinah Shore Show")
• Arthur Franz 1920 - Actor
• Michèle Morgan 1920 - Actress
• Howard Nemerov 1920 - Poet
• Al Rosen 1924 - Baseball player
• Joss Ackland 1928 - Actor ("The Hunt for Red October")
• Tempest Storm (Annie Blanche Banks) - Actress
• Jack Lousma 1936 - Astronaut
• Henri Richard 1936 - Hockey player known as "The Pocket Rocket", he played on 11 Stanley Cup champion teams
• Alex Rocco 1936 - Actor ("The Godfather", "Herbie Goes Bananas")
• Gretchen Christopher 1940 - Singer (Fleetwoods)
• Joe Giglio 1940 - Singer (The Four Aces)
• Dennis Farina 1944 - Actor ("Law & Order", "Striking Distance")
• Steve Mingori 1944 - Baseball player
• John Niland 1944 - Football player
• Patricia McKillip 1948 - Science-fiction writer
• Al Autry 1952 - Baseball player
• Tim Powers 1952 - Science-fiction writer
• Chucky Powers 1968 - Basketball player
• Bryce Paup 1968 - Football player
• Antonio Sabato, Jr. 1972 - Actor

 

Temptest shown with the inventor of sexy, Betty Page!