furcate \FUR-keyt\, verb:
1. To form a fork; branch.
adjective:
1. Forked; branching.
Furcate is from the Medieval Latin word furcātus which meant "cloven."
rdc
- abbreviation for 'really don't care'
when someone is boring you with useless information, or oversharing, simply reply 'rdc'
History
- Amistad case: the US Supreme Court ruled that the mutineers had been taken into slavery illegally and should be freed (1841)
- See It Now: TV news-magazine aired an episode critical of the communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy; it contributed to the senator's eventual downfall (1954)
- Barbie: foot-high fashion doll — full name: Barbie Millicent Roberts — was launched at the New York Toy Fair; a billion have now been sold (1959)
- New York Times v. Sullivan: the US Supreme Court protected the press from libel suits by public figures unless there was actual malice (1964)
Birthdays
- Amerigo Vespucci 1454
- Leland Stanford 1824
- Will Geer 1902
- Samuel Barber 1910
- Fred Clark 1914
- Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author
- Carl Betz 1920
- Andre Courreges 1923
- Billy Ford (Billy & Lillie) 1925
- Irene Papas 1929 - Actress
- Keely Smith 1932 - Actress, singer
- Lloyd Price 1933 - Singer
- Yuri Gagarin 1934
- Joyce Van Patten 1934 - Actress
- Marty Ingels 1936 - Actor, comedian
- Mickey Gilley 1936 - Country singer
- Raul Julia 1940
- Jim Colbert 1941
- Mark Lindsay 1942 - Singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
- Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player
- Charles Gibson 1943 - TV host ("Good Morning America")
- Trevor Burton 1944 - Musician (The Move)
- Trish Van Devere 1945 - Actress
- Robin Trower 1945 - Musician (Procol Harum)
- Jeffrey Osborne 1948 - Singer (L.T.D.)
- Jimmie Fadden 1948 - Country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
- Jaime Lyn Bauer 1949 - Actress
- Andy North 1950
- Michael Kinsley 1951 - Journalist
- Martin Fry 1958 - Musician (ABC)
- Benito Santiago 1960 - Baseball player
- Linda Fiorentino 1960 - Actress
- Juliette Binoche 1964 - Actress
- C-Murder 1971 - Rapper
- Emmanuel Lewis 1971 - Actor ("Webster")
- Kerr Smith 1972 - Actor ("Dawson's Creek)
- Jean Louisa Kelly 1972 - Actress
- Aaron Boone 1973 - Baseball player
- Yamila Diaz 1977 - super model
- Oscar Isaac 1979 - Actor (Poe Dameron from STAR WARS)
Chingy 1980 - Rapper - Brittany Snow 1986 - Actress ("Hairspray," "American Dreams")
- Bow Wow 1987 - Rapper, Official Bow Wow Store
- Luis Armand Garcia 1992 - Actor ("George Lopez")
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