approbate \AP-ruh-beyt\, verb:
- To approve officially.
Approbate stems from the Latin word approbāre, from the root ap- which is a variation of ad-, meaning "towards," and probātus meaning "proved."
Practical Friday
The result of a shortened school week, such as a four day or three day week. The day before the end of the short week is practical Friday. If the week ends Wednesday, Wednesday is practical Friday.
Guy: Wanna hang out tonight?
Girl: I can't, it's Wednesday
Guy: yeah we can! It's practical Friday!
Girl: Ohh... um I had plans.
Trivia
HistoryThe king cobra, the largest venomous snake in the world.
- Edict of Nantes: Henry IV granted freedom of religion to the Huguenots of France (1598); the edict was repealed by Louis XIV in 1685
- Messiah: Handel oratorio premiered in Dublin's New Musick Hall; proceeds went to local hospitals for the mentally ill (1742)
- MoMA: founded in NYC (1870)
- Jefferson Memorial: was dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth (1943)
- Sidney Poitier: became first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field (1964)
- "Houston, we've had a problem": a liquid oxygen tank burst during the Apollo 13 flight to the moon; the crew turned the ship around and made a safe, though harrowing, return (1970)
- Tiger Woods: won his first major golf tournament, the Masters, by a record 12 strokes, at age 21 (1997)
Birthdays
- John Hanson 1721
- Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President
- Frank W. Woolworth 1852 - Merchant, created the five and ten cent store, head of F.W. Woolworth & Co.
- Olga Rudge 1895
- Alfred Butts 1899 - Architect, game inventor (Scrabble)
- Bud Freeman 1906 - Jazz musician, tenor sax player
- Samuel Beckett 1906 - Author, critic, playwright
- Eudora Welty 1909 - Poet
- Howard Keel 1919 - Actor ("Dallas"), singer
- Madalyn Murray O’Hair 1919 - Author ("Why I Am an Atheist")
- Stanley Donen 1924
- Jules Irving 1925 - Actor
- Don Adams (Donald James Yarmy) 1926 - Actor ("Get Smart")
- Teddy Charles (Theodore Charles Cohen) 1928 - Vibraphonist, songwriter, composer, arranger
- Marilynn Smith 1929 - Golfer
- Dan Gurney 1931 - Auto racer
- Lyle Waggoner 1935 - Actor ("The Carol Burnett Show", "Wonder Woman")
- Edward Fox 1937 - Actor ("The Big Sleep", "Portrait of a Lady")
- Lanford Wilson 1937 - Playwright
- Paul Sorvino 1939 - Actor ("Law and Order", "Dick Tracy")
- Seamus Heaney 1939 - Poet
- Lester Chambers 1940 - Singer, musician (The Chambers Brothers)
- Jose Napoles 1940 - Boxer
- Bill Conti 1942 - Composer
- Brian Pendleton 1944 - Musician (The Pretty Things)
- Jack Casady 1944 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
- Lowell George 1945 - Musician (Little Feat)
- Tony Dow 1945 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver")
- Al Green 1946 - Singer, songwriter
- Roy Loney 1946 - Musician (Flamin' Groovies)
- Ron Perlman 1950 - Actor ("Beauty and the Beast" series)
- Peabo Bryson 1951 - Singer
- Jimmy Destri 1954 - Musician (Blondie)
- Sam Bush 1957
- Gary Kroeger 1957
- Saundra Santiago 1957 - Actress ("Miami Vice")
- Joey Mazzola 1961 - Musician (Sponge)
- Hillel Slovak 1962 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Jane Leeves 1963
- Garry Kasparov 1963 - Chess champion
- Page Hannah 1964
- Caroline Rhea 1964 - Actress, comedian
- Davis Love III 1964 - Golfer
- Lisa Unbarger 1965 - Musician (Toadies)
- Rick Schroder 1970 - Actor ("Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue")
- Aaron Lewis 1971 - Musician (Staind)
- Jonathan Brandis 1976
- Courtney Peldon 1981
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