Thursday, April 18, 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024

reconnoiter \ree-kuh-NOI-ter\, verb:
  1. To make an inspection or observation.
  2. To inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
  3. To examine or survey a region or area for engineering, geological, or other purposes.
Reconnoiter comes from the French word reconnoître meaning "to explore."
 
First world injury
  • An injury mostly likely to occur in an advanced first world country due to the high standard of living.
Karma suffered a first world injury walking into a dumpster while tweeting on her smart phone.
 
Trivia
What 1980–82 sitcom used Billy Joel’s 1979 hit “My Life” as its theme song during the opening credits?
  • Bosom Buddies, starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari.
 
History
  • San Francisco earthquake: ignited an inferno, killing hundreds and reducing the city to shambles (1906)
  • washateria: the first laundromat opened, in Fort Worth, Texas (1934)
  • Éire: formally withdrew from the British Commonwealth and became the Republic of Ireland (1949)
  • London Bridge: the Thames crossing was sold to American Robert T. McCulloch, who later had it rebuilt in Arizona (1968)
  • Wayne Gretzky: NHL legend played his last pro hockey game at NYC's Madison Square Garden (1999)
Birthdays
  • George Henry Lewes 1817
  • Clarence Darrow 1857 - Attorney, famous for his part in the Scopes 'monkey trial'
  • Sam (Samuel Earl) Crawford 1880 - Baseball player
  • Leopold Stokowski 1882 - Conductor
  • Sylvia Fisher 1910
  • Tony Mottola 1918 - Guitarist, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show
  • Hal Galper 1938
  • Barbara Hale 1922 - Actress ("Perry Mason", "Airport")
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924
  • Clive Revill 1930 - Actor ("The Sea Wolf", "The Empire Strikes Back")
  • James Drury 1934
  • Don Ohl 1936 - Basketball player
  • Robert Hooks 1937 - Actor ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock", "Passenger 57")
  • Hal Galper 1938 - Jazz pianist (Hal Galper Quintet), author ("The Touring Musician")
  • Richie Pettibone 1938 - Football player
  • Mike Vickers 1941 - Musician (Manfred Mann)
  • Walt Sweeney 1941 - Football player
  • Steve Blass 1942 - Baseball player
  • Pete Gogolak 1942 - Football player
  • Jochen Rindt 1942 - Auto racer
  • Hayley Mills 1946 - Actress ("The Parent Trap"), singer
  • Alexander "Skip" Spence 1946 - Musician (Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane)
  • James Woods 1947 - Actor ("The Onion Field", "Casino")
  • Dorothy Lyman 1947 - Actress ("All My Children")
  • Cindy Pickett 1947
  • Walt Richmond 1947 - Musician (Tractors)
  • Nate Archibald 1948 - Basketball player
  • Catherine Malfilano 1948
  • Geoff Bodine 1949 - Auto racer
  • Rick Moranis 1954 - Actor ("Parenthood", "Ghostbusters" series, "Spaceballs")
  • John James 1956 - Actor ("Search for Tomorrow", "As the World Turns")
  • Eric Roberts 1956 - Actor ("Doctor Who", "The Coca-Cola Kid"), brother of actress Julia Roberts
  • Melody Thomas Scott 1956
  • Les Pattinson 1958 - Musician (Echo and the Bunnymen)
  • Wilbur Marshall 1962 - Football player
  • Jane Leeves 1963 - Actress (TV: "The Benny Hill Show" "Frazier")
  • Conan O'Brien 1963 - Television personality ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien")
  • Mike Mangini 1963 - Drummer (Dream Theater)
  • Eric McCormack 1963
  • Maria Bello 1967
  • Greg Eklund 1970 - Musician (Everclear)
  • Trina 1974 - Singer (Trina and Tamara)
  • Mark Thomas Tremonti 1974 - Guitarist (Creed)
  • Sean Maguire 1976
  • Melissa Joan Hart 1976 - Actress ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch")
  • Kourtney Mary Kardashian 1979
  • Alia Shawkat 1989 

 Kourtney Kardashian and Megan Fox go topless for Kim Kardashian's SKIMS (9  hot pictures)
 


 

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