Monday, August 5, 2024

nary \NAIR-ee\, adjective:

• Not any; no; never a.

Nary was common in English in the 1700s as an abbreviation of the phrase "ne'er a" meaning "never a." 

 
Mallard Mouth 

• Male version of duck face

Why you looking like a Mallard Mouth??

History 

• federal income tax: was levied for the first time in the US; it aimed to help pay the bills for the Civil War and was rescinded in 1872 (1861)
• "Damn the torpedoes": famous order was given by Union Admiral David G. Farragut as he led his fleet at Mobile Bay during the Civil War (1864)
• Little Orphan Annie: Harold Gray's comic strip debuted (1924)
• Nelson Mandela: South African resistance leader and later president was arrested and jailed; his imprisonment lasted till 1990 (1962)
• Marilyn Monroe: was found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills (1962)
• Test Ban Treaty: the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to prohibit nuclear weapon tests underwater, in the atmosphere and in outer space (1963)

Birthdays

• Guy DeMaupassant 1850
• Conrad Aiken 1889
• Andrew Alford 1904
• John Huston 1906
  
• Robert Taylor 1911
• David Brian 1914
• Jeri Southern 1926
• Richie Ginterh 1930
• Neil A. Armstrong 1930
• Vern Gosdin 1934
• Cammie King 1934
• John Saxon 1935
• Zakes Mokae 1935
• Damita Jo 1940
• Bobby Braddock 1940
• Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) 1942
• Sammi Smith 1943
• Jimmy Webb 1946
• Erika Slezak 1946
• Loni Anderson 1946
• Greg Leskiw (Guess Who) 1947
• Rick Derringer 1947
• Holly Palance 1950
• Samantha Sang 1953
• Maureen McCormick 1956
• Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) 1959
• Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive) 1959
• Mark O'Connor 1961
• Tawny Kitaen 1961
• Patrick Ewing 1962
• Adam Yauch (M.C.A. of the Beastie Boys) 1964
• Elvis Duran 1964
• Jonathon Silverman 1966
• Terri Clark 1968
• Brendon Ryan Barrett 1986
• Xenia Tchoumitcheva (model / blogger) 1987 
• Jessica Nigri (cosplayer) 1989