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Provided by the compucert tintinnabular \ tin-ti-NAB-yuh-ler \ , adjective;
- of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing.
bangover
- Sore neck as a result of headbanging at a metal concert.
"How was the Meshuggah show last night dude?"
"Ah man it was sick! I got the worst fucking bangover d00d."
How old was Christopher Columbus when he went to sea for the first time?
- 14.
Where in the U.S. was the first monument to Christopher Columbus erected?
- In Baltimore, Maryland, in 1792, on the 300th anniversary of his historic voyage. Originally on the private estate of the French consul, the 44½-foot-tall white obelisk now stands in Herring Run Park in northeast Baltimore.
Holiday
- Columbus Day [USA]
History
- New World: Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Bahamas (1492)
- Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)
- The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
- Nikita Krushchev: the Soviet premier made an impact when he pounded his shoe on his desk at a UN General Assembly meeting (1960)
- the day of six billion: the official UN-designated approximate day that the world population hit 6 billion; it was 12 years after the population reached 5 billion (1999)
- USS Cole: suicide bombers on an explosives-laden boat rammed into the American destroyer in Yemen; 17 US sailors died (2000)
- Bali: 202 people died when a terrorist's bomb destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island (2002)
- Elmer Sperry 1860
- Perle Mesta 1891
- Joe Cronin (MLB) 1906
- Guitar Gabriel 1925
- Antonia Rey 1927
- Nappy Brown 1929
- Ned Jarrett 1932
- Jean Nidetch 1932
- Dick Gregory 1932
- Luciano Pavarotti 1935
- Samuel Moore (Sam & Dave) 1935
- Lawrence Jeffrey 1940
- Melvin Franklin (Temptations) 1942
- Chris Wallace 1947
- Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) 1948
- Susan Anton 1950
- Ronald E. McNair 1950
- Pat DiNizzio (Smithereens) 1955
- Dave Vanian (The Damned) 1956
- Claude McKnight (Take 6) 1962
- Adam Rich 1968
- Hugh Jackman 1968
- Garfield Bright (Shai) 1969
- Martie Seidel (Dixie Chicks) 1969
- Kirk Cameron 1970
